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chapter29 #180

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littleflute commented 5 years ago
  1. capability My old son has a great capability for learning English.
  2. content He never looks content.
  3. duplicate Children like to duplicate their parents' behaviors.
  4. immense There is an immense stone on the ground.
  5. industrious He is an industrious farmer.
  6. magnify Please don't magnify the fact.
  7. postpone I don't want the meeting to be postpone, even for only one minute.
  8. presentable Are you ready to be presentable.
  9. realistic To be realistic, I can't do this.
  10. stun I was stun the first time I went into a public library in America, there are so many good books.
littleflute commented 5 years ago

capability 1) Ellen has a great capability for science. She started taking college science courses when she was just 15. 2) Some people don't have much capability for foreign languages. My father studied German for five years but can barely speak it.

littleflute commented 5 years ago

content 1) The cat is curled up and purring in the sunny window. Doesn't she look content? 2) The children's story "The Fisherman's Wife" tells of a woman who was never content, no matter what wonderful things she had.

littleflute commented 5 years ago

duplicate 1) Wilson does a great imitation of Michael Jackson. He duplicates MJ's voice and dance moves perfectly. 2) The vacuum-cleaner salesman said, "Many people have tried to duplicate our product, but they all failed! Only this vacuum cleaner is the real thing."

littleflute commented 5 years ago

immense 1) An adult grizzly bear really is immense. It can be eight feet tall and weigh 850 pounds. 2) We felt an immense sense of relief when the neighbor's missing child was found safe.

littleflute commented 5 years ago

industrious 1) The phrase "busy as a beaver" comes from the fact that beavers are industrious builders. 2) Feeling industrious last Saturday, I cleaned the house, did the laundry, and baked four loaves of bread.

littleflute commented 5 years ago

magnify 1) A microscope can magnify a blood cell hundreds of times, making it large enough for us to see. 2) Feeling industrious last Saturday, I cleaned the house, did the laundry, and baked four loaves of bread.

littleflute commented 5 years ago

postpone 1) Because of a snowstorm, our school's winter concert had to be postponed for a week. 2) Can we postpone this conversation for just five minutes? Before we talk, I need to finish what I'm working on.

littleflute commented 5 years ago

presentable 1) "We're leaving for Grandma's house in ten minutes, and I want you looking presentable by then!" the children's mother told them. 2) In order to make the kitchen presentable in a hurry, I hid the dirty dishes under the sink.

littleflute commented 5 years ago

realistic 1) To be realistic, I must admit that my weekend job at the grocery store will not ever allow me to buy a Cadillac. 2) Doug says it takes a half-hour to get to his house, but forty-five minutes is more realistic.

littleflute commented 5 years ago

stun 1) The news that I had won a million dollars would probably stun me. I don't think I'd be able to speak at first. 2) After a lifetime spent in the Midwest, my grandfather was stunned the first time he saw the ocean. "It's just unbelievable," he kept saying.