Thông báo của quốc tế Cambridge Corpus, để đảm bảo thành ngữ được trình bày trong bối cảnh xác thực và tự nhiên và Cambridge Learner Corpus để đảm bảo các lỗi học phổ biến trong các kỳ thi tiên tiến được bao phủ. Bao gồm một giải đáp toàn diện và chỉ số. | Sound B The collocations marked are rather literary and nor frequent in everyday ton versa ton. The human voice Here are some brief extracts from novels where people s voices and speech are being described. Lennox noticed a trace of1 a foreign accent in rhe man s voice. It was a booming2 voice one he had heard before many years ago Lucy s voice faltered3 as she told her sad story. Wilson gave a loud laugh as he watched Robert trying to fire the gun. Then in a grf voice he said You re useless Bring it herd Robert muttered something under his breath as he obeyed Mildred met with a stony5 silence as she entered the room t was as if everyone had lost theữ voice. Nobody uttered a word6 as she walked across to the table. The woman spoke with a broad7 Scottish accent. She had a rather husky11 voice which James found attractive but she slurred her words a little as if she were too tired to talk. Muffled1 voices could be heard coming from the next room then a strangled cry11 as though someone was in pain. Polly s suggestion met with hoots of laughter12 she raised her voice angrily and shouted Okay do it your way then I very slight 2 very loud 1 lost strength and hesitated 4 low unfriendly and harsh 5 cold and unfriendly 6 note this collocation is normally ill the negative or has a negative subject 7 strong of accents 8 low and rough often thought to be attractive spoke undcarly running the sounds together 10 quiet and unclear II weak high interrupted sound made by an extremely frightened or anxious person 11 sounds of loud laughter Sounds and silence Here are four winning entries from a student poetry competition. The theme of the competition was Sound and silence . 1st prize Sasha Broken burg A dap of thunder then a deathly hush2 . In a soft whisper the wind tells the TTiDDn how beautiful she is. 2nd prize Abdul Zahra Silence descends on Carthmore Lake. My heart is still. Only the distant echo of a sad cry can be heard. 3rd prize Nuria Palo mar in I he street below. the .
