I have an account with the bank. 我在银行开有户头。

　　He turned/put his knowledge of Spanish to good account. 他善加利用他对西班牙语文的知识。

　　Don’t stay away on account of John. 为了约翰，不要离开。

　　2.act

　　Don’t take him seriously --- it’s just an act. 不要把他看得太认真 ——他只是假装那样而已。

　　In the act of (=while) picking up the ball, he slipped and fell. 正当其拾球之际，他失足跌倒。

　　3.addition

　　They’ve just had an addition to the family. 他们家里刚又增加一口。

　　4.adjustment

　　They do an adjustment on humance resources to achieve the goal. 为了达到目标，他们调整了人员。

　　5. advertisement

　　Advertisement helps to sell goods. 广告有助于销路。

　　6. agreement

　　I’m quite in agreement with what you say. 我十分同意你所说的话。

　　7. air

　　My plans are still quite in the air. 我的计划还未定案。

　　Radio Beijing is on the air 24 hours a day. 北京电台全天24小时广播。

　　8. amount

　　There is still quite an amount of prejudice against him. 人们对他尚有很大的偏见。

　　He has any amount of money. 他的钱不可数计。

　　9. amusement

　　He looked at me in amusement. 他很感兴趣地望着我。

　　There are plenty of amusements here – cinemas, theatres, concerts, football matches, and so on. 这里有许多娱乐 - 电影院、戏院、音乐会、足球比赛等。

　　10. animal

　　animal desires 肉欲

　　11. answer

　　She gave no answer. 她没有回答。

　　12. apparatus

　　Your digestive apparatus takes the food you eat and changes it so that it can be used to build up the body. 你的消化器官把你所吃的食物消化、吸收，用以增进身体的健康。

　　13. approval

　　Your plans have my approval. 你的计划我赞成。

　　14. argument

　　I have no wish to engage in (an) argument with you. 我不想跟你辩论。

　　15. art

　　The story is developed with great art. 那故事非常技巧地展开。

　　16. attack

　　Attack is said to be the best form of defence. 常言道，攻击是最好的防御。

　　17. attempt

　　Her attempt at a Christmas cake had to be thrown away. 她的圣诞蛋糕做得不好。

　　18. attention

　　Pay attention to what you’re doing. 注意你在做的事。

　　A pretty girl usually receives more attentions than a plain girl. 一个漂亮女孩通常比一个普通女孩得到较多的殷勤。

　　Attention! 立正！

　　19. attraction

　　He cannot resist the attraction of a pretty girl. 他无法抗拒漂亮女郎的吸引力。

　　20. authority

　　He is a great authority on phonetics. 他是语音学方面的权威。

　　21. back

　　He slipped and fell on his back. 他仰天滑到。

　　22. balance

　　Don’t get excited; keep your balance. 不要冲动，保持冷静。

　　23. base

　　A naval base is located at Wei Hai. 威海有个海军基地。

　　24. behavior

　　Tom won a prize for good behavior at school. 汤姆在学校里得到品行优良奖。

　　25. belief

　　He has lost his belief in God. 他已不相信上帝。

　26. birth

　　That baby weighed seven pounds at birth. 那婴儿生下来七磅重。

　　27. bit

　　He ate every bit of his dinner. 他把他的晚餐吃得光光。

　　She’s feeling a bit tired. 她觉得有点疲倦。

　　He doesn’t care a bit. 他一点也不在乎。

　　28. bite

　　His face was covered with insect bites. 他满脸都是蚊虫咬伤。

　　I haven’t had a bite since morning. 我从早晨到现在一口东西都未吃过。

　　There’s a bite in the air this morning. 今天早晨有点寒风刺骨。

　　29. blood

　　He gave his blood to help his sister. 他输血给他的妹妹以救她。

　　His blood is up. 他发脾气了。

　　His blood ran cold. 他吓得魂不附体。

　　30. blow

　　Let’s go for a blow. 让我们到户外吹吹风。

　　31. body

　　His body was brought back to England for burial. 他的遗体被运回英国埋葬。

　　She’s a nice old body. 她是一个很好的老人。

　　32. brass

　　get down to brass tacks 开门见山

　　33. bread

　　I’m only dong it for the bread. 我纯粹是为了钱才做那件事。

　　34. breath

　　They are not be mentioned in the same breath. 他们不可同日而语。

　　There wasn’t a breath of air/wind. 一丝微风都没有。

　　35. brother

　　He is my brother. 他是我的兄弟。

　　36. building

　　buidling materials 建筑材料

　　building site 建筑工地

　　37. burn

　　He died of the burns he received in the fire. 他死于火灾时所受到的灼伤。

　　38. burst

　　a burst of applause 一阵喝彩

　　39. business

　　He is in business of himself. 他自行经商。

　　That’s no business of yours. 那事与你无关。

　　I’m sick of the whole business. 我对这事情实在感到厌烦。

　　40. butter

　　butter will not melt in sb’s mouth 一本正经的样子

　　peanut buttter 花生酱

　　41. canvas

　　He is canvassing for the Conservative candidates. 他正在替保守党候选人奔走拉票。

　　42. care

　　Take care (that) you don’t get run over when you cross the street. 当你穿越街道时，小心不要被车子撞到。

