(七)move, barrier, roadblock, cue
(1) New moves to eliminate poverty in the rural areas/curb pollution ended in failure.
(2) The football fans broke through the barriers and rush onto the pitch.
(3) Lack of confidence and mutual trust is the biggest barrier to investing in the region. (non-physical)
(4) All technical and political roadblocks to trade and cooperation should be removed.
cue
(5) The slamming of the door was the actor’s cue to run onto the stage.
(6) The fall in interest rates may be a cue for upturn in consumer spending.
(7) throw/ pick up the cue
(8) follow sb.’s cue/ take one’s cue from
stride
(9) make great/considerable strides
(10) get into one’s stride
(11) become famous at one stride
(12) in (full) stride
(13) take sth. in (one’s) stride |
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