M3U1 Useful expressions P1-P7

1. a woman lost in the fog; a student lost in his books; a man lost in thought

2. a story with a surprise ending; take the place by surprise; to my great surprise=much to my surprise

3. in one’s daily life; in our everyday life

4. affect one another; affect each other; have an effect on each other

5. hold one’s nose; hold a meeting; hold one’s head high; hold her still; hold on

6. letters in raised dots

7. people with hearing problems

8. make achievements/contributions/ friends/ comments/ sense/ room/ way/ progress/ difference

9. be confused by; confuse A with B

10. be covered in a grey mist/fog; cover a long distance; cover all the events

11. step out into the fog/ darkness; step by step; watch out for the steps

12. once seen/published ; once out of trouble; all at once = all of a sudden = suddenly; once in a while

13. that fast/ long/ high

14. too foggy to run that far; too young to go to school; too anxious to leave; can’t be too careful; be too much for sb

15. observe one’s birthday; observe the school rules; observe the stars

16. a tall man in a dark coat; a tall man dressed in a dark coat; a tall man wearing /having on a dark coat

17. glance / stare /glare/ look at

18. nowhere to be seen/found; nowhere to live; get nowhere

19. in sight; out of sight; catch/ lose sight of; at the first sight

20. set off for Beijing; set off a wave of anger; set off a bomb; set off sb doing

21. feel one’s heart beating with fear; give sb a good beating; beat sb by 2 points

22. wish for someone to come along/ appear

23. reach out for sth/ to do sth

24. find sb staring up at the face

25. watch out for the steps

26. sound young/ easy/ interesting

27. be off= leave

28. pay back; pay off; pay for

29. get across; get through; get over

30. except for some spelling mistakes; except that there are some spelling mistakes; except on Sundays; except when it is Sunday

31. have much in common; in common with; common sense

32. in some cases; in no case; in this/ that case

33. smell bad/ pleasant

34. have an answer to the problem of global warming

35. so far ; up to now

36. go hungry/ bad/ mad/ wrong/ unpunished

37. afford the increase

38. the weather report for today; today’s weather report

39. with heavy showers around lunchtime

40. with a fair chance of cloudy weather developing

41. with a storm likely