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Unit 4 A Virtual Life Lecture Notes (for students) Words and Expressions virtual: adj. 1) created and existing only in a computer I can visit a virtual store and put what I want in my basket at the click of a mouse button. 2) almost what is stated; in fact though not in name 国王处处都受王后的影响，以至于王后成了国家实际上的统治者。 The king was so much under the influence of his wife that she was the virtual ruler of the country. stretch: v. (cause to) become longer, wider, etc. without breaking My wool coat stretched when I washed it. 你已经使我忍无可忍了。You are stretching my patience to limit. submit: vt. 1) give (sth.) to sb. so that it may be formally considered I am going to submit an application for that job in Microsoft. 2) yield (oneself); agree to obey Should a wife submit herself to her husband? Collocation: submit oneself to 甘受, 服从 submit to 服从于；把提交给submit willingly 心悦诚服 take in: 1) receive, admit 2) include 3) make (clothes) narrower 4) understand 5) deceive 6) see at a glance; see at once (Directions:) Match the above definitions with the sentences below. 1. The dress was too big, so I took it in. (=3) 2. I didn’t take in what you were saying. (=4) 3. She took in every details of the other woman’s clothes. (=6) 4. Do you mean we should get rid of the stale and take in the fresh? (=1) 5. Don’t be taken in by her promises (=5) 6. This is the total cost of the trip, taking in everything. (=2) spit: vt. send (liquid, food, etc.) out from the mouth (used in the pattern: spit sth.(out) (at/on/onto sb./sth.)) He’s very ill and spitting (up) blood. The baby spat its food out on the table. *他气呼呼地作了答复。(He angrily spat out her answer.) conversely: adv. in a way that is opposite to sth. You can add the fluid to the powder or, conversely, the powder to the fluid. but then: yet at the same time The failure of China’s soccer team looks inevitable. But then, anything can happen in football. *这个马戏团并不出色，不过观众的要求也并不高。 (The circus was not a very good one, but then, the