Learning New Words: compose to determination

To effectively learn a new word, we must know how to use it. The following sentences illustrate the usage of some important words (highlighted). Where necessary, guidance on grammar points and pronunciation relating to these words would be provided when we meet.

1. She frowned, making an effort to compose herself.
2. I was so confused that I could hardly compose my thoughts.
3. Though she was rather worried, she seemed outwardly composed.
4. to keep/ recover/ regain/ lose your composure
5. to offer your condolences
6. Our condolences go to his wife and family.
7. an environment conducive to study
8. What concerns me is our lack of preparation for the change.
9. It concerns me that you no longer seem to care for your own future.
10. He expressed concern over continuing high unemployment.
11. They raised concerns about health care.
12. a recommendation letter headed “To Whom It May Concern”
13. He confided to me that he had applied for another job.
14. It was in confidence that she told me about her relations with him.
15. The girls exchanged confidences.
16. She took me into her confidence and told me about the problems she was facing.
17. There exists a confiding relationship between them.
18. The matter will be treated in the strictest confidence.
19. We need to quickly restore consumer confidence.
20. The recent setback has significantly undermined his confidence.
21. I have every confidence in your ability.
22. She suffers from a lack of confidence.
23. I am confident of winning the contract.
24. The army in Hong Kong is confined to barracks.
25. She was confined to bed with flu.
26. He has been confined to a wheelchair since the traffic accident.
27. His confinement to a wheelchair greatly restricts his social activities.
28. She has gone through years of confinement as a political prisoner.
29. That was an ingenious contrivance to get her to sign the multi-billion will.
30. His determination carried him through the ordeal.