New concept English

1. New concept English Lesson 9 A flying cat

2. Interest attract En-thrill Enchant Entrance engross Fascist

3. Appeal to /cast a strong spell on Sth exerts a strong fascination on sb Horror movies hold a gruesome fascination for Spell on ->????Spell on ->????

4. Sb �.. Sth Be fascinated by Be absorbed in Be obsessed with Be engrossed in Be carried away by

5. Be keen on Be fond of Be crazy about Be hot/big on

6. Dear Miss Greece, Ms. So hardly Yours affectionately /truthfully Love/faithfully Yours sincerely Affection Affectation pretension Come here, I need your affection. China Yours sincerely Yours sincerely

7. You are my snake.

8. Affect indifference Affect, Influence

9. Mist myth Mysterious Sphinx-like Enigma enigmatic Riddle-like maze-like Labyrinth-like Puzzling baffling perplexing

10. Surrender=Cry uncle to sb Submit to/ yield to/ bow to /conform to /abide by/comply with/sb

11. Every employee shall be subject to the rules and regulations set by the company.

12. give oneself up to sb

13. Tame submission Submissive Obedient Docile Meek Tractable

14. 123456789 Feline canine aquiline Asinine Depend on be dependent on/be hinged upon sth Sth is indispensable to sb be independent of be free of

15. One will be independent of one�s parents� wills.

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17. Autonomy Sovereign Cut one�s painter

18. Downtown area High sea High street High season High brows High profile

19. High/low rise Skyscraper

20. High way man High-tech Hi-fi Hijack taboo

21. Suspect I suspect/lightly think that LX will win the championship. I doubt/don�t think that lX will win a gold medal.

22. High rise low rise Sky-scraper High tech, high street , high way man , High sea High season , low time, slack time High spirits Hi-jack parole ??

23. Para Paradise parasol paratrooper Parachute kids Drain= Parasite Paralysis by analysis Paralyze

24. Resist doing Paratrooper, trooper, infantry, cavalry, artillery, air-force, land-force, navy

25. Squirrel-away

26. Have a narrow escape Impact Compact Survive, survivor, survival Vivid, vibrate, violence Vital, Vigor, vigorous, Vivian

27. Special negative structures I don�t want to go to any school. He isn�t half clever. He is not half clever.

28. Be particular about

29. Let�s� shall we? Let us �.. Will you?

30. I don�t want to love any man.

31. He is not half clever. He isn�t half clever.

32. Nothing/Nobody/Nowhere is/can be+less/more/er than sth/sb.

33. Sth/Sb is the most/the least/the est.

34. Nowhere is more appealing than Hawaii in the world. Hawaii is the most appealing place in the world.

35. Nobody is kinder to me than you in the world. In the world, you the kindest to me.

36. Nothing is less instructive than a machine. A machine is the least instructive in the world.

37. I think he is not right. I don�t think he is right.

38. He didn�t come when we asked.

39. I didn�t marry him because he is rich. It is a stupid bird that fouls its own nest.

40. It is a wise father that understands his own son.

41. It is a wise man that acknowledges his own shortcomings.

42. It is a wise man that never makes mistakes.

43. It is a good horse that never stumbles

44.  ; It is a good wife that never grumbles.

45. Both, every one, everything All always+ not

46. Both are not taken by me. Both are not my favorite. Either is not my idol. Neither is my idol.

47. None Not one Every flower is not blooming in the garden.

48. He is not always telling the truth. never

49. Not all that glitters is gold.

50. Not +???? Impossible Underprivileged Irrational Illiterate Imbalanced Misfortune Dewater Dislike Amoral Anti-cultural Counter-revolutionary

51. Illegal, illegitimate Illegible illogical

52. Irregular, irrevocable Irredeemable

53. Never, little, scarcely Impolite, impunity, immature, immobile

54. Useless Helpless

55. Miss avoid Grudge reluctant without but except too Not Seldom little never few Hardly Barely

56. Human beings can never avoid being influenced by the climate and weather.

57. He never grudges lending a hand to me whenever asked.

58. You will never be too careful. Nobody is flawless. One can barely mention China without referring to its Great Wall, neither can you speak of my hometown without mentioning �..

