○a best seller:畅销书
○a big shot:大人物
○a horse of another colour:完全是另一回事
○all in all:极为重要的是
○among the rest:在其中
○anything but:绝不;决非
○a piece of cake:小事一桩;轻松的事
○as a rule:通常;照例
○ask for leave:请假
○ask for trouble:自找麻烦
○as though:好像;仿佛
○at any rate:无论如何
○at a time:一次;每次
○at it's best:最好时
○at length:最后;最终
○at one time:一度;曾经
○attend on sb.:照顾、护理某人
○at the time:当时
○becoming:适合
○be in the balance:安危、成败未定
○be nothing short of feverish:绝不缺乏热情
○black and blue遍体鳞伤
○blow one's top:大发雷霆
○boil down to:归结为
○box office:票房榜
○brain storm:灵机一动;心血来潮
○bread and butter:生计
○but for:如果不是;要不是
○butterfly:蝴蝶
○call a spade a spade:直言不讳
○call names:骂人
○cannot...too:怎样...也不过分
○carnation:康乃馨;粉红色
○catch hold of:抓住
○catch it:受责;受罚
○chemist's shop:药房
○come into being:出现,发生,开始存在
○cook sb.'s goose:破坏某人的计划、名誉
○copycat:盲目的模仿者
○cover charge:服务费
○count one's chickens:指望过早;高兴得
太早
○cry wolf:谎报军情;发假警报
○day off:休假
○dead line:最后期限
○dismiss:解散;下课;解雇
○do away with:废除;取消
○downtown:商业区
○dragonfly:蜻蜓
○eat one's words:认错道歉;收回前言
○earthworm:蚯蚓
○everything goes smoothly:一切进行得很顺利
○firefly:萤火虫
○flash light:手电筒
○for a fee:谋生
○for good:永远
○give sb. a ring:给某人打电话;给某人一个戒指
○give way to:让位于;被...取代
○go all out:全力以赴
○Good book:圣经
○hardly...when...:一...就...
○have a word with sb.:和某人讲话
○have words with sb.:与某人吵架
○hold one's horse:忍耐
○hot air:空话;谎话
○hot potato:难题;棘手的问题
○hot water:热水;困境
○horse sense:常识
○how-do-you-do:困境;令人为难的局面
○if only:要是;只要;要是......多好
○I know how this movie ends:我知道出什么事了
○in a way:在某点上;有几分
○in charge of:负责;管理
○in hand:在进行中
○in nature:实际上
○in no time:立刻;马上
○in one:合为一体
○in the charge of:由...负责;由...管理
○in the first place:原先
○in the way:挡道
○in this way:用这样的方法;这样
○keep the wolf from the door:免于饥饿
○let along:更不用说
○live from hand to mouth:勉强生活
○main course:主要课程;主菜
○make an example of:惩一儆百
○make ends meet:收支平衡
○make it:成功;赶到
○make light of:轻视
○may as well:还是...的好
○mission:(宗教的)教会
○more than:不只是
○mushroom:蘑菇
○neighborhood:附近
○nervous system:神经系统
○no more than:仅仅
○not a bit:一点也不
○not a little:很;非常
○nothing but:仅仅;只是
○not more than:至多;不超过
○nowhere near(=not nearly):差得远
○nursing home:敬老院
○old-timer:老前辈;老手
○once and for all:仅此一次
○once in a while:偶尔
○on earth:究竟;到底