You know she‘ll only drop out of the game to have a couple of kids just about the time we’re ready torun her for mayor.
All the time 一直
Be in for 就要体验到
I‘m just telling you that you are in for a disappointment.
Leave sth. along 不干涉Why don‘t you just leave it alone now?
Break in 插话
“No, he isn‘t,” she broke in.
Let it go 不再(多说、多做)
I thought she was hinting at something but I let it go.
我想她是有所指,不过我没有理会。
Get into trouble 被捕、陷入困境
Even an experienced climber can get into trouble.
Get away 逃离
But Salina wouldn‘t let him get away so noncommittally.
Hide out 躲藏,到一个没有人能找得到的地方
The gangsters hid out in a remote cabin until it was safe to return to the city. 暴徒们在一个偏僻的小屋中藏了起来,直到能够安全回城
Go for 想要取得
You think he might go for the scholarship?
Check up 检查
Magpie needs some relief from this constant surveillance, constant checking up.
Just about 几乎
Just around 大约
Pick sb. up 逮捕某人
They picked him up for breaking the condition of his parole.
Now and again 偶尔,不时
I like to go to the opera now and again.
Shake out 抖开、抖出
She had taken it out of its box that afternoon, shaken out the moth-powder, given it a good brush.
Snap at 厉声地对某人说
How sweet it was to see them snap at her again from the red eiderdown.
Feel like 想要
Take sth. off 取掉
He sat on the bed to take his boots off.
Go on about 长时间谈论某事
I got tired of him going on about all his problems.
Keep sth. on 继续穿戴某物
You don‘t need to keep your hat on indoors.
在室内不必戴着帽子了。
Dress up 打扮
It was the old offer dressed up as something new.
Rush/come to the/sb‘s rescue 帮助某人
Carol's brother rushes to the rescue and sent her $1000
Come along 出现
Run after 追逐某人
A beautiful woan came along and dropped her bunch of violets, and a little boy ran after to hand them to her.
Flick sth away (轻轻地)弹掉…
Flick the match away
Over and over (again) 多次
Knock over sb 撞倒某人
Trot on 小跑而来
Trot off 小跑而去
off (with sb) (对某人)不礼貌,不友好
He was a bit off with me this moring.
他今天早晨对我有些冷淡。
Get to know 认识
But then 不过,然而
Let alone 更不必说
Her skin was a rich black that would have peeled like a plum if snagged, but then no one would have thought of getting close enough to Mrs. Flowers to ruffle her dress, let alone snag her skin.
她的皮肤黝黑,如果被尖锐的东西弄破,就会像李子一样剥落下来,然而从来没有人会想到走近Mrs. Flowers, 去弄皱她的衣服,更不用说去碰她的皮肤了。
Fresh in one‘s memory 记忆犹新
One summer afternoon, sweet-milk fresh in my memory, she stopped at the Store to buy provisions.
令我记忆犹新的是,一个夏天的下午,她来商店买食物。
Hang back犹豫
I hung back in the separate unasked an unanswerable questions.
但是我仍然跟在她的后边,思考着那些既没问起以无法回答的问题。
Bear in mind 记住
But bear in mind, language is man‘s way of communicating with his fellow man and it is language alone which separates him from the lower animals.
Set down 写下、记下
Words mean more than what is set down on paper.
Boggle at 吃惊
Imagination boggle at 难以想象
My imagination boggled at the punishment I would deserve if in fac-t I did abuse a book of Mrs. Flower‘。
我无法想象如果我真的没好好读Mrs. Flower借给我的书,应当受到什么样的处罚。
Try one‘s hand at 尝试
She warned that she hadn‘t tried her hand at baking sweets for some time.
她说她已经有一段时间没尝试烤甜点了。
Brush off 刷掉,拂去
When I finished the cookies she brushed off the table and brought a thick, small book from the bookcase.
Exchange A for B with sb. 用A和B作交换
He exchanged the black jacket for a blue one with salesman.
Single out 挑选出
I didn‘t question why Mrs. Flowers had singled me out for attention.
Do one‘s heart good 使人感到鼓舞,欢欣
Take to 对…产生好感
That do my heart good to see settled people take to you all.
Trailed off 声音逐渐弱到不出声
Her voice trailed off.
On the order of 大约
equipment costing on the order of a million dollars.
花费近百万美元的设备
in sb‘s place 处于谁的情况
Try to put yourself in my place and think how you would feel.
Get to sb. 影响某人
I has become fashionable to think that, like fast food, fast ideas are the way to get to a fast-moving, impatient public.
Feed on sth 受到…滋养
Hatred feeds on envy. 因妒生恨。
Think up 想出
She was trying to think up an excuse
In the shape of 以…的形式
This one was very young, with inexperience even in the shape of his mustache which he had shaved too much on the left side.
他非常年轻,从他胡子的形状看,他很缺乏经验,他左侧的胡子乔得太多了。
Number off 报数