雅思词组1:sell out卖完;卖掉(商店等)，出售(股份);(尤指为了钱)出卖原则(或朋友)

Tickets are already selling fast. The Friday and Saturday performances sold out almost immediately and, in fact, now there are only tickets for Monday and Thursday.
票卖得很快，星期五和星期六的演出票几乎马上就售罄了，实际上，现在只剩星期一和星期四的票了。

be out of stock, be unavailable

雅思词组2:semi-detached house半独立式住宅

A semi-detached house with five bedrooms is for sale.
出售一幢带五个卧室的半独立式住宅。

雅思考试中常见的“家庭住宅”:
apardnent/flat公寓
villa别墅
bungalow平房
house独立住宅
cottage村舍

雅思词组3:send out发出，发送;派遣

The demand for bikes there is enormous, which makes them very expensive locally. So we sell them for 75% of the normal price. But in order to continue operating we need to have a constant supply of bikes which we send out every six months.
那里对自行车的需求量很大，因此自行车在当地极其昂贵。所以我们的价格是平常价格的75%。但为了持续运作，我们需要长期的自行车供应，每六个月就要发货一次。

雅思词组4:senior citizen老年人

Senior citizens should be deemed as a treasure to our country. They have worked hard all their lives for the development of the nation as well as the society.
老年人应该被视为我们国家的一笔财富。他们为国家和社会的发展辛苦工作了一辈子。

在西方，senior citizen作“老人”讲时是委婉语，因为很多人对自己的年龄比较敏感，为了表示尊重，一般称老人为senior citizeno

雅思词组5:serve...with向…提供，把…交给

This hotel offers an impeccable service, serving guests with welcoming sweetmeats
这家旅馆为顾客提供至善至美的服务，还有迎宾甜品。

supply...with

雅思词组6:service charge服务费，手续费

A: Ann, do you know the service charge of this bank?
A: 安，你知道这家银行的服务费吗?

B:Sorry, I have no idea.
B:对不起，我不知道。

雅思词组7:set aside(为某种目的)留出，拨出;节省;对…不予考虑，置于一旁;取消，驳回，宣布…无效

Fears of the new round outbreak of bird flu have not been fully set aside.
人们对爆发新一轮禽流感的恐惧尚未完全消除。

雅思词组8:set back耽搁(或阻碍)…的进展，使受挫，延缓;使花费，使破费

It would be easy to say the company had invested too heavily, or at the wrong time, but in fact the signs were good and what they were set back by was high interest rates.
我们可以很轻松地说是这个公司投资过度，或是投资的时机不对，但实际上，征兆是好的，导致他们失败的是高利率。

hinder from

雅思词组9:set down停下让(乘客)下车;制订，规定，记下

A:And how many times have been set down for the tutorials, do you have that information?
A:已经确定下来的辅导课有多少次啊，你知道吗?

B:That's a very well-attended course so there's a number of tutorial times.
B:那门课很受欢迎，所以会有很多次辅导课。

雅思词组10:set out陈列，摆放，安排;出发，动身，开始;陈述，阐明

He set out his objections to the plan.
他陈述了对这个计划的反对意见。

The several students are setting out on an American tour this summer.
这几名学生今年夏天要去美国旅行。