重点词汇词组：

He¹moved away², and in his place³appeared⁴a tall man⁵holding the arm of another tall man⁶, who tried to say something but couldn't⁷.

长难句分析

解：1主语+2谓语+3地点状语+4谓语+5主语+6伴随状语+7定语从句

析：①介词短语in his place为地点状语，置于句首时，句中主语和谓语完全倒装。

②非限制性定语从句：who tried to say something but couldn't

该从句修饰先行词another tall man，关系代词who在从句中作主语。

1.try to do sth. 试图做某事

例：He secretlytried tohelp her at work.

他试图悄悄地在工作上帮助她。

【常见短语】

①try for sth. 试图获得；争取

例：Are you going totry forthat job in the sales department?

你想争取销售部的那份工作吗？

②try sth. on 试穿；试戴

例：Try onthe shoes to see if they fit.

试试那双鞋子看合不合适。

【相关俚语】

①try your luck 碰碰运气

例：He'd always wanted to act and in 1959 came to London totry his luckon the stage.

他一直想从事表演，于是在1959年来到伦敦，想在舞台上试试运气。

②try your hand at sth. 初次尝试做

例：He decided totry his hand atknitting and discovered he was good at it.

他决定尝试一下编织，结果发现自己很擅长。

2.by mistake 错误地

例：I've paid this bill twiceby mistake.

我弄错了，把这张账单付了两次。

【相关俚语】

make no mistake (about it) 没有半点怀疑，完全可以肯定

例：Make no mistake, this decision is going to cause you a lot of problems.

毫无疑问，这个决定会给你带来许多问题。

3.die down 逐渐变弱；逐渐平息

例：It was several minutes before the applausedied down.

过了好几分钟掌声才平息下来。

【常见短语】

①die away （尤指声音）渐渐消失

例：The sound of his footsteps graduallydied away.

他的脚步声渐渐消失了。

②die out 逐渐消失；灭绝

例：Dinosaursdied outmillions of years ago.

数百万年前恐龙就已经灭绝了。

【相关俚语】

①be dying for/to do sth. 极想得到，极想做

例：I'm dying tohear your news.

我特别想听到你的消息。

②die hard 不易改掉，不容易戒掉

例：Old habitsdie hard.

积习难改。

4.take care of 照顾，照看

例：He's old enough totake care ofhimself.

他已经不小了，能照顾自己了。

【相关俚语】

①not/without a care in the world 无忧无虑

例：Look at her,not a care in the world!

看看她，多么无忧无虑！

②under the care of sb. 接受某人的治疗

例：He'sunder the care ofDr Parks.

他在接受帕克斯医生的治疗。

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