Words and Expressions

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Unit18 Words and Expressions
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Inventions
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edible eatable
opposite inedible
This mushroom is poisonous its not edible.

edible oil
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flavour n. (a taste) ??????????? The dish
has a strong flavour of Sichuan. ??favour
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• inflatable adj. ????
• We will no longer have trouble parking our cars
  if we have inflatable rubber cars.
• flat adj. ??,???
• I was late because my tire went flat.

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patent apply for a patent patent
office///right The product is protected by
patent. ??????????? His new invention
received national patent.
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• creative adj.
• create vt.
• creation n. ??, ???/?
• the creations of the poets
• creativity n.

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background ?This is a photo of Mary with our
house in the background. ??????????? He has a
strong political background. ??playground n
??? underground adj. ??????
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rephrase v.
??????????? The speaker rephrased several
opinions.
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allow for take into
consideration 1.We should allow for everything
that may happen. 2.It takes about two
hours,allowing for possible traffic
delays. ??????????????? We must allow for the
train being late. ?????????????? We must allow
for his inexperience.
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reject vt. refuse ?accept
n. rejection ????????, She rejected
my help. ??????? he rejected the rotten eggs.
?????????? He rejected their invitation .
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get /be stuck ?stick 1). The bus
was /got stuck in the mud . 2). She got stuck on
the third question . 3). We were/got stuck in a
traffic jam /in the heavy rain for two hours. 4)I
got stuck when I was doing my maths homework.
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• break away from
• ?The prisoner broke away from the policeman/
  prison.
• ?????????????
• Can't you break away from your bad habits?
• ???????????????????
• We wont allow Taiwan to break away from the
  mainland our motherland.
• Dont break away from the class.

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Break out
Break down
Break in?? ??
Break through????
Break up?? ?? ???
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otherwise 1.Shut the window.
Otherwise, it will get too cold in here. 2.Hurry
up , otherwise youll be late. 3.Do it right
now. Otherwise/or it will be too late. 4.He is
noisy, but otherwise a nice boy.
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• visible adj. ( can be seen )
• ?invisible?/ vision n./ visual adj./
• ???????????
• Most stars are not visible to the naked eyes.

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connection n.

• He has connections with those people.
• ??????,?????????
• According to a recent survey, there are
• some connections between smoking and
• lung cancer.
• make a connection with
• ?????
• have connections with
• ????
• a close///loose connection

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previous
former

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

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aware adj. be aware of

• 1.He wasnt aware of the danger.
• 2.He was aware that he had drunk too much.
• 3.Are you aware that you have hurt her feelings?

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trial n. trial and error

• 1.The trial flight was successful.
• 2.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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• paste n.
• tooth paste
• paste vt. stick ??
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• a name list pasted to /on the wall
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• Paste the envelope up with
• some glue.

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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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after all ??,???,??

• Dont blame him for that, after all, he is still
  a child.
• He failed again, but after all,he tried his best.
• It has turned out to be a nice day after all.

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typewriter

• typist ???

gtgt cook ?? cooker ??
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keep track of

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

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Thank you!