Look Ahead Book 4 Unit 5 Part 3 discolor (vi./vt.) Plastic tends to discolor with age. Some oil had seeped out, discoloring the grass. The room is discolored with the dirt. discoloration (n.) reveal (v.) reveal sth / that ... revelation (n.) the everlasting revelations about his private life remove (v.) remove ... from ... removal (n.) rot (v./n.) [U] Sugary canned drinks rot your teeth. The timber frame is not protected against rot. Investigations had revealed extensive rot in the beams. rotten (a.) rottenness (n.) The fraudulent money system today is the source of all the rottenness. seal (n./vt.) seal a letter novelist (n.) have a happy childhood go to prison warehouse (n.) misery (n.) miserable (a.) adapt (vt.) adapt ... from ... (vi./vt.) adapt (oneself) to ... adaptation (n.) [C] extract (n./vt.) [C] be extracted from ... biography (n.) autobiography (n.) autobiographical (a.) David Copperfield is the most autobiographical of Charles Dickens’s novels. auspicious (a.) ominous/inauspicious an auspicious occasion auspiciously (ad.) The year began auspiciously with good trade figures. irony (n.) ironic (a.) butcher (n.) claw (n.) lock sb in barrel (n.) a barrel of ... mourn (v.) mourn over sb’s death mourner (n.) violently (ad.) His tears ruined his make-up. shake (v.) (shake-shook-shaken) (from side to side) quiver (v.) (shake slightly) quivering hands tremble (v.) (shake uncontrollably with quick short movements from fear or anger) tremble with fear/excitement shiver (v.) (because of cold) sob (v.) (make short bursts of sound as one breathes in) wail (v.) (cry out with a long sound in grief or pain) wail at the funeral weep (v.) (weep-wept-wept) (literal or formal) weep/cry tears: She wept bitter tears over her lost youth. shed (v.) (shed-shed-shed) They will shed a few tears at their daughter’s wedding. at the water side decaying floors and staircase squeak (v.) the squeaking and scratching of the old gray rats down in the cellars My boots squeaked a little as I walked. The door squeaked open. The President’s economic package squeaked through the House of Representatives by 219 votes to 213. （勉强通过） In spite of a dismal record at school, she narrowly squeaked into design school. （侥幸成功） cellar (n.) distant (a.) fresh memories I lost my money in an evil hour. involve (vt.) the supply of ... spirits (n.) (pl) 烈性酒 the consequences of ... examine ... against the light reject (vt.) The government rejects the idea of state subsidy. immigrants rejecting their parents’ religious beliefs One of my most able students was rejected by the university. rejection (n.) rinse (v.) rinse the hair in clear water rinse the rice to remove the starch rinse your mouth frequently run short (of ...) Supply of the grain has run short during the drought. We’ve run short of oil. label (n./v.) paste labels on ... fit corks (软木塞) to ... pack (vt.) unpack rail (n.) hold the handrail stool (n.) a piano stool a three-legged kitchen stool counting house 会计室 the regular workers ragged (a.) (shabby) a ragged apron whereabouts (n./quest) Whereabouts did David work? The police are anxious to hear from anyone who may know the whereabouts of the firearms. secret (n./a.) keep the documents secret Soldiers have been training at a secret location. keep sth a secret sink (v.) (sink-sank-sunk) sink into depression companionship (n.) learned (a.) a genuinely learned man a learned book distinguished (a.) a distinguished academic family a distinguished career a distinguished gentleman distinguish (vt.) distinguish A from B / distinguish between A and B crush (vt.) crush one’s hope the sense of hopelessness shame (n.) shameful (a.) the most shameful episode in US history in danger of ... burst (v.) (burst-burst-burst) My heart was in danger of bursting.
