1. Her words had lost their power to charm.

2. You're not going to chicken out, are you?

3. Doubts are beginning to cloud my mind.

   Her face clouded over with anger.

   It was beginning to cloud over.

   Her eyes clouded with tears.

4. A film of dust coated the table.

5. Kids love to draw and colour.

   How long have you been coloring your hair?

6. Patients may become conditioned to particular form of treatment.

   The rats have been conditioned to ring a bell when they wanted food.

7. The man was finally cornered in an empty building.

   The animal is dangerous when cornered

   They have forced him into a corner.

   He wants to corner the beer market.

8. His name was coupled with hers.

9. He was easily cowed by the young man.

10. The best students were creamed by Beijing University.

11. The mother cupped the face of the baby and kissed her.

12. She's always dishing out advice, even when you don't want it.

13. When he retired, he tried to distance himself with politics.

14. He was accused of doctoring the figures.

15. We dried our coat by the fire.

As she got older, devotion to work began to dry up.

16. I emptied out my pocket but could not find my keys.

   The street soon emptied when the rain started.

17. He couldn't help eying the cake hungrily.

18. He said he father 20 kids.

19. The treaty seems favour the USA.

Many citizens favour a walk after dinner.

The warm climate favours vegetables and fruits.

20. They are filming in Beijing right now.

Two students were filmed stealing bikes on the security video.

21. The office was flooded with applications for the job.

Cheap goods are flooding the market.

People flooded into the cinema at weekends.

Memories of her childhood came flooding back.

22. His reply completely floored me.

   I'll have my new flat floored.

23. Trees of this kind flower in winter.

24. She certainly had me fooled. --- I really believed her.

You're fooling yourself if you think you can get a good job without education.

You could have fooled me.

25. Once again it will be the public who have too foot the bill.

26. The line of houses fronted straight into the road.

27. They hope the meeting will further the relationship between two countries.

She took a new job to further her career.

28. He gifted a house to me.

29. We will green our school campus.

30. They children grouped themselves around their teacher.

   The books are grouped together by subject.

31. She was holidaying with his family in Ireland.

32. The government promised to house the homeless.

The museum houses over 2,000 ancient artworks.

33. I inched the car forward.

34. The group has just inked a 4-million- dollar deal.

35. Nearly 1000 students jammed into the dinning hall.

36. She knifed him in the back.

37. She lectures spoken English in university.

Don't start lecturing me.

38. He lunched with the chairman.

39. She majored in history in Beijing University.

40. The researchers have mapped the unexploded region.

It is now possible to map the different functions of the brain.

He has his career path clearly mapped out.

41. Your new book should be marketed to reader in the same way as your first one.

42. Be careful!. You're messing my hair.

We finished in time, no messing.

43. I pushed the rock with all my might.

44. The area has been mined for gold fro over 100 years.

45. I'd like the last remark to be minuted.

46. Music mirrors the feelings of people.

   She saw herself mirrored in the clean water.

47. He's a disturbed child who needs mothering.

48. He mouthed out a few dirty words and moved off.

They are just mouthing empty slogans.

49. This is where the river narrows.

We need to narrow the wealth divide between rich and poor.

He narrowed his eyes at her.

50. As Christmas neared, kids are becoming more and more excited.

We neared the top of hill at noon.