中英慣用短語:
  •   (通常用於祈使句)趕!好好幹!   pull one's finger out
  •   (通路中間分慢車道的)交通島   traffic island
  •   (鐘錶)相差(慢)三分鐘   be three minutes out
  •   (鐘錶等)走得快   gain time
  •   (錢等)很花掉; 飛地消失; 不翼而飛   take to itself wings
  •   (馬)起來; (人)振作起來   smell one's oats
  •   (馬)焦躁; (人)不耐煩(想加速度)   chafe at the bit
  • v.  )開始加速度、 充滿信心並穩健地(做某事)   get into one's stridesettle into a fast, confident and steady pace (of doing sth
  •   , 指並非本人願意如此, 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及在美式英語中用的lonesome
  • vt.  ..做得更), 在工作上勝過   outwork
  •   [俗] 捲土重來, 恢復過來, (遭受挫折後)很恢復   bounce back
  •   [俗]工作快而有勁   work like a nailer
  •   [俚](賽馬時)輕鬆愉地得勝   romp home [in]
  •   [俚]作樂; 玩個痛快   get one's -ies
  •   [俚]叫某人上當; 使某人不   hand sb. a lemon
  •   [俚]差一點, 要, 險些兒   as near as a toucher