The driver, his face a stream of rain. 他的脸上雨水直流。 ^ =bu(L
My friends will be expecting me. ,<n}W+3
Come here and reason with the young girl. 劝说 a
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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”) @=bLDTx;c)
He looked as if he had the strength of a horse. 力大如牛 [')m|u~FS4
I'll not lay a finger on you. 我不会动你一根毫毛。 ]/[FR 5>
I'll tame you until you eat out of my hand the same as your aunt there. 完全顺从某人 `5cKA;j>b
Scratch her, and she shows her teeth. 她刚被触动一下就翻脸了。 n7B7 m,@1
You play with life and death. 玩命 |o
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the four winds四面八方 xu/cq9
with their fingers in their ears用手指头堵上耳朵 "bFTk/
Mary sat very still. 一动不动 jaTh^L
took quick with his tongue太能说会道了 T!
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The sudden direct attack took the woman by surprise.这一开门见山的突然提问 we~[ ]
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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 'y;EhOw
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walk on air洋洋得意 kO.%9wFbz
some sound or signal动静 V)
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backwards and forwards前后 dpAjR
My name is Mary Yellan, if that means anything to you. 如果你想知道的话 2h|MXI\g
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。 q8X feoUV
He might be trying to make her talk. 他可能是在套她的话。 #I{h\x><?
Mary laughed, in spite of herself. 不由自主地笑了起来。 8;b(0^
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。 T*8VDY7
Aunt Patience make signs to her. 向……打手势 .0S~872
Have you lost your tongue? (吓得)说不出话来 nt 81Bk=
keep close watch over密切注意 ZXqSH${Tp
Tommorrow-well, tommorrow could take care of itself. 明天——哦,明天的事等明天再说吧。 rn/ /%
We join it lower down and miss two or three miles of it. 我们往前再走一点,这样可以少走二三英里。 8p^bD}lN7
Mary had thrown trouble and responsibility to the winds. 已把……抛在脑后 B6u
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There's quality for you! 质量是没说的。 bR*-Ht+wd
You'll be wet to the skin. 你会淋成落汤鸡的。 l4 D
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What's done is done. 过去做的事现在说也没有用。 *xx'@e|<;
play a double game耍两面派,两面三刀 ocqU=^ta
He had turned the key on his friend. 他把他的朋友锁在里面。 @TLS<~
Joss Merlyn knows these moors like the back of his hand. 对……了如指掌 0Is,*Srr
She was a woman, and for no reason in heaven or death she loved him. 明其妙地 wa<MRt W=
Mary was only playing with her food. 只是做样子的吃了几口 !O+)sbd<
What is more,(尤其) if the murderer had known that he had attacked (冒犯)you, he would have had a strong enough reason to kill the pedlar twice over. (碎尸万段) 9_# >aOqL
You have too modest an apinion of yourself. 你有点妄自菲薄 lGV0*Cji
He has made his peace with Mr.Bassat. 同……言归于好 rHC>z7+z.
There is no longer any need for pretence between us. 我们之间不再需要遮遮掩掩了。 J`peX0Stl
Tomorrow may bring the world to you again. 明天你就会重见天日。 `slL%j^"
the world's end天涯海角 c(3~0Yr
Money makes the world go round. 金钱万能 `YFtL
I think, therefore I am. 我思故我在。 M>wYD\oeg
He who hesitates is lost. 当断不断,必受其患。 3EV;LH L
I wish your sister a rapid recovery from her illness. 我祝愿你妹妹早日恢复健康。
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Be swift to hear, slow to speak. 敏于听而缓于言。 /7aBDc-v
Time flies as swift as an arrow. 光阴似箭。 ~Sg5:T3
The customer is always right. 顾客是上帝。 HmiR.e%<b
have (gain, win, give sb.) an advantage over占(获得、赢得、给某人)优势 -V-RP
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take advantage of sb. 耍弄,捉弄 9oyE$S h]
take advantage of sth. 利用 PlU*X8
to advantage使优点突出 YZL kL26[
to sb's advantage (to the advantage of sb.)对某人有利 <{dVKf,e
turn sth. to advantage利用 %q/62f
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We (were) at table when they called. 进餐,吃饭 _Zp}?b5Q
There is always a place for you at our table. 请你随时来吃便饭。 "Q}#^h]F
The hostess set the table for ten. 女主任摆餐桌供十人用饭。 oibsh(J3
He worked his way through college by waiting at table. 当侍者 |'.*K]Yp
The cloisonne is a famous native product of China. 景泰蓝,中国特产 sv: 9
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make an example of sb. 惩一儆百 [>+4^&
now or never机不可失 yQ_B)b
out of breath上气不接下气 hv`~?n)D66
get wind of察觉,风闻 (|[2J3ZET
It's of no consequence-not the least. 不要紧的——毫无关系 !POl;%\
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) <":;+Ng+
through the back door (under the counter)走后门 ~ZmN44?R
If you have to ask, you can't afford it. RY]#<9>M
a mom-and-pop operation个体户杂货铺 :8L8q<U
That was when the shit hit the fan. Jv>gwV{
shitting in their own nest chcbd
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a good telling off好好地教训一顿 :By?O"LQ
to mend bad with worse拆东墙补西墙 gFeO}otm
It was imperative that there should be no fiasco. 只准成功,不准失败。 dT`D:)*:
Let a hundred flowers bloom, a hundred schools of thought contend. 百花齐放,百家争鸣。 Vi>,kF.fV
She is clever and always gets what she wants by playing office politics. 靠耍手腕 }\z.)B4,
As luck would have it. 很走运,真倒霉。 |jQ:~2U|
These young scientists are talented, and ambitious and they will go a long way. 大有作为 %}SGl${-
It's no use crying over spilt milk. 覆水难收。 v6=RY<l"m
More haste, less speed. 欲速则不达。 3AHlSX
Look before you leap. 三思而后行。 MuYk};f
He who laughs last laughs best. 笑到最后才算笑得最好。 _D+}q_
Theory is something but practice is everything. 理论固然重要,实践尤其重要。 K#%&0D!
There is no end to learning. 学无止境。 O!mvJD
Where there is a will, there is a way. 有志者事竟成。 &v$rn#l
It never rains it pours. 祸不单行。 $h2){*5E{
Man proposes. God disposes. 谋事在人,成事在天。 49rf7NT-g
survival of the fittest适者生存 X}=n:Ql'YY
might is right强权即公理 X>1,!I9
flash in the pan昙花一现 "W=AB&
on the ropes战战兢兢地 Y'c>:;JEe
Here is an example, which I heard at a nurse's convention, of a story. 3p39`"~
(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)