words

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Unit 18
words
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edible eatable ????,??????
This mushroom is poisonous its not edible.

edible oil ???
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2.patent n.??(?),???

• His new invention received national patent.

Vt. ??/?? ??
The government patented the new products to its
inventor.
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3.creative adj. ????

• create vt.
• creation n.??, ???/?
• The creations of the poets
• creativity n.

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4. allow for ??,???

• We must allow for the train being late.
• You cant make it in an hour,you must allow for
  the heavy traffic.

allow doing sth / allow sb. to do
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5. reject vt. ??/?(refuse)????

• The congress rejected the act of sending
  forces.?????????
• We should reject old ideas but not old friends.

rejection n. ??,??
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6. get stuck ????,???

• I got stuck when I was doing my maths homework.
• They got/was stuck in the heavy rain for two
  hours.

gtgt get p.p. ?
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7. break away from ??,??

• The prisoner broke away from the
  policeman/prison.
• We wont allow Taiwan to break away from the
  mainland
• our motherland.

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8. otherwise adv.???,?? ,?????

• Do it right now, ohterwise/or it will be too
  late.
• He is noisy, but otherwise a nice boy.?????
• He reminded me of what should otherwise have
  forgotten. ?????,??????????

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9. connection n. ??/?,??,

• connection between sth. and sth.
• connection with/to sth.????
• in connection with sb./sth. ????,??

There some connections between smoking and lung
cancer.
The star said nothing in connection with her
own affairs.
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He has connections with those people.

• gtgt connect vt. ??,???? ,
• ??(??/??)( with/to)
• This road connects two cities.
• Connect the line to/with the TV set.
• Please me with TsinghuaUniversity.

be connected with ????/??
He is no longer connected with the company.
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10. previous adj. ???,?? previous to
???(before)

• His previous attempt failed.
• I have no previous experience of this kind of
  job.
• We met him a day previous to Christmas.

gtgt former ?/???
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11. aware adj. ????,??? be aware
of ??,???

• He was aware that he had drunk too much.
• I became aware how she might feel.
• She wasnt aware of the dander/snake at all.

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12. trial n. ??,?? trial and error ????,
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• The trial flight was successful.
• The man was on trial for killing
• the old man.

Through trial and error,they found the cause of
cancer. Success comes after trial and error.
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13. palmtop ???? desktop ????
laptop ?????

• 14. dusty adj. ?????,
• dust n. ??,??, ??
• gtgt dirt n. ??, ??
• dirty adj.???, ???

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15. paste vt. stick ??

• Paste the envelope up with some glue.
• Stick the stamp on the letter.

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16. storage n. ??,??

• Cold storage ??

gtgt store n., vt.??,?? We have lots of coal in
store, so we neednt store any more for the
winter.
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17. after all ??,???,??

• Dont blame him for that, after all, he is still
  a child.
• He failed again, but after all,he tried
• his best.
• After all our advice, he insisted on leaving.

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18. Electronics n. ??? Electronics is not an
easy subject.

• Electronic adj ??(?)?
• electronic engineer
• Electronic music
• Electronic dictionary
• Electronic mail ( e-mail )

gtgt electric ??,??? electrical ??,????
electricity n.
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19. typewriter ???

• typist ???
• typewritten adj ???
• typewritten letters

gtgt cook ?? cooker ??
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20. keep track of ????,??

• Keep track of your mistakes and try to learn from
  them.

gtgt keep in touch with sb. get in touch
with be in/out of touch with
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Exercises Fill in the blanks with the proper
forms of the words you just learnt.
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• 1.This mushroom is poisonous its not
  ______.????
• 2. We should ____??old ideas but not old friends.
• 3.He is no longer ______(??)with the company.

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• 4. I have no ______
• (???) experience of this kind of job.
• 5. He reminded me of what should ______(??) have
  forgotten.
• 6.?? 7.?? 8.????
• 9.???? 10.???