a. 弯曲的, 决心的n. 爱好bend的过去式和过去分词相关词组: to the top of one's bent follow one's bent

straight/vertical/bent/street/strict/string/strange/stranger/estrange
记忆：
1. straight [ streit ] adj. 直的, 率直的 adv. 直, 直接 Why not draw a straight line crossing the two points?为什么不画条穿过这两点的直线呢？
2. vertical [ 5vE:tikEl] adj. 垂直的, 直立的 The tower where Galileo did the famous experiment of falling objects in Pisa is not vertical. 伽利略在比萨做著名的落体实验的塔不是垂直的。
3. bent [ bent ] adj. 弯的 There lie a few bent wires there. 那儿有一些弯弯的金属线。
4. street [ stri:t ] n. 街, 街道 The traffic is too heavy in the street. 大街上车辆太拥挤了。
5. strict [ strikt ] adj. 严格的, 严谨的 The parents hope that the teachers are strict with their children in their study.家长希望老师对学生学习严格要求。 be strict with sb. in sth. 在某事上对某人严格要求。
6. string [ striN ] n. 线, 细绳, 一串, 一行 The boy put forward a string of questions, which annoyed his teacher.男子提供到一串奇怪的问题，惹恼了他的老师。
7. strange [ streindV ] adj. 陌生的, 奇怪的, 奇异的 It’s strange that he should be so late!真奇怪！他居然来得那么迟！
8. stranger [ 5streindVE ] n. 陌生人, 门外汉 Tell your child not to open the door for a stranger. 告诉孩子不要为陌生人开门。
9. estrange [ is5treindV ] e-strange v. 疏远 Frequent quarrels estranged them. 频繁的争吵使他们疏远了。
另类阅读：
How strange it was that the strict teacher told a stranger to go straight ahead along the street when the bus stop was just around the corner!