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Hiroshimathe Liveliest City in Japan Detailed Study of the Text 1. slip: to move slidingly, smoothly, secretly or unnoticed. it carries a stronger implication of a frictionless than slide.2. lump: a mass of sth. solid without a special size of shape　　a lump of lead, sugar　　Black coffee, 2 lumps, please!a hard swelling on the body　　She was afraid when she felt a lump in her left breastto have a lump in ones throat:to have a tight feeling in the throat because strong emotion, such as sorrow or gratitude, to have ones throat choked, to have a feeling of pressure, being unable to breath, a tight sensation in the throat caused by unexpressed pity, sorrow, excitement, etc.　　All during her husbands funeral, she had ...　　Johns mother had a ... at his college graduation.　　The strong sensation of excitement and sorrow made me unable to breathe or to speak as if my throat was choked, as if my throat got blocked by sth. solid.3. on my mind: troubling ones thoughts, causing anxiety, unhappiness. When you have sth on your mind, you cant get rid of it, you are completely preoccupied, and obsessed. 　　His failure weighs heavily on him mind.　　He has got too much on his mind to worry about your problem.　　I am glad you want to talk about this. Its been on my mind for weeks.cf:in ones mind: think about, think of　　I think I know whats in your mind.　　Her mother was always in her mind.4. the very act of stepping on this soil:act and action:Action refers primarily to the process of acting; act to the result, the things done. An action is usually regarded as occupying some time and involving more than one step; an act is more frequently thought of as momentary of instantaneous and as individual.　　The rescue of a shipwrecked crew is a heroic action while the launching of the lifeboat, a brave act.　　a course of actionon this soil: on this land, on this earth, groundThe word SOIL conveys a strong emotion, it is an emotive word.　　A person in exile comes back