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Group 1 Key Verbs and Nouns

act up

admonish

announce

approach

argue

argue aboutover

arrive at

arrive in

ask

ask about

ask for

asksb for sth

ask sb to do sth

baby-sit

baby-sitter

baby-sitting

beam

break out laughter

bump into

burst out laughing

call

call out

carry on

catch on

catch up to

caution

challenge

checkout

chime in

come across

come by

come home from

come up with

come upon

discover

drop off

due date

errand

evacuate

exclaim

feel

feel like

figure（out）

find out

get out of

get rid of

goget to heaven

go up to

grab

grade

grade I- class

grow up

hand

hand out

hang up

have sb do

have sth done

head

hiccup

hint

hold up

hug

impress （with）

impress onupon

inform

insist on

intrigue

lean out

lean over

line up

look down

look puzzled

look up

make out

make sense

memory

motion

neighborhoodneighbourhood

next-door neighbor

observe

overhear

pass by

phone

phone message

pipe up

point out

pop

proceed to （with）

proclaim

prompt

protest

pull

pull in

pull into

pull out

pull over

pull up

put up

put up with

quip

reach

reach down

reach for

reach into

reach out

reach over

reach up

reassure

recess

remind sb

remind sb of

remind sb that

remind sb to

reminder

reminisce about

remove

reprimand

resume

retrieve

retriever

return home

returned from

roll one's eyes

run into

run into problemtrouble

run out of

scale

Scribble

secure

set up

shoot back

shoot up

shout

show up

shut down

sit back

sit down

sit down to （do） sth

sit +inonat

sit next to sbsth

slam

snap

sniff

spend hours doing sth

spot

stop at

stop by

stop doing sth

stop for

stop +onin front of...

stop sthsb

stop to dosth

straighten out

straighten up

strain

stretch out

struggle

struggle to do sth

struggle with

substitute

surprise

teenage sondaughtergirl

toss

volunteer

volunteer to

walk by

wave

wave goodbye

wear on

work on

yell

Group 2 Key Adjectives and Adverbs

accidently

adventurous

apprehensive

automatically

available

unavailable

barely

cranky

diligently

elderly

emphatically

exceptional

exceptionally

firmly

flustered

fondly

gruelling

hesitatanly

impatiently

inadvertently

intently

jokingly

knowingly

likablelovable

literally

matter-of-factly

muffled

neighbouring

out-of-town

particularly

patiently

pleasantly

profusely

promptly

proudly

reassuringly

reluctantly

sheepishly

smartly

straight

triumphantly

Group 3 Commonly Used Idioms and Phrases

a couple of

a little more

a number of

asenseof

a short time later

a succession of

after all

after some thought

ahead of sbsth

all of a sudden

at a meeting

at that time

at the doordoorway

at the spotat that spot aek from

back home

beableto

be unable to

be about to

be allergic to

be confident of

beget in trouble

be ready for

be supposed to

don't have to

every now and then

except for

fall in love with

for heaven's sake

get ready for

good heavens

how about

how come

I bet

in great detail

in surprisewith surprise

in the direction of

instead of

moaning and groaning

needless to say

not really

now and then

on the day

on the day of

on the phone

on the way back（to）

on the way home

on the way out

on the way to

one day after

one day as

out of reach

some time later

soon after

the following day

the next day

the next morning

the other day

to someone's amusement

to someone's surprise

what about

what's the matter with

what's wrong with

without hesitation

Group 4 Commonly Used Participles

concerned

determined （not） to

expecting

having done

hoping

impressed（with）

knowing

looking

saying

slammed shut

surprised

thinking

upcoming

wanting to

yelling