The driver, his face a stream of rain. 他的脸上雨水直流。 e8U6 D+jY
My friends will be expecting me. 303x|y
Come here and reason with the young girl. 劝说 T( CTU/a-,
If you hammer on the door they'll let you in. 用力在门上敲打（打门一般用“at”） Kwo0%2Onkd
He looked as if he had the strength of a horse. 力大如牛 P0l.sVqL
I'll not lay a finger on you. 我不会动你一根毫毛。 `OHdo$Y9
I'll tame you until you eat out of my hand the same as your aunt there. 完全顺从某人 D9r4oRkP*
Scratch her, and she shows her teeth. 她刚被触动一下就翻脸了。 'R
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You play with life and death. 玩命
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with their fingers in their ears用手指头堵上耳朵 jJK@i\bU_
Mary sat very still. 一动不动 2Xqa?ay0>
took quick with his tongue太能说会道了 C[[:/X(c
The sudden direct attack took the woman by surprise.这一开门见山的突然提问 \Z ^Tk
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 >/9Qgyc 0
walk on air洋洋得意 .|/V D'xV"
some sound or signal动静 ;0nL1R]w(
backwards and forwards前后 a\xf\$Ym
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。 0[92&:c,
He might be trying to make her talk. 他可能是在套她的话。 ^TqR0a
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Mary laughed, in spite of herself. 不由自主地笑了起来。 2SXy)m
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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。 6Zmzo,{
Aunt Patience make signs to her. 向……打手势 suFO~/lRno
Have you lost your tongue? （吓得）说不出话来 Io4Ss1="
keep close watch over密切注意 j|IvDrm#
Tommorrow-well, tommorrow could take care of itself. 明天——哦，明天的事等明天再说吧。 9)S,c =z83
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。 Z"d21D~h9`
Mary had thrown trouble and responsibility to the winds. 已把……抛在脑后 Og :aflS
There's quality for you! 质量是没说的。 /MbWS(RT
You'll be wet to the skin. 你会淋成落汤鸡的。 [
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What's done is done. 过去做的事现在说也没有用。 5iZ;7
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He had turned the key on his friend. 他把他的朋友锁在里面。 ;edt["Eu
Joss Merlyn knows these moors like the back of his hand. 对……了如指掌 '=(@3ggA:
She was a woman, and for no reason in heaven or death she loved him. 明其妙地 L YMb)=u]
Mary was only playing with her food. 只是做样子的吃了几口 G8@LH
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） Jyyr'1/<k
You have too modest an apinion of yourself. 你有点妄自菲薄
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He has made his peace with Mr.Bassat. 同……言归于好 J8@7
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There is no longer any need for pretence between us. 我们之间不再需要遮遮掩掩了。 wT&P].5n
Tomorrow may bring the world to you again. 明天你就会重见天日。 Eikt,
the world's end天涯海角 HEs .pET\
Money makes the world go round. 金钱万能 <xwaFZ
I think, therefore I am. 我思故我在。 c{\x< Aw O
He who hesitates is lost. 当断不断，必受其患。 _ {mG\*q
I wish your sister a rapid recovery from her illness. 我祝愿你妹妹早日恢复健康。 B18?)LA
Be swift to hear, slow to speak. 敏于听而缓于言。 7D=gAMPvJ
Time flies as swift as an arrow. 光阴似箭。 iz:O]kI
The customer is always right. 顾客是上帝。 #F:\_!2c
have (gain, win, give sb.) an advantage over占（获得、赢得、给某人）优势 :Y[ ?@/m4
take advantage of sb. 耍弄，捉弄 a!mdL|eA@
take advantage of sth. 利用 < *+Y]=
to advantage使优点突出 hEfFMi=a`
to sb's advantage (to the advantage of sb.)对某人有利 ,H5o/qNU`{
turn sth. to advantage利用 3
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We (were) at table when they called. 进餐，吃饭
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There is always a place for you at our table. 请你随时来吃便饭。 QV_Ep8
The hostess set the table for ten. 女主任摆餐桌供十人用饭。 Ta)6ly7'
He worked his way through college by waiting at table. 当侍者 )'e9( 4[V1
The cloisonne is a famous native product of China. 景泰蓝，中国特产 r^ +n06[
make an example of sb. 惩一儆百 o(Q ='kK
now or never机不可失 f=Kt [|%'e
out of breath上气不接下气 : G0^t
get wind of察觉，风闻 43/!pW
It's of no consequence-not the least. 不要紧的——毫无关系 mO @Sl(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) dRXdV7-!
through the back door (under the counter)走后门 SAUG+{Uq
If you have to ask, you can't afford it. otJHcGv
a mom-and-pop operation个体户杂货铺 F=V_ ACU
That was when the shit hit the fan. Rqun} v}
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to mend bad with worse拆东墙补西墙 WbHI>tt
It was imperative that there should be no fiasco. 只准成功，不准失败。 ~uw eBp~O
Let a hundred flowers bloom, a hundred schools of thought contend. 百花齐放，百家争鸣。 0r%,|FaS
She is clever and always gets what she wants by playing office politics. 靠耍手腕 Wq/0 }W.
As luck would have it. 很走运，真倒霉。 D lx-mm_
These young scientists are talented, and ambitious and they will go a long way. 大有作为 & ` weW
It's no use crying over spilt milk. 覆水难收。 cE3V0voSw1
More haste, less speed. 欲速则不达。 M%N_4j.
Look before you leap. 三思而后行。 j)lgF:
He who laughs last laughs best. 笑到最后才算笑得最好。 `E5vO1Pl
Theory is something but practice is everything. 理论固然重要，实践尤其重要。 Kc {~Q
There is no end to learning. 学无止境。 eS; W
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Where there is a will, there is a way. 有志者事竟成。 k^Uk= )9
It never rains it pours. 祸不单行。 X m%aT
Man proposes. God disposes. 谋事在人，成事在天。 kg()C%#u
survival of the fittest适者生存 b)+;@wa~
might is right强权即公理 9I*i/fa
flash in the pan昙花一现 2D"\Ox
on the ropes战战兢兢地 Nq ZR*/BOz
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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）
