I didn't approve of his manner. /His father didn t approve of his leaving school at She would not do anything that was not approved by her parents Vt. accept, permit or officially agree to sth An official from the government approved the project 5. affection: feeling of fondnessfor /toward) I have(a) great affection for my brother He gained/won her affections 6. go ahead: 1)continue, advance In spite of the teacher s illness, the class will go ahead as planned The government has decided to go ahead with its plans to develop the North-East 2)move in front of sth or sb You go ahead and tell him Im coming /Go ahead, what are you waiting for? 3)begin, especially to speak The council gave us permission to go ahead with our plans. / Go ahead, we are all 7. refashion into: change into: make into Can you refashion this dress into a skirt? 8. exaggerate: make sth seem larger, more important, better or worse than it really is Don'texaggerate. I was only two minutes late, not twenty You are exaggerating the difficulties The problem has been greatly exaggerated 9. interpretation: 1)an explanation or understanding of sth What's your interpretation of these statistics? He' s always putting a wrong interpretation on what I say 2)making clear or bringing out the meaning of a character, music, etc) The actor's interpretation of Hamlet was criticized 10. inspire: vt 1) give sb a feeling of wanting and being able to do sth good, create a work of art The painter was inspired by natural scenery. The book was inspired by a real person, namely Tamara 2)fill sb. with confidence or eagerness so that they feel they can achieve sth. difficult or special The father inspired his son with confidence. /The father inspired confidence in his son His friend s words inspired him to try again. /The teacher inspired us to greater efforts 11. stretch: v. 1)make sth. longer, wider or tighter by pulling My t-shirt stretched when I washed it to go as far as p I' m afraid we can,'t take on any more work---we re already fully stretche 3)(of a piece of land or water, etc)spread over a large area or distance The long white beaches stretch for miles along the coast 12. no doubt: very probably: No doubt he will help us if we ask him 13. settlement n. 1)the movement of a new population into a place to live thereI didn’t approve of his manner. / His father didn’t approve of his leaving school at 16. She would not do anything that was not approved by her parents. Vt. accept, permit or officially agree to sth An official from the government approved the project. 5. affection: feeling of fondness (for /toward) I have (a) great affection for my brother. He gained/won her affections. 6. go ahead: 1) continue; advance In spite of the teacher’s illness, the class will go ahead as planned. The government has decided to go ahead with its plans to develop the North-East. 2) move in front of sth or sb You go ahead and tell him I’m coming. / Go ahead, what are you waiting for? 3) begin, especially to speak The council gave us permission to go ahead with our plans. / Go ahead, we are all listening. 7. refashion into: change into; make into Can you refashion this dress into a skirt? 8. exaggerate: make sth seem larger, more important, better or worse than it really is Don’t exaggerate. I was only two minutes late, not twenty. You are exaggerating the difficulties. The problem has been greatly exaggerated. 9. interpretation: 1) an explanation or understanding of sth What’s your interpretation of these statistics? He’s always putting a wrong interpretation on what I say. 2) making clear or bringing out the meaning of ( a character, music, etc) The actor’s interpretation of Hamlet was criticized. 10. inspire: vt. 1) give sb a feeling of wanting and being able to do sth good, create a work of art The painter was inspired by natural scenery. The book was inspired by a real person, namely Tamara. 2) fill sb. with confidence or eagerness so that they feel they can achieve sth. difficult or special The father inspired his son with confidence./ The father inspired confidence in his son. His friend’s words inspired him to try again./The teacher inspired us to greater efforts. 11. stretch: v. 1) make sth. longer, wider or tighter by pulling My T-shirt stretched when I washed it. 2) cause to go as far as possible or beyond the usual limit I’m afraid we can't take on any more work---we’re already fully stretched. 3) (of a piece of land or water, etc) spread over a large area or distance The long white beaches stretch for miles along the coast. 12. no doubt: very probably: No doubt he will help us if we ask him. 13. settlement n. 1) the movement of a new population into a place to live there