中英慣用短語:
  • n.  那傢公司因負債2百萬鎊而告破産.   The company crashed with debts of £2 million
  •   那小城尚在五裏以外.   The town is still five miles off
  • n.  那所房子周圍有500畝起伏不平的草地.   The house stands in 500 acres of rolling parkland
  • n.  那所房子周圍有五十畝的起伏不平的草地.   in fifty acres of rolling parkland
  •   那是我花10鎊買的, 因為已經舊了我減價20%.   It cost me 10 but I'll knock off 20% as it's no longer new
  • adj.  那枚導彈落在離目標十裏的地方.   The missile landed ten miles short (of its target).
  • n.  那爆炸聲一裏外都可聽到.   The explosion was heard a mile away
  • v.  那輛公共汽車從我身邊掠過, 離我衹有一寸.   The bus just shaved me by an inch
  • prep.  那頓飯連酒每人12鎊.   The meal with wine came to 12 each
  • n.  邦聯, 同盟, 聯合, 同盟國, [theConfederation][美](1781-1789)美國十三州邦聯, 加拿大聯盟(指屬加拿大四省聯盟, 於1867年獲得自治領地位), 結盟, 聯盟, 聯邦   confederation
  • n.  郵筒, 信筒(柱形, 約五尺高, 大紅色)   public post-box in the shape of a pillar about five feet high and painted bright red
  • n.  郵遞員的工資為每周180鎊.   A postman's wages are 180 per week
  • n.  郡, 國中部各郡, 國中部産的高大有力的拉車馬, 州, 縣   shire
  • n.  郡治安官, 州長, 名譽郡長, 行政司法長官, (國)郡長, (美國)縣治安官   sheriff
  • n.  郡(國最大的地方行政區)   administrative division of Britain, the largest unit of local government
  • n.  部隊今天已行軍三十.   The army has marched thirty miles today