例句： Her remark pulled me up short.

例句： The monkey scratched about in its mate's fur for fleas.

例句： A gradation of a color made by adding white to it to lessen its saturation.

例句： She wanted to be an actress, but her father soon nipped that idea in the bud.

例句： The economy is shrinking instead of growing.

例句： The king ordered the Grand Chamberlain to bring the prisoner immediately.

例句： We could hear the child sobbing in the other room.

例句： This old man is a leading authority on wheat diseases.

例句： I am unconcerned with questions of religion or morality.

例句： He is over eighty, but he still dodders along.