Verb categories:
1. "Look": look; see; watch; observe; notice; catch sight of; stare; glare; glance; glimpse; see a film; watch TV;
2. "tell": tell sth to sb.=tell sb sth; talk with sb about sth; say
sth; speak in English; whisper sth to sb; inform sb of sth; reason
/talk/persuade sb into doing sth; bargain; cha; repea; explain; warn;
remind; discuss; debate; figure; declare; claim ; mention; admit; deny;
describe; announce; introduce; complain
3. "cry": cry; call; shout; scream; moan; sigh; quarrel
4. “Ask”: ask; interview; express; question
5. “Answer”: answer; respond; reply
6. “Listen”: listen to ; hear; pick up; overhear
7. "Laugh": smile; laugh; burst into laughter; burst out laughing
8. "Cry": cry; shed tears; weep ; sob; burst into tears /burst out crying
9. "eat/drink": eat/drink; sip; have a meal; have supper; toast; taste; treat sb to; help oneself to< /p>
10. "wear": put on; wear; have on; be dressed in; make-up; get changed; be in red; take off; remove
11. "OK ”: walk; run; climb; jump; skip; slip; come/go; enter; move; drive; ride; fly; crawl
12. “Sit”: sit down; be seated; seat oneself ; take a seat/ stand; lean
13. "sleep/rest": lie /on one's back/on one side/ on one's stomach; stay
in bed; have a rest; take a nap; be asleep; bend; turn over; rest
14. "write": dictate; write sth; describe; drop a line; draw; take down/write down
15. "take/put": take; bring; hold; carr
y; fetch; lif; put; lay; pull; push
16. "grab": take hold of; seize; grasp; scratch
17. "hit": hit; beat; strike; blow; attack
18. "Throw": throw; drop; fall; wave; shake
19. "Send": send; deliver; give; offer; see off
20. "touch/hug": couch; fold; embrace; hug; hold; in one's arms
21. "kick/touch": kick; knock; tip
22. "find/search": find; look for; find out; discover/explore; hunt for;
search for seek / seek for in search of; search sb; search sp. for sth;
check; examine; test; inspect
23. "get": get; obtain; acquire; gain; possess
24 . "loss": lose; be lost /be missing; gone; great loss
25. "有": have; own; conquer; occupy =possess
26. "无" ": nothing left; the remaining thing; disappear; be missing /gone
27. "Increase/decrease": rise / go up /drop; raise; bring down /reduce; increase/decrease
28. "Buy/Sell": buy; purchase; afford; pay; pay off; pay for; sell; on
sale; bargain; bill / cheque / cash/credit card/notes /coins; discounts
29. "Existence/disappearance": come into being; exist; appear; survive; live; show;
turn up; disappear; die; die out; pass away; be out of sight
30. "change": develop; improve; become; grow; go+ bad /wrong/ sour
/without( negative adj.) turn + colour; change /change into; reform
31. "Success/Failure": make it; succeed; make progress; come true; realize
one's dream; win; lose; fail to do; defeat; suffer loss; beat; turn sth.
into reality
32. "effort": try /manage; make effort
ts; attempt ; do ones best; do as much as one can to do
33. congratulate: congratulate sb. on sth.; celebrate; observe; get together
34. admire ：admire; respect; show respect for/to; adore; envy /be jealousy
35. praise/criticism: praise; think highly of; blame sb for sth; sb is to
blame; criticize /scold sb. for sth.; have a low opinion of sb; speak
ill of
36. likes/dislikes: like; love; be fond of; be keen on; be crazy about; adore; be into; prefer; enjoy; dislike hate; ignore
37. Arrive at; reach; return to; get to; stay in sp.; visit; leave; leave for
38. injury: hurt; injure; wound; cut; kill; drown; bleed; get burnt; suffer from; suffer a loss
39. damage: damage ; destroy; ruin; break down; crash; be broken
40. Repair: repair; rebuild; restore; fix; recover oneself
41. "The process of understanding": feel; sense; guess; suppose; wonder; doubt; know
/learn realize understand remember; be familiar with; recall; recite;
apply to
42. think; judge: think; believe; consider; find; feel; conclude; infer; doubt
43. think of…as; think about; consider; think over
44. Support/oppose: agree; disagree; accept; receive; refuse; turn down; be against; elect; vote for/against
45. Spend: sth/doing sth+cost; sb+spend+ in doing sth; sb+afford +n/to
do sth; It +takes/took some time/ money/energy to do sth; sb pay some
money for sth.
