(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...
(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) 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) 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.
as a result [æz ə riˈzʌlt] 📢 UK📢 US
vi.下蒙蒙细雨，下毛毛雨； n.蒙蒙细雨，毛毛雨；
结果， 因此；
n.仁慈；善举；捐赠；<史>恩税（旧时英王向民间征收的一种税金）；
不紧张； 松懈； 不生气； 不激动等；
(1) a bottle of wine (2) a glass of dry/sweet wine (3) red/rosé/white wine
(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) 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) 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) 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) 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
clock [klɔk] 📢 UK📢 US
vt.& vi.教育，教导；训练，培养； vt.使理解或接受；
n.投币式公用电话；
v.回转，返回；复发，又来；送还；言归正传； n.归来，返乡；来回，汇成；赢利；统计表；
n.钟，时钟；计时器；秒表；仪表； vt.记录（时间或速度）；测…的速度； vi.打卡；记下时间；
(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.
hundreds of
📢 UK📢 US
vt.引路；指导；操纵；影响； n.指导者；向导；导游；有指导意义的事物；
好几百，许许多多；
adj.有礼貌的；谦恭的；殷勤的；客气；
n.旅行支票；旅行信用卡；（常）出远门的人；巡回推销员；
(1) social issues/problems/reforms (2) a call for social and economic change (3) social class/background
(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
adj.快乐的，高兴的；令人开心的，使人喜悦的；快意；融融；
adv.到国外，在海外；广为流传地； adj.往国外的； n.海外，异国；
垃圾处置；
vt.再用，重新使用；n.再用，重新使用；
(1) a sudden change (2) Don't make any sudden movements. (3) His death was very sudden.
(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.
(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) 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.
(1) To be close to your friend, but closer to your enemy. (2) She feels good to be close to the nature. (3) Everyone wants to be close to her.
be close to [bi: kləuz tu:] 📢 UK📢 US
adj.不必要的，多余的；无用的，无益的；无须；
接近，靠近；濒临；切；亲；
n.名气，名声；好名声；信誉，声望；荣誉，名望；
adj.有关系的；叙述的； vt.叙述(relate过去式和过去分词)；
(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.