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Book 9 Module 4 words 1. mandarin 1）旧时大臣 2）普通话 2. Apart from (= except 和 besides ) 同义词in addition to / besides/ as well as/ other than / except for \except Eg:Apart from the injuries to his face and hands, he broke both legs. There is nobody on the ship apart from the captain. We all took part in the sports meeting except Tom. He speaks French in addition to English. In addition to these arrangements , extra ambulance will be on duty until midnight. Your composition is good except for a few handwriting mistakes. 3. overtake the pepulation of china take over 接管 4. expand,--contract. V expansion.—contraction. n Most matter expands when heated and contracts when cooled. 5. more or less. Adv 1) 差不多，几乎 2）大约，或多或少 He has more or less finished his work. 3）有几分 He is more or less drunk. more or less different / the same. I have $100 more or less. 6. trend. n. 趋向，趋势，潮流 (tendency) We have seen a trend towards\(to) more violent films this year. v. River trends towards the east.趋向 Your opinion trends towards his. tend v. to do 倾向于做… have a tendency to do. to/ towards sth. Eg:I have a tendency to talk too much when I am nervous. She has a strong natural tendency towards caution.天生喜欢小心谨慎。 7. give the definition of the word. define a word . vt definite adj. 明确的 8. ceremony n.----ceremonial language.正式语言。 9. The outlook for history is bleak. 10. document vt.纪录 n. 文件，公文。 11. be referred to as…… our monitor is referred to as a living Lei Feng. refer to 提到，说到 指的是 与…有关，涉及 参考，查阅 What I have to say refers to all of you. When I said some people are stupid , I wasn’t referring to you. refer to a dictionary I refer to my watch for the exact time . 12. one’s enthusiasm for… be enthusiastic about… 13. inquiry (enquiry) office. 问询处。 inquire about…询问，打听，质问 vi. whether these figures are reliable.质疑，