y on fire a.burning b.(of passion)burning with emotion;greatly excited;full of ardor;very enthusiastic;excited or passionate Examples: 超 The enemy could not but abandon the warship on fire. He was on fire with excitement at this marvelous sight. EXT
open a.If aplace,economy or area of interest opens up, or is opened up,more people will go there or Chinese become involved in it. a.(使)开放 b.to cause sth.to be available for development, b.开发，生产 production,etc. C.提供新的机会、可 c.to create a new opportunity or possibility 能性 He said he wanted to see how Albania was opening up to the world to open up undeveloped land,new territory,etc. When you've got a qualification like that,so many career opportunities opened up BACK NEXT
But somehow the imminence of an event that had been long expected,loved,feared and prepared for made them dejected. (Para.3) the fact that sth.(usu. irritated;in low spirits; unpleasant)is now about disheartened to take place The couple had been looking forward to and preparing for this spring planting for a long time,but now that the day had finally arrived,strangely,they felt somehow a bit sad
Mary,with her shrewd woman's mind,thought of as many things as there are in life as a woman would in the first joy and anxiety of her mating.(Para.3) Mary,like all sharp and smart women,thought of many things in life when she got married. BACK NEXT
Paragraphi4 Martin fell over a basket in the half-darkness of the barn,he swore and said that a man would be better off dead than. (Para.4) In the barn,it was still very dark as it was very early in the morning.So Martin tripped over a basket.He cursed and said that it would be better off dying than having to get up at such an early hour and begin the day's toil-probably for the rest of his life