Unit 8

Word

Example

clear up

After the thunderstorm the sky cleared up

take out

Could you take out the rubbish for me, please?

call back

Could you ask him to call me back, it's very important

shut down

Hundreds of local post offices have shut down

join in

I'd love to join in but I don't know how

put away

Could you put away your clothes?

throw away

Don't throw away that letter!

put back

Put the vase back please, it's a very expensive china

give out

I'm afraid we can't give out employees' addresses

dealing with

I am dealing with a lot of problems at the moment

hand in

All of the managers handed in their monthly reports on time, as usual

amazingly

Amazingly, it works

fortunately

Fortunately , it is now impossible to create such a device

unfortunately

It was raining. Unfortunately for me I didn't have an umbrella

happily

She smiled happily when she heard the news

sadly

Peter shook his head sadly

hopefully

Hopefully we'll be in Norwich by early evening

luckily

I didn't have my hometask, luckily, I knew the topic perfectly

obviously

Fortune cookies obviously come from China, right?

strangely

The country is still in crisis, but strangely, the same cannot be said for shares of Citigroup

surprisingly

It's a small house, but the garden is surprisingly large

thankfully

Thankfully, they all got home safely

tragically

Tragically we missed the start of the wedding

feature

A phone with a feature such as a camera would not have been possible in 1990

bay

Have a tour around Botany Bay

cave

Ancient people used to live in caves

cliff

Don't go near the edge of the cliff

coast

A helicopter found them a hundred miles from the Australian coast

desert

Antarctica is a desert

forest

A forest fire in north Auckland is now under control

hill

A mountain is higher than a hill

island

A long iron bridge connected the city with the island

lake

A lot of fish live in lakes and rivers

mountain

A mountain is higher than a hill

peak

I could see the mountain peaks and the deep green valleys

rainforest

Greenpeace wants to stop rainforest trees being used to make furniture

river

A boat trip on the river was fantastic

shore

He stood on the shore

valley

He lives in the Sillicon Valley

watefall

The waterfall fas grand and loud

snow-covered

I can see snow-covered forest from my hotel window

high

A high wall surrounded the garden

deep

Be careful. The lake is quite deep here

steep

La Gomera has numerous steep hills

sandy

I like sandy beaches

rocky

The coast was rocky

thick

He cut three thick slices of bread and gave to us