通中英惯用短语:
  •   你什么时候参加(英国普通教育文凭的)高级考试?   your A levels?
  •   你什麽时候参加(英国普通教育文凭的)高级考试?   your A levels?
  • prep.  你告诉接电话的人, 要求和我本人通电话.   Ask to be put through to me personally
  •   你在(英国普通教育文凭的)高级考试中有几项及格? Cf 参看 O level, GCSE.   How many A levels have you got?
  • v.  你打算挑选谁参加这个队? Choose suggests a freely made decision and can refer to a decision between only two items. (We usually select or pick from a number greater than two) 用choose表示的是自由作出的决定, 可仅指两者之间. (不止两项时通常用select或pick)   Who are you going to pick for the team?
  •   你把书桌斜过来就能通过这道门.   If you turn it edgeways you'll get the desk through the door
  • n.  你早些走就能避开交通拥挤时间.   If you go early you'll miss the traffic
  • adv.  你星期天通常做什麽?   What do you usually do on Sundays?
  • prep.  你是怎样使那些酒都通过海关检查的?   How did you manage to get all that wine through Customs
  • n.  你的建议不合理, 绝对行不通.   Your proposal is absurd; it's an absolute non-starter
  • v.  你若预先通知我, 我就能给您准备好了.   If you warn me in advance, I will have your order ready for you
  •   你要上那所学校得通过一次特别的考试.   have to pass a special exam to get into the school
  • n.  你要改变计画必须事先通知大家.   of changes in the arrangements
  • v.  你要是现在走, 可能正赶上交通拥挤的时刻.   If you go now, you're likely to hit the rush hour
  •   你认为那议案(议会)能通过吗?   Do you think the Bill will get through (Parliament)?
  •   佩尼斯通粗毡呢   penistone