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27. blunt 67. dismay 107. implacable 147. genuinely
28. unregenerate 68. affable 108. execrable 148. magnanimity
29. vaguely 69. beam 109. conscientiously 149. falter
30. shudder 70. rejoinder 110. immense 150. stealthy
31. dowdy 71. jest 111. obscure 151. derision
32. charwoman 72. malicious 112. shrewd 152. dumbfounded
33. doily 73. exasperate 113. usher 153. summon
34. commotion 74. perplex 114. cluster 154. distraught
35. faint 75. vindictive 115. conspicuous 155. expostulate
36. grimace 76. delve 116. artifice 156. ascribe
37. distort 77. goad 117. audatious 157. incident
38. chuckle 78. vanity 118. outrageous 158. befit
39. fussiness 79. discomfit 119. ostentation 159. flagship
40. voluminous 80. retort 120. anticipatory 160. hindrance
4.Reproduce the situations in which the following is used.
1. to trust one’s recollections; 50. to spring to the fray;
2. to play a trick; 51. with detachment;
3. to be seized with a passion; 52. the blood rushed to smth;
4. to dwell in peace; 53. to burst into tears;
5. to deliver oneself into the hands 54. to look a sight;
of an expert; 55. to place obstacles in smb’s way;
6. to attach a sentiment; 56. to make a cutting remark;
7. to praise with one’s lips; 57. to settle smth on smb;
8. to have no notion; 58. a trying moment;
9. to conceal the fact; 59. to tender official
10. a prodigal returned from his congratulations;
husks 60. a sense of family duty;
11. to make much of smb; 61. to have the consolation of
12. to pride oneself on smth; saying;
13. to take the trouble to do smth; 62. to be to the point;
14. to give a rueful smile; 63. like the blackbirds in the pie;
15. a sense of family connection; 64. to have a weakness for smb;
16. to pay a visit; 65. to be contrary to human nature;
17. to give a treat; 66. a gleam of recognition;
18. to take breath; 67. to make an attempt at smth;
19. to have a heart of gold; 68. to owe nothing to artifice;
20. to bore smb to death; 69. the impression of an
21. to recover one’s wits; eccentricity;
22. to pursue one’s lips; 70. for heaven’s sake;
23. to keep one’s face bravely; 71. after one’s/smb’s heart;