AWL Sublist-9

to imagine or expect that something will happen

• accommodation

• behalf

• anticipated

• bulk

having similar features to another thing and therefore able to be compared with it

• assurance

• ceases

• analogous

• coincide

to reduce or be reduced in size or importance

• diminish

• devoted

• device

• duration

coming before a more important action or event, especially introducing or preparing for it

• preliminary

• protocol

• passive

• portion

My musical tastes don't (a)   with my brother's at all.

我对音乐的喜好和我弟弟完全不一样。

He's an (a)   part of the team and we can't do without him.

他是球队不可缺少的一员，没有他我们可不行。

By closing the infected farms we're hoping to (a)   the disease to the north of the region (= stop it from spreading to other areas).

通过关闭受感染的农场，我们希望把疾病限制在该地区的北部。

We were disappointed that they insisted on such a (a)   interpretation of the rules.

他们坚持对规则进行如此呆板僵化的解释，令我们非常失望。