Unit 1
Vocabulary
I
. 1.
1) alliance
2) at the cost of
3) stroke
4) limp
5) minus
6) regions
7) declarations
8) sieg
9) raw
10) bide his time
11)
have taken their toll
12) in the case of
2.
1) is faced with
2) get bogged down
3) is pressing on
4)drag on
5) get by
6) dine out
7) have cut back
8) get through
3.
1) The rapid advance in gene therapy may lead to the conquest of cancer in the near future.
2)Production
in
many
factories
has
been
brought
to
a
halt
by
the
delayed
arrival
of
raw
materials due to the dock workers
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strike.
3)Sara has made up her mind that her leisure interests will/should never get in the way of her
career.
4)Obviously the reporter's question caught the foreign minister off guard.
5)The introduction of the electronic calculator has rendered the slide rule out of date / obso-
lete.
4.
1) Being faced with an enemy forces much superior to ours, we had to give up the occupation
of big cities and retreat to the rural and mountainous regions to build up our bases.
2) Unity is crucial to the efficient operation of an organization. Failure to reckon with this
problem
will
weaken
its
strength.
In
many
cases,
work
may
be
brought
to
a
halt
by
constant
internal struggle in an organization.
3) The Red Army fought a heroic battle at Stalingrad and won the decisive victory against the
Germans. In fact, this battle turned the tide in the Second World War. During this famous battle,
the
Soviet
troops
withstood
the
German
siege
and
weakened
the
German
army
by
launching
a
series of counterattacks.
II. More Synonyms in Context
1)
During the First World War, battles occurred here and there over vast areas. Some of the
most dramatic fighting took place in the gloomy trenches of France and Belgium.
2)
Elizabeth made careful preparations for the interview and her efforts / homework paid off.
3)1 spent hours trying to talk him into accepting the settlement, but he turned a deaf ear to all my
words.
4)
Pneumonia
had
severely
weakened
her
body,
and
I
wondered
how
her
fragile
body
could
withstand the harsh weather.
III. Usage
1) But often it is not until we fall ill that we finally learn to appreciate good health.
2) A rich old lady lay dead at home for two weeks
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and nobody knew anything about it.
3) It's said he dropped dead from a heart attack when he was at work
4) Don't sit too close to the fire to keep warm
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you could easily get burned, especially if you fall