The driver, his face a stream of rain. 他的脸上雨水直流。 +q4AK<y-
My friends will be expecting me.
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Come here and reason with the young girl. 劝说 @8 GW?R
If you hammer on the door they'll let you in. 用力在门上敲打（打门一般用“at”） e$@a zi1
He looked as if he had the strength of a horse. 力大如牛 ns1@=f cO
I'll not lay a finger on you. 我不会动你一根毫毛。 mq~L1< f
I'll tame you until you eat out of my hand the same as your aunt there. 完全顺从某人 o.H(&ex|
Scratch her, and she shows her teeth. 她刚被触动一下就翻脸了。 q\6ZmKGnT
You play with life and death. 玩命 p^QB^HEV
the four winds四面八方 p= U5qM.O
with their fingers in their ears用手指头堵上耳朵 )OcG$H NK
Mary sat very still. 一动不动 (!`]S>_w9
took quick with his tongue太能说会道了 ` ]:&h'
The sudden direct attack took the woman by surprise.这一开门见山的突然提问 Kf7v_T /
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 .EQ1r 7
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walk on air洋洋得意 #EdsB
some sound or signal动静 /WKp\r( Hp
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My name is Mary Yellan, if that means anything to you. 如果你想知道的话 !NFP=m1
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。 VN9C@ ;'$
He might be trying to make her talk. 他可能是在套她的话。 @=1kr ^i
Mary laughed, in spite of herself. 不由自主地笑了起来。 cH% #qE 3
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。 'xY@ I`x
Aunt Patience make signs to her. 向……打手势 -{XXU )Z
Have you lost your tongue? （吓得）说不出话来 \a\ApD
keep close watch over密切注意 ; X3bgA']
Tommorrow-well, tommorrow could take care of itself. 明天——哦，明天的事等明天再说吧。 .FXn=4l'vV
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。 BPz lt
Mary had thrown trouble and responsibility to the winds. 已把……抛在脑后 )D q/f W
There's quality for you! 质量是没说的。 WH^r M`9
You'll be wet to the skin. 你会淋成落汤鸡的。 x,SzZ)l-9
What's done is done. 过去做的事现在说也没有用。 pI|H9
play a double game耍两面派，两面三刀 GiN \ @F!
He had turned the key on his friend. 他把他的朋友锁在里面。 #r_&Q`!eU
Joss Merlyn knows these moors like the back of his hand. 对……了如指掌 S7
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She was a woman, and for no reason in heaven or death she loved him. 明其妙地 ,d34v*U
Mary was only playing with her food. 只是做样子的吃了几口 D#,P-0+%
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） v'zf*]9
You have too modest an apinion of yourself. 你有点妄自菲薄 & ]/Z~V t
He has made his peace with Mr.Bassat. 同……言归于好 wm r8[n&c
There is no longer any need for pretence between us. 我们之间不再需要遮遮掩掩了。 c,I|O'
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Tomorrow may bring the world to you again. 明天你就会重见天日。 (GdL(H#IL
the world's end天涯海角 O.8{ c;
Money makes the world go round. 金钱万能 |YAnd=$
I think, therefore I am. 我思故我在。 %, M(-G5j;
He who hesitates is lost. 当断不断，必受其患。 S QB[ d3f
I wish your sister a rapid recovery from her illness. 我祝愿你妹妹早日恢复健康。 =-qv[;%& 6
Be swift to hear, slow to speak. 敏于听而缓于言。 m^)h/s0A
Time flies as swift as an arrow. 光阴似箭。 P7GF"/
The customer is always right. 顾客是上帝。 n7 S~n k
have (gain, win, give sb.) an advantage over占（获得、赢得、给某人）优势 ,HQaS9vBQ
take advantage of sb. 耍弄，捉弄 " Q ~-C|x
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to advantage使优点突出 aGz <Yip
to sb's advantage (to the advantage of sb.)对某人有利 #E(
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turn sth. to advantage利用 *Q8d &$ ^
We (were) at table when they called. 进餐，吃饭 wN
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There is always a place for you at our table. 请你随时来吃便饭。 <ZM8*bqi
The hostess set the table for ten. 女主任摆餐桌供十人用饭。 )cy_d!
He worked his way through college by waiting at table. 当侍者 M6b;
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The cloisonne is a famous native product of China. 景泰蓝，中国特产 7BhRt8FSD+
make an example of sb. 惩一儆百 ;tF7 GjEp
now or never机不可失 IuQY~!
out of breath上气不接下气 <2a7>\74E0
get wind of察觉，风闻 T;%ce LD
It's of no consequence-not the least. 不要紧的——毫无关系 ` <L6Q2Y>j
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) Y "& c .
through the back door (under the counter)走后门 L>mv\D;o.
If you have to ask, you can't afford it. 5'Fh_TXTD
a mom-and-pop operation个体户杂货铺 ]+B# SIC;
That was when the shit hit the fan. 9H<6k*
shitting in their own nest :!f1|
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a good telling off好好地教训一顿 >@BvyZ)i
to mend bad with worse拆东墙补西墙 "3i=kvdz
It was imperative that there should be no fiasco. 只准成功，不准失败。 b}[W[J}`
Let a hundred flowers bloom, a hundred schools of thought contend. 百花齐放，百家争鸣。 .Lk2S "+
She is clever and always gets what she wants by playing office politics. 靠耍手腕 YbrsX
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As luck would have it. 很走运，真倒霉。 ' J`%[,@V
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It's no use crying over spilt milk. 覆水难收。 HEjrat;5
More haste, less speed. 欲速则不达。 *?`:=
Look before you leap. 三思而后行。 kOGpe'bV
He who laughs last laughs best. 笑到最后才算笑得最好。 X>#!s Lt
Theory is something but practice is everything. 理论固然重要，实践尤其重要。 ? N|B, F
There is no end to learning. 学无止境。 P:")Qb 2
Where there is a will, there is a way. 有志者事竟成。 FFNv'\)
It never rains it pours. 祸不单行。 f}'E|:Z 7k
Man proposes. God disposes. 谋事在人，成事在天。 e>kw>%3bl9
survival of the fittest适者生存 04wmN
might is right强权即公理 :h&*<!O2B`
flash in the pan昙花一现 F_$ K+6
on the ropes战战兢兢地
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Here is an example, which I heard at a nurse's convention, of a story. l%^'K%'b
（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）
