例句： They sent a distress rocket.

例句： Now that she has been promoted she is on equal terms with her ex-boss.

例句： His opinion jarred with ours.

例句： A specialist in English linguistics.

例句： He was in a real state when I last saw him.

例句： I saw the vase in the window of an antique shop.

例句： Your calculation is way off beam.

例句： He became famous as an inventor of astonishing visual and aural effects.

例句： The sack of cement hit the ground with a thump.

例句： The new sales director is still a bit of an unknown quantity.