Question

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account for    go ahead    bring up    out of patience    bring about on the contrary

1. —I hear you are enjoying your new job.

―_________________ ， I find it rather dull.

2. ―Mr White, can you spare me a few minutes? 1 still have some questions about your assignment.

―Sure, _________________ .

3. I don't clearly remember who ____________ the question whether it is good for

children ______________   by their grandparents but I clearly remember it_____ ；_____  a heated discussion.

4. —Tom has played a lot of computer games recently.

— Yes, that might ________________ his failure in the midterm examinations.

5. My daughter is rather naughty and she won't listen to me;  I am nearly ____________with her.

Answer 1

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1. On the contrary 句意："我听说你很喜欢你的新工作。""恰恰相反，我发现它非常枯燥。"on the contrary相反。

2. go ahead 句意："怀特先生，你能为我抽出几分钟时间吗？ 对于你安排的任务我还有几个问题想问一下。""当然可以， 问吧。"

3. brought up; to be brought up; brought about 句意：我记不清楚是谁提出的问题，由（外）祖父母抚养孩子是否对孩子好，但是我清楚地记得这个问题引起了激烈的讨论。bring up抚养，提出，呕吐；bring about引起。

4. account for句意："汤姆最近玩电脑游戏玩得太多了。""是的，那也许是他期中考试失利的原因。"account for是……的说明（或原因）。

   5. out of patience    out of patience表示"没有耐心"。