Unit 30

fleet / flee

fleet adj. 快速的 (very fast) / flit/

• The cartoon character "Road Runner" is famously fleet of foot and always able to evade his nemesis, "Wile E. Coyote."

flee v. 逃脱，逃跑 (to run away from danger) / flē/

• Over the past few years, Europe has been flooded with immigrants who are fleeing the Syrian Civil War.

lull / gull / dull

lull v. 使平静 (to cause to sleep or rest) / ləl/

• The mother lulled the baby to sleep by singing him songs and gently rocking him in her arms.

gull v. 欺诈 (to fool or trick (someone) / ɡəl/

• Every April fool's day our father tries to gull us with some ridiculous ruse.

dull adj. 无聊的 (not exciting or interesting) / dəl/

• The school play was so dull that Cynthia fell asleep in her seat.

rash / rehash

rash adj. 轻率的，鲁莽的 (done or made quickly and without thought about what will happen as a result) / ræʃ/

• The rapper Kanye West has the tendency to speak rashly, before he thinks.

rehash v. （没有实质改变地)重提 (to bring forth again in another form without significant alteration) / riˈhæʃ/

• The tabloids keep rehashing the breakup between actors Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart, but they never give any new information.

grin / chagrin

grin v. 咧嘴笑 (to smile widely) / ɡrɪn/

• When Melody grinned happily, we could see how nice her straight, white teeth were.

chagrin n. 苦恼，烦恼 (a feeling of being frustrated or annoyed because of failure or disappointment) / ʃəˈɡrɪn/

• Our classmates felt terrible chagrin after their volcano experiment for the science project failed to explode.