中英慣用短語:
  • adj.  他拚命喝酒, 似乎命都不要了.   He seems hell-bent on drinking himself to death
  • v.  他擲出一連三個六點.   He threw three sixes in a row
  • adv.  他根本不願見我們, 其實他門都不開.   He wasn't exactly pleased to see us; in fact he refused to open the door
  • n.  他洗襯衫時, 胳膊肘都弄上了肥皂泡沫.   He was up to his elbows in soapsuds, washing his shirts
  • n.  他的書簡直是廢話(篇).   rubbish
  • n.  他的襯衫很薄, 裏面穿的背心都能看見.   His shirt was so thin that his vest showed through (it).
  • n.  他窮得一個子兒也沒有.   He hasn't a sou, ie He's very poor
  • v.  他細看天水相的地方, 尋找陸地.   He scanned the horizon, looking for land
  • n.  他給她的那點錢給孩子買衣服都不夠.   She can hardly dress her children on the allowance he gives her
  • n.  他獲選連任總統.   He was elected to a second presidency
  • n.  他講的話有些地方貫不起來.   his story
  • n.  他說出了一串下流話.   He uttered a stream of profanities
  • adv.  他走了, 甚至`再見'都沒說.   Off he went, without so much as a `goodbye'.
  • n.  他這人疑心太重, 自己的母親也不相信.   He's so suspicious he would distrust his own mother
  • adj.  他連我的信都不回.   He didn't answer even `my letter, ie so he certainly didn't answer any others
  • adv.  代替, 頂替, 更換, 替代, (與of用)代替, 改為, 抵作   instead