59. You will never overestimate the importance of grammar and vocabulary when studying English. There is no fish but needs water.

60. There is no fish but needs water. There is no fish that doesn�t need water.

61. There is none who doesn�t err.

62. There is none but errs.

63. There is no rain which doesn�t pour.

64. There is no rain but pours.

65. One can never be too rich in such a money-makes-a-mare-go world.

66. There is no deficiency in study but can be wrought out /solved by a proper method.

67. There is no deficiency in study that cann�t be wrought out /solved by a proper method.

68. Wright There is no rule but has its exception. 

69. There is almost no instructive book but provokes our deep thinking.

70. There are few people in Hollywood but have heard of Tom Hanks.

71. Never fail to do always Succeed in / Always manage to do She never fails to keep her word. She always manages to keep her word.

72. More �.than Less�.than=not as/so �.as

73. He failed in the exam more owing to his laziness than due to his stupidity.

74. Grace�s beauty lies less in appearance than in mind.

75. She is not as much a teacher as our friend.

76. Both�and No less than Not less than More than

77. He is not less clever than you. He is no less clever than you.

78. Not more than =less than No more than =neither�nor

79. He is not more clever than you. He is no more clever than you. Neither nor

80. We should no more discard our old books than we forget our old friends, for both of them have brought us great happiness.

81. Nothing but=none other than just Anything but =not in the least=not half =not at all Lady tomboy

82. Cannot help doing Cannot help but do Cannot but do�

83. Nobody can but be fascinated by the world into which he is taken by a sci-fi.

84. Tattoo and piercing cast a strong spell on me. Yoga/judo appeal to a lot of westerners.

85. Drink a drink Dress a dress lie a lie dream a dream lead a life

86. Breathe his last breath, Sing a swan song Fight a hard fight Lie a white lie Dress a dress

87. Lead a foot-loose life Lead a cat-and-dog life

88. A good book can hold influence on one for life. The medicine will affect your sleep. The flood has affected the small town.

89. He affected indifference on hearing the sad news.

90. From a horse�s mouth As faithful/tired as a dog As Strong as a horse (an ox) As cunning as a fox As stupid as an ass (a goose) As sick as a cat

91. As proud as a peacock As bold as a lion

92. Lead a dog and cat life Rain dogs and cats Has the cat got your tongue? A cat may look at a king.

93. While the cat is away, the mice will play. Play a cat-and-mouse game

94. A cornered cat will become a fierce lion. A cat has nine lives. Curiosity kills a cat.

95. A cat on hot brick Let the cat out In a dog�s house Dog�s days A dirty dog

96. A lucky dog, an old dog Love me, love my dog. I got it from a horse�s mouth. Play monkey business

97. A drowned rat A whale on the dry land Coward as timid as a rabbit as smooth as a marble/ an eel

98. as greedy as a wolf as meek as a lamb play ducks and drakes with money a chick�s movie cast a pearl to swine

99. ?

100. a swan song

101. as a result of / in consequence to  Because of =thanks to=owing to=due to=on account of As a result =therefore, thus, hence. thereby, consequently, accordingly

102. Account for His illness can account for his absence for today.

103. The older one grows, the more he wants to be independent of his parents� wills.

104. The new African Republic cut the painter (the chain of a ship) and won its sovereign/independence /autonomy in 1956.

105. Financial independence is fundamental for a girl who doesn�t want to be a clinging vine or a gold digger.

106. High/low context language overtone I mean what I say. Suspicion, suspicious It sounds fishy. Be suspicious /skeptical/doubtful of

107. Suspect sb of doing There are times when we feel suspicious of our choices. They are only seemingly/ apparently good friends. She seems to be annoyed. She appears to be annoyed.

