patent n./adj/.v.
The patent runs out in three years’ time. 这项专利为期三年。
Try some of this new patent medicine. 试试这种专利药品吧。
If you don’t patent your invention, someone else will steal the idea. 如果你不为这个发明申请专利，别人可能会剽窃其构思的。
call up =ring up 打电话给…/ bring back回忆/ 征召入伍
I called you up yeasterday but noone answered the phone.
I was called up three months after the war broke out.战争爆发三年后我被征召入伍。
The music called up my memory of the childhood. 音乐引起我对童年的回忆。
其他短语：
call for 需要，要求 去接某人或取某物 call on 号召，拜访 call in 收回 call off 取消
call at 拜访某地 call sb’s name 叫某人的名字 call sb names骂某人 call out 大叫
ex. The football match was called off because of the bad weather.
I called on Mr. Green this morning.
The president called on the whole nation to work hard to make the country stronger.
Let’s go to the meeting together and I wil call for you. 我们一起去开会，倒是我来接你。
This problem calls for careful thinking.
now and then = at times/ sometimes/ from time to time/ once in a while/ occasionally 有时，偶尔
I wrote to him now and then but not often. 我时不时给他写信，但不经常。
distinguish vi./vt. 显示…区别、使…不同
Speech distinguishes man from the animals. 语言使人区别于动物。
A person with good eyesight can distinguish distant objects. 视力好的人可以看清远处的物体。
You should be able to distinguish between right and wrong. 你应该能够明辨是非。
Lang Lang has already distinguished himself as a pianist.作为钢琴家，郎朗已享有盛名。
distinguish A from B. 使…有别于….
distinguish between A and B 分辨….的不同
distinguish oneself as 使…与众不同
distinguished adj. 出名的，与众不同的
be distinguished for…=be famous for…
merciful---mercy n. 仁慈、怜悯、慈悲
beg for mercy乞求怜悯、宽恕 have/show mercy on…对….表示同情
at the mercy of… 任…摆布 without mercy 毫不留情地
注意：pity通常只是内心感到难过或同情，少给予帮助
Sympathy 指同情心或恻隐之心，强调共同分担，或引起共鸣等
Mercy 仁慈或怜悯，含主动帮助别人脱离困难
It is a pity that such a talented man should be killed by the car.
He was moved with sympathy.
The criminal pleaded with the jury for mercy.
product-production n.---produce v./n. ---producer n.
set about (doing sth) 开始、着手 = set out to do sth
set down 记下，放下 set down to sth 开始做某事
set up 成立 set off （for） 出发 （=set out 出发）； 引爆
set aside 放在一边、节省 set fire to 点火
convenient-convenience---inconvenience n.方便，便捷
(be) convenient for sth 对某事方便
It/sth. is convenient to/ for sb. 对某人方便
It is convenient for sb to do sth.某人做某事方便
注意：convenient不以人作主语
This is a convenient tool for hair-cutting.这是一种便利的理发工具。
Come and see me whenever it is convenient to you. 方便的话就来看我。
Our home is convenient to the shop. 在…附近
The shop is at a convenient distance from our home.
expectation n. 期待，期望；所希望的东西；前程；希望
in the expectation that… 预料着，指望着
in expectation of 预料着，指望着 beyong one’s expectation
against / contrary to all expectations 与预料相反
meet/live up to/come up to the expectation 不负众望
expect v. expect sth/ to do sth
seize v. 抓住、抢夺
seize sb by the arm 抓住某人的手臂 seize power/ cotrol 夺取权利或控制权
seize the chance/ opportunity
be seizde with 受（疾病、情绪等）侵袭或困扰
注意：seize 不用suddenly修饰也不用再加by force
file v./n. 文件、文件夹/ 提交，归档
file letters/ an application/ complaint
bear-bore-borne/ born 忍受，负担；生育
bear a heavy burden / a loss 负重荷、承担损失
bear a person/ hardship/ pain 忍受某人/忍受艰难困苦/痛苦
bear love for …/deep feelings 怀有爱慕之情/怀有深厚感情
bear a boy/ fruit
bear the sign/ an expression of….具有标记/ 带着…的表情
注意：表示忍受时，可以和can、could的否定式连用，
过去分词borne 可以表示生育，且多用于完成体的主动态；born主要用于形容词，作表语或定语，解释为“出生”；“天生的”
He is born in 1790/ into a poor family/ of French parents/with a good memory
他出生于1790年/在一个贫穷的家庭/父母都是法国人/生来记忆力好。
She has borne 6 children.
All the costs of the repairs will be borne by our company. 我们公司负担所有修理费。
jam n./ v.
get out of the jam 摆脱困境
be in/ get into a jam 陷入困境
jam in/ into/ with 挤进/ 使…挤满 I jammed my clothes into a small suitcase.
jam up 把事情搞糟、搞乱 The accident jammed up the traffic for half an hour.