19、book：名詞，書本；當動詞用，是指預訂飛機座位、機票、旅館房間等。此外還指警方將……登記如冊以為指控之用（to press charge against someone, generally by the police）。例如：

       Mr. Chen has booked（或made）a reservation at a hotel.

       陳先生已經預訂了旅館房間。

       Yesterday he booked a flight to Taiwan.

       昨天他訂購了到臺灣的機票。

       The police booked him for drunken driving.

       他被指控酒后駕車。

       20、house：名詞，房屋；當動詞用，是指供給住所（to provide shelter）。例如：

       The farmer has housed the horse in the barn.

       農夫把他的馬圈在馬廄里。

       I would be glad to house you for the weekend.

       我很高興這個周末你能夠住在我這里。

       21、radio：名詞，收音機；當動詞用，是指用無線電發(fā)送訊息，廣播，發(fā)報（to send a message）。例如：

       At airport the lady radioed for a missing child.

       機場中，有一位女士正在廣播尋找一個走失的孩子。

       All U.S. ships will have to radio the Coast Guard when they are in trouble.

       美國船只如果遇到困難，可以用無線電同海岸巡邏隊取得聯(lián)系。

       22、dog：名詞，狗；當動詞用，是指尾隨某人，困擾某人或某事（to bother someone or something）。例如：

       He was dogged wherever he went.

       他不管到哪里，總被人尾隨。

       Her career was dogged by misfortune.

       她一生屢遭不幸。

       23、fare：名詞，票價；當動詞用，是指過活，進展（to get along or to turn out）。例如：

       How do you fare? = How are you doing?

       I fare very well. = I am doing/feeling well.

       How did you fare in your exam?

       考得怎樣？

       I fared very well in my exam.

       我考得很好。

       If he gets caught for shoplifting, he may fare a punishment.

       如果他因為盜竊被捕，將會受到懲罰。

       24、father：名詞，父親；當動詞用，是指為人父（to beget a child）。例如：

       He has fathered two children before his remarriage.

       他再婚前已經是兩個孩子的爸爸了。

       Hopefully, Mr. Chen is going to father a child soon.

       希望陳先生很快能夠當上爸爸。

       注意：如果以母方來說，就是：

       She bore him two children.

       她為他生了兩個孩子。

       或She bore a son. 也就是 He begot a son.

       所以“to father a child”，也就是“to beget a child”。

（來源：牛津英語）