The driver, his face a stream of rain. 他的脸上雨水直流。 &W*^&0AV
My friends will be expecting me. b[ ~-b
Come here and reason with the young girl. 劝说 @el
If you hammer on the door they'll let you in. 用力在门上敲打(打门一般用“at”) 8Y/1+-
He looked as if he had the strength of a horse. 力大如牛 ]&X}C{v)G
I'll not lay a finger on you. 我不会动你一根毫毛。 EvF[h:C2
I'll tame you until you eat out of my hand the same as your aunt there. 完全顺从某人 8;x0U`}Ez(
Scratch her, and she shows her teeth. 她刚被触动一下就翻脸了。 ]$I}r=
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You play with life and death. 玩命 wQ81wfr1:
the four winds四面八方 -]Q\G
with their fingers in their ears用手指头堵上耳朵 \%&eDE 0
Mary sat very still. 一动不动 dQy K4T
took quick with his tongue太能说会道了 H'&[kgnQ@
The sudden direct attack took the woman by surprise.这一开门见山的突然提问 W@D./Th
What has the barred room at the end of the passage to do with the wheels that stop outside Jamaica Inn by night? 与……有关 m{r#o?
walk on air洋洋得意 ,OFNV|S$
some sound or signal动静 ?$VkMu$2k
backwards and forwards前后 ]l,,en5V
My name is Mary Yellan, if that means anything to you. 如果你想知道的话 -0P9|;h5
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。 bP&1tE
He might be trying to make her talk. 他可能是在套她的话。 !i\ gCLg2_
Mary laughed, in spite of herself. 不由自主地笑了起来。 .Gb!mG
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。 VPb8dv(a3
Aunt Patience make signs to her. 向……打手势 dd*p_4;
Have you lost your tongue? (吓得)说不出话来 XfN(7d0
keep close watch over密切注意 xcH&B%;f
Tommorrow-well, tommorrow could take care of itself. 明天——哦,明天的事等明天再说吧。 x7/";L>
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。 E[<*Al+N
Mary had thrown trouble and responsibility to the winds. 已把……抛在脑后 W"&,=
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There's quality for you! 质量是没说的。 $ByP 9=|
You'll be wet to the skin. 你会淋成落汤鸡的。 LX#gc.c
What's done is done. 过去做的事现在说也没有用。 x
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play a double game耍两面派,两面三刀 }ldpudU
He had turned the key on his friend. 他把他的朋友锁在里面。 #gXxBM
Joss Merlyn knows these moors like the back of his hand. 对……了如指掌 o_03Io
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She was a woman, and for no reason in heaven or death she loved him. 明其妙地 I8uFMP
Mary was only playing with her food. 只是做样子的吃了几口 rl]K:8*
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) i ;^Ya
You have too modest an apinion of yourself. 你有点妄自菲薄 \;JZt[
He has made his peace with Mr.Bassat. 同……言归于好 Zr[B*1,ZV
There is no longer any need for pretence between us. 我们之间不再需要遮遮掩掩了。 od^ylg>K
Tomorrow may bring the world to you again. 明天你就会重见天日。 |mcc?*%t8
the world's end天涯海角 mp
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Money makes the world go round. 金钱万能 ]88qjKL
I think, therefore I am. 我思故我在。 q`UaJ_7
He who hesitates is lost. 当断不断,必受其患。 >~_)2_j
I wish your sister a rapid recovery from her illness. 我祝愿你妹妹早日恢复健康。 -B?cF9
Be swift to hear, slow to speak. 敏于听而缓于言。 Nt/hF>"7
Time flies as swift as an arrow. 光阴似箭。 L[!
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The customer is always right. 顾客是上帝。 5<YL^m{/L
have (gain, win, give sb.) an advantage over占(获得、赢得、给某人)优势 q}W})
take advantage of sb. 耍弄,捉弄 /O~Np|~v
take advantage of sth. 利用 'UM *7
to advantage使优点突出 ~ 7<M6F
to sb's advantage (to the advantage of sb.)对某人有利 }
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turn sth. to advantage利用 -F MonM
We (were) at table when they called. 进餐,吃饭 oXUb_/
There is always a place for you at our table. 请你随时来吃便饭。 s;-AZr)
The hostess set the table for ten. 女主任摆餐桌供十人用饭。 <LN7+7}
He worked his way through college by waiting at table. 当侍者 LL==2KNUo
The cloisonne is a famous native product of China. 景泰蓝,中国特产 6"R'z#{OF
make an example of sb. 惩一儆百 qQ8+gZG$R
now or never机不可失 fElFyOo+
out of breath上气不接下气 9dWz3b1[
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get wind of察觉,风闻 _PSOT5{
It's of no consequence-not the least. 不要紧的——毫无关系 2+ywl}9
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) 9*r^1PRc
through the back door (under the counter)走后门
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If you have to ask, you can't afford it. lSc=c-iOv
a mom-and-pop operation个体户杂货铺 .eLd0{JtN
That was when the shit hit the fan. l z-I[*bA
shitting in their own nest gFsqCx<q
a good telling off好好地教训一顿 zE~Xxp
to mend bad with worse拆东墙补西墙 O&,8X-Ix
It was imperative that there should be no fiasco. 只准成功,不准失败。 KD?b|y@
Let a hundred flowers bloom, a hundred schools of thought contend. 百花齐放,百家争鸣。 zjOOEvi
She is clever and always gets what she wants by playing office politics. 靠耍手腕 Udq!YXE0
As luck would have it. 很走运,真倒霉。 '.&Y)A6!
These young scientists are talented, and ambitious and they will go a long way. 大有作为 mi[8O$^iJ
It's no use crying over spilt milk. 覆水难收。 Sb(OG 6
More haste, less speed. 欲速则不达。 h`iOs>
Look before you leap. 三思而后行。 F~eY'~&H}
He who laughs last laughs best. 笑到最后才算笑得最好。 Q!_d6-*u
Theory is something but practice is everything. 理论固然重要,实践尤其重要。 ^b.#4i(v
There is no end to learning. 学无止境。 wxYGr`f
Where there is a will, there is a way. 有志者事竟成。 aemi;61T\
It never rains it pours. 祸不单行。 "lSh4X
Man proposes. God disposes. 谋事在人,成事在天。 ck\W'Y*Q7
survival of the fittest适者生存 Je}0KW3G9L
might is right强权即公理 `evF?t11X
flash in the pan昙花一现 +wf9!_'
on the ropes战战兢兢地 m.<u!MI
Here is an example, which I heard at a nurse's convention, of a story. Qqs1%u
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(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)