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1. pay pay v. payment

a. In the long run, it pays to be honest.

b. The trading company requires that payments be made on time.

2. injure injury injurious

a. The greatest injury one man can do to another is to make him feel that he is worthless.

b. Those icy roads were most dangerous; you had to drive carefully or you might have an accident and get injured.

3. ignore ignorant ignorance

a. You’d better not judge a person by his appearance; he is not so ignorant as you might suppose.

b. When we are absorbed in one aspect of a problem, we tend to ignore the other aspects.

4. represent representation representative n. (代表)

a. Every scientific concept represents a stage in the history of science.

b. Mr. Brown is a representative for a large mobile (移动式的) telephone company in Australia.

1. We will inform you of the result when the problem is cleared up.

2. I hope to go to medical school eventually. In the meantime, I am going to learn Chinese.

3. There is an old Chinese proverb, “Things of a kind come together; people of a mind fall into the same group.”

4. It is better to take time at this job than to hurry and make mistakes.

5. Being an easygoing lady, she has adjusted to new circumstances without any difficulty.

6. Now is the time for foreign companies to seek out business opportunities in this country.

7. The Americans were plunged into World War II by the

surprise air attack.

8. The officer allowed no soldiers to think up any excuse for not carrying out his orders.

9. After the interruption, she carried on talking as though nothing had happened.

10. She takes everything seriously; and if you joke with her, she’ll think you’re insulting her on purpose.

1. Any improvement is welcome, no matter how slight it is.

2. His actions contrast sharply with his promises or principles.

3. She leaned against the wall as she was too tired to walk on.

4. Luckily , she was unhurt in the car accident except for

a few superficial cuts.

5. It is frightening to consider the possible consequence of releasing dangerous chemicals into the environment.

6. In a sense, no one lives totally alone, isolated from the society around him or her.

7. I hope we’ll be able to come to a compromise after a heart-to-heart talk.

8. After a heated argument we were finally convinced that the state should develop a market economy.

9. I think there is considerable room for improvement in state facilities for treating the mentally handicapped.

10. When asked, many students expressed a strong preference for online learning.

1. Take care not to leave anything behind.

2. We always turn to him for help when we are in trouble.

3. I must get there before dark. I’m going to head out now.

4. You must be tired after such a race; please lean on my shoulder.

5. During the flood a great number of villagers suffered from lack of shelter.

6. He saw his grandma yesterday for the first time and took to her at Once.