中英惯用短语:
  •   (通常用于祈使句)赶!好好干!   pull one's finger out
  •   (通路中间分慢车道的)交通岛   traffic island
  •   (钟表)相差(慢)三分钟   be three minutes out
  •   (钟表等)走得快   gain time
  •   (钱等)很花掉; 飞地消失; 不翼而飞   take to itself wings
  •   (马)起来; (人)振作起来   smell one's oats
  •   (马)焦躁; (人)不耐烦(想加速度)   chafe at the bit
  • v.  )开始加速度、 充满信心并稳健地(做某事)   get into one's stridesettle into a fast, confident and steady pace (of doing sth
  •   , 指并非本人愿意如此, 含有不愉之意   Lonely and, in US English, lonesome suggests that someone does not want to be alone and is unhappy *lonely及在美式英语中用的lonesome
  • vt.  ..做得更), 在工作上胜过   outwork
  •   [俗] 卷土重来, 恢复过来, (遭受挫折后)很恢复   bounce back
  •   [俗]工作快而有劲   work like a nailer
  •   [俚](赛马时)轻松愉地得胜   romp home [in]
  •   [俚]作乐; 玩个痛快   get one's -ies
  •   [俚]叫某人上当; 使某人不   hand sb. a lemon
  •   [俚]差一点, 要, 险些儿   as near as a toucher