说zhòngyīngguànyònglìgōu:
  • wǒ zhēn xiǎng zhī dào tā shuō liǎo shí mó .
    I'm curious to know what she said.
  • tā lěng yán lěng yǔ dì shuō .
    she said cuttingly ...
  • wǒ shuō tā lǎn duò , tā jiù hěn hěn dì dèng liǎo wǒ yī yǎn .Cf cān kàn cloak-and-dagger(cloak).
    He looked daggers at me when I told him he was lazy.
  • hěn nán shuō zěn mó bàn cái duì -- wǒ men zhǐ hǎo xiā pèng .whistleinthedark=>whistle.
    It's hard to know exactly what to do we'll just have to take a shot in the dark.
  • qǐng yǔn xǔ wǒ shuō jǐ jù tí wài huà ....
    If you'll allow a slight digression,...
  • nǐ jīn tiān de dá fù gēn nǐ shàng xīng qī shuō de qià hǎo xiāng fǎn .Cf cān kàn indirect.
    Your reply today is in direct contradiction to what you said last week.
  • tā jì tīng bù jiàn yě jīhū bù néng shuō huà .=>Usageatalso yòng fǎ jiàn also.
    He can't hear and he can hardly speak either.
  • shuō yě qí guài , wǒ jiù zài zuó tiān yě tóng qī zǐ tán dào zhè jiàn shì .fairenough=>fair2.sureenough=>sure.
    Strangely enough, I said the same thing to my wife only yesterday.
  • ruò wèi tīng jiàn mǒu rén gāng shuō de huà 'ér qǐng qí chóngfù shí , shuō Pardon?.*InthiscaseSorry?isalsousedinBritishEnglishandExcuseme?orPardonme?inUSEnglish. zài zhè zhǒng qíng kuàng xià , yòng yīng shì yīng yǔ hái kě shuō Sorry?, ér yòng měi shì yīng yǔ zé yào shuō Excuseme? huò Pardonme?.
    We say Pardon? when we did not hear what someone said and want them to repeat it.
  • bié shuō zhè zhǒng shǎ hū hū de huǎng huà liǎo .Cf cān kàn lie1n.
    Stop telling such silly fibs.
  • shì shí wǎng wǎng bǐ xiǎo shuō gèng lí qí .Cf cān kàn non-fiction.
    Truth is often stranger than fiction.
  • zuì hòu , wǒ xiǎng shuō ....
    Finally, I would like to say...
  • wǒ dé shuō wǒ duì tā zhēn shì jìng pèi -- wǒ cóng wèi xiǎng dào tā néng cān jiā jiá duì .talkthroughone'shat=>talk2.
    I must say I take my hat off to him I neverthought he would get into the first team.
  • wǒ men hái shì tīng tīng tā men yào shuō xiē shí mó bā .=>Usageatfeel1 yòng fǎ jiàn feel1.
    We'd better hear what they have to say.
  • shuō yī shēng duì bù qǐ（ yú nǐ） méi yòu shí mó bù hǎo .notharm/hurtafly=>fly1.
    to say sorry for once.
  • nǐ ruò shāo wéi tā rén zhù xiǎng , bì bù huì nà yàng shuō huà .=>Usageatmuch yòng fǎ jiàn much.
    If you had only the least thought for others you would not have spoken out in that way.
  • tā shuō de chún cuì shì yī pài guǐ huà .Cf cān kàn fib.
    His story is nothing but a pack of lies.
  • nà mó shuō tā rèn wéi hěn róng yì , shì má ? wǒ dǎo xiǎng ràng tā shì yī shì !（ tā jiù zhī dào nán liǎo .） =>Usageatwant1 yòng fǎ jiàn want1.
    So he thinks it's easy, does he? I'd like to see him try! ie He would find it difficult.
  • tā shuō de qíng kuàng lìng rén nán yǐ zhì xìn , shì zhēn de nán yǐ xiāng xìn（ tā shuō de yī dìng shì huǎng huà） .Cf cān kàn figurative,metaphorical(metaphor).
    His story is incredible in the literal sense of the word, ie It is impossible to believe him, so he must be lying.
  • tā xiě liǎo yī bù gāo zhì liàng de xiǎo shuō .Cf cān kàn minor.
    She has written a major novel, ie one of high quality and great importance.
  • wéi xiū shǒu cè kě xiàng nín tí gōng xiū lǐ qì chē suǒ xū de tú biǎo hé shuō míng .Cf cān kàn handbook(hand1).
    A workshop manual gives diagrams and instructions for repairing your car.
  • wǒ què xìn tā néng chéng gōng .putone'smoneywhereone's`mouthis(infml kǒu )showone'ssupportinapracticalway,notjustbyone'swords yǐ shí jì xíng dòng zhī chí , bìng fēi shuō kōng huà .arunforone'smoney=>run1.seethecolourofsb'smoney=>colour1.there'smoneyinsthprofitcanbeobtainedfromsth（ mǒu shì wù） yòu lì kě tú .throwone'smoneyabout(infml kǒu )spendone'smoneyrecklesslyandostentatiously dà sì huī huò .youpaysyourmoneyandyoutakesyourchoice=>pay2.
    I'll put my money on him.
  • wǒ míng tiān zǎo chén chóngxīn kāi shǐ gōng zuò .Seealsousagenoteattime1. lìng jiàn time1 yòng fǎ shuō míng .
    I'll start work again tomorrow morning.
  • xiàn zài bù xíng , gǎi tiān zài shuō bā .Cf cān kàn another.
    , perhaps.
  • rén rén jūn yòu zì wèi quán .Whenreferringtoaparticularsituation,wecansayIsawsomeone/aman/awomanridingahorseinsteadofIsawapersonridingahorse. zài tè zhǐ shí , kě yǐ shuō ｀ wǒ kàn jiàn yòu gè rén [ nán de / nǚ de ] qí zhù mǎ ＇（ yīng wén jù zhōng kě yǐ bù yòng person, yòng someone/aman/awoman） .
    People have the right to defend themselves.
  • yào shuō tōng tā fàng wǒ men jiǎ kě bù shì róng yì shì .apieceofgoods=>goods.sayone'spiece=>say.takeapieceoutofsbreprimandsbseverely tòng chì mǒu rén .thevillainofthepiece=>villain.
    Persuading him to give us the day off won't be a piece of cake.
  • zhèng rú T.S. ài lüè tè suǒ shuō ...
    As T.S. Eliot puts it...
  • jù shuō ....
    Report has it that..., ie People are saying that...
  • duì yú liù suì de hái zǐ lái shuō , tā suàn shì hěn kào dé zhù de .Cf cān kàn irresponsible.
    a six-year-old.
  • tā men jù shuō shì yǐ 200000 yīng bàng de jià gé gòu zhì de nà suǒ fáng zǐ .
    They bought the house at a rumoured price of 200000.
  • zán men kě yǐ suí biàn ná gè zuò jiā wéi lì , bǐ fāng shuō dí gèng sī ...
    Dickens...
  • shuō zhèng jīng de , nǐ nà yàng zuò kě zhēn yào zì tǎo kǔ chī liǎo .=>Usageathopeful yòng fǎ jiàn hopeful.
    Seriously though, you could really hurt yourself doing that.