1 Let's hang on to those old photographs.咱们就留着那些旧照片吧。
2 Many young people gravitate to the cities in search of work.许多年轻人被吸引到城里工
作。
3 I distain to do it.我不屑于做。
4 I'm in a terrible predicament.我的处境十分尴尬。
5 Now that everyone knew the truth, the only thing to do was to brazen it out.既然大家都知道
真相了，只好硬着头皮撑过去。
6 He has a flair for languages.他有学语言的天分。
7 It's not difficult once you get the hang of it.你掌握了要领就不难了。
8 Words fail me.我无法用言语表达我的感受。
9 I want you her by two o'clock without fail.我要你两点钟务必来到这里。
10 He writes every week without fail.他每周必定写信。
11 The more expensive articles are not necessarily better.较贵的东西不见得就好。
12 Not necessarily.未必。
13 We'll discuss this when you're in a better frame of mind.你心情好些时我们再讨论这件事。 14 Making money came naturally to him.赚钱对他来说轻而易举。
15 Sometimes you have to settle for second best.有时候我们只能退而求其次。
16 My mum'll have hysterics when she sees the color of my hair.
17 He had a sudden sinking feeling in the pit of his stomach.他内心深处有一种不详之感。 18 Who's game to try?谁愿意来试试？
19 If you lose your job, you'll only have yourself to blame.如果你丢了工作，你只能责怪你自
己。
20 Don't blame me.别怪我。
21 We wish you a speedy recovery.我们祝愿你早日康复。
22 It's all swings and roundabouts.有得必有失。
23 The idea of eating meat was repugnant to her.一想到吃肉她就想吐。
24 Schools will bear the brunt of cuts in government spending.政府要削减开支，学校将首当其
冲受到影响。
25 For me, life had lost its savor.对我来说，生活已失去乐趣。
26 I can't believe that anyone would sink to such depths.我无法相信竟有人能堕落到这种程
度。
27 How could you sink so low? 你怎么能堕落到这种地步？
28 Emboldened by the wind, he went over to introduce himself to her.他借酒壮胆，走上前去向
她作自我介绍。
29 His remarks were clearly beyond the pale.他的话显然太过分了。
30 I bear you no ill will. 我对你没有敌意。
31 You gave me a scare.你吓了我一跳。
32 She wore a perpetually martyred expression.她总是那么一副可怜兮兮的样子。
33 They have the edge on us.他们略胜我们一筹。
34 I just got a charley horse in my leg.我的腿抽筋了。
35 I could do that blindfold.我做这事易如反掌。
36 Her eyes were glistening with tears.她眼里闪着晶莹的泪花。
37 She reads avidly.她如饥似渴地阅读。
38 One can make the same mistake once even twice but never thrice. 可以再一再二，决不可再
三再四。
39 Study is like a boat sailing against the current. Which do you want , sink or swim? 学习犹如
逆水行舟，不进则退。你是想进步，还是倒退？
40 We wish each other a long time so as to share the beauty of the graceful moonlight,even
though miles apart 。但愿人长久，千里共婵娟。
41 The void is a mirror, I see my face and feeling loathing and horror. 这一空虚犹如明镜，我
从中照见自己的脸，我感到厌恶以及恐惧。
42 If I could steal this moment forever。 如果我能深藏此刻到永远；若我能向上帝借得此刻；
若彼刻可永驻；如果我可以永远地偷走这个瞬间。
43 At your pleasure! 随你便。
44 As soon as a thing reaches its extremity, it reverses its course. /Things will develop in the
opposite direction when they become extreme. 物极必反。
45 Diligence is the mother of good luck, and God gives all things to industry.(Franklin)勤奋是
幸运之母，上帝将万物赐予勤劳。
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46 Grief is a species of idleness.忧愁是一种懒惰。
47 I can't be fagged out (to do sth.)（让我做某事）我可吃不消。
48 No one can be in a plain sailing. Setback is the way of our life.
48 Modesty helps one to go forward, whereas conceit makes one lag behind. 虚心使人进步，骄
傲使人落后。
50 You know it is all Greek to me.你知道我对它一窍不通。
51 Why are you in the pouts? 你为什么不太高兴？
52 I didn't mean it, honest! 我不是有意的，真的。
53 Honest to God, I'm not joking.老天爷作证，我不是开玩笑的。
54 With a nod and a smile, she took leave of her friends.她点头微笑着向朋友们告辞。 55 You took the words right out of my mouth.你把我想说的说了。
