Words

fool n.

I was so foolish that I carelessly set the house on fire.

He felt like a fool when he forgot her birthday.

She fooled him into giving her his password.

Stop playing the fool and take this seriously.

bulletin n.

bulletin board

We’ve just read the notice on the bulletin board.

The owner of the bulletin board was fooled into giving his password.

A plane flew off course and crashed into the ground. When people arrived on the scene, they found that a bulletin board was miraculously unhurt.

I have just posted a lost and found notice on that bulletin board because I can’t find my watch. I am hoping someone will find it and return it to me.

A new bulletin board will be built by next year.

announcer n.

It was not long before the announcer told us the plane had flown off course.

The announcer tired to stay out of the limelight after work.

The announcer bought a new mattress and smashed the old one to pieces.

Glance at the paper full of the speech text, the announcer immediately knew what to say next.

macaroni

Please make yourself comfortable, I will make some macaroni for you.

She promptly picked up the macaroni dropped on the ground and threw it into the boiling pot.

I was tired of eating macaroni everyday.

A gust of wind swept my macaroni out of the window while I was cooking dinner.

leading adj. + cause

Smoking is one of the leading causes of lung cancer.

Poor diet and lack of exercise are the leading causes of heart disease.

grower n.

As a vegetable grower, he is busy with his land all the time.

My father would do anything to prevent me from becoming a vegetable grower.

A gust of wind swept the grower’s vegetables and threw them hard onto the ground.

I saw a grower riding his bike to the village faire to sell his vegetables.

In the grower’s view, every vegetable is worthless.

splendid adj. + idea/example/view/garden

What a splendid idea!

The view from the mountain was absolutely splendid.

The palace was decorated in a truly splendid manner.

stalk n.

You can use that stalk to make a bow.

When I was walking through the nearby park, I was knocked over by a plant stalk.

He broke off a stalk of asparagus.

gather v. thresh v.

The farmers gathered the wheat before the storm came.

We gathered around the fire to keep warm.

She gathered some flowers from the garden.

A crowd gathered in front of the town hall.

The farmers threshed the rice to separate the grains from the stalks.

In the past, people threshed wheat by hand using sticks.

process v.

The crop is being processed at the factory right now.

Learning a new language is a new process.

The process of rescuing the survivors may takes several days.

The factory processes the raw materials into finished goods.

You need to wait for a while because the computer is still processing the data.

present adj.

I can’t use my office at present, for it is being repaired.

At present moment, nobody is aware of it.

You can only walk to the destination at present because the conductor is ill.

At present, all we can do is wait.

champion n.

You are expected to successfully challenge the present champion.

The present champion’s record has not been broken so far.

To maintain the world record, the present champion is on a very strict diet.

The present champion embarrassed him in front of his friends.

studio n.

I like the games made by that studio.

I want to create a small studio to make games.

The studio which he just bought last week burnt down.

Expressions

at the end of…

At the end of this week, I want you to get out of here.

At the end of this year, I think I can speak English.

My friend will be visiting me at the end of this month.