Chapter2 Ⅲ~Ⅵ

Words & Expressions

1.jut

Illuminated by the setting sun, they had their first glimpse of Soldier Island jutting up out of the sea to the south.

explanation: if somethiing juts out, it sticks out above or beyond a surface or edge.

e.g. Tall jagged rocks jutted out over the beach.

2.sinister

There was something sinister about it.

explanation: making you feel that something evil, dangerous, or illegal is happening or will happen

e.g. There is a sinister side to these events.

3.shelve

It shelved gently down to the sea.

explanation: land that shelves is at a slight angle

e.g. The garden shelves gently towards the sea.

4.grate

The boat grated against the rocks.

explanation: to make an unpleasant sound by rubbing, or to make something do this

e.g. The rocks beneath her shoes grated harshly.

5.assorted

Yes, the guests were queer too. An oddly assorted party.

eplanation: of various diiferent types

e.g. assorted vegetables

6.silhouette

But there was no house visible, only the boldly silhouetted rock with its faint resemblance to a giant head.

explanation: a dark image, shadow, or shape that you see against a light background

e.g. a dark silhouette of domes and minarets

7.assent to

Nobody assenting to this proposition, Mr. Davis turned and held up a finger. "

explanation: formal to agree to a suggestion, idea etc after considering it carefully

e.g. They assented to his request to work from home.

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Good sentences

A car so fantastically powerful, so superlatively beautiful that it had all the nature of an apparition.

A mantelpiece bare of ornaments save for an enormous block of white marble shaped like a bear, a piece of modern sculpture in which was inset a clock.

A mantelpiece bare of ornaments save for an enormous block of white marble shaped like a bear, a piece of modern sculpture in which was inset a clock.