56 We must bear it in mind that there is no short cut in learning.我们应该牢记学习无捷径可
走。
57 If I may be so bold as to suggest that ??恕我冒昧，??
58 You scratch my back and I'll scratch yours.礼尚往来；私相授受。
59 Don't give up until you have exhausted all the possibilities.只要还有可能就别放弃。
60 The source of the true love, the soul from two people, depend on mutual understanding, have
mutual affinity, mutual adoration, attract each other.真爱的源泉，来自两个人的心灵，取决于彼此的理解，心心相印，彼此的爱慕，互相吸引。
61 You told me you love me, and held me close to your heart, we laughed then, we cried then,
then came the time to part.你对我多钟情，啊，我们心心相印。我们欢笑，我们喊叫，但离别时候来到。
62 My mind acts upon yours when we treat with each other sincerely。 以心相许心灵相通。 63 Ok, everybody, let’s take it from the top.好，咱们大家从头再来一遍。
64 Many hands make light work.人多好办事；众人拾柴火焰高。
65 It was drilled into us at an early age never to litter.我们从小就被叮嘱不能乱扔垃圾。 66 Oh ,well ,no news is good news ,to coin a phrase.噢，常言道，没有消息就是好消息。 67 You are young, intelligent, attractive---you have a lot going for you! 你年轻、聪明、漂亮----
有利条件可多啦！
68 I only have one exam to go.我只剩一门考试了。
69 This job’s a snap.这活儿不过是小菜一碟。
70 You can’t have it both ways.你不可能做到两全其美。
71 Make way for the Lord Mayor.给市长大人让路。
72 She learned to accept criticism without rancor.她学会了坦然接受批评而不怀恨在心。 73 She didn’t like to be beholden to anyone.她不想欠任何人的人情。
74 I fondly imagined that you cared for me.我天真地以为你很喜欢我。
75 It isn’t love, it’s just a passing infatuation.那不是爱情，只不过是一时的痴迷。 76 He is harsh in government.他待人严厉。
77 Dishonesty is foreign to his nature.弄虚作假并非他的本性。
78 What a carry-on.真是大惊小怪。
79 Fretting about it won’t help.苦恼于事无补。
80 “I suppose you are right,”she said resignedly.“看来你是对的。”她无奈地说。 81 Many a true word is spoken in jest.许多真话都是在玩笑中说出的。
82 What a fiasco.真是使人下不来台。
83 By degrees their friendship grew into love.他们的友谊逐渐发展成为爱情。
84 Who are you to tell me I can't park here？你凭什么不让我在这停车？
85 Two wrongs don't make a right.不能一错再错。
86 She was bursting to tell him the good news.她急不可待要把好消息告诉他。
87 My life seems empty without you.没有你，我的生活似乎就没有了意义。
88 She confided all her secrets to her best friend.她向她最好的朋友倾吐了所有的秘密。 89 I saw him do it----cross my heart.我看见是他干的，我可以发誓。
90 A sad thing in life is when you meet someone who means a lot to you，only to find out in the
end that it was never meant to be and you just have to let go.生命中令人悲伤的一件事是你遇到了一个对你来说很重要的人，但却最终发现你们有缘无份，因此你不得不放手。 91 Know the enemy and know yourself and you can fight a hundred battles with no danger of
defeat.知已知彼，百战不殆。
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92 Life is full of joys and sorrows and of meetings and departures；this, just like the moon which
waxes now and wanes then, is hard to be changed, let us wish we live long and enjoy the same moon in different places.人有悲欢离合，月有阴晴圆缺，此事古难全。但愿人长久，千里共婵娟。
93 Modesty helps one go forward whereas conceit makes one lag behind.虚心使人进步骄傲使
人落后。
94 He who does not advance loses ground. /Not to advance is to go back.逆水行舟，不进则退。
短语
vandalize故意破坏，肆意破坏（尤指公共财物）
the transience of life人生的短暂
be avid for渴望??，渴求??
