Vocabulary Study,get by to have enough money for ones needs or way of life e.g. We cant get by on my salary alone. My parents manage to get by on a small amount of money. It is a little bit difficult for the old couple to get by on such a small pension. to be good enough but not very good, be acceptable e.g. Your work will get by, but try to improve it. we can get by with four computers at the moment, but well need a couple more when the new staff members arrive.,suburb an outer area of a town or city, where people live in the suburbs suburb-suburban; countryside-rural; city-urban contentment: satisfaction content: (adjective) satisfied (predicative) be content with , be content to Are you content with your life? He seems content to sit in front of the TV all night. contended: adjective contented cows, a contented smile content: (noun) literally used-opposite discontent to ones hearts content,contentment: in contentment, with a smile of contentment make it to arrive in time I think we will just make it. 2. (informal) to succeed It is hard to make it to the top in show business. sunset dawn(twilight)-sunrise-morning-noon-afternoon-dusk(twilight)-sunset-evening-night-midnight from dawn until dark,haul: to carry (goods) in a vehicle, esp. a truck e.g. The farmers haul vegetables to the market on a truck every morning. 2. to pull with efforts or difficulty e.g. The protesters were hauled off to jail. Rescue workers hauled passengers out of the crashed train. overdue: (usually predicative) not paid,completed, arrived, etc by the expected time. These bills are overdue. The train is overdue. The baby is two weeks overdue.,supplement: (verb) add to in order to improve it. (followed by with or by) She supplements her regular income by doing a bit of teaching in the evenings. The doctor suggested supplementing my diet with vitamins E and A. supplementary: adjective supplementary exercises/ water supply spray: throw (liquid) in very small drops on ( a surface, person, field of crops, etc) spray +object+on/over He sprayed paint on/over the wall. spray+object+with He sprayed the wall with paint. (fig.) The gangsters sprayed the car with machinegun bullets.,pursue to follow, especially in order to catch, kill or defeat. The police are pursuing an escaped prisoner. Bad luck has pursued us all through the year. to continue steadily with; carry on He is pursuing his studies at the university. College students are advised to pursue a wide range of subjects. pursuit: noun in pursuit of The pop stars ran from the theatre to their car, with dozens of fans in hot pursuit. The government is selling off the railways, in pursuit of its policy of privatization.,household: n. c+sing./pl. v all the people living together in a house The household was/were up early. household: adjective domestic household chores contrast: home, house, family, household family: A fundamental social group in society typically consisting of a man and woman and their offspring. 家庭：社会中最基本的群居组织，典型地由男人、女人和他们的后代组成 household: A domestic unit consisting of the members of a family who live together along with non-relatives such as servants. 家庭：由住在一起的家庭成员及其他非亲属（如仆人）所组成的家庭单位,family 指包括父母，姐妹等家庭成员的一家人household 指同住在一所房子里的人（家人，房客等)总之，household是比较客观性的，而family是比较亲切的。 home: the place where you live is your home, whatever type of house it is. British speakers often consider that your home is the place where you belong and feel comfortable and is more than just a house. A home is a house, that is filled with love. And a house without love, is just a house. stack: verb to form or make into a neat pile e.g. Stack the books up against the wall. Once the last few people had left the hall, the caretakers began stacking the chairs.,stack with: (usu. pass.) The floor was stacked with books. stack: n. an (orderly) pile of things one above another. a stack of papers/dishes/coins; I have got stacks of/ a stack of work to do.(a large number of) overflow: to flow over the edges of The river overflowed its banks. The crowd overflowed the theatre into the street. His heart overflowed with gratitude.( to be full of) swamp: to make completely wet, flood The sink overflowed and swamped the kitchen.,swamp with: (usu. pass.) to cause to have a large amount, e.g. of work or problems, to deal with; We were swamped with phone calls after our advertisement in the paper. I have been swamped with work this year. get through: pass, pass through, or come successfully to the end of Her mothers support got her through her depression. She got through the entrance examination and was accepted by the college. (attention) We got through a whole chicken at one sitting.(use up) When you get through with your work, lets go. (finish) I tried to telephone you but I couldntt get through. (reach by phone),at that point: at that very mo