中英慣用短語:
  •   他年薪 8,000 英鎊。   per annum.
  • n.  他開銷之大--一年50000鎊--把我們都嚇了一跳.   The scale of his spending 50000 in a year amazed us all
  • n.  他得到20鎊的公款, 但大部分都進了自己的口袋了.   He was given 20 for expenses, but pocketed most of it
  •   他拐走公司10000英鎊.   He went off with 10000 of the company's money
  • n.  他教她法語, 她教他語, 互教互學(作為交換條件).   her teaching him English
  • n.  他整整五英尺高.   He's five foot nothing, ie exactly five feet tall
  • v.  他於1964年離開國, 一去不返.   He left England in 1964 and never returned
  • prep.  他是地地道道的國人.   He's an Englishmanthrough and through, ie He has many typically English characteristics
  • n.  他是我們最優秀的一裏賽跑健將.   He's our best miler
  • n.  他有六位數字的收入(至少為100000鎊).   a six-figure income, ie 100000 or more
  • v.  他欠他父親50英鎊.   He owes 50 to his father
  • n.  他死得很英勇.   bravely
  • n.  他死得英勇.   a hero's death, ie died while doing sth very brave or noble
  • adj.  他每天跑5裏以保持身體健康.   He keeps himself fit by running 5 miles every day
  • v.  他每年收入25000英鎊.   £25000 a year
  • n.  他的書準確地描繪了國伊麗莎白時代的風土人情.   His book captures exactly the ethos of Elizabethan England