to diverge from norm与常态不符 drawback缺点，不利条件
brazen it out厚着脸皮
pour/heap scorn on sb./sth.嗤之以鼻，不屑一顾
come naturally (to sb./sth.)轻而易举
past/beyond redemption无药可救
to follow/back your hunches凭直觉做事
the pit of your/the stomach心窝，心底
frame of mind心态，心绪
in (all) fairness (to sb.)要公正对待，不能怪（某人）
quench your thirst 解渴，止渴
a tributary stream/river支流
a feeling/sense of anticlimax 扫兴感。
beyond the pale出格，令人不能容忍
distain to do sth.不屑做某事
leave sb. in the lurch在某人需要帮助时弃之不顾
on the spur of the moment一时冲动之下
I'm pressed for time. 我赶时间。
the mobile phone charge is overdue; out of credit 手机欠费
promise (sb) the earth/moon/world作出不可能实现的承诺
mum's the world!（提醒别人保守秘密）不要外传
take (your) leave (of sb):to say goodbye
be/go against the grain反常理，不合常情
make a spectacle of yourself出洋相；出丑
have mutual affinity/heart in/to heart心心相印
commit oneself to heaven听天由命
be no respecter of persons平等待人，一视同仁
it takes all sorts (to make a world)（认为某人行为怪诞或不寻常时说）世界之大无其不有，林子大了什么鸟都有
an alien environment陌生的环境
I’m petrified snakes.我非常怕蛇。
the spirit is willing(but the flesh is weak)心有余而力不足
mend your ways改过自新，改邪归正
to hail a taxi打手势叫住出租车
a traumatic childhood不幸的童年
to nurse an ambition/a grievance心怀壮志/不满
he said, in a rare moment of candor他以难得的坦率说道
familiarity breeds contempt过分亲密就会有所侮慢。
make mischief搬弄是非，挑拨离间
cut and dried已成定局，不能更改
put the cart before the house本末倒置，因果倒置
over-egg the pudding做事过分，画蛇添足
take on a festival look
my heart almost jumped into my throat
a demure young lady娴静的年轻女士
the enormity of a task/problem/decision任务的艰苦性，问题的严重性，决定的重要性 heartily glad/relieved极为高兴，愁云尽扫
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social function社交活动 information leak泄密 family planning计划生育
dogged determination/persistence顽强的决心/毅力 the college infirmary学院医务室 feelings of unworthiness自卑感
inferiority complex自卑感，自卑情结 fade out of the sight of sb.淡出某人的视线 单词
stay-at-home不爱出门的人，太恋家的人 ocular眼睛的 ratiocination推理，推论 torso躯干 torrential倾泻的，如注的 torrid酷热的，灼热的 idiomatic表达方式地道的 hygiene卫生 hygienic卫生的 hypothetical假设的，假定的 hushed寂静的，宁静的 executive经理，主管领导 tempo速度，节奏 antsy烦躁的，坐立不安的 wistful伤感的 a flash in the pan昙花一现 folded折叠的 crinkled起皱的 crumpled皱巴巴的 reserved内向的，寡言少语的，矜持的 alumnus(alumni plural)男校友 alumna（alumnae plural）女校友 serviceable能用的 like-minded想法相同的，志趣相投的 indefatigable不屈不挠的，不知疲倦的 fluctuate波动 indispensable必需的，不可或缺的 lookalike长得极像（某人）的人 a Tom lookalike 长得很像TOM的人 dutiful尽职的，孝敬的 meticulous细心的，小心翼翼的 protuberant eyes凸起的眼睛 prohibitive高昂得令人难以承受的 perturb使焦虑不安 peruse细读，研读 adept内行的，熟练的，擅长的 conscientious勤勉认真的
obliging乐于助人的 otiose多余的，无用的 undoing失败的原因 nanny保姆 ambivalent(忧喜参半、好坏参半等）矛盾情绪的 vulgarize使庸俗化 omnipotent万能的，全能的，无所不能的 omen预兆，征兆，前兆 vinegar醋 chrysanthemum菊花 beverage饮料 ladle舀 collectivist集体主义的 spark打（小孩）的屁股 congested交通堵塞的，拥挤的 fastidious一丝不苟的，严谨的 fatigue疲劳，劳累 fatiguing身心憔悴的，精疲力竭的 disposable一次性的 inane愚蠢的，无意义的 infatuation（尤指一时的）热恋，痴迷 traumatic痛苦的，极不愉快的 insolvent无力偿还债务的，破产的 mascot吉祥物 cybercafe网吧 fallible会犯错的 prolong v.延长prolongation n. prolonged持久的，长期的 filial子女（对父母）的 benevolent慈善的，行善的 contagious（疾病）接触传染的 rack折磨 scatty(BrE)： 没头没脑的 丢三落四的 dyspeptic消化不良的 dyspepsia消化不良
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