III. Words and Expressions

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todeath

used after an adjective or a verb toemphasize the action, state, or feeling mentioned

e.g. worried to death; frightened to death;bored to death; starve to death; put to death

 

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obituary (infml obit) n.printed notice (e.g. in a newspaper) of a person’s death, often with a shortaccount of his life and achievements

 

coronarythrombosis obstruction of a coronary artery by athrombus, often leading to destruction of heart muscle （心脏的）冠状动脉血栓症

overweight adj. (of people) too heavy and fat

Collocations:

a bit / a little / slightly overweight

e.g. He was tall andslightly overweight.

He’s a bit overweight, not too much.

seriously/heavily overweight (=very overweight)

e.g. Being seriouslyoverweight doubles the risk of heart disease.

grossly overweight(=extremelyoverweight)

e.g. The vet said the dogwas grossly overweight and that it was affecting his heart.

be 5 kilos/20 pounds, etc. overweight

e.g. I’m about 15 poundsoverweight right now.

 

Comparison:

fat: having toomuch flesh on your body. It is rude to tell someone directly that they are fat.

e.g. She thinks she’s fat.

He looks the same, just a little fatter.

overweight: weighingmore than you should. Many diseases are caused by being overweight.

e.g. She was several kilosoverweight.

large: used whensaying that someone is tall and often fat. “Large” is more commonthan “big” in written English.

e.g. My father was a largeman.

two large ladies

obese: extremelyfat in a way that is unhealthy

e.g.: He went to a summercamp for obese teenagers.

chubby: slightlyfat in a nice-looking way (used especially about babies and children)

e.g. A chubby little babywas playing on the rug.

plump: a woman orchild who is plump is slightly fat, especially in a pleasant way

e.g. Her mother was aplump cheerful woman.

flabby: havingsoft loose flesh rather than strong muscles

e.g. a flabby stomach

Her body was getting old and flabby.

portly: (literary) fat and round — used especially about an old man

e.g. The bishop was aportly middle-aged gentleman.

 

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survive v. live longer than sb. else, usually sb. closely related toyou

Practice

那老太太的子女都先她而去世了。

The old lady has survived all her children.

 

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lineup n. a lineof people that is formed for inspection or identification