(1) I waited a long time for him to return. (2) She's returning to Australia tomorrow after six months in Europe. (3) I returned from work to find the house empty.
(1) She died as a result of her injuries. (2) The failure of the company was a direct result of bad management. (3) He made one big mistake, and, as a result, lost his job.
(1) I must have driven past that place thousands of times. (2) There are thousands of students absolutely gagging to come to this university. (3) thousands of refugees are packed into over-crowded towns and villages.
(1) They seemed determined to turn the clock back to the days of the cold war. (2) You can never turn the clock back. (3) In symbol, God would turn the clock back for Hezekiah and give him extension of life.
(1) And the teddy bear you gave me that I held so tight. (2) He lost his job as a result of the dispute. (3) He was made king as a result of various intrigues.
(1) She looked over her shoulder to be sure of her footing. (2) He likes to be sure of his bodily comforts. (3) A lot of people think that it's better to pay for their education so that they can be sure of getting quality.
be sure of [bi: ʃuə ɔv] 📢 UK📢 US
adv.一次，一趟；一倍；曾经；一旦； conj.一旦…就…；一经； n.一次，一回；
确信；
vt.提议，建议；打算，计划；推荐，提名；求婚； vi.做出计划，打算；求婚；
习惯于…，有…的习惯；
(1) Wind gusts at 80 m.p.h. were clocked at Rapid City. (2) The police clocked her doing over 100 miles an hour. (3) a used car with 20 000 miles on the clock
(1) imports of cheap food from abroad (2) He was famous, both at home and abroad (= in his own country and in other countries) . (3) There was news abroad that a change was coming.
abroad [əˈbrɔ:d] 📢 UK📢 US
乘公共汽车；
adv.到国外，在海外；广为流传地； adj.往国外的； n.海外，异国；
n.喜悦，快乐，高兴；令人高兴的事（或人）；成功；好运； vi.因…而高兴； vt.高兴，使快乐；
无疑；准保；
(1) For amusement, we go to the movies once a week. (2) Let's call it a day and go to the movies. (3) Let's go to the movies.
(1) to make a horror movie (2) Have you seen the latest Tarantino movie? (3) a famous movie director/star
movie [ˈmu:vi] 📢 UK📢 US
做体操；
n.电影；电影院；电影业；
n.腿；支柱，支架；裤腿；一段赛程； vi.<口>走，跑；
幽默感；
(1) to waste time/food/energy (2) Why waste money on clothes you don't need? (3) She wasted no time in rejecting the offer (= she rejected it immediately) .
(1) The Democrats will probably lose control of Congress. (2) A military junta took control of the country . (3) The city is in the control of enemy forces.
(1) You can go to a movie theater in Amsterdam and buy a beer. (2) Would you like to go to a movie with me tonight? (3) When do I get to go to a movie?
(1) His face burned with shame. (2) She hung her head in shame. (3) He could not live with the shame of other people knowing the truth.
shame [ʃeɪm] 📢 UK📢 US
n.羞愧；羞辱；可耻的人；羞愧感； vt.使蒙羞；玷辱；使感到羞愧；使相形见绌；
adj.困难的；难做的；难解的；不易相处的；
尊重；重视；看得起；钦佩；
adv.怎么样，以为如何（提出建议或用以引出话题）；
(1) Beside me were dozens of sandwiches and a box of candy. (2) Sarah is never lonely because she has dozens of friends. (3) Windows from dozens of nearby buildings were also and shards of glass littered the area.
dozens of
📢 UK📢 US
n.气象员，天气预报员；
n.永恒；[宗]来世，永生，永劫；万年；不朽；
很多；
照亮；点烟；开街灯或车灯；（使）变得喜悦；
(1) a bottle of wine (2) a glass of dry/sweet wine (3) red/rosé/white wine
(1) Office material worth hundreds of thousands of pounds was smashed up. (2) hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets to mark the occasion. (3) It takes hundreds of thousands of dollars to get into the franchised pizza business.
(1) Students often travel hundreds of miles to get here. (2) hundreds of tightly rolled newspapers were set aflame among the 50,000 crowd. (3) Their soldiers had to retreat ignominiously after losing hundreds of lives.
(1) I met Wilma once, briefly... (2) Since that evening I haven't once slept through the night... (3) Lung cells die and are replaced about once a week...