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...

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...

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...

n. 信誉，信用，[金融]贷款，荣誉，学分；vt. 相信，信任，归功于，[会]记入贷方，赞颂；

[例句] The group can't get credit to buy farming machinery...

[例句] You can ask a dealer for a discount whether you pay cash or buy on credit.

vt.& vi. 战斗，斗争，打架，吵架；n. 打架，吵架，战斗，斗志；

[例句] Mother Teresa is an elderly nun who has devoted her life to fighting poverty...

[例句] More units to fight forest fires are planned...

vt.& vi. 举起，抬起；vt. 举起，提升，鼓舞，抬起；vi. 消散，升起，耸立；n. 电梯，举起，起重机，搭车；

[例句] The Colonel lifted the phone and dialed his superior...

[例句] She lifted the last of her drink to her lips.

vt. 想，思索，以为，看待；vi. 思辩，考虑，构想，回忆；adj. 深思的，供思考的；n. 想，想法；

[例句] I certainly think there should be a ban on tobacco advertising...

[例句] Do you think I ought to seal the boxes up?...

vi. 拍摄，射击，发芽；vt. （用枪等）打猎，拍摄，给…注射，射门，投篮；n. 幼苗，嫩芽，发射，摄影，狩猎；int. 感叹词（用于表示惊奇，并不强烈的愤怒或失望）；

[例句] The police had orders to shoot anyone who attacked them...

[例句] Namibian law permits ranchers to shoot cheetahs to protect their livestock...

n. 邮件，邮政，柱，桩，杆，岗位；vt. 张贴，宣布，设岗，邮寄；vi. 快速行进；adj. 有关赛跑（或赛马，赛狗）起点标志的；adv. 〈外〉在后，用急件[驿马]，赶紧地，火速地；

[例句] You'll receive your book through the post...

[例句] The winner will be notified by post...

adj. 直的，连续的，直率的，整齐的；adv. 直地，直接地，坦率地，立即；n. 直线，直线部分；

[例句] Keep the boat in a straight line...

[例句] Using the straight edge as a guide, trim the cloth to size...

n. 前面，正面，身体前部，前线；adj. 前面的，正面的，舌前的；v. 面向，在…前面，用…作正面，领

[例句] One man sat in an armchair, and the other sat on the front of the desk...

[例句] Stand at the front of the line...

v. 撕裂，拉掉，挣开，拉伤；n. 破洞，裂口；

[例句] Her eyes filled with tears...

[例句] I just broke down and wept with tears of joy...

adj. 真正的，真实的，忠实的，正确的；adv. 真正地，确实地，正确地，正当地；n. 真理，真实，正，准，精确；vt. 摆正，决定（某物）的位置以使其平衡、平稳或水平；

[例句] Everything I had heard about him was true...

[例句] He said it was true that a collision had happened…

adv. 刚才，仅仅，只是，正好，刚要；adj. 公正的，合理的，恰当的，合法的，正确的；

[例句] I've just bought a new house...

[例句] The two had only just met...

vt. 扭成一束，搓，捻，绕，卷，连结，交结；vi. 被搓揉，蜿蜒，曲折，扭曲身体，扭动，旋转，转动；n. 揉搓之物，丝线，烟草卷，旋转；

[例句] Her hands began to twist the handles of the bag she carried...

[例句] Twist the string carefully around the second stem with the other hand...

vt.& vi. 相遇，相识，开会，接触（某物）；vt. 满足，支付，迎接，经历（常指不愉快的事）；n. 运动会，体育比赛，猎狐运动（尤其英式英语）；adj. 适当的，合适的，恰当的；

[例句] I have just met the man I want to spend the rest of my life with...

[例句] He's the kindest and sincerest person I've ever met...

n. 重量，体重，重担，重任，重要，[统]权，加重值，权重；vt. 加重于，使变重，使负重，使负担或压迫，[统]使加权，附加加重值于；

[例句] What is your height and weight?...

[例句] This reduced the weight of the load...

n. 精神，心灵，情绪，勇气，精髓；v. 神秘地带走；

[例句] The human spirit is virtually indestructible...

[例句] Marian retains a restless, youthful spirit, in search of new horizons.

n. 根，根源，原因，本质，祖先，[乐]和弦基音；vt. 使生根，使固定，根源在于，欢呼，喝彩；vi. 生根，根除；

[例句] ...the twisted roots of an apple tree.

[例句] Most plants will root in about six to eight weeks...

n. 地点，场所，斑点，污点，[股票]现货，职位，职务；v. 弄上污渍，弄上斑点，污辱，玷污，认出，发现，散步；adj. 现场的，现货的，插播的；abbr. satellite positioning and tracking 卫星定位和跟踪；

[例句] The leaves have yellow areas on the top and underneath are powdery orange spots...

[例句] The swimsuit comes in navy with white spots or blue with green spots.