chapter25

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1) acquire I need to acquire a driver license as soon as possible. 2) commitment Do you think you can really fulfill your commitment? 3) formal Is a birthday party a formal event to you? 4) fragment There are a lot of glass fragment on the floor. 5) fundamental Do I need to learn some fundamental grammar first? 6) precede My son always wants to precede me when we ride bicycles together. 7) resent He is so shame that he resents to speak in public. 8) solemn Is he always solemn like this? 9) spite I think there is spite behind his smile. 10)symbolize He said that the red star symbolize hope.

• precede

When we go for walking, kids always precede adults.

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acquire 1) While living in England, Brad acquired a little bit of an English accent. 2) Before going on the trip, I acquired a good pair of hiking boots.

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commitment 1) Juanita has made a commitment to stop smoking this year. 2) The Greens mad a commitment to give 5 percent of their income to charity.

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formal 1) Because the boss is a rather formal person, people in the office never call him by his first name or try to joke with him. 2) A formal wedding can be very expensive, so Julie and Ed have decided on a casual wedding in the park.

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fragment 1) Don't go into the kitchen barefoot. I broke a glass, and there may still be a gragment on the floor. 2) Scientists digging up an ancient city found a piece of pottery that they think is a tiny fragment of a bowl.

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fundamental 1) A fundamental rule of water safety is this: Don't go swimming alone. 2) One must learn the fundamental operations of arithmetic before going on to algebra.

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precede 1) Do you think that friendship precedes love in a relationship? Or does love come first? 2) On the East Coast, the 11 o'clock news precedes the Tonight Show, which begins at 11:35 p.m.

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resent 1) The voters resent the fact that the mayor made promises he did not keep after his election. 2) People often resent being given advice they did not ask for.

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solemn 1) The fire chief told some jokes to get the children's atendtion. But when he began to speak about not playing with matches, he became solemn. 2) The group of laughing children became solemn when they heard that their friend had been injured.

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spite 1) Turning against her former friend, the girl said with spite in her voice, "Everyone thinks you're a real loser." 2) The disk jockeys' spite toward each other was obvious. Each of them said nasty things about the other on the air.

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symbolize 1) In ancient Egypt, a picture of a small circle with a dot in the middle symbolized the sun. 2) During World War II, holding two fingers up in a V stood for victory; during the 1960s, it symbolized peace.