Practice 15
1. keep in shape 2. as a matter of fact 3. lose weight 4. what about
5. not really 6. use up 7. take in 8. in fact
Exercise 5
1. possessed 2. property 3. delicious 4. delight 5. harvest 6. merchant
7. buried 8. requests 9. hunt 10. nodded 11. delay 12. hide
Exercise 6
1. send for 2. to be sure 3. time and time again 4. all his life 5. sent away
6. dig up 7. set to 8. day after day 9. pick out 10. in answer to
11. were carried away
Exercise 7
1. but because we do not have time
2. but because his mother asked him to
3. not because he had no experience
4. not because she failed in an examination
5. not because we like the party, but because we want to say think you to him
Exercise 8
1. This is the most delicious Chinese food I have yet had.
2. This is the most difficult exercise he has yet done.
3. This is the most beautiful music we have yet heard.
4. This is the most interesting game she has yet played.
5. This is the best way they have yet tried.
Exercise 9
1. Seeing that the old man was dying, the neighbors sent for a doctor without any delay
2. A beautiful orchard requires hard work like watering, digging up the weeds, picking out the stones day after day, but the time for harvest always makes one happy.
3. He had been rich all his life, but he never took much delight in the property he possessed.
4. During the hunt, time and time again they thought they had found the treasure buried underground, but in the end, they actually found nothing.
5. In answer to the merchant’s request, the restaurant sent away the other guests and set to preparing delicious food just for him.
6. “May I carry away these old newspapers?” the worker asked. “To be sure,” he nodded his head.
Exercise 14
1. fortune 2. were amazed 3. had been cheated 4. exchange 5. demanded
6. content 7. seized 8. behavior 9. earned 10. extra