1. It‘s up to you.

    「額外成就感」

    * It is up to you to carry out the plan.

    * It‘s up to us to help those in need.

    「特別解釋」

    up在這里是“應由……負責；由……決定”的意思，當我們想授權(quán)某人做某事時，我們就可以用up to 這個詞。

    2. I envy you.

    「額外成就感」

    * She envied John for his success.

    * I envy you your health.

    3. How can I get in touch with you？ How can I contact/reach you？

    「額外成就感」

    * Please contact me when you come home.

    * I must contact my lawyer before I make my final decision.

    * Newspapers keep us in contact with the events of the world.

    4. Where can I wash my hands？

    「特別提醒」

    wash one‘s hands 通常都“洗手”的意思，比如我們吃飯前都會對小孩說：“Wash your hands clean. ”，但當外國朋友說：“Where can I wash my hands？”時，這是他們委婉的說法，意思是“洗手間在哪里？”。

    下面再給你一個跟wash one‘s hands 相關(guān)的用法：wash one’s hands of 意思是“不管了/洗手不干了”，如：I wash my hands of you and all your wild ideas�。ㄎ以僖膊还苣愫湍隳切┗奶频哪铑^了。）

    5. What‘s the weather like today？

    「額外成就感」

    * What‘s it like， being an actor？

    「意外收獲」

    從這句話我們可以學到一個很重要的表達方式，What‘s something like？ （……是怎么樣的？），當你想讓某人對某事/某物/某人作出描述或說明時，請應用這個最地道的表達方式。

    6. Where are you headed？

    「額外成就感」

    * He realized that he was heading in the wrong direction.

    * We headed out to school.

    7. I wasn‘t born yesterday.

    8. What do you do for relaxation.

    「額外成就感」

    * It‘s one of his favorite relaxations.

    * It is so necessary for you to have some rest and relaxation.

    9.It‘s a small world.

    「額外成就感」

    * The whole world knows that.

    * He is a big figure in the business world.

    10. It‘s my treat this time.

    「額外成就感」

    * It‘s her birthday and she wants to give us all a treat.

    * This is to be my treat， so I‘ll pay for everything.

    11. The sooner the better.

    12. When is the most convenient time for you？

    「額外成就感」

    * His house is in a convenient place， near the station.

    * Is it convenient to you if I come at 6 p.m.？

    13. Take your time.

    「額外成就感」

    * How long will it take you to finish the work？

    * It took me an hour to walk there.

    14. I‘m crazy about Bruce Lee.

    I‘m crazy about rock music.

    「額外成就感」

    * The girls all went crazy over him.

    * The boys are crazy about the singer.

    15. What should I call you？

    「額外成就感」

    * He always called me as “my friend”。

    * He was always called as “genius”。

    16. What was your name again？

    17. Would you care for a cup of coffee？

    「額外成就感」

    * He didn‘t care for the taste of the drink.

    * I really care for the students in my class.

    18. She turns me off.

    「額外成就感」

    * The music turns me off.

    * I turned off when they started talking about computers.

    19. So far so good.

    「額外成就感」

    * So far I have been learning about China.

    * I‘ve been here for three weeks， and so far I’ve enjoyed it.

    20. It drives me crazy.

    「額外成就感」

    * Continual failure drove him to suicide.

    * The failure drove him into despair.

    * Poverty and hunger drove them to steal.

    * Anger drove her mad.

    * drive sb. crazy / to insanity / out of his mind

    21. She never showed up.

    「額外成就感」

    * Did everyone you invited show up？

    * It was eleven o‘cloch when he finally showed up.

    22. That‘s not like him.

    23. I couldn‘t get through.

    「額外成就感」

    * I tried calling you several times yesterday but I couldn‘t get through （ to you ）。

    * I tried to telephone you but I couldn‘t get through.

    24. I got sick and tired of hotels.

    「額外成就感」

    * I‘m sick and tired of your complaints； be quiet.

    * I‘m sick and tired of my monotonous life.

