Chapter1 Ⅵ~ Chapter2 Ⅱ

Words & Expressions

1.crawl

"The amount of cars crawling about the roads is frightful.

explanation: if a vehicles crawls, it moves very slowly.

e.g. The traffic is crawling along.

2.heap

Heaps of time!

explanation: informal a lot of something

e.g. The children have heaps of energy.

3.fumble

He fumbled with the window.

explantion: to try to hold, move, or find something with your hands in an awkward way

e.g. She dressed, her cold fingers fumbling with the buttons.

4.subside

Subsiding onto his seat Mr. Blore thought to himself...

explanation:to become calmer and quieterl

e.g. She waited nervously for his anger to subside.

5.size up

The faded blue eyes, shrewd in spite of their age, sized up Lombard.

explanation: to look at or consider a person or situation and make a judgment about them

It only took a few seconds for her to size up the situation.

Good Sentences

1.These Owens must be rolling in money.

2.With a devastating ear-splitting blast on the horn an enormous Super Sports Dalmain car rushed past him at eighty miles an hour.

3.Several young women looked at him admiringly - his six feet of well-proportioned body, his crisp hair, tanned face, and intensely blue eyes.