Henderson is sure that the others will agree with his suggestions 6.A chorus of voices greet this with assent. es"to Henderson's suggestion at the same time As HE NDERSON oward the basement entrance.HARLOWE overtakes him saving: (1)overtake:v.catch up with;surpass e.g.When I eventually overtook the last truck,I pulled over to the inside lane. China overtook many countries in steel prod ction overtake exc 这三个动词都含有“超过”意思。 overtake闲移动速度快而轩上并超讨路上的车辆、行人或动物。 He ran out of the door to overtake her exceed某事物大于某个数量或数字，还可以表示超越了规定或规则。 The driver a ished for exceeding the speed limit surpass较正式用词，指 ·事初（或人）比另一 事物或人好，或者比另一事物更 具有某种特点，也可以指超越某人期望的或能理解的范围。例如： His performance surpassed expectations. 8.Even if we were to break down the door.it couldn't accommodate all of us. accommodate if a room,building etc can accommodate a particular number of people or things,it has enough space for them e.g.The auditorium can accommodate 20,000 people. The minibus accommodates twelve people quite comfortably. be accommodated at./in a hotel在一家旅店住宿 accommodate sb.for the night留某人过夜 accommo sth.to sth 适应 accommodate sb..with(a room and a bed)给某人提供（一个房间、一张床） 9.We'd just be killing everybody and for no reason. Meaning:We'd just be killing everybody and for no reason if we were to break down the door 10.Plead with him plead: ask for sth.that you want very much,in a sincere and emotional way e.g.When the rent was due,Tom pleaded with the landlady for more time. His parents pleaded with the teacher to give their son another chance. Pattern:plead for sth plead with sb.(todosth) plead+that clause 11.What difference does that make? make a/the difference:have an important effect or influence on sth.or sb. e.g.It doesn't make much difference to me whether you go or not. Love really makes a differe net mes 12.If you're going to start trying to argue about who deserves to live more than the next one deserve:v.have a right to;be worthy of,be fit for e.g.Those criminals deserved to be severely punished. Henderson is sure that the others will agree with his suggestions. 6. A chorus of voices greet this with assent. Meaning: Many voices say “yes” to Henderson’s suggestion at the same time. 7. As HENDERSON rushes through toward the basement entrance, HARLOWE overtakes him saying: (1) overtake: v. catch up with; surpass e.g. When I eventually overtook the last truck, I pulled over to the inside lane. China overtook many countries in steel production. overtake, exceed & surpass 这三个动词都含有“超过”意思。 overtake 因移动速度快而赶上并超过路上的车辆、行人或动物。 He ran out of the door to overtake her. exceed 某事物大于某个数量或数字，还可以表示超越了规定或规则。 The driver was punished for exceeding the speed limit. surpass 较正式用词，指一事物（或人）比另一事物或人好，或者比另一事物更 具有某种特点，也可以指超越某人期望的或能理解的范围。例如： His performance surpassed expectations. 8. Even if we were to break down the door, it couldn’t accommodate all of us. accommodate: v. if a room, building, etc. can accommodate a particular number of people or things, it has enough space for them e.g. The auditorium can accommodate 20, 000 people. The minibus accommodates twelve people quite comfortably. be accommodated at / in a hotel 在一家旅店住宿 accommodate sb. for the night 留某人过夜 accommodate sth. to sth. 使……适应…… accommodate sb. with (a room and a bed) 给某人提供（一个房间、一张床） 9. We’d just be killing everybody and for no reason. Meaning: We’d just be killing everybody and for no reason if we were to break down the door. 10. Plead with him. plead: v. ask for sth. that you want very much, in a sincere and emotional way e.g. When the rent was due, Tom pleaded with the landlady for more time. His parents pleaded with the teacher to give their son another chance. Pattern: plead for sth. plead with sb. (to do sth.) plead + that clause 11. What difference does that make? make a / the difference: have an important effect or influence on sth. or sb. e.g. It doesn’t make much difference to me whether you go or not. Love really makes a difference sometimes. 12. If you’re going to start trying to argue about who deserves to live more than the next one deserve: v. have a right to; be worthy of; be fit for e.g. Those criminals deserved to be severely punished