本书共收入英语学习中最常出现的“陷阱”700余个，并在[说明]中进行了适当扩展和归纳，以期在有限的篇幅内向读者展现更多信息和内容。

本书编写是以句子形式呈现在读者面前的，旨在通过完整的句子理解英语中容易误解或容易望文生义的词语和句子。实际上，任何英语句子都有其重点词语(关键词语)，词语中又有其重点词(关键词)。因此，为了方便读者，本书先找出每句中容易引起误解或容易望文生义的词语，然后再在这些词语中找出重点词(关键词)，最后根据这些重点词(关键词)首字母的先后排列顺序进行排列。

[001] There iS a knife and fork on the table．

[002] His sister was taken aback by the dog．

[003] Tom is an able seaman．

[004] This book iS above my child．

[005] Her husband was all abroad when she shouted at him．

[006] Bill's absence of mind in driving caused the accident．

[007] Her heart ached for her husband．

[008] The acid test will come when he joins the army．

[009] We don't know John from Adam．

[010] I administered an oath to him to tell the truth．

[011] Martin paid his addresses to a lady at the party．

[012] He made advances to the young lady．

[013] Children are prohibited to watch adult movies．

[014] His sister is always advertising herself．

[015] African Americans have made great contribution to the iocal economy．

[016] We are of age．

[017] I wrote a letter to the agony aunt last week．

[018] The fellow is always putting on airs．

[019] What her uncle said is full of hot air．

[020] —Tom behaves very oddly at times．--I don't think he's quite all there．

[021] There was forty people in the hall，a11 told．

[022] It's all to nothing that he will pass the examination．

[023] The boys ran on the beach in the altogether．

[024] I love flowers。especially American Beauty．

[025] We 1ike to have bread and butter for my breakfast．

[026] You can find doctors and doctors in London．

[027] The child can't read and write．

[028] These students are full of animal spirits．

[029] It iS said that he iS a political animal．

[030] She likes literature，but the theater is a completely different animal．

[031] Let's eat．The children are starting to get ants in their pants．

[032] It is said that he was a frail，withdrawn man， but he was anything but．

[033] Her husband only left yesterday and she already missed him like anything．

[034] Mary was the apple of her father's eye．

[035] His wife iS like April weather．

[036] —A little more motion and 1 will kill you．—You and whose army?

[037] They worked around the clock．

[038] The sports meeting is around the corner．

[039] Twenty arrests were made with only two convictions．

[040] It's not far from the station，as you thought．

[041] He is as gifted 8 student as any other student in his class．

[042] Tired as she was，his mother sat up 1ate．

[043] Your baby is as good as gold．

[044] We would tell him the truth as soon as not．

[045] This ship was bombed into pieces by an ash can．

[046] It's yours for the asking．

[047] He allowed his children to do that．I ask you!

[048] —Has he passed the examination?——Ask me another．

[049] It will not rain if you ask me．

[050] He was at sea just at the beginning of the examination．

[051] The children's bedroom iS at sixes and sevens．

[052] Tom kept making jokes at his sister's expense．

[053] Her brother has athlete's foot．

[054] Excuse me，I'm going and seeing my aunt．

[055] Mary didn't expect that she became Aunt Sally．

[056] He avenged his mother．

[057] Tom was given the axe because he was often late for WOrk．

[058] Don't ask me about that selling contract--that's manager's baby．

[059] His wife had the baby in May．

[060] The baby's breath iS very beautiful．

[061] I met her several years back．

[062] The team had their back to the wall in the second half．

[063] What I said put his back up．

[064] His father has been on his back for three years．

[065] The girl had a back—street abortion．

[066] He saved his bacon last month．

[067] There's too much bad blood between him and his brother．

[068] Mr Smith is a very bad actor．

[069] Thanks to your mistake，we're$800 to the bad．

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