46. Save money: save /save up; set aside; put away; spare no effort/time
47. Participate: take part in; join /join in
; attend; compete in/ for/against
48. accuse: accuse sb. of; charge sb. with
49. rescue/help: help /help out; save /rescue sb from sth.; treat; cure
sb. of sth; aid sb in doing sth / to do sth; help sb with sth assist sb
in doing sth
50. Escape: run away; escape from; flee; hide
51. Prevent/forbid: prevent / keep/ stop sb. from doing sth; forbid doing sth.; ban; prohibit
p>52. deal with: handle / do with / deal with /tackle /overcome sth; solve; settle
53. imitate: copy; imitate; learn from; learn
54. Outbreak/occurrence: come about; happen to; take place; break out; burst out; go off; explode
55. Installation/equipment: fasten; fix; set; equip; be armed with; be equipped with
56. Pursuit: pursue; ran after; seek after; chase; catch up with; keep up with
57. Suggestion: advise; suggest; recommend ; propose; urge; demand; persuade
58. plan: plan / intend / design to do; be going to do /be about to do /will do
59. seem/ seem; appear; look like/ as if /as though
60. open/close: open; start; set up; close/close up; end; close down
Noun class:
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1 vacation vacation holiday spring break ask for leave be on holiday have two days off
2 travel trip journey tour voyage travel tourist passenger go camping/picnicking/hiking
3 staff clerk secretary passer-by friend minister manager waitress guest host hostess
Assistant customer adult neighbor relative patient /vet staff crew nurse teacher
Conductor tailor sailor inventor gardener guard
4 restaurants/booking/dining
Meal inn restaurant kitchen menu bill order tip fork and knife
reserve /book table Taste delicious salad dash vegetables fruit tray
napkin
5 clinic/medical treatment/medication clinic hospital take one's temperature take
medicine/pills have a fever/flu/headache doctor physician surgeon
specialist patient
6 station/airport airport on board miss the train/bus catch a train meet sb.
7 body parts arm head hair brain waist back shoulder pulse wrist
8 will will courage patience determination faith effort confidence ambition energy
9 talent/quality talent gift ability potential intelligent promising smart stupid careful proud
Strict honest cold serious easy-going learned knowledgeable
10 advantages and disadvantages advantage disadvantage strength weakness
11 aim goal intention purpose belief faith
12 means method way manner approach
13 physical fitness strong weak pale sick ill be well keep slim/ fit cut weight /put on weight
14 chart photo picture graph drawing table line/bar graph pie chart draw a sketch draw a sketch
15 article reading translation essay poem paper novel/fiction article
magazine newspaper journal diary diary Files form make a list of
16 class course lecture example reason message notes words phrase scholarship degree
Subject question trouble difficulty grades read comment marks
17 school activities match game activity hold a meeting /debate /speech/ ceremony
18 suggestions/views advice suggestion idea proposal view recommandation
19 climate/ weatherclimate weather
storm windy cloudy rainy snow hot/cold/freezing/heat/warmth
20 transportation by train/bus /boat bike on the train/bus /a bike drive a car ride a bike
give sb. a lift/ride
21 habit habit get used to regular regular (adjective) practice routine (noun)
22 sense sight hearing touch smell sense
23 feeling emotion anger delight sadness sorrow
24 wealth money possessions wealth belongings fortunes treasure diamond be rich/well-off
25 sports competition on the playground on the track and filed pitch event game
match sports player Coach judge jogging weightlifting play
volleyball/soccer/
26 clothes clothes, cloth, clothing clothes collectively refer to each To grow clothes, the predicate verb is always plural. Cloth refers to cloth, which is an uncountable noun. Clothing is a general term for clothing. It refers to a piece of clothing, an article of
27. Incident, accident refers to a small incident. , accident refers to an unfortunate accident
Adjective class
A person's various feelings
happy delighted to one's joy pleased amused
sad unhappy painful bitter
calm quiet silent/still peaceful
bother bored be fed up with
surprised astonished shocked /amazed
in fear be frightened /scared /afraid
disappointed disappointed hopeless be depressed
satisfied be satisfied with /be content to do
angryAnnoyed angry disgusting burst into rage
2 adverbial categories of degree
narrowly/ Nearly/ almost hardly/ hard extremely/ very very/ quite
Accidently/ once in a while occasionaly/ once far / by far
Farther/ further better/ worse be well/ good however/ therefore/so/thus
A collection of high-frequency phrases
With the help of
with help
under the leadership / care of under ~~ leadership / care
be strict with sb. be strict with ~ people
be strict in sth . Strict requirements for ~ things
at present=at the present time currently
for the present temporarily
in the sun/sunshine in the sun
under the sun in the world
lie in within ~~
lie on border with ~~
