中英慣用短語:
  • adj.  他氣得說不出話來.   Anger left him speechless
  • n.  他沒告訴我們真正理由, 了些政客常的空話. v [I, Tn.pr]   He gave us no real reasons, just the usual politician's double-talk.
  • n.  他沒心情說笑話.   to tell jokes
  • n.  他用有力的論點把剩下的幾個猶豫不决的人也服了.   The strength of his argument convinced the last few waverers
  • n.  他留下一張字條, 大意是他不回來了.   He left a note to the effect that he would not be returning
  • n.  他病後喪失了話能力.   His illness left him without the power of speech
  •   他痛斥她, 她傲慢又無情.   He really laid into her, saying she was arrogant and unfeeling
  • adj.  他的原話是怎麽說的?   What were his exact words?
  • n.  他的妻子竟然 膽小如鼠, 一句話都沒.   His wife, a strange little mouse, never said anything
  • adj.  他的小開拓了想像力新天地.   His stories opened up new worlds of the imagination
  • n.  他的小我都愛看, 衹是最後一部除外.   I enjoyed all his novels with the exception of his last
  • n.  他的小新作未能反映出他的才華.   His latest novel does him an injustice, ie does not show how well he can write
  • n.  他的小裏有很多幽默風趣的片斷.   His stories are spiced with humour
  • v.  他的驚險小引人入勝.   His thrillers make enthralling reading
  •   他的新小是罪案小愛好者必須一讀的.   His new novel is a must for all lovers of crime fiction
  •   他的最近一部小在評論傢中引起了轟動.   His last novel created a furore among the critics