Dictation 2 Exercise 1: Complete 1. 2. 3. 4. familiarize oneself . become acquainted come contact .

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Exercise 2: Complete using the words below

evoke /limp/ elucidate/ stable/ consolidate/ expel/ contingency/ avid/ consummate/ circuitous/ deprive (of)/ profound/ flank/ dispatch/ repent/ lurk/virtuous/ commute/ adjourn/ regale/ convention
1. firmly fixed or not likely to move or change 2. show that you are sorry for sth wrong that you have done 3. to walk unevenly and slowly because of an injured leg or foot 4. to officially make sb leave a school or an organization 5. to take sth, esp. sth pleasant, away from sb 6. behaving in a very good and moral way 7. not straight or direct 8. make sth clear/ explain 9. to defend or guard on both sides 10. to stop official process for a period of time 11. a usual or accepted way of behaving esp. in social situations, often following an old way of thinking 12. having an ardent desire, marked by keen interest and enthusiasm 13. to become or cause sth become stronger and more certain 14. to wait or move secretly in order to attack sb or do sth wrong 15. make the same journey regularly between work and home 16. deep in meaning 17. complete or perfect 18. to make sb remember sth or feel an emotion 19. entertain sb with stories , jokes etc. 20. the sending off of sb or sth to a destination 21. sth that might happen in the future Exercise 3: Correct the sentences 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. She is too much young to drive. I am a kind of busy these days. Words have it that she is pregnant. I had my sister to help me with the household chores. There was general lack of enthusiasm among the trainees. They lack in creativity.