　　I will leave this in your care. 我将此事交由你负责。

　　He seems free from care. 他显得无忧无虑。

　　43. cause

　　You have no cause for comlaint. 你没有理由抱怨。

　　44. chalk

　　The girl like to collect chalks with various colors. 女孩喜欢收集各色粉笔。

　　45. chance

　　Let’s leave it to chance. 我们就让它听其自然。

　　It’s the chance of a lifetime. 这是一生中难得再遇到的机会。

　　46. change

　　Take a change of clothes with you. 带一套换洗的衣服。

　　I have no small change. 我没有零钱。

　　Let’s hope there will be a change in weather. 但愿天气会变好。

　　47. cloth

　　a floor cloth 擦地板布

　　a dish cloth 洗碗布

　　48. coal

　　A hot coal fell from the fire and burnt a hole in the carpet. 火炉中调出来一块煤，把地毯烧了一个洞。

　　carry coals to Newcastle 多此一举

　　49. color

　　She has very little color. 她面色苍白。

　　50. comfort

　　It’s a comfort to know that she is safe. 知道她平安无事令人安慰。

　　comfort station – (US) public lavatory (美) 公共厕所

　76. day

　　We travelled day and night without stopping. 我们日夜不停的旅行。

　　He’s eighty if he’s a day! 他至少八十岁了。

　　She was a beauty in her day. 她年轻时是个美人。

　　77. death

　　His mother’s death was a great blow to him. 他母亲的去世对他是一大打击。

　　78. debt

　　It’s much easier to get into debt than to get out of debt. 欠债容易偿债难。

　　79. decision

　　Have they reached/come to/arrived at/taken/made a decision yet? 他们是否已有所决定了？

　　80. degree

　　He was not in the slightest degree interested. 他丝毫不感兴趣。

　　81. design

　　The building seats 2000 people, but is poor in design. 这个建筑有二千个座位，但设计很差。

　　He has designs on that young girl. (口语)他想打那个年轻女郎的注意。

　　82. desire

　　He has no desire for wealth. 他对于财富无欲望。

　　I hope you will get all your heart’s desires. 我希望你能得到你想要的。

　　83. destruction

　　Gambling was his destruction. 赌博是他毁灭的根源。

　　84. detail

　　Please give me all the details. 请让我知道所有的细节。

　　85. development

　　Which is more important, moral development or physical development? 道德培养和体格培养哪一样较重要？

　　We must await further developments. 我们必须等待进一步的发展。

　　86. digestion

　　He can only eat the food that is easy of digestion. 他只能吃易于消化的食物。

　　87. direction

　　Tom went off in one direction and Harry in another direction. 汤姆朝着一个方向去，哈里朝另一个方向去。

　　She feels the need of direction. 她感到需要有人指导她。

　　88. discovery

　　He made wonderful scientific discoveries. 他完成了惊人的科学发现。

　　89. discussion

　　The question is still under discussion. 这个问题仍在讨论中。

　　90. disease

　　The business of doctors is to prevent and cure disease. 医生的职责是预防和治疗疾病。

　　91. disgust

　　He turned away in disgust. 他厌恶地把脸转开。

　　92. distance

　　My house is within easy walking distance of the shops. 我家离商店很近，走几步就到了。

　　93. distribution

　　They could not agree about the distribution of the profits. 他们对于利润的分配意见不一。

　　94. division

　　A hedge forms the division between his land and mine. 一道树篱形成他的土地和我的土地之间的分界线。

　　95. doubt

　　I have no doubt of your ability. 我相信你的能力。

　　96. drink

　　What about a drink? 来杯酒如何？

　　We have plenty of bottled drinks. 我们有很多的瓶装饮料。

　　97. driving

　　take driving lessons 上驾驶课

　　driving licence 驾驶执照

　　driving school 驾驶学校

　　driving test 驾驶执照考试

　　98. dust

　　The dust was blowing in the streets. 街上尘土飞扬。

　　99. earth

　　Who do you think was the greatest man on earth? 你认为谁是世界上最伟大的人？

　　100. edge

　　Don’t put the glass on the edge of the table; it may get knocked off. 不要把杯子放在桌边上，它可能被碰掉。