Text Analysis食...pheasantsrocketedoff...O pheasants took off like rocketsCompare:1. Factories mushroomed. (They grew like mushroom.)2. He tried to worm into that organization. (He tried to get into thatorganization like a worm, i.e., slowly and with difficulty, and oftenby using clever methods.)3. It could snowball into a serious conflict. (It could graduallydevelop into a serious conflict.)4. He was wolfing it down as if he had not eaten for days. (He waseating it very quickly like a wolf.)EndText
Text Analysis . pheasants rocketed off . Ø pheasants took off like rockets Compare: 1. Factories mushroomed. (They grew like mushroom.) 2. He tried to worm into that organization. (He tried to get into that organization like a worm, i.e., slowly and with difficulty, and often by using clever methods.) 3. It could snowball into a serious conflict. (It could gradually develop into a serious conflict.) 4. He was wolfing it down as if he had not eaten for days. (He was eating it very quickly like a wolf.)
食TextAnalysisKeeping to myself was my way of not forming attachmentsthat I would only have to abandon the next time we moved.OI did not try to make many friends because in that way I did nothave to give up my friendship the next time I had to move.O keep to oneself: live a very quiet and private life and not domanythings involving otherpeopleEndText
Text Analysis Keeping to myself was my way of not forming attachments that I would only have to abandon the next time we moved. Ø I did not try to make many friends because in that way I did not have to give up my friendship the next time I had to move. Ø keep to oneself: live a very quiet and private life and not do many things involving other people
食TextAnalysis... through no design of my own.O ... not that I intended to do it/not that I planned it that way/justby chanceEndText
Text Analysis . through no design of my own. Ø . not that I intended to do it/not that I planned it that way/just by chance
食TextAnalysis...an almost impenetrable stand of trees...O trees growing so thick that they are impossible to go through orenterintoO stand: a group of trees growing in a given areaEndText
Text Analysis .an almost impenetrable stand of trees. Ø trees growing so thick that they are impossible to go through or enter into Ø stand: a group of trees growing in a given area
Text Analysis食...with treetrunks for pillars...O with tree trunks serving or functioning as pillarsO Pay attention to the word"for"here.More examples:1. With his torn shirt for paper and his bleeding finger for a pen, hewrotehis last letter.2. She just had a banana for breakfast.3. With the green banana for glue, he fixed the radiator.EndText
Text Analysis .with tree trunks for pillars. Ø with tree trunks serving or functioning as pillars Ø Pay attention to the word “for” here. More examples: 1. With his torn shirt for paper and his bleeding finger for a pen, he wrote his last letter. 2. She just had a banana for breakfast. 3. With the green banana for glue, he fixed the radiator