108. All his life =throughout his life =for life=in his lifetime=life long

109. GREAT WALL It is the best/first/last/only one of the movies that has/have been directed by him. It is one of the best movies that has/have been directed by him.

110. He went to the USA in the belief that he could fulfill his American dream there. Make oneself story

111. Be able to do Be up to doing Be equal to doing Be cut out for You are only capable of killing me.

112. Discuss (about) sth Divorce with/marry with sb Interview with sb Entre (into) a room Entre into politics business WTO Survive (from) a tusnami

113. Be based on /founded on/banked on The story is based on a real one.

114. The professor has not found sufficient grounds on which to base his argument in favor of this new theory.

115. A girl should marry a man on whom she can depend for life.

116. A girl should marry a man on whom to depend for life.

117. The professor has not found sufficient grounds on which he can base his argument in favor of this new theory.

118. I want to buy a book with which to teach myself English.

119. We hold a seminar on a monthly basis.

120. I want to buy a dictionary, in which to look up a lot of up-to-date slang. I can I want to buy a dictionary where to� No

121. I want to buy a big house of three bedrooms, in which to read quietly.

122. Make noises tea coffee water Do: a good favor, hair, a good deed, Exercises, football pool, some work Make: beds, faces, a discovery, a mistake, a fortune , a living do some research make a study Conduct perform undertake a task/a mission

123. They had a chat over a cup of coffee.

124. Have in common Nothing, Little, a little, some, much Bear no/a lot of resemblance to In common with my wife, I prefer Huang Ying to Tan Lina.

125. Jinx Add salt to injury add fuel to fire/Make matters worse Die from shock, a fatal/mortal/ lethal blow die for a Crusade cause I am dying for a break.

126. die of carcinoma /heart attack /AIDS Acquired immune-deficiency syndromes

127. The herd of elephants died off. The motor sound died away. Die The die is cast.

128. Die out Go extinct The practice of eating captives alive has died out in a civilized world.

129. Idealistic ideology Deadly silence enemy There is no shortage/poverty/shyness/lack/need/starvation of vocabulary or grammar, but insufficiency of confidence among our students.

130. This pen is easy to write with. This is the lecture I listened to that day. This is the case I have put my wallet into.

131. Attend on see to Suffer from =endure some pains Suffer for one�s stubbornness Suffer wrongs Suffer hurricane

132. Well fed, well bred. Feed, breed Well-considered, well-read, Well-approved, well-dressed, Well-protected/intact , well-meant Far reaching, Far-fetched Can�t-be-put -down Can�t-be-canned minds

133. A once or never/cut-throat competition a wait and see attitude A tunnel minded guy

134. The more one knows, the more he finds he doesn�t know;

135. The er/less/more n+v, the er/less/more n+v.

136. however, the less he knows, the less he thinks he needs to know.

137. A real friend is a lamp in winter: the colder it is, the warmer it shines.

138. The more deeply one used to fall in love, the less likely for him to be in the mood of love again.

139. It is not two halves but two wholes that make up a lasting healthy relationship.

140. The less it is, the more it is. Less is more.

141. More haste, less speed. TO what extent you pain more, to what extent you earn more.

142. The less wit one possesses, the more words he tends to employ to express himself; vice versa.

143. Within/beyond Reach arrive in /at/on the scene

144. I have never been to me Have a wonderful/terrible time in doing Have no/little /enough time to do

145. Relax yourself ? Relax get relaxed feel at home relaxing texts : informal? Wordy Squirrel/put away your money for the future. Put away

146. Effect influence The exotic scenery in Tibet has exerted a strong visual impact on her visitors home and abroad.

147. Exert some visual and audile impact/ pull/ effect/ sway/ influence on sb  The new policy of the Chinese farmers� regaining the land in the country has exercised strong impact on the whole society. peasants

148. Stretch oneself out Yawn and stretch oneself out