lie to located within ~~ outside
at least at least
in the least the least bit
by name 名
in the name of in the name of ~~
in the air, in the air, spreading
on the air, broadcast
in the way, blocking the road, obstacles, use ~~ method
< p> In a way at a certain point, to some extentget one's own way to do whatever one wants
give way give in
ose one's way get lost
by the way by the way
on one's way to on the way to~~
Come this way go this way
< p> at the cornerin the corner
on the corner
judge by / from judge by ~~
judge for oneself judge by someone himself
at the end (of) at the end of ~~
at the beginning of at the beginning of～～
at the back of at the back of, support
at the age of ～～岁
at the foot of at the foot of ~~
at the bottom of at the bottom of ~~
at the top of at the top of ~~
at/on the edge of on the side of ~~
in the course of in the process of ~~
in the eyes of From the point of view of ~~, in the eyes of ~~
< p> in the face of, despite, evenin the middle of in the middle of ~
in the end =at last=finally finally
on the eve of on the eve of~~
on the side of on the side of~~
after a time = after some time after a period of time
for a time = for some time, a period of time
behind time late, expired
behind the times behind the times
at no time never
p>
in no time immediately, immediately
at one time = once time once
p>
at a time = each time every time
at times = sometimes sometimes
at all times often, always, always
at the same time at the same time
at the time at ~~ time
by the time at ~~ time
for a moment a while
for the moment temporarily
at the moment at that time
the moment /minute /instance right~~a moment
once or twice once or twice
< p> more than once more than onceonce more again, again
once upon a time once upon a time
once in a while occasionally
1. Phrases centered on break
break away from break away from, escape
break down destroy, crush; disintegrate; malfunction, break down
break in break in to enter, to interrupt; to make obedient
break into to break in; to enter by force; to start suddenly
break out to break out, to occur; to prepare for use; to weigh anchor
break the law violate the law
break the record break the record
break one's promise gaffe
break up reclaim, break; dissolve, separate, decompose
2. Phrases centered around catch
be caught doing be caught in the rain catch a bus/train catch a cold catch one's word understand someone's words catch sight of discover, catch a glimpse of
catch up with catch up with, catch up with, catch up with
3. Phrases centered on come
come across occasionally discover, think of; cross; pay
come along come together, accompany; progress, progress; appear
come at to achieve, to seek, to get; to pounce, to attack
come back to come back; to recover, to recover
come down to fall; to land; to fall; to fall ill
come from from, originate from, produce from ~~, be born from
come in, enter; become popular; gain rank
come into being, occur, produce, appear, form
come into power to start to govern, to be in power, to be elected
come into use to start to use, to gain application
come on to perform; to start; to hurry up; to develop; to take the stage; (question) was raised
come to know begin to understand
come out come out, spread; publish; the result is; fade; (secret) leaked
come to wake up, recover; plan; achieve; come down to
come to an end terminate, end
come true realize, become reality; confirm
come up approach; go upstairs; grow, sprout
4. Phrases centered on do
be
done in exhausted be done with completely finished
do a good deed do a good deed do away with remove, abolish; kill; waste
do good to (=do sb. good ) do harm to (=do sb. good) do its work effective, effective do much extremely useful
do wrong to do one's best do something wrong do one's homework do one's utmost do one's best
do proud enough to make ~~ proud do sb. justice treat someone fairly
do some cleaning (V+ing, etc.) do sanitation do sb. a favor help someone
do well in learn well, do well do with get along with ~~, endure, deal with
p>
do without no need, no need to do wonders create miracles
have much to do with has nothing to do with has nothing to do with has nothing to do with ~~
have something to do with is related to ~~ in doing so=in so doing at this time, in this situation
That will do. Okay; enough
5. to get Centered phrases
get about wander, move around, travel; spread get above oneself consider oneself arrogant
get accustomed to get accustomed to, get accustomed to ~~ get across spend, pass, cross pass; persuade, make understand
get ahead of, surpass, get along, advance, progress; agree; leave
get along with get along with ~~ get at, discover, understand; master; attack
have got to do, have to, must get away, leave, escape
get back, get back, get back, get behind, see through
get down swallow; write down; depress, make depression get down to take it seriously, calm down
get familiar with get hold of get, get
get home get home< /p>
get in to enter, to fall into; to get involved
get off to send away; to take off (clothes); to get off;
to set off get on to get on the bus; to put on; progress, to make progress; to succeed; to get along
get upon with progress; to succeed in ~~
get one's hand in familiarity; habit
get out of Come out from ~~, derive from ~~; avoid; retire
get over; recover, recover; overcome; complete
get ready for prepare for ~~
get rid of remove, remove; exempt, get rid of
get through arrive, complete, pass; pass
get together accumulate, accumulate; discuss, obtain consensus
p>get up get up, stand up; study, study; devote to; arrange, organize
get used to get used to
6. take give as
The central phrase
be given to indulge in, indulge in, give about, distribute; spread
give and take give away give away; sacrifice; leak; award
give back give cause give reason
give ear to listen give forth send out, release; publish
give in give in, give in, surrender give in to agree, accept; Give in to ~~
give off give out (smoke, smell) give oneself out to be/as call oneself
give oneself up to concentrate on; surrender to ~~ give out give out, announce
give place to give way to, replaced by ~~ give rise to cause, cause; cause ~~ to happen
give sb. to understand inform someone give up give up; Stop
give way to give in, retreat; surrender
7. Look-centered phrases
look about look around; look after take care of, look around
look around look at gaze, focus on
look back look for; look forward to, expect
look down on look down on; despise look forward to Hope, look forward
look into peep; investigate; browse look like
look on; look out; pay attention; beware, beware
< p> look over look over; check look through ~~ look through; see through; browselook up to look up to, respect
8. Phrases centered on make
be made from made of ~~ raw materials
be made of made of ~~ materials
be made up of composed of ~~
make a fool of, deceive
make a mistake, make a mistake
make a point of doing, emphasize; think ~~ is important; determination, persistence
< p> make advantages/use of use, take advantage ofmake after pursue, catch up
make believe pretend
make certain, make certain, make it clear
p>
make contact with connect, contact with ~~, contact with ~~
make for where to go, move towards ~~; beneficial
make friends with and~ ~Make friends
make into Make ~~, turn ~~ into
make much of value; understand; appreciate
make one's mind on sth. decide something
make one's own treat it as one's own
make oneself at home casually, don't be bound
make out fill in; write a check; understand; identify
make the best of make the most of; attach great importance to
make up make up, repair; compensate, compensate; draft; fabricate; make up
m
ake up to approach, flatter; woo ~~
make way for to make way for ~~, make way for
on the make urgently seek success; increase
9. Phrases centered on put
put aside put ~~ aside; put aside; exclude; put away put ~~ away, put ~~ away; store; eat and drink , eat
put back put ~~ back to its original place; reject
put down put down; suppress; stop; write down; reduce; drop
put forward put forward; move forward; suggest, recommend; advocate, advocate
put ~~ into put ~~ into; insert; translate into
put off postpone, postpone; eliminate; shirk , decline
put on put on; put on, bring on
put up with endure, tolerate
put one's heart into concentrate on, concentrate on
< p> put up lift, hang; nominate, recommend; display10. Phrases centered on take
be taken aback surprised take a seat sit down
< p> take a shower, take a shower, take aim, aim, set a goaltake away, take away, subtract; take away, take ~~ by surprise, win by surprise
take one's place, sit down, enter sit
take care of be careful, pay attention to; take care of; beware of; be cautious; handle, deal with; take responsibility
take office take office, take office
take ~~ for ~as
take off take off, remove; leave; take off; imitate; set off; kill; copy, make a copy; weaken
take one's temperature take one's temperature
< p> take part in participate in, participatetake it easy, don’t worry, take your time
take place = happen, take place
take the place of instead take pride in to be proud of ~~, to be proud of ~~
take sb. by the arm to pull someone’s arm
11. Phrases centered on turn
give a new turn to give a new perspective to ~~
in one's turn It's someone's turn to do something
out of turn out of order, inappropriate
take one's turn to do turn to do
turn a blind eye to turn a blind eye to ~~ turn a blind eye
turn against betrayal, adopt a hostile attitude
< p> turn back turn back, go backturn down fold, turn down, reject, refuse to consider
turn into walk into; become, become
turn to ~~for help
turn off to turn off (tap water, electrical switch); fire, dismiss; avoid (problem); manufacture; production
turn on to open ( running water, electrical switch); oppose; rely on, depend on, depend on
turn one's attention to turn attention
turn out to cultivate; to prove that; to make; the actual situation is< /p>
turn out to be turns out to be, proves to be, and the result is
turn over a new leaf, turn over a new page, start over, change one's past.
turn (a)round, rotate, turn around; change opinions; adopt new policies
turn to turn into; start with /p>