VOA慢速英语:Studying Sentence Patterns to Improve Your Writing: Part Two

strained – adj. feeling or showing the effect of too much work, use, effort, etc.

complement – n. a word or group of words added to a sentence to make it complete

adverbial – adj. like or relating to an adverb.

analyze – v. to learn the nature and relationship of the parts of (something) by a close and careful examination

phrase – n. a group of two or more words that express a single idea but do not usually form a complete sentence

adjective – n. a word that describes a noun or a pronoun

prepositional phrase – n. a phrase that begins with a preposition and ends in a noun, pronoun, or noun phrase

embarkation – n. a place where a journey begins

tricky – adj. difficult to do or deal with