中英慣用短語:
  • adj.  他們長得很像、 話很像、 連想法都很像--他們倆完全是一個類型.   they're very much of a kind
  • v.  他會說好幾種語言.   He speaks several languages
  • n.  他會說當地方言.   He speaks the local patois
  • v.  他偽裝得很好, 可是一話就原形畢露了(聽他的聲音就能認出他來).   He had a good disguise, but as soon as he spoke he betrayed himself, ie he was recognized by his voice
  • v.  他低聲說話.   He spoke in a whisper
  • v.  他低聲(嚮女售貨員)述著(他的錢包丟了).   (about losing his wallet).
  • adv.  他作為英國人, 法語得很不錯.   For an Englishman he speaks French rather well
  • v.  他寫信告訴我他星期三到.   He wrote me that he would be arriving on Wednesday
  • v.  他寫信他很快就要回傢了.   He wrote that he would be coming home soon
  • adj.  他寫出的小說更多了.   He came up with still more stories
  • adj.  他寫的小很不怎麽樣.   His novels are very second-rate
  • prep.  他寫的第二本小我正看了一半兒.   his second novel
  • n.  他寫的糟透了, 對我來就像天書一樣.   His writing is so bad it just looks like hieroglyphics to me
  • n.  他憑一時衝動行事. An act is often specified *act一詞常伴有具體明   He is impulsive in his actions.
  • n.  他憑直覺認為她的是謊話.   He had a hunch that she was lying
  • v.  他出名是靠他的戲劇, 並不是靠小.   His fame rests more on his plays than on his novels