take aback使吃惊,使吓一跳
take up接纳,吸收
talk into说服;劝说某人做某事
talk out坦率地谈
talk over说得同意自己
talk to责备
thanks to由于,多亏,幸亏
at the thought of一想起…(就)
tick off列出;用记号勾出
drink down以酒消(愁)
drink to为…干杯,为…祝福
drink up喝干净,喝完
drive at意指
drive away at努力做(工作等)
drive home用车把…送到家
drive out赶出去
drive up抬高
drop by顺便走访,非正式访问
drop off睡着;(让…)下车
drop on训斥,惩罚
drop out退出,退学;掉落
drop over顺便来访
dry up(使)干涸
due to由于;应归于
in due course在适当的时候
do duty for当…用,起作用
do one‘s duty尽职,尽本分
off duty下班
on duty值班;上班
dwell on细想;详细讲述
each other[‘i:t6 ‘352]互相(多用作宾语)
be all ears全神贯注地倾听着
give ear to听,倾听
give one‘s ears不惜任何代价(要)
early or late迟早
keep early hours早睡早起
earn one‘s living谋生
on earth在世界上;究竟,到底
at ease自由自在;舒适,舒坦
in the shape of呈…的形状
shoot at向…射击;力争
shoot away不停地射击
shoot out抛出;射出
shoot up射出;喷出
be short of缺乏,不足;达不到
cut short中断,打断
in short总之,总而言之
show in领入,领进来
show off炫耀,卖弄
show up使显现;揭露;拆穿
shrug off耸肩表示对…不屑理
a series of一系列,一连串
serve as充当;起作用
in session在开会;在开庭
set about开始;散布(谣言等)
set apart使分离;使显得突出
set aside挑出;不顾;取消
set back(把钟等)往回拨;推迟
set down记下;登记;放下
set forth动身起程
set off动身,出发;使爆炸
set oneself against坚决反对
set out动身;开始;装饰
set up开办;建立;设立
set oneself up as以…自居
settle down定居;安下心来
settle for对…感到满足,满足于
settle one‘s account结算;付讫
shake off撵走,摆脱;抖落
shake up摇匀;激励,使振作