The driver, his face a stream of rain. 他的脸上雨水直流。 !d3:`l<
My friends will be expecting me. -
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Come here and reason with the young girl. 劝说 kJG0X%+w
If you hammer on the door they'll let you in. 用力在门上敲打(打门一般用“at”) ]R8JBnA
He looked as if he had the strength of a horse. 力大如牛 _q 1E4z
I'll not lay a finger on you. 我不会动你一根毫毛。 m<| *
I'll tame you until you eat out of my hand the same as your aunt there. 完全顺从某人 |;(0]
Scratch her, and she shows her teeth. 她刚被触动一下就翻脸了。 jp P'{mc
You play with life and death. 玩命 !Di*y$`}b
the four winds四面八方 EZg$mp1
with their fingers in their ears用手指头堵上耳朵 $VyH2+ jC
Mary sat very still. 一动不动 u(Y?2R
took quick with his tongue太能说会道了 zkmfu~_)
The sudden direct attack took the woman by surprise.这一开门见山的突然提问 I 7s}{pG
What has the barred room at the end of the passage to do with the wheels that stop outside Jamaica Inn by night? 与……有关 2vx1M6a)L
walk on air洋洋得意 xE%sPWbj
some sound or signal动静 4Q
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backwards and forwards前后 )MU)'1jc,
My name is Mary Yellan, if that means anything to you. 如果你想知道的话 FW--|X]8
I deserve black looks for looking at you as I did. 象我刚才那样看你,理应遭到你的白眼。 V
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He might be trying to make her talk. 他可能是在套她的话。 ~xV|<;
Mary laughed, in spite of herself. 不由自主地笑了起来。 N2Q%/}+,
There came a fine cold morning when for a change the sun shone in a cloudless sky. 一天早上,天气很冷,天空忽然放晴,阳光灿烂,万里无云。 eJtfQ@?
Aunt Patience make signs to her. 向……打手势 {/PiX1mn
Have you lost your tongue? (吓得)说不出话来 xO2CgqEb
keep close watch over密切注意 g|PRk9
Tommorrow-well, tommorrow could take care of itself. 明天——哦,明天的事等明天再说吧。 !_#2$J*s^D
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。 [nG@
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Mary had thrown trouble and responsibility to the winds. 已把……抛在脑后 =P\Tk)(`
There's quality for you! 质量是没说的。 /$?7L(
You'll be wet to the skin. 你会淋成落汤鸡的。 R`!
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What's done is done. 过去做的事现在说也没有用。 f<v:Tg.[
play a double game耍两面派,两面三刀 Mg76v<mv<
He had turned the key on his friend. 他把他的朋友锁在里面。 w@"l0gm+u[
Joss Merlyn knows these moors like the back of his hand. 对……了如指掌 bO\E)%zp
She was a woman, and for no reason in heaven or death she loved him. 明其妙地 K1*]6x,
Mary was only playing with her food. 只是做样子的吃了几口 e!JC5Al7
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) $3Srr*
You have too modest an apinion of yourself. 你有点妄自菲薄 |\_d^U&`
He has made his peace with Mr.Bassat. 同……言归于好 BP`'1Ns
There is no longer any need for pretence between us. 我们之间不再需要遮遮掩掩了。 :Vl2\H=P
Tomorrow may bring the world to you again. 明天你就会重见天日。 8^|ls
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the world's end天涯海角 OVgx2_F
Money makes the world go round. 金钱万能 EwH_k
I think, therefore I am. 我思故我在。 }qn@8}
He who hesitates is lost. 当断不断,必受其患。 O[/l';i
I wish your sister a rapid recovery from her illness. 我祝愿你妹妹早日恢复健康。 0)T`&u3!
Be swift to hear, slow to speak. 敏于听而缓于言。 h,%b>JFo
Time flies as swift as an arrow. 光阴似箭。 tX *}l|;(
The customer is always right. 顾客是上帝。 E{B=%ZNnm
have (gain, win, give sb.) an advantage over占(获得、赢得、给某人)优势 {m2lVzK
take advantage of sb. 耍弄,捉弄 =%+o4\N,
take advantage of sth. 利用 >,s.!vpK
to advantage使优点突出 Xj("
to sb's advantage (to the advantage of sb.)对某人有利 l&4+v.zr
turn sth. to advantage利用 b Q6<R4
We (were) at table when they called. 进餐,吃饭 ?wQaM3 |^:
There is always a place for you at our table. 请你随时来吃便饭。
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The hostess set the table for ten. 女主任摆餐桌供十人用饭。 WyDL ah^/
He worked his way through college by waiting at table. 当侍者 [W{WfJ-HwG
The cloisonne is a famous native product of China. 景泰蓝,中国特产 XDcA&cM}p
make an example of sb. 惩一儆百
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now or never机不可失 S@PAtB5
out of breath上气不接下气 |#_`aT"
get wind of察觉,风闻 xD3Y-d9
It's of no consequence-not the least. 不要紧的——毫无关系 T.kQ] h2ZG
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) wEJ) h1=)^
through the back door (under the counter)走后门 ( 17=|s
If you have to ask, you can't afford it. BmGY#D,
a mom-and-pop operation个体户杂货铺 !Al?B9KJ
That was when the shit hit the fan. .|Zt&5osI
shitting in their own nest 8*t8F\U#
a good telling off好好地教训一顿 .S=^)
to mend bad with worse拆东墙补西墙 NT}r6V(Aju
It was imperative that there should be no fiasco. 只准成功,不准失败。 #Kd^t=k
Let a hundred flowers bloom, a hundred schools of thought contend. 百花齐放,百家争鸣。 7G<v<&
She is clever and always gets what she wants by playing office politics. 靠耍手腕 :M'V**A(
As luck would have it. 很走运,真倒霉。 :^oF
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These young scientists are talented, and ambitious and they will go a long way. 大有作为 $^;b
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It's no use crying over spilt milk. 覆水难收。 I? o)X!
More haste, less speed. 欲速则不达。 gV-x1s+
Look before you leap. 三思而后行。 3A>Bnb
He who laughs last laughs best. 笑到最后才算笑得最好。 v?en-,{A
Theory is something but practice is everything. 理论固然重要,实践尤其重要。 KaGG4?=V
There is no end to learning. 学无止境。 ap[{`u
Where there is a will, there is a way. 有志者事竟成。 Yl!~w:O!o
It never rains it pours. 祸不单行。 fF*{\
Man proposes. God disposes. 谋事在人,成事在天。 GN%|'eU
survival of the fittest适者生存 xesZ7{ o
might is right强权即公理 EA+}Rf6}
flash in the pan昙花一现 mFdj+ &2\
on the ropes战战兢兢地 )r^)e4UI
Here is an example, which I heard at a nurse's convention, of a story. ~KF>Jow?Y
(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)