1. UNIT 21

2. LESSON 81

3. build up a large business

4. leave sth. to/with sb.  Just leave this matter to me.  I left a lot of books with him.

5. in one’s will make a/one’s will

6. by his fist marriage

7. step-mother/father step-daughter/son step-brother/sister half-brother/sister

8. at the service=at the burial service

9. divide up (completely; into pieces)  Her possessions were divided up among her relatives.  She was so angry that she tore his letter up.

10. used to do sth.  Did they use to go out a lot together?/ =Did they used to go out a lot together?(AmE) (Yes,they did./No,they didn’t.)  Used they to go out a lot together? (Yes,they used./No,they usedn’t.)

11. check out  Would you check out the names and numbers?  They checked out all the goods in the store?

12. Something somewhere smells funny. =Something strange is happening.

13. for a start

14. So Clare would have been 5 years old.

15. go through the papers =look through the papers

16. LESSON 82

17. Present at the meeting were Clare, Tom … ( 倒装）  Clare,Tom … were present at the meeting.

18. It only remains for me to pass the money to the right person. It only remains for sb. to do sth. “ 某人所要做的只是 ……” It only remains for me to sign the paper.

19. Mrs Flower directed that … (instructed) “ 指示 ; 指出 ”

20. one photo of Clare aged 12

21. Things can change over twenty- one years.

22. I am the only one of her relations still alive (=who is still alive).  The fish is still alive.  They tried to keep their ways of life alive.

23. to the point “ 切题 ” off the point “ 离题 ”  He did not speak for long, but he spoke (very) much to the point.  Much of his composition was off the point.

24. foresee (foresaw;foreseen) One cannot foresee all the difficulties on his way to success.