* Don't hesitate about.Do it at once.
* The judge commuted his death sentence to life imprisonment.
* We'll firm up the plan soon.
1.grave [grev]
(v.t.) to carve or shape with chisel
to carve or cut into a hard surface
to impress or fix deeply
(n.) an excavation for burial of a body
* Is there life beyond the grave?
2.hesitate [ˋhɛzə͵tet]
(v.i.) to hold back in doubt or indecision
to delay momentarily
(v.t.) to hold back from in doubt or uncertainty
* She hesitated and waited for her friend to say something.
* hesitant (adj.) 遲疑的
* hesitancy (n.) 猶豫
* hesitance (n.) 遲疑,躊躇
3.commute [kəˋmjut]
(v.t.) change, alter
to give in exchange for another
to convert into another from
to change to another less severe
(v.i.) make up, compensate
to pay in gross
to travel back and forth regularly (+between/from/to)
* He commutes to work every day by train.
4.bungalow [ˋbʌŋgə͵lo]
(n.) a one-storied house with a low-pitched roof
a house having one and a half stories and usually a front porch
* The old couple sold that large house and moved into a small bungalow.
5.firm [fɝm]
(adj.) a securely or solidly fixed in place
not weak or uncertain
having a solid or compact structure that resists stress or pressure
not easily moved or disturbed
(v.t.) to make secure or fast (+up)
to make solid or compact
to give additional support to
(v.i.) to become firm
to recover from a decline
* I don't think the chair is firm enough to stand on.
* She holds firm to her belief in God.
* The market is firming.
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