If you do something or go somewhere in person, you do it or go there yourself so that you are physically present e.g. I had seen her before on TV, but she looked very different when I met her in person They talk a lot to one another, over the telephone and in person 2. Bimbi had always taken charge of any conversation he was in, and I had tried to emulate him.- Bimbi had always been the leading speaker of any conversation in which he took part, and I had tried to follow his example Take charge of- take control of; become responsible fo e.g. The boss asked him to take charge of the office for a few days when she was away. They advertised for a nurse to take sole charge of their children while they were at work 3. But every book I picked up had few sentences which didnt contain anywhere from one to nearly all of the words that might as well have been in Chinese.- But every book I took up was full of sentences which contained one or almost all of the words which were completely unknown to me Few sentences which didnt contain=many sentences that contain Anywhere from one to nearly all -indefinitely from one to almost all You can use anywhere to refer to a point(e.g an amount )within a stated range when you do not know what exactly the point i e.g. You could expect to be paid anywhere between $7 and $15 an hour He could get anywhere form three to seven years'imprisonment Words that might as well have been in Chinese -words that were as unknown to me as if th 4. still going through only book-reading motions -still reading books without understanding o through motions- pretend to do something by making the movements associated with the articular action e.g. The actor went through the motions of putting imaginary noodles into his mouth le caught my eye and went through the motions of sympathetically clapping 5. the best thing I could do was get hold of a dictionary -the best way to carry on reading was to find a dictionary get hold of-take in the hands, manage to find e.g. I threw him the rope and he got hold of it Where can I get hold of some stamps? The phrase get hold of is an infinitive without to used as the subject complement of the sentence While in most cases an infinitive with to is used as the subject complement, to can be omitted when the subject contains a structure in which the verb do occurs e.g. Your mistake was not to write that letter What I suggest is to start work at once All she seems to do is gossip with her neighbors What I really wanted to do was drive all night. 6. I was lucky enough to reason also that I should try to improve my penmanship It was sad It certainly did me a lot of good to decide that I should also improve my handwriting, hich was regretful Penmanship refers to the skill, style or art in writing while handwriting is simply a personsIf you do something or go somewhere in person, you do it or go there yourself so that you are physically present. e.g. I had seen her before on TV, but she looked very different when I met her in person. They talk a lot to one another, over the telephone and in person. 2. Bimbi had always taken charge of any conversation he was in, and I had tried to emulate him. – Bimbi had always been the leading speaker of any conversation in which he took part, and I had tried to follow his example. Take charge of – take control of; become responsible for e.g. The boss asked him to take charge of the office for a few days when she was away. They advertised for a nurse to take sole charge of their children while they were at work. 3. But every book I picked up had few sentences which didn’t contain anywhere from one to nearly all of the words that might as well have been in Chinese. – But every book I took up was full of sentences which contained one or almost all of the words which were completely unknown to me. Few sentences which didn’t contain = many sentences that contain Anywhere from one to nearly all – indefinitely from one to almost all You can use anywhere to refer to a point (e.g. an amount ) within a stated range when you do not know what exactly the point is. e.g. You could expect to be paid anywhere between $7 and $15 an hour. He could get anywhere form three to seven years’ imprisonment. Words that might as well have been in Chinese – words that were as unknown to me as if they had been in Chinese 4. still going through only book-reading motions –still reading books without understanding what they said go through motions – pretend to do something by making the movements associated with the particular action e.g. The actor went through the motions of putting imaginary noodles into his mouth. He caught my eye and went through the motions of sympathetically clapping. 5. the best thing I could do was get hold of a dictionary – the best way to carry on reading was to find a dictionary get hold of – take in the hands; manage to find e.g. I threw him the rope and he got hold of it. Where can I get hold of some stamps? The phrase get hold of is an infinitive without to used as the subject complement of the sentence. While in most cases an infinitive with to is used as the subject complement, to can be omitted when the subject contains a structure in which the verb do occurs. e.g. Your mistake was not to write that letter. What I suggest is to start work at once. All she seems to do is gossip with her neighbors. What I really wanted to do was drive all night. 6. I was lucky enough to reason also that I should try to improve my penmanship. It was sad. – It certainly did me a lot of good to decide that I should also improve my handwriting, which was regretful. Penmanship refers to the skill, style or art in writing, while handwriting is simply a person’s