Phrase and Examples for TOEFL

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a break with 绝交;结束
Even its irregular shape must have appealed to Laurent as a break with a long-standing tradition that required a sculptor to work within a perfect rectangle.

synonym: a departure from

a bouch of 一串,一批,一束
Every woman carried in her right hand a peeled willow wand, and in her left a bounch of white flowers.

synonym:a group of, a cluster of

a bundle of 一包
He imagined himself a belated traveler, a poor boy, an outcast, quenching his thirst at the wayside brook, his little packet of cresses doing duty for a bundle of clothes.

synonym:a cluster of

a burning desire 强烈的愿望
He had a buring desire to win back his father's love and confidence

synonym:longing,wish,lust

a cloud of 一大群,一组
He presently landed on top of the unexploded
boiler,accompanied by his wheels and a rain of other stuff, and enveloped in a cloud of scalding steam.

synonym:s swarm

a cluster of 一群,一团,一串,一丛,一束
Some ecologists pointed out that a cluster of tall buildings in a city ofter overburdens public transportation and parking lot capacities.

synonym: a group of

a column of water 水柱
When water is confined in tubes of  very small bore, the forces of cohesion are so great that the strength of a column of water compares with strength of a steel wire of the same diameter.

a crew of 一组
The poultry man or farm manager frequently has difficulty in assenbling a crew of people who are available and knowledgeable about handling poultry.

poultry: [ˈpəʊltri]n.〈集合词〉家禽
assemble: When people assemble or when someoneassembles them, they come together in a group, usually for a particular purpose such as a meeting.
synonym: a group of people working together.

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