4. However, what happened later proved me wrong.

Later that evening Dr Candy had put some opium into Franklin’s drink to prove to him that it would help.

prove sth to sb. : show that sth. is true or certain by means of argument or evidence.

eg.

I shall prove it to you that Mary didn’t tell you the truth.

The task proved(to be)more difficult than we’d thought.

He proved himself a better driver than the champion.

3. Rachel is stubborn in resisting his enquiries about the Moonstone to the degree that she makes it seem as if she does not want the mystery to be solved.

in: in the course of doing sth.

Rachel is so stubborn in resisting his enquiries that she makes it seem as if …

2. His move to quit smoking cigars to please her is seen by the servants as evidence that he is in love with Rachel.

move: action

quit smoking: give up smoking

1. The novel The Moonstone is set in England in 1848, but it really began 50 years earlier.

set: represent the action of a play in a specified place

eg.

The movie is set in pre-war London.

80. Two guards looked after the s______ of the property.

79. He acquired p______ in the English language through practice.

78. We have the o______ of going or not.

75. Professor Watson is leaving the a______ world to take a job in industry. 76. Mr. Kern a______ the orphan as his own son. 77. Plain, simple clothes are a______ for school wear.

74. Extensive (数量大的) vocabulary in both languages is an essential qualification of a good i______.

73. It’s an honor for the priest to be received by the Roman b______.