The driver, his face a stream of rain. 他的脸上雨水直流。 b489sa
My friends will be expecting me. ~3 4Ly
Come here and reason with the young girl. 劝说 X?5M)MP+I
If you hammer on the door they'll let you in. 用力在门上敲打(打门一般用“at”) Y%OE1F$6NN
He looked as if he had the strength of a horse. 力大如牛 .lm^ +1}r
I'll not lay a finger on you. 我不会动你一根毫毛。 ilL] pU-
I'll tame you until you eat out of my hand the same as your aunt there. 完全顺从某人 ZZqImB.Cz6
Scratch her, and she shows her teeth. 她刚被触动一下就翻脸了。 b6BeOR*ps
You play with life and death. 玩命 ~9#[\/;"
the four winds四面八方 ]l.y/pRP5[
with their fingers in their ears用手指头堵上耳朵 zMasA
Mary sat very still. 一动不动 aLapb5VV
took quick with his tongue太能说会道了 = BW>jD
The sudden direct attack took the woman by surprise.这一开门见山的突然提问
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walk on air洋洋得意 [H$37Hx!
some sound or signal动静 51 3{oM:
backwards and forwards前后 Vh1{8'GQ
My name is Mary Yellan, if that means anything to you. 如果你想知道的话 _
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I deserve black looks for looking at you as I did. 象我刚才那样看你,理应遭到你的白眼。 +4U ?*:n
He might be trying to make her talk. 他可能是在套她的话。 8;>vgD
Mary laughed, in spite of herself. 不由自主地笑了起来。 HVG9 C$
There came a fine cold morning when for a change the sun shone in a cloudless sky. 一天早上,天气很冷,天空忽然放晴,阳光灿烂,万里无云。 {X$8yy2zC5
Aunt Patience make signs to her. 向……打手势 #MYhKySku
Have you lost your tongue? (吓得)说不出话来 Z!o&};_j
keep close watch over密切注意 \P% E1c#
Tommorrow-well, tommorrow could take care of itself. 明天——哦,明天的事等明天再说吧。 z;`o>Ja2
We join it lower down and miss two or three miles of it. 我们往前再走一点,这样可以少走二三英里。 BhC.#u/
Mary had thrown trouble and responsibility to the winds. 已把……抛在脑后 pcIJija:
There's quality for you! 质量是没说的。 KsI[
You'll be wet to the skin. 你会淋成落汤鸡的。 )HWf`;VQ
What's done is done. 过去做的事现在说也没有用。 hQ`g
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play a double game耍两面派,两面三刀 "1P8[
He had turned the key on his friend. 他把他的朋友锁在里面。 ek6PMZF:'
Joss Merlyn knows these moors like the back of his hand. 对……了如指掌 bm9@A]yP
She was a woman, and for no reason in heaven or death she loved him. 明其妙地 7+';&2M)n~
Mary was only playing with her food. 只是做样子的吃了几口 <wV?B9j
What is more,(尤其) if the murderer had known that he had attacked (冒犯)you, he would have had a strong enough reason to kill the pedlar twice over. (碎尸万段) %|md0
You have too modest an apinion of yourself. 你有点妄自菲薄 afY~Y?PJ<
He has made his peace with Mr.Bassat. 同……言归于好 dX|(n.}
There is no longer any need for pretence between us. 我们之间不再需要遮遮掩掩了。 . zf#S0y%(
Tomorrow may bring the world to you again. 明天你就会重见天日。 L ;5uB2
the world's end天涯海角 g}nlb.b]{m
Money makes the world go round. 金钱万能 `PK1zSr
I think, therefore I am. 我思故我在。 F.ml]k&(m
He who hesitates is lost. 当断不断,必受其患。 w7}m
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I wish your sister a rapid recovery from her illness. 我祝愿你妹妹早日恢复健康。 iW\cLp "
Be swift to hear, slow to speak. 敏于听而缓于言。 =w='qjh
Time flies as swift as an arrow. 光阴似箭。 C8i6ESmU
The customer is always right. 顾客是上帝。 cSy{*K{B
have (gain, win, give sb.) an advantage over占(获得、赢得、给某人)优势 Kc~h
take advantage of sb. 耍弄,捉弄 q]+'{Ci@
take advantage of sth. 利用 KO/Z|I
to advantage使优点突出 ZnDI
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to sb's advantage (to the advantage of sb.)对某人有利 @KRr$k
turn sth. to advantage利用 4A(kM}uRB
We (were) at table when they called. 进餐,吃饭 6FuZMasr*
There is always a place for you at our table. 请你随时来吃便饭。 Stqlp<xy
The hostess set the table for ten. 女主任摆餐桌供十人用饭。 ],{b&\
He worked his way through college by waiting at table. 当侍者 ;A)w:"m
The cloisonne is a famous native product of China. 景泰蓝,中国特产 Oi#F
make an example of sb. 惩一儆百 R<aF;Rvb5
now or never机不可失 3>%oGbo
out of breath上气不接下气 =jZ}@L/+
get wind of察觉,风闻 *{|{T_H:
It's of no consequence-not the least. 不要紧的——毫无关系 Z^w11}
Keeping up with the Joneses. (means to spend money you can't spare buying things you can't afford, in order to spite people you don't like) NU>={9!
through the back door (under the counter)走后门 &t1?=F,]
If you have to ask, you can't afford it. g2;!AI5f
a mom-and-pop operation个体户杂货铺 m3zmyw}
That was when the shit hit the fan. e\%emp->
shitting in their own nest )=6|G^
a good telling off好好地教训一顿 kd^CZ;O
to mend bad with worse拆东墙补西墙 gB1w,96J
It was imperative that there should be no fiasco. 只准成功,不准失败。 P+00wbx0
Let a hundred flowers bloom, a hundred schools of thought contend. 百花齐放,百家争鸣。 *|S.[i_7
She is clever and always gets what she wants by playing office politics. 靠耍手腕 ab4(?-'-
As luck would have it. 很走运,真倒霉。 "bZ{W(h
These young scientists are talented, and ambitious and they will go a long way. 大有作为 $w{!}U 2+-
It's no use crying over spilt milk. 覆水难收。 4L}i`)CmB
More haste, less speed. 欲速则不达。 FTvFtdY
Look before you leap. 三思而后行。 %7WQb]y
He who laughs last laughs best. 笑到最后才算笑得最好。 7u/_3x1
Theory is something but practice is everything. 理论固然重要,实践尤其重要。 '?Fw]z1$
There is no end to learning. 学无止境。 B[k {u#Kp
Where there is a will, there is a way. 有志者事竟成。 -m*IpDi
It never rains it pours. 祸不单行。 -Bymt[
Man proposes. God disposes. 谋事在人,成事在天。 @C7iflo6
survival of the fittest适者生存 mZLrU<)Y
might is right强权即公理 [>l2E
flash in the pan昙花一现 P)bS ;w\(Y
on the ropes战战兢兢地 /y/O&`X(
Here is an example, which I heard at a nurse's convention, of a story. w~EBm=v_>
(这是我以前的学习笔记,大家看着玩吧。发到这,班门弄斧了,呵呵)