Commonly used words, sentences

Car demage

  • scratch (thin line)
  • scrape (rubbed against sth rough)
  • dent (pushed inward)
  • ding (small dent)
  • chip (small piece missing)
  • crack (split but still connected)
  • break (completely broken)
  • tear (split in soft pieces)
  • demage (general term for demage)

Body demage

  • scratch
  • cut
  • wound
  • injury
  • bruise
  • scar

Body sensation

  • itchy : feeling itchy
  • painful 
  • sore
  • burning
  • stinging : sharp, pricking pain
  • tingling : A pins-and-needles sensation
  • numb
  • swollen : enlarged because of injury or inflammmation
  • inflamed : red, swollen
  • tender : painful when touched
  • cramped : tight and painful
  • dizzy

Hospital

  • at your convenience
  • schedule a new patient
  • fill out the form
  • urine specimen
  • rinse and dry
  • unscrew the top of this
  • don't contaminate the cap
  • fill the container half way
  • sterile container
  • sanitize your hands
  • assemble your supplies
  • draw some blood today
  • in the artery
  • tourniquet
  • make a fist
  • alcohol pad
  • release your fist
  • apply pressure to the site
  • do not bend your arm
  • syringe
  • gauze

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Position and direction words

  • up: look up
  • down: look down
  • above: the bird is above the house
  • below: the village is below the mountain
  • over (cross): the bridge is over the river
  • under: the cat is under the table
  • on : the book is on the table
  • on top of : there is a flag on top of the building
  • overhead: the helicopter is overhead
  • directly above: the drone is directly above us
  • beneath (official): treasure lay beneath the sand
  • nearby: is there a gas station nearby
  • beside: sit beside me
  • next to: the bank is next to the supermarket
  • among: she is standing among the crowd.
  • behind: the car is behind the truck
  • in front of : the school is in front of the park
  • outside: wait outside
  • across: the hotel is across the street
  • along: walk along the river
  • through: we walked through the river
  • past: walk past the bank
  • toward : he walked toward me
  • away : stay away from the fire

 

Than

  • he runs faster than i do
  • he is more lazy than stupid
  • it is more like a hobby than a job
  • my experience is different than yours
  • there are more / less than 100 people here.

As 

  • my car is as fast as yours
  • he runs as fast as me
  • as much as : i don't have as much money as you
  • as many as : i have as many books as you /
  • as many as (surprisingly) : there were as many as 100 people there
  • as good as (almost) : the car is as good as new
  • as well as : he speaks English as well as French

Halfway

  • be halfway though : I am halfway through the book
  • the factory is half way built
  • we are halfway there
  • we have driven halfway

Affect, influence

  • affect (caused a change, focus on the result) : the weather affected my travel plans
  • influence (have power on sb's decision) : my parents influenced my career decision.

Otherwise

  • they might otherwise never have 

Barely, rarely

  • barely (almost not) : I barely can hear you
  • rarely (not often) : I rarely see Chinese in this park

more often

  • people lose their tempers more often in yellow rooms
posted @ 2026-07-19 04:41  ylxn  阅读(6)  评论(0)    收藏  举报