The driver, his face a stream of rain. 他的脸上雨水直流。 vfID@g`!q+
My friends will be expecting me. Wtl0qug
Come here and reason with the young girl. 劝说 rBB
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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”) 5#jna9Xc
He looked as if he had the strength of a horse. 力大如牛 HN'r
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I'll not lay a finger on you. 我不会动你一根毫毛。 M6(o J*
I'll tame you until you eat out of my hand the same as your aunt there. 完全顺从某人 bu`8QQ"C
Scratch her, and she shows her teeth. 她刚被触动一下就翻脸了。 Z4S0{:XY
You play with life and death. 玩命 *"rgK|CM$
the four winds四面八方 piIr.]
with their fingers in their ears用手指头堵上耳朵 3Cq/
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Mary sat very still. 一动不动 !]bXHT&!R
took quick with his tongue太能说会道了 `c
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The sudden direct attack took the woman by surprise.这一开门见山的突然提问 M6n9>aW4
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 KP)BD;
walk on air洋洋得意 x;H#-^LxW=
some sound or signal动静 )h(Dt(2Wm
backwards and forwards前后 }7k!>+eQ
My name is Mary Yellan, if that means anything to you. 如果你想知道的话 g@WGd(o0)
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。 ">b~k;M?
He might be trying to make her talk. 他可能是在套她的话。 P3[+c4
Mary laughed, in spite of herself. 不由自主地笑了起来。 HVb9YU+
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。 i!zh9,i>M
Aunt Patience make signs to her. 向……打手势 At5:X*vD
Have you lost your tongue? (吓得)说不出话来 ZLA&<]Ad"$
keep close watch over密切注意 T';<;6J**
Tommorrow-well, tommorrow could take care of itself. 明天——哦,明天的事等明天再说吧。 c*nH=
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。 ~$g$31/
Mary had thrown trouble and responsibility to the winds. 已把……抛在脑后 V\axOz!
There's quality for you! 质量是没说的。 urGk_.f
You'll be wet to the skin. 你会淋成落汤鸡的。 Zf~
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What's done is done. 过去做的事现在说也没有用。 2u9^ )6/
play a double game耍两面派,两面三刀 y w"Tw
He had turned the key on his friend. 他把他的朋友锁在里面。 qX'w}nJ}H}
Joss Merlyn knows these moors like the back of his hand. 对……了如指掌 TmS;ybsG
She was a woman, and for no reason in heaven or death she loved him. 明其妙地 +3VDapfin
Mary was only playing with her food. 只是做样子的吃了几口 `Pj7O/!)#!
What is more,(尤其) if the murderer had known that he had attacked (冒犯)you, he would have had a strong enough reason to kill the pedlar twice over. (碎尸万段) 6T%5vg_};'
You have too modest an apinion of yourself. 你有点妄自菲薄 Y.$InQ gL
He has made his peace with Mr.Bassat. 同……言归于好 bS
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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。 `?{Hs+4P5
Tomorrow may bring the world to you again. 明天你就会重见天日。 /a7tg+:
the world's end天涯海角 ,e"A9ik#
Money makes the world go round. 金钱万能 yQwj[
I think, therefore I am. 我思故我在。 m35Blg34
He who hesitates is lost. 当断不断,必受其患。 A`4Di8'Me
I wish your sister a rapid recovery from her illness. 我祝愿你妹妹早日恢复健康。 Q(lj&!?1k
Be swift to hear, slow to speak. 敏于听而缓于言。 MFHPh8P
Time flies as swift as an arrow. 光阴似箭。 UA4Q9<>~
The customer is always right. 顾客是上帝。 z-G|EAON"/
have (gain, win, give sb.) an advantage over占(获得、赢得、给某人)优势 x}TDb0V
take advantage of sb. 耍弄,捉弄 OHnHSb'?\
take advantage of sth. 利用 A
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to advantage使优点突出 fn|l9k~ <O
to sb's advantage (to the advantage of sb.)对某人有利 #plwK-tPR
turn sth. to advantage利用 .8is!TT
We (were) at table when they called. 进餐,吃饭 O[RmQ8ll
There is always a place for you at our table. 请你随时来吃便饭。 1jZ:@M:
The hostess set the table for ten. 女主任摆餐桌供十人用饭。 < 4DWH
He worked his way through college by waiting at table. 当侍者 Zl]Zy}p* +
The cloisonne is a famous native product of China. 景泰蓝,中国特产 e_J_rx
make an example of sb. 惩一儆百 9kPwUAw
now or never机不可失 oF/5mh__(K
out of breath上气不接下气 b6D}GuW
get wind of察觉,风闻 '<
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It's of no consequence-not the least. 不要紧的——毫无关系 S=O/W(ZB
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) -&Fxg>FrYb
through the back door (under the counter)走后门 2G"mm(
If you have to ask, you can't afford it. bhXH<=
a mom-and-pop operation个体户杂货铺 U*8;ZXi
That was when the shit hit the fan. db"FC3/H
shitting in their own nest GE$spx
a good telling off好好地教训一顿 R7us9qM4e
to mend bad with worse拆东墙补西墙 *AXu_^^
It was imperative that there should be no fiasco. 只准成功,不准失败。 a/+ts
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Let a hundred flowers bloom, a hundred schools of thought contend. 百花齐放,百家争鸣。 SsjO1F
She is clever and always gets what she wants by playing office politics. 靠耍手腕 -B2>~#L
As luck would have it. 很走运,真倒霉。 ie$QKoE
These young scientists are talented, and ambitious and they will go a long way. 大有作为 :W5*fE(i
It's no use crying over spilt milk. 覆水难收。 ]B>Y
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More haste, less speed. 欲速则不达。 b?-%Uzp<
Look before you leap. 三思而后行。 jIMaPT
He who laughs last laughs best. 笑到最后才算笑得最好。 {! RW*B
Theory is something but practice is everything. 理论固然重要,实践尤其重要。 s-r$%9o5
There is no end to learning. 学无止境。 cL*D_)?8
Where there is a will, there is a way. 有志者事竟成。 E0=-6j
It never rains it pours. 祸不单行。 &P
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Man proposes. God disposes. 谋事在人,成事在天。 LGT\1u
survival of the fittest适者生存 Ygn"7
might is right强权即公理 L@?Dmn'v
flash in the pan昙花一现
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on the ropes战战兢兢地 z Q
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Here is an example, which I heard at a nurse's convention, of a story. &0TOJ:RP
(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)