中英慣用短語:
  • v.  他打算退休後開酒館.   He plans to keep a pub when he retires
  • adj.  他拼寫差, 但算術好.   His spelling's poor but he's very quick at figures
  •   他正打參政(如爭取當下院議員).   He's thinking of going into politics, eg trying to become a Member of Parliament
  • n.  他愛亂改進計算機.   He likes tinkering with computers
  • v.  他父親打讓他當工程師.   His father meant him to be an engineer
  • n.  他的最新玩物是個人計機.   His latest toy is a personal computer
  • n.  他的降落傘打不開了, 他想他完了.   When his parachute failed he thought he was a goner
  • n.  他離開她了? 那得了什麽? 他反正從來都不在傢裏.   He's left her? What's the odds? He was never at home anyhow
  • indef det  他算不上好板球手.   He's not much of a cricketer
  • adj.  他不上是喜愛戶外活動的人.   He's not really an outdoor type
  • n.  他絞盡腦汁了一夜也沒把帳清.   He tussled all night with the figures, but couldn't balance the account
  • adj.  他說他今天(身體)還好.   middling today
  • n.  他那時盤的是如何填飽肚子.   His main preoccupation at that time was getting enough to eat
  • v.  他駕駛測驗不及格, 這次第十次了!   That makes the tenth time he's failed his driving test
  • n.  代償, 減刑, 交換, 經常來往, 換, 變[轉、交]換, 對易, 抵償, 抵償金, 整流, 換嚮, 轉接, [美]長期來往車[機]票, 月(季)票   commutation
  • n.  代數排列語言, 大陵五, 阿果, 計法語言   algol