I also received a gift from him but didn't accept it.

4. method / way / means：方法、办法

method：指有一套理论和系统作指导的方法，强调其条理性、高效率，存在于头脑中，有好的，也有不好的，是比较正规的用语，与介词with连用。

e.g. He is a man of method.

You can save a lot of time with this method.

We are studying a new method of teaching English.

way：指某人在处理某一问题或做某件事时用他自己与众不同的方式或习惯去做，为普通用语，与介词in连用。

e.g. He has his own way of life.

What is the best way to clean / of cleaning the windows?

She did it in the same way you did it.

means：means：单复数同形，指做事时的方法、手段、工具，与介词by连用，常用短语：by ... means / by means of...：用......方法

e.g. Taking a plane is the quickest means of getting there.

We must win by fair means or foul.

The thief entered the room by means of a ladder.

注：mean ...by...：用......表达......的意思。

e.g. He meant agreement by saying, "Are you sure?"

What do you mean by "yes"?

5. type / kind / sort：种、类

type：表示某类事物中比较特殊的一部分，多指那些明显地与同类事物中其他部分有别的一类。

e.g. I dislike man of this type.

It is a new type of car of TOYOTA series.

kind：普通用语，指自然属性相同或相似的人或物，分类标准比较客观，主观性比较小。

e.g. We can offer you teas of various kinds.

This kind of car sells well

Cars of this kind drive smoothly.

sort：表示"大体上属于同类的"，分类标准主观色彩比较农，又是含有轻蔑之意。

e.g. I'll never do such sort of things.

　　　How did you get this sort of idea in your mind?

6. feed on / live on

feed on：1）靠吃......维持生命、以......为食

e.g. Pigs will feed on anything.

　　　　　2）用......喂 = feed ... to / with

　　　　　e.g. What do you feed your dog on?

　　　　　3）给......吃

e.g. Their mother can't afford to feed them on meat and fish every day.

She feeds her guests on the product of the garden.

live on：1）靠......为生、过活，on的宾语一般是维持生命的主要食物或经济来源，也能接人，表示"靠某人的钱过活"= depend on sb.

e.g. Most of us live on our pay.

I don't know what he lives on.