adj. 自主的，不相关连的，无党派的，不相干的人所做的（或提供的）；n. 独立自主的人，无党派人士；

[例句] Your questions should be independent of each other...

[例句] We're going independent from the university and setting up our own group...

aux. 表示可能，表示许可，表示询问情况；n. 力气，力量，威力，权力；v. 可以，应该；

[例句] Smoking might be banned totally in most buildings...

[例句] The two countries might go to war...

vt. 吐，吐出；n. 唾沫，口水，烤肉叉；vi. 吐痰，吐口水，发出劈啪声；

[例句] The gang thought of hitting him too, but decided just to spit...

[例句] They spat at me and taunted me...

adj. 精神失常的，受感动的，有一点，略微带点；v. 接触，触摸( touch的过去式和过去分词 )，吃，涉及，与…有关；

[例句] Her tiny hands gently touched my face...

[例句] Don't touch that dial…

n. 思想，想法，关心，思索；v. 想（ think的过去式和过去分词），思索，以为，认为；

[例句] The thought of Nick made her throat tighten...

[例句] I tormented myself with the thought that life was just too comfortable...

n. 潮汐，潮流，趋势，时机，时期，季节；vt. 顺应潮水航行，使随潮水漂

[例句] The tide was at its highest...

[例句] The tide was going out, and the sand was smooth and glittering...

n. 管，管状物，电子管，地铁，电视机；vt. 把…装管，把…弄成管状，用管输送；vi. 乘地铁，不及

[例句] He is fed by a tube that enters his nose.

[例句] ...a cardboard tube.

vi. 顺从，服从，甘受，忍受；vt. 使服从，使顺从，提交，呈送，[法]主张，建议；

[例句] In desperation, Mrs. Jones submitted to an operation on her right knee to relieve the pain...

[例句] If I submitted to their demands, they would not press the allegations.

n. 钩号，一瞬间，壁虱，钟的嘀嗒声；v. 发出滴答声，在（纸）上打钩，做出…举动；

[例句] His exercise books were full of well deserved red ticks...

[例句] Place a tick in the appropriate box.

adj. 微小的，细小的，不结实的，无须重视的；n. 轻蔑，忽视，冷落；vt. 轻蔑，忽视，怠慢；

[例句] Doctors say he has made a slight improvement...

[例句] We have a slight problem...

n. （服务的）对象，目标，（射击的）靶子，目的；vt. 瞄准，把…作为攻击目标；

[例句] The village lies beside a main road, making it an easy target for bandits...

[例句] The missiles missed their target...

n. 评论，解释，批评，指责；v. 表达意见，作出评论；

[例句] So far, Mr Cook has not commented on these reports...

[例句] Stratford police refuse to comment on whether anyone has been arrested...

adj. 诚实的，坦诚的，老实的，辛勤挣得的；

[例句] My dad was the most honest man I ever met...

[例句] I know she's honest and reliable.

adv. 不，[用以表示否定、否认、拒绝、禁止等]不是，几乎不，未必，没有[用于否定后面的词或短语]；

[例句] The sanctions are not working the way they were intended...

[例句] I was not in Britain at the time...

vt. （使）厌恶；vi. 反叛，背叛，厌恶，反感；n. 造反，起义；

[例句] It was undeniably a revolt by ordinary people against their leaders...

[例句] The newly-occupied Italian colony of Libya rose in revolt in 1914.

vi. 适应于，适应不同情况（或环境）(to)；vt. 改编，改写，改变…以适合(for)；

[例句] The world will be different, and we will have to be prepared to adapt to the change...

[例句] They have had to adapt themselves to a war economy.

n. 恭维，敬意，道贺，贺词，致意；vt. 向…道贺，称赞，向…致意；

[例句] You can do no harm by paying a woman compliments...

[例句] 'Well done, Cassandra,' Crook said. She blushed, but accepted the compliment with good grace.

vt. 忘记，忘却，忽略，疏忽，遗落，忘掉；vi. 忘记，忽视；

[例句] Sometimes I improvise and change the words because I forget them...

[例句] She forgot where she left the car and it took us two days to find it.

n. 巨人，大汉，巨兽，巨物，卓越人物；adj. 特大的，巨大的，伟大的；

[例句] ...Italy's giant car maker, Fiat.

[例句] ...a giant oak table.

vt. 后悔，悔恨，遗憾，抱歉，悼念，哀

[例句] I simply gave in to him, and I've regretted it ever since...

[例句] Ellis seemed to be regretting that he had asked the question...