    25. Be my guest.

    26. Can you keep an eye on my bag？

    「額外成就感」

    * Can you keep an eye on the baby while I go shopping？

    27. Let‘s keep in touch.

    「額外成就感」

    * Are you in touch with him now？

    * He is now out of touch with his old friends.

    * I try to keep in touch with current events by reading the newspapers.

    28. Let‘s call it a day.

    「額外成就感」

    * After forty years teaching English he thinks it‘s time to call it a day.

    29. I couldn‘t help it.

    「額外成就感」

    * We couldn‘t help the accident.

    * Don‘t make it any worse than you can help.

    30. Something‘s come up.

    「額外成就感」

    * I‘ll let you know if anything comes up.

    * A chance may come up soon.

    31. Let‘s get to the point.

    「額外成就感」

    * I‘m in a hurry， so get to the point.

    * The speaker kept wandering off / away from the point.

    * Let‘s sto[ discussing trivial details and come / get to the point.

    32. Keep that in mind.

    「額外成就感」

    * We have no vacancies now， but we‘ll certainly bear your application in mind.

    * Are you clear in your own mind what you ought to do.

    * It‘ll soon go out of mind.

    33. That was a close call.

    「額外成就感」

    * That was a close call！ We nearly hit that car.

    34. I‘ll be looking forward to it.

    「額外成就感」

    * We are looking forward to our vacation.

    * I look forward to receiving your reply.

    35. Chances are slim.

    * Their chances of winning are slim.

    36. Far from it.

    「額外成就感」

    * Far from being angry， he‘s delighted.

    * The problem is far from easy.

    * Your account is far from true / the truth.

    37. I‘m behind in my work.

    「額外成就感」

    * He‘s behind the rest of the class in reading.

    * Britain is behind Japan in developing modern technology.

    38. It‘s a pain in the neck.

    「額外成就感」

    * She‘s such a pain in the neck.

    * It‘s a pain in the neck having to meet them at the airport.

    39. We‘re in the same boat.

    「額外成就感」

    * We are in the same boat： we both failed the exam.

    * If you lose your job I‘ll lose mine， so we’re in the same boat.

    40. My mouth is watering.

    「額外成就感」

    * The sight of the food made my mouth water.

    41. Wthat do you recommend？

    「額外成就感」

    * He recommended me for the post of principal.

    * I can recommend their pizza.

    42. I ache all over.

    * The news spread all over the world.

    43. I have a runny nose.

    44. It‘s out of the question.

    「額外成就感」

    * She knew that a vocation this year out of the question.

    * Clearly their victory is out of the question.

    45. Do you have any openings？

    46. It doesn‘t make any difference.

    「額外成就感」

    * Flowers make no / a lot of difference to a room.

    * It doesn‘t make much / any / the least difference to me what you do.

    *When you‘re learning to drive， having a good teacher makes all the defference.

    * A hot bath makes all the difference in the morning.

    47. I‘m fed up with him.

    「額外成就感」

    * I won‘t wait any longer – I’m fed up.

    * She is very fed up about it.

    48. You can count on us.

    「額外成就感」

    * You can‘t count on Tom being punctual.

    * She counted on us to help her.

    49. It doesn‘t work.

    「額外成就感」

    * I don‘t know how to work the machine.

    * I think the teacher work us too hard .

    * Don‘t work your employees to death.

    50. It‘s better than nothing.

    「額外成就感」

    * There‘s nothing like a cup of tea when you’re thirsty.

    * Nothing gives me more pleasure than learning English.

    * There‘s nothing interesting in the newspaper.

    51.Think nothing of it.

    52. I‘m not myself today.

    53. I have a sweet tooth.

    54. I can‘t express myself very well in English.

    「額外成就感」

    * Express your ideas clearly to me.

    * I can‘t express how happy I am that you have come.

    55. For the time being.

    「額外成就感」

    * This will do for the time being.

    * You‘ll have your own office soon but for the time being you’ll have to share one.

    *I‘ll let you keep the book for the time being， but I’ll want it back next week.

    56. This milk has gone bad.

    「額外成就感」

    * This is a very bad performance.