| Where there is smoke there is fire. 事出有因。 |
| I hope the weather there is cold enough. 我希望那兒天氣夠冷。 |
| Mind your own business! 管好你自己的事! |
| This house is my own. 這所房子是我自己的。 |
| Don』t give me your ****. 別跟我胡扯。 |
| In education we are striving not to teach youth to make a living but to make a life. 教育不是為了教會青年人謀生,而是教會他們創造生活。 |
| He was absent yesterday. Do you know why? 昨天他沒到,你知道為什麽嗎? |
| A friend is never known till a man has need. 需要之時方知友。 |
| Sorry to bother you. 抱歉打擾你。[事前] |
| 好的衣裝只能打扮出個好外表。 Fine feathers make fine birds. |
| 等待走運無異於等待死亡。 To wait for luck is the same thing as waiting for death. |
| 誰告訴你的? Who told you? |
| 我寧可正確而不願當總統。 I would rather be right than President. |
| 太對不起了。 I feel terrible about it |
| 我會工作五年,然後會學校。 I'll work for 5 years and then go back to school. |
| 人望幸福樹望春。 Man aspires after happiness and trees wait for the advent of spring. |
| 選書應和交友一樣謹慎,因為你的習慣和性格受書籍的影響不亞於受朋友的影響。 Be as careful of the books you read, as of the company you keep; for your habits and character will be as much influenced by the former as by the latter. |
| 她走時,他會哭一天。 "When she leaves,he'll cry for a day." |
| 有書不讀如藏木。 A book that is shut is but a block. |
| 是否賺了大錢不足為生活中是否真正成功的標準。 Success in money--making is not always a good criterion of real success in life. |
| go down (船)下沈,(太陽、月亮)落下;吞下;(海、風)平靜下來;(價格)下降 |
| acute a. 厲害的;敏銳的;(疾病等)急性的 |
| claim n. 要求;有所根據而索取的款項;要求權;要求之物; v. 要求承認;宣稱;值得 |
| stale a. 食品不新鮮的;陳舊的,過度勞累而表現不佳的;陳腐的 |
| loaf n. 一塊麵包,塊,團 v. 消磨時間 |
| outline n. 提綱;外形,輪廓,略圖; vt. 概述,概括;描…外形,描…輪廊 |
| verdict n. (陪審團)裁決;定論;意見 |
| drawback n. 障礙,不利 |
| ravage vt./vi./n. 毀壞,蹂躪;搶劫,掠奪 |