英语中一些常见小词的多种用法

英语中一些常见小词的多种用法：

1. head

Use your head.

Head south/north

2. help

help sb (to) do sth.

help sb with sth.

can’t help doing

can’t help to do

be of help＝helpful

Crying won’t help.

3. matter

What’s the matter?

As a matter of fact,

It doesn’t matter.

It is a matter of time/money/taste

It matters a lot/a great deal/

What matters is that…

It is n ot …but…that matters.

4. work

work hard

work on sth.

It doesn’t work.

5. break

have a tea/coffee/lunch break

ten minutes’break

sb break camera/window/cup

break a promise/an agreement/your word

break the ice/break a record/break the silence the day/the dawn breaks

break the news

6. fall

autumn

fall down from fall off

fall asleep/ill/silent

fall behind fall in love with

night/darkness falls

7. develop

develop one’s interest in sth.

develop the films

develop a disease／a habit

8. spare

in my spare time

Could you spare me a few minutes?

Don’t worry, I have a spare key.

Spare one’s effort to do sth.

9．drive

He drives his car to work every day.

Hunger drove her to steal．

10．express(熟义：v．表达)

express yourself

Is there an express from Nanjing to Shanghai?(n．快车) 11．fail

I failed in my exam.

fail to do sth.

Our water supply failed．

He is failing in health．／His health is failing．12．Late

He is late for school today.

Get up late

She missed her late husband very much．

13. mean

What do you mean?

mean to do sth.

mean doing

It's mean of you to eat up all the apples

This book is meant for English beginners. 14．Promise

make a promise

promise to do sth.

The dark clouds promise rain．

A heavy snow promises a good harvest.

15 .back

He hurt his back in the sport.

back towards

Many of his friends backed his plan．

16. cover

The cover of the book

Be covered with/ be covered by

Cover the news

Cover the distance

17. carry

Carry water/luggage

The ship was carrying oil from Kuwait to Japan.

Many serious diseases are carried by insects.

I don’t usually carry that much cash on me.

It’s illegal to carry a gun in China.