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Lesson 4

 

When the king abdicated his throne, his brother succeeded him.

Ability to think clearly will accrue to you from good habits of study.

The salesman has been badgering my father for two weeks to buy a new car.

They succeeded in baffling the enemy’s attack plans.

He conjectured that his new stocks would rise on eh stock market.

The poor woman’s mind has been deranged for many years.

The natives thought the explorer was possessed by a fiend.

The mother was pining to see her son and daughter.

The gas almost smothered the coal miners but they got out in time.

The long climb up the mountain made her heart throb rapidly.

Many people usually drink hot broth when they are sick.

Some tiny plants grow in the crevice of the stone wall.

The duke’s son demeaned himself by doing manual babor with his servants.

We fostered the young girl while her mother was in hospital.

Our country has prospered by various incentive systems.

A guide led us through the maze of tunnels in the cave.

She pored over the picture book in silence enjoying the various colors.

Like human skin,soil has holes that are called pore.

Pick up the rubbish and throw it in the garbage an

We don’t need to speculate about the possible winner in the game.

Sweet music caught and held him transfixed aainst the iron fence .

A bird that cannot fly is an anomaly.

If you look at the end of your nose,your eyes converge.

We have a duplicate key to the front door.

There were few peaceful epoches in the history of our country .

Hunger and suffering from cold had made the lost hikers gaunt.

The incessant barking of the dog kept him awake through the night.

Though the teacher asked a simple question about her parents,the little girl stood mute with embarrassment.

He was a passionte partisan of these people and had organized a Worker’s Union.

The parents of the sick boy scanned the doctor’s face for a sign of hope.

She scanned the newspaper in a few minutes.

He stabbed a piece of meat from the plate with his fork.

I tried to cook a nice dinner,but I’m afraid I’ve rather botched it .

Her new shoes chafed the skin on both her feet.

After a brisk moring widn dissipater the clouds,the sky was clear all day .

The foolish son dissipated his fater’s forturn by spending it on drinking and gambling .

The inscriptions on the ancient monuments have been effaced by time.

There was a glint in her eyes that showed she was angry.

Overtime work is often onerous,though it is well paid.

The girl did not move though the policeman iterated his command hat she go.

Most boys have a propensity of playing with machinery.

Mother singed chicken to get rid of hairs.

The little boy put on his father’s medals and strutted around the room.

There are many kinds of diseases that medical science is yet ot unravel.

He bellowed in pain when the hammer came down on his finger.

The horseback rider drew his cloak tightly around him in the rain.

His friendly behavior was a cloak for his evil intention.

The ministry was a vvery devout man and devoted his whold life to Christian mission work.

A man appeared at the castle gate in the guise of the woodcutter.

The power of a grain of wheat to grow into a plant remains latent if it is not planted.

He pawned his watch to byuy food until he could get a job.

When the cannon was fired the earth quaked under his feet.

Famine has often been the sequel of war.

After the ship sank, salvage of its argo was impossible.

The battle was won with so great a loss of soldiers that it was a virtual defeat.

He does things that are marvellous or apparently impossible,he is a wizard.


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