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e.g. I hate having to hurry a meal.

rush: if you rush somewhere, you go there quickly

e.g. A schoolgirl rushed into a burning flat to save a man¡¯s life.

hasten: you hasten something by acting in order to make it happen sooner e.g. He hastened to the office.

quicken: to become quicker or make something quicker e.g. Ray glanced at his watch and quickened his pace. 3.

copartner: a joint partner (as in a business enterprise) e.g. She is a copartner of a law firm.

coworker: your coworker is someone you work with, especially people on the same job or project as you

e.g. A coworker urged him to see a psychiatrist, but Faulkner refused.

colleague: your colleagues are the people you work with, especially in a professional job e.g. We¡¯re entertaining some colleagues of Ben¡¯s tonight.

cooperative: a business or organization owned equally by all the people working there e.g. They decided to set up a cooperative. 4.

pull up: when a car or someone driving a car pull up, the driver stops the car, often for a short time

e.g. A car pulled up outside my house.

pull out: if a vehicle pulls out, it starts moving onto a road or onto a different part of the road e.g. A car pulled right out in front of me.

pull off: to drive a car off a road in order to stop, or to turn into a smaller road e.g. We pulled off the road to get some food. pull down: to earn a particular amount of money e.g. He is pulling down $5,000 a year. 5.

manner: the way in which people behave and talk when they are with other people, for example whether they are polite, confident or bad-tempered e.g. His manner was self-assured and brusque. behaviour: the thing that a person or animal does e.g. It is important to reward good behavior. act: something that you do

e.g. The simple act of telling someone about a problem can help.

way: the ways of a particular person or group of people are their customs or their usual behavior e.g. He has rather strange ways. 6.

graceful: behave in a pleasant way

e.g. She finally apologized, but she wasn¡¯t very graceful about it.

gracious: behaving in a polite, kind, and generous way, especially to people of a lower rank e.g. Sibyl was the most gracious, helpful, and generous person to work with.

grateful: if you are grateful for something that someone has given you or done for you, you have a warm, friendly feeling towards them and wish to thank them

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e.g. She was grateful to him for being so good to her.

grand: splendid in style and appearance; attracting admiration and attention e.g. They always entertain their guests in a grand style. 7.

menu: a list of all the kinds of food that are available for a meal, especially in a restaurant e.g. Could we have the menu, please?

cookbook: a book that contains recipes for preparing food e.g. This is a house that specializes in cookbooks.

recipe: a set of instructions for cooking a particular type of food e.g. His recipe will be enough for four servings.

ingredient: a food that is used with other foods in the preparation of a particular dish e.g. The list of ingredients included 250g of almonds. 8.

huge: extremely large in size, amount, or degree e.g. There shoes make my feet look huge.

enormous: emphasizing the great degree or extent of something e.g. It was an enormous disappointment. vast: extremely big

e.g. A vast audience watched the broadcast.

colossal: used to emphasize that something is extremely large

e.g. The whole holiday was a colossal waste of money.

3. Synonym / Antonym

Give synonyms or antonyms of the word underlined in each sentence in the sense it is used. 1. ¡­ never giving a wave or nod of appreciation when another motorist lets them pull out into traffic.

Synonyms: thanks, recognition

2. In our laziness we think that something like a simple ¨DThank you¡¬ doesn¡¯t really matter. Antonyms: activeness, liveliness, briskness, eagerness

3. We can¡¯t be truly stylish without good manners. Synonyms: fashionable, graceful, elegant

4. Haven¡¯t you noticed that the kindest, most generous people seem to keep getting prettier? Antonyms: selfish, mean, ungenerous

5. A gracious manner not only sets an excellent example for your children and grandchildren but it adds panache to your image.

Synonyms: nice, courteous, polite, friendly

6. I know we all have busy lives. Antonyms: leisurely, relaxed, idle, unoccupied, lazy

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7. But when someone does stop and turn around and genuinely apologizes, doesn¡¯t it melt away most ¡ª if not all ¡ª of the irritation you felt? Synonyms: annoyance, vexation, displeasure, dissatisfaction

8. And punctuality is not a thing of the past, either. Antonyms: promptness, timekeeping, reliability

4. Word derivation

Fill in the blank in each sentence with an appropriate form of the given capitalized word in the brackets.

1..The next-door neighbours are so unfriendly that we have stopped trying to talk to them. (friend) 2.Yes, I can speak a little Spanish because I spent some of my boyhood in Spain. (boy) 3.The doctor dealt with the hysterical patient with understanding. (understand) 4.There¡¯s a reception at the British Embassy tonight. (receive) 5.The disappearance of the money from the cash-box shows that somebody in this office is a thief. (appear)

6.You must accept the decision of the committee. (decide) 7.Tom and Tim are twin brothers. They look exactly alike, differing only in height. (difference) 8.To relieve the traffic congestion, the government has built several elevated roads in the city. (elevator).

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friendless (adj.) ûÓÐÅóÓѵģ¬ÎÞÒÀÎÞ¿¿µÄ unfriendly (adj.) ²»ÓѺõģ¬ÓеÐÒâµÄ

e.g. She smiled at him, a friendly smile. ËýÏòËû΢Ц×Å£¬Ò»ÖÖÓѺõÄ΢Ц¡£ Cheerfulness is the basis of friendliness. ÁîÈËÓä¿ìÊÇÓÑÒêµÄ»ùʯ¡£

What we are doing now is wasteful of resources and unfriendly to environment. ÎÒÃÇÏÖÔÚ×öµÄÊÇÀË·Ñ×ÊÔ´¡¢¶Ô»·¾³²»ÀûµÄÊÂÇé¡£

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understandingly (adv.) Á½âµØ

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e.g. He did not understand the importance of this question. Ëû²»Àí½âÕâ¸öÎÊÌâµÄÖØÒªÐÔ¡£

It is understandable that he wishes to study in the USA. ËûÒªÔÚÃÀ¹úѧϰµÄÔ¸ÍûÊÇ¿ÉÒÔÀí½âµÄ¡£

They pretended to misunderstand me. ËûÃǼÙ×°Ìý´íÁËÎҵĻ°¡£

We must clear away the misunderstanding. ÎÒÃDZØÐëÏû³ýÕâ¸öÎó»á¡£

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e.g. Nothing is more important than to receive education. ûÓÐʲô±È½ÓÊܽÌÓý¸üÖØÒªµÄÁË¡£

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e.g. Freckles appear on her face every summer. ÿÄêÏÄÌìËýÁ³É϶¼ÏÔ¶£¨ÈÕɹµÄ£©°ßµã¡£ In appearance it is a very strong building. ´ÓÍâ±íÀ´¿´£¬Õâ×ù´óÂ¥ÊǺܼá¹ÌµÄ¡£ One by one his symptoms disappeared. ËûµÄÖ¢×´Ò»¸öÒ»¸öµØÏûʧÁË¡£

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e.g. They've decided to buy the house in the country. ËûÃÇÒÑÄö¨Ö÷Ò⹺ÂòÄÇËùÏçϵķ¿×Ó¡£ But it is a decidedly climate-unfriendly strategy. µ«ÕâÖÖ²ßÂԿ϶¨»á¶ÔÆøºò²»Àû¡£ Have they reached a decision yet? ËûÃÇ×÷³ö¾ö¶¨ÁËô£¿ He has a decisive character. ËûÐÔ¸ñ¹û¶Ï¡£

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