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conclude hire 租用，租 He hired a car for two days. 雇用，雇 The fruit is picked by hired laborers. 这些水果是由雇佣工采摘的。 balance 天平 -Have you brought something to weigh the flesh? A balance? keep/lose one’s balance 平衡 -All the parts of the building are in perfect balance. 谐调，匀称 -I must check my bank balance. 余额 stand out 明显；醒目; 突出 ;坚持 -Does your school work stand out from that of others? -She stands out with that dress on. The students agreed that they must stand out against the decision to cut down the trees. 学生们一致同意坚决反对砍伐树木的决定。 fade 枯萎；退色；失去光泽 Cut flowers soon fade. 剪下来的花朵容易枯萎。 The colour in this silk material will not fade. 这种绸布料子不会褪色。 Impressive as the record is, it fades next to the story of Armstrong’s struggle against disease. Impressive as the record is = Though the record is impressive 他很恼火，却能耐心地听我说话。 Angry as/though he was, he listened to me patiently. 虽然阳光灿烂，天气却很冷。 The air was cold, bright as/though the sun was. That’s all! account n. 叙述；原因，理由，账户，账目 vi. （与for连用） account for 解释；说明： She could not account for her mistake. 她无法解释其错误。 How do you account for all the accidents in series? 你怎么解释这接二连三地发生的事故呢? account I want you to account for each sum of the money you spent. 我要你说明你所花掉的每一笔钱的用途。 The accounts show we have spent more than we received. 账目表明我们支出多于收入。 attempt 努力；尝试;企图 v. 常与to连用 The boys attempted to leave for camping but were stopped by their parents. 男孩子们想去野营但被他们的父母们拦住了。 努力；尝试 n. She made an attempt to cook the dinner. 她试着做这顿饭。 * Reading then 用来修饰名词，“那时的，当时的” the then prime minister by then到那时侯 since then此后 使结束；完毕 to conclude a speech To conclude, I wish you all good health and a long life. 最后,祝大家健康长寿。 推断出；断定 The doctor concluded that the patients disease was cancer. Instead, the editors of the book set down the records and keep track of them in other ways. keep track of: record sth; write down 记录 2) keep informed of sb./sth. keep in contact with; investigate 跟踪调查 Don’t feel bad if you make a mistake. Keep tra