Lesson 15
The escaped prisoner was apprehended as he tried to cross the river.
The siren of the fire engine diverted the audience’s attention from the play.
The tunnel was made by excavating the side of a mountain.
If a man drinks too much whisky ,he becomes intoxicated.
Most people who live in apartments are urban dwellers.
The two surfaces adhered to each other,and we could’t get them apart.
He had the audacity to go to the party without being invited.
The contiguity of the house and the garage was a convenience in bad weather.
The witch had enchanted the princess so that she would sleep for a month.
As he watched the Niagara Falls,he thought of the grandeur of nature.
From her story we inferred that they went to the United States.
I cannot write a letter ;my fingers are numb with cold.
Please remit the amount of your bill by check.
The girl was accused of stealing a pair of shoes,but because of her young age the judge remitted the prison sentence.
His skeptical remark about the team’s chances of winning made us gloomy.
The urban population of Taiwan has greatly increased during the last ten years.
The contiguity of the little girl and the policeman prevented her from being kidnapped.
The audience was enchanted by the grace of the young dancer.
In the United States today,the urban populationg far out numbers the farm population.
Apply the sticker on the dry surface,or it will not adhere properly .
I inferred from your letter that you did not wish to see us.
This is serious ;I am afraid we’ll have to amputate his leg.
All the people in the party were digusted with his bawdy jokes.
She is very attractive in spite of her slight deformity.
It took a long time to excavate the ancient city of Troy.
In olden times the coasts of England were frequently harassed by the Vikings.
He does not drink at all ;a little wine may intoxicate him.
The placid lake reflected the image of the old castle.
Mary kicked Susan,and Susan retaliated against her by biting.
The cat found a bird sitting on the branch and crept with stealthy movements toward it.
He lied to me about my friend,and I have been very wary of him ever since.
Better food has reduced the number of children born with deformity.
He has been harassed by business troubles and his nagging wife.
I like th small restaurant at the foot of the muntain;it has an intimate and placid atmosphere.
If we insult them,they will probably retaliate against us sometime.
The joy of victory so intoxicated the members of the team that they jumped and sang and behaved like crazy men.
Three survivors told us in detail how the regiment was annihilated by the enemy.
In telling a story we usually follow charonological order.
They are palnning to divert the river to supply water somewhere else.
The moonlight on the lake enhanced the beauty of the scene.
The criminal has been imprisoned in a dark cell for almost 10 years.
Do not bear malice toward him.
He is a good man by nature.
The driver was prosecuted for exceeding the speed limit on the express way.
He started an inquiry into the cause of the fire,and prosecuted it for several weeks.
We were all around by the satirical comparison of life at college and in the army.
They subscribe to a monthly magazine in addition to several daily newspapers.
He subscribed a large amount of money to the collection for the hospital.
We heard a weird shriek from the darkness of the ruined castle.
The growth of a city often enhances the value of land close to it.
Bryan tripped me so that I couldn’t be able to play tomorrow.
He did it not as a joke but out of melice.
No one survived the great avalanche;it annihilated the whole village.
The teacher gave the pupils a chronological list of events which had caused the First World War.
A juggler or magician diverts audience’s attention from one hand by making feints with the other.
A guilty man apprehends danger in every sound.
The thief who had stolen the jewels was apprehended by the police and was put in jail.
She commutes from Cambridge to London every day.
Heat and smoke emitted by the fire made it difficult for the firemen to put it out.
The soldiers fortified the positione on the hill by building earthworks and eredting log walls.
The government inflicted excessively heavy income taxes on the people.
She cut and painted pieces of paper that mimicked flowers so well that some people thought they were real.
Her calm voice reassured the frightened child,and he felt much better.
An exciting new serial story will begin in out next week’s issue.
The tactics of pretending to cross the river and of making a retreat fooled the enenmy.
Hundreds of thousands of suburban residents regularly commute to the city.
He mimicked his uncle’s voice and gesture very cleverly.
The captain’s confidence during the storm reassured all the passengers of the ship.
Place volumes one to five on the shelf in a serial order.
If you want to be a seccessful politician you must make yourself able in tactics.