vt. （使）前进，将…提前，预付，提出；vi. （数量等）增加，向前推（至下一步），上涨；n. 增长，借款，（价格、价值的）上涨，预付款；adj. 预先的，先行的；
[例句] Reports from Chad suggest that rebel forces are advancing on the capital...
[例句] The water is advancing at a rate of 5cm a day...
n. 视力，看见，视野，景象；vt. 看见，发现，瞄准，观察，调准瞄准器；vi. （用仪器）瞄准，观察；
[例句] My sight is failing, and I can't see to read any more...
[例句] I use the sense of sound much more than the sense of sight.
n. 规模，比例（尺），鱼鳞，级别；v. 攀登，刮去…的鳞片，改变…大小，刮除牙石；
[例句] However, he underestimates the scale of the problem...
[例句] You may feel dwarfed by the sheer scale of the place...
n. 关系，领带，绳子，平局，束缚，限制；vt. （用线、绳等）系，（在线、绳上）打结，连接，与…成平局；vi. 打结，系上，平局，被用带（或绳子等）系住；
[例句] He tied the ends of the plastic bag together...
[例句] Mr Saunders tied her hands and feet.
n. 一点，一块，少量，少许，一会儿，一转眼，[计] 比特（二进位制信息单位）；adj. 很小的，微不足道的；adv. [口语]相当，有点儿，或多或少，多少[a bit to的省略]；vt. 给（马）上嚼子，上衔铁，抑制，制约；v. 咬，叮( bite的过去式)，刺痛，咬饵，有咬（或叮）的习性；
[例句] All it required was a bit of work...
[例句] I got paid a little bit of money.
n. 服务，服侍，服务业，维修服务，服役；vt. 检修，维修，向…提供服务，保养，满足需要；adj. 服务性的，耐用的，服现役的；
[例句] Britain still boasts the cheapest postal service...
[例句] We have started a campaign for better nursery and school services...
adj. 一半的，半个的；n. 半，一半，（啤酒等饮料的）半品脱，（比赛、音乐会等的）半场；adv. 一半，部份地；
[例句] They need an extra two and a half thousand pounds to complete the project...
[例句] More than half of all households report incomes above £35,000...
n. 块，片，段，部分，部件，文章，音乐作品；vt. 修补，连接，接上；
[例句] ...a piece of cake.
[例句] ...a piece of wood.
adj. 好的，上等的，纤细的，精致的，健康的，晴朗的；n. 罚款，[音乐]终止，晴天，地租；vt. 罚款，澄清；adv. 很好地，巧妙地；
[例句] There is a fine view of the countryside...
[例句] This is a fine book.
n. 总数，数数，罪状，论点；v. 数数，计算总数，把…算入，重要；
[例句] He was counting slowly under his breath...
[例句] Brian counted to twenty and lifted his binoculars.
n. 平衡，天平，平衡力，（酿酒配料的）均衡；vt.& vi. （使）平衡，（使）均衡，（使）相抵，权衡；vt. 结平（账目），使（在某物上）保持平衡，使（各部分）协调，用天平称；vi. 微微摇摆，倾斜后又复平衡，动摇，被补偿；
[例句] I balanced on the ledge...
[例句] He balanced a football on his head.
n. 开始，动身，开动，起点；vt.& vi. 出发，启程；vt. 起动，提出（问题），开办，使开始，启动；vi. 起始，突然出现，突然跳起，突然涌出；
[例句] John then unlocked the front door and I started to follow him up the stairs...
[例句] It was 1956 when Susanna started the work on the garden...
vt.& vi. 咬，叮；n. 咬，咬伤，疼痛，受骗；vi. 刺痛，咬饵，有咬（或叮）的习性，（人）上当；vt. （辣椒，胡椒等）刺激，（齿轮，螺丝，钳子，锚等）咬住，（利器等）刺进，（寒风等）刺骨；abbr. 机内测试设备(Built-In Test Equipment)；
[例句] Both sisters bit their nails as children...
[例句] He bit into his sandwich...
vt. 悬挂，（被）绞死，贴，装饰，使悬而未决；vi. 悬垂，被吊死，附属，依靠，悬而未决；n. 悬挂的样子，（动作的）暂停，〈口〉大意，要点，〈口〉做法，诀窍；
[例句] Notices painted on sheets hang at every entrance...
[例句] A light-bulb hanging from the ceiling filled the room with a cold yellow light...
vt.& vi.& link-v. （使）燃烧；vt.& vi. 使用某物为燃料，烧毁，烧坏，烧伤；n. 烧伤，烧痕；
[例句] Fires were burning out of control in the center of the city...
[例句] There was a fire burning in the large fireplace...
n. 手( hand的名词复数 )，人手，（工具等的）把，帮助；
[例句] I put my hand into my pocket and pulled out the letter...
[例句] Sylvia, camera in hand, asked, 'Where do we go first?'
n. 第一，最初，头等，一号，，[乐]高音部；adv. 最早，最初，首次，宁愿，优先；adj. 第一流的，最初的，最早的，基本的，概要的，高音的；num. 第一；
[例句] She lost 16 pounds in the first month of her diet.
[例句] ...the first few flakes of snow...
adj. 容易的，舒适的，宽裕的，从容的；adv. 容易地，不费力地，悠闲地，缓慢地；vi. 停止划桨（常用作命令）；vt. 向（水手或划手）发出停划命令；
[例句] The shower is easy to install...
[例句] It's easy to get a seat at the best shows in town...
v. 拿( take的第三人称单数 )，接受，学习，取得；
[例句] She was too tired to take a shower...
[例句] Betty took a photograph of us...
v. 伸展，延伸，持续，包括；n. 伸展，弹性，一片，一段时间；adj. 可伸缩的，弹性的；
[例句] The procession stretched for several miles...
[例句] He had burns that stretched from his neck to his hips.