在文字的海洋中，寻找那些遗落的珍珠。
以下单词是看电视节目时，随手抄写的笔记。查阅词典后，造句学以致用。
(1)sunken
They'rediving for sunken Titanic.
Itwas a luxurious bathroom, with a sunken bath.
Inmy hometown, villagers use sunken cellars to store patotoes.
WhenI met my tutor after graduating from university for 20 years, she became an elderthan her age, with sunken cheeks.
(2)swish: fashionable or expensive
Hefancies living in swish hotels when traveling.
swish: to move quickly with a smooth gentlesound, especially through the air, or to make something do this
Whenthe curtain swished open, the sunlight shone through it, making the room bright.
(3)
deadhead: to remove the deadflowers from a plant
(4)
rootstock: a stem to which part of another plant is joined so that both parts
can grow together and get an advantage from a good feature of the stem根状茎；根砧木
(5)step back (in time)
Visitingthe school I attended was like stepping back in time.
(6)After visiting London, I was headed for Wales.
(7)How do you rate him as a director?
(8)I could not write it better.
(9)The victories and failures have been lost in the mists of time.
Theambitions were lost in the mists of time.
(10)That’s trick bit.
(11)
sabre 马刀，军刀; （击剑运动中使用的）佩剑，花剑
sabre-rattling:
talkingand behaving in a way that threatens military action
武力威胁，武力恫吓
(12)As evening drew in, we had to spend the longer night.
Asthe train drew into the station, he dashed into the crowed people.
(13)buttress
Thepole was to buttress the crumbling walls.
Thedecision for change are buttressed by the finding of the survey.
(14)She suffered from a long list of infirmities after working for her life time inrural areas.
(15) a shining example (of something)
Hewas a shining example of innovation and entrepreneurship.
(16)The bay stretches away into infinity.
(17)They strutted in front of the girls sitting on the beach, trying to get theirattention.
(18)As a long-serving executive manager, he was invited to give lectures to the newstaff.
(19)These polices could usher in a period of rapid growing in international students.
(20)There's a long flight of steps ascending to the monument on the peak of the mountain.
(21)Some of his high school classmates became nouveau riches in 10 years after graduation.
(22)cascade: to flow down or hang down in large amounts
cascadeto/down/from/over:
Asrain drops cascaded through the forest, they had to find a shelter to hide in.
(23)The newly-opened restaurant attracted a loyal following among the well-heeled.
(24)alight at
Ialighted on the book that I was seeking for half year.