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启 诺 国 际 教 育 Chino International Education Group 课文生词英译英解释 Unit 1. High 1 --- Word Explanation 126. liquid --- A liquid is a substance such as water which is not solid and which can be poured. 127. contract --- N-COUNT A contract is a legal agreement, usually between two companies or between an employer and employee, which involves doing work for a stated sum of money. contract --- VERB If you contract with someone to do something, you legally agree to do it for them or for them to do it for you. [FORMAL] contract --- VERB When something contracts, it becomes smaller or shorter. contract --- VERB If you contract a serious illness, you become ill with it. [FORMAL] 128. mixture --- N-SING A mixture of things consists of several different things together. mixture --- N-COUNT A mixture is a substance that consists of other substances which have been stirred or shaken together. 129. electricity --- Electricity is a form of energy used for heating and lighting, and to provide power for machines. 130. stage --- N-COUNT A stage of an activity, process, or period is one part of it. stage --- N-COUNT In a theatre, the stage is an area where actors or entertainers perform. stage --- N-SING You can refer to performing and the production of plays in a theatre as the stage. stage --- VERB If someone stages a play or other show, they organize and present a performance of it. stage --- VERB To stage an event or ceremony means to organize it. stage --- to set the stage: See set 131. conclusion --- N-COUNT When you come to a conclusion, you decide that something is true after you have thought about it carefully. conclusion ---N-SING The conclusion of something is its ending. conclusion --- PHRASE You can describe something that seems certain to happen as a foregone conclusion. conclusion --- PHRASE You say `in conclusion to introduce the last thing that you want to say. 132. reaction --- N-VAR Your reaction to something that has happened or something th