The driver, his face a stream of rain. 他的脸上雨水直流。 b3U6;]|x
My friends will be expecting me. "=|t ~`
Come here and reason with the young girl. 劝说 RJc%,
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If you hammer on the door they'll let you in. 用力在门上敲打(打门一般用“at”) +Me2U9
He looked as if he had the strength of a horse. 力大如牛 LSkk;)'2K
I'll not lay a finger on you. 我不会动你一根毫毛。
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I'll tame you until you eat out of my hand the same as your aunt there. 完全顺从某人 $']VQ4tZ
Scratch her, and she shows her teeth. 她刚被触动一下就翻脸了。 xl]
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You play with life and death. 玩命 R^P_{_I*"
the four winds四面八方 <NB41/
with their fingers in their ears用手指头堵上耳朵 G6O/(8
Mary sat very still. 一动不动 Oif,|:
took quick with his tongue太能说会道了 #":a6%0Q
The sudden direct attack took the woman by surprise.这一开门见山的突然提问 MF.[8Zb
What has the barred room at the end of the passage to do with the wheels that stop outside Jamaica Inn by night? 与……有关 7+XM3
walk on air洋洋得意 L11L23:
some sound or signal动静 Dip*}8$o(w
backwards and forwards前后 'sU)|W(3U
My name is Mary Yellan, if that means anything to you. 如果你想知道的话 `WlE|
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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。 _CdROo6I
He might be trying to make her talk. 他可能是在套她的话。 d6.}.*7Whc
Mary laughed, in spite of herself. 不由自主地笑了起来。 Iql5T#K+
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。 kx{!b3"
Aunt Patience make signs to her. 向……打手势 )=H{5&e#u
Have you lost your tongue? (吓得)说不出话来 P5URvEnz:
keep close watch over密切注意 R^8B3-aA`
Tommorrow-well, tommorrow could take care of itself. 明天——哦,明天的事等明天再说吧。 E
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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。 PXEKV0y
Mary had thrown trouble and responsibility to the winds. 已把……抛在脑后 QN
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There's quality for you! 质量是没说的。 ;^-:b(E
You'll be wet to the skin. 你会淋成落汤鸡的。 5$Kf]
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What's done is done. 过去做的事现在说也没有用。 _t-7$d"
play a double game耍两面派,两面三刀 e4.&aIC[
He had turned the key on his friend. 他把他的朋友锁在里面。 wO!u!I
Joss Merlyn knows these moors like the back of his hand. 对……了如指掌 cY{Nos
She was a woman, and for no reason in heaven or death she loved him. 明其妙地 . U/k<v<)6
Mary was only playing with her food. 只是做样子的吃了几口 yJD>ny
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) lrys3
You have too modest an apinion of yourself. 你有点妄自菲薄 )HVcG0H1
He has made his peace with Mr.Bassat. 同……言归于好 U e*$&VlT
There is no longer any need for pretence between us. 我们之间不再需要遮遮掩掩了。 nj2gs,k
Tomorrow may bring the world to you again. 明天你就会重见天日。 jA`a/vWu
the world's end天涯海角 ULl_\5s2
Money makes the world go round. 金钱万能 Hj~O49%j&
I think, therefore I am. 我思故我在。 @"8R3BN
He who hesitates is lost. 当断不断,必受其患。 lbkLyp2
I wish your sister a rapid recovery from her illness. 我祝愿你妹妹早日恢复健康。 jXR16|
Be swift to hear, slow to speak. 敏于听而缓于言。 rn" pKUd
Time flies as swift as an arrow. 光阴似箭。 _
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The customer is always right. 顾客是上帝。 6?SFNDQ"C
have (gain, win, give sb.) an advantage over占(获得、赢得、给某人)优势
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take advantage of sb. 耍弄,捉弄 l3J$md|f
take advantage of sth. 利用 v0 ];W|
to advantage使优点突出 25em[Q:
to sb's advantage (to the advantage of sb.)对某人有利 4lz{G*u
turn sth. to advantage利用 J{~Rxa
We (were) at table when they called. 进餐,吃饭 l{%a&/
There is always a place for you at our table. 请你随时来吃便饭。 Y';>O `
The hostess set the table for ten. 女主任摆餐桌供十人用饭。 !_^g8^>2(
He worked his way through college by waiting at table. 当侍者 Y4To@TrN#\
The cloisonne is a famous native product of China. 景泰蓝,中国特产 Z"tQpJg
make an example of sb. 惩一儆百 UqtHxEI%R~
now or never机不可失 /`+7_=-
out of breath上气不接下气 h4 vm{ho
get wind of察觉,风闻 POGw`:)A
It's of no consequence-not the least. 不要紧的——毫无关系 M#M?1(O/NE
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) |I1+"Mp
through the back door (under the counter)走后门 6tdI6
If you have to ask, you can't afford it. d=F-L
a mom-and-pop operation个体户杂货铺 )N)ljA3]
That was when the shit hit the fan. n,nisS
shitting in their own nest }O*WV 1
a good telling off好好地教训一顿 D/s?i[lb
to mend bad with worse拆东墙补西墙 Efr&12YSS
It was imperative that there should be no fiasco. 只准成功,不准失败。 LK+felL
Let a hundred flowers bloom, a hundred schools of thought contend. 百花齐放,百家争鸣。 _A-V@%3
She is clever and always gets what she wants by playing office politics. 靠耍手腕 6%?A>
As luck would have it. 很走运,真倒霉。
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It's no use crying over spilt milk. 覆水难收。 JEHK:1^
More haste, less speed. 欲速则不达。 ;|30QUYh
Look before you leap. 三思而后行。 KO,_6>8]U
He who laughs last laughs best. 笑到最后才算笑得最好。 r~oSP^e'
Theory is something but practice is everything. 理论固然重要,实践尤其重要。 B>|5xpZM12
There is no end to learning. 学无止境。 n\= (S9
Where there is a will, there is a way. 有志者事竟成。 f z%tA39m
It never rains it pours. 祸不单行。 -,GEv%6c
Man proposes. God disposes. 谋事在人,成事在天。 OCW+?B;
survival of the fittest适者生存 Bp3
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might is right强权即公理 ]^@0+
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flash in the pan昙花一现 (,LL[&;:
on the ropes战战兢兢地 e&3#2_
Here is an example, which I heard at a nurse's convention, of a story. #:{6b*}
(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)