eyed 審視
to eye sb suspiciously?懷疑地註視著某人
They eyed us with alarm.?他們警覺地註視著我們。?
2、Mr. Dursley stopped dead .Fear flooded ?him.
dead 完全
You're dead right!?妳完全正確！?
a dead straight road?筆直的道路
The sight made him?stop dead in his tracks壹看這情景，他驚呆了。
flooded 使大受感動；充滿
Memories of her childhood?came flooding back?.?她童年的往事湧上心頭。
The words flooded him with self-pity.?這些話使他充滿了自憐
3、He put the receiver back down and stroked ?his mustache,
stroke ? 輕撫
He stroked her hair affectionately.?他深情地撫摩著她的頭發。
4、“Sorry,” he grunted , as the tiny old man stumbled ?and almost fell.
同義詞辨析grunt，mumble,mutter grumble 都是 嘟噥 ?
grunt喉嚨發出低聲；mumble和mutter指低聲說；grumble是低聲抱怨
rumble（易混淆詞）指發出低聲，但是不用於形容說話。
He grunted something about being late and rushed out.?他嘟噥著說要遲到了便匆匆跑了出去。
I could hear him mumbling to himself.?我聽到他在喃喃自語
How dare she,’ he muttered under his breath.?他輕聲嘀咕道：“她怎麽敢。
They kept grumbling that they were cold.?他們不停地嘟囔著說冷。?
I'm so hungry my?stomach's rumbling?.?我餓得肚子咕咕叫了。
stumble 絆腳 ?
The child stumbled and fell.?孩子絆了壹下，摔倒了。
I stumbled over a rock.?我在石頭上絆了壹下。?
同義詞trip
5、Trying to pull himself together ,he let himself into the house
?pull yourself together使自己鎮定自若（或冷靜）
Stop crying and pull yourself together!?別哭了，振作起來！?
識記詞匯
squeaky 發短促尖叫聲的
rattle使緊張；使恐懼