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indication of success
Collocation: persevere (in sth. / in doing sth.); persevere (with sth./sb.)
e.g. Despite a number of setbacks, they persevered in their attempts to fly around the world in a balloon.
She persevered with her violin lessons.
Derivations: persevering a.; perseverance n.
Part 3: Paragraphs 6-8
compliment: v. politely congratulate or praise (sb.) for sth. Collocation: compliment sb. (on sth.)
e.g. She complimented him on his excellent German. Comparison: compliment & complement
These words have similar spellings but completely different meanings. If you compliment someone, you say something very nice to them.
If one thing complements another, the two things work or look better because they are together. Blank filling:
The different flavors ___ each other perfectly. She ___ me on my English.
(Answer: A. complement; B. complimented)
venture to do sth.: be brave enough to say sth.
Collocation: venture sth.; venture to do sth.; venture + speech; venture that … e.g. She hardly dared to venture an opinion. She would never venture to ask for a raise. “And if I say no?” she ventured. Translation:
我小心翼翼地说她可能犯了个错误。
Answer: I ventured to suggest that she might have made a mistake.
III. Sentences
… you are beginning to feel impatient that there has been this long lull … (Paragraph 1) Paraphrase:
You are beginning to be anxious because there has been no progress of the war in such a long quiet period.
… appearances are often very deceptive … (Paragraph 3) Paraphrase:
Surface phenomena tend to be misleading.
… but then they mus