中英慣用短語:
  • n.  一 詞在語中很少使用, 除非用於某些官方用語中   expressway)指避開城鎮的長距離高速公路. A lane is a narrow country road which winds between fields, connecting villages. *lane亦指郊外的狹窄小路, 蜿蜒穿過田間, 連接各個村落. Highway is seldom used in British English except in certain official phrases *highway
  •   一個鐘頭走80英裏   do 80 miles an hour
  • n.  一千美元, 大鋼琴, 平臺鋼琴, 1000美元, 1000鎊   grand
  • adj.  一尺半長的, 冗長的, 一尺半的, 極長的, 長語的, 好用長語的, 多音節的, 令人厭倦的   sesquipedalian
  • n.  一平方裏的面積(等於640畝或約260公頃).   piece of land one mile square, equal to 640 acres (about 260 hectares)
  • n.  一年約掙 20000 英鎊.   in the region of 20000 a year
  • adj.  一張挺括的5鎊新鈔票.   a crisp new 5 note
  • n.  一手之寬, 掌幅大約4寸   handsbreadth
  • n.  一把十鎊面額的紙幣.   a fistful of ten-pound notes
  • n.  一摞厚達12寸的書. =>App 4,5 見附錄4、 5.   a pile of books 12 inches high
  • n.  一星期200英鎊的工資   a weekly wage of 200
  • indef det  一晚上我至多可掙250鎊.   most I might earn 250 a night
  • n.  一晚上賭博輸掉500鎊.   lose 500 in one evening's play
  • n.  一架能飛20000尺高的飛機.   an aircraft with a ceiling of 20000 ft
  • v.  一標準量的威士忌酒(在格蘭通常為---吉耳, 在蘇格蘭通常為---吉耳).   a measure of whisky, ie in England usu --- gill, in Scotland usu ---
  • adv.  一棵周長6英尺的老樹.   an old tree that was six feet around