#2 homework

1. relinquish:Voluntarily cease to keep or claim; give up.

• He relinquished his managerial role to become chief executive.

     2. utensil:A tool, container, or other article, especially for household use.

• The restaurant was so busy that they ran out of clean utensils by nine o'clock.

     3. beat about the bush:Discuss a matter without coming to the point.

•  he never beat about the bush when something was annoying him.

     4. pull someone's leg:Deceive someone playfully; tease someone.

• Someone who doesn't know anything is pulling your leg.

      5. disseminate:Spread (something, especially information) widely.

• She helped disseminate information about the new artist.

Nowadays, so many online dictionaries on the Internet, however , it's important that do these dictionaries provide the correct grammar. With the trustworthy resources that teacher showed to us this week, I am no longer concerned that I might misunderstand the words because these dictionaries define every word clearly. Besides, there're many sentences  help us to learn more about the vocabulary. From now on, I will make a good use of these convenient tools to improve my English.