1. a woman lost in the fog; a student lost in his books; a man lost in thought
2. a story with a surprise ending; take the place by surprise; to my great surprise=much to my surprise
3. in one’s daily life; in our everyday life
4. affect one another; affect each other; have an effect on each other
5. hold one’s nose; hold a meeting; hold one’s head high; hold her still; hold on
6. letters in raised dots
7. people with hearing problems
8. make achievements/contributions/ friends/ comments/ sense/ room/ way/ progress/ difference
9. be confused by; confuse A with B
10. be covered in a grey mist/fog; cover a long distance; cover all the events
11. step out into the fog/ darkness; step by step; watch out for the steps
12. once seen/published ; once out of trouble; all at once = all of a sudden = suddenly; once in a while
13. that fast/ long/ high
14. too foggy to run that far; too young to go to school; too anxious to leave; can’t be too careful; be too much for sb
15. observe one’s birthday; observe the school rules; observe the stars
16. a tall man in a dark coat; a tall man dressed in a dark coat; a tall man wearing /having on a dark coat
17. glance / stare /glare/ look at
18. nowhere to be seen/found; nowhere to live; get nowhere
19. in sight; out of sight; catch/ lose sight of; at the first sight
20. set off for Beijing; set off a wave of anger; set off a bomb; set off sb doing
21. feel one’s heart beating with fear; give sb a good beating; beat sb by 2 points
22. wish for someone to come along/ appear
23. reach out for sth/ to do sth
24. find sb staring up at the face
25. watch out for the steps
26. sound young/ easy/ interesting
27. be off= leave
28. pay back; pay off; pay for
29. get across; get through; get over
30. except for some spelling mistakes; except that there are some spelling mistakes; except on Sundays; except when it is Sunday
31. have much in common; in common with; common sense
32. in some cases; in no case; in this/ that case
33. smell bad/ pleasant
34. have an answer to the problem of global warming
35. so far ; up to now
36. go hungry/ bad/ mad/ wrong/ unpunished
37. afford the increase
38. the weather report for today; today’s weather report
39. with heavy showers around lunchtime
40. with a fair chance of cloudy weather developing
41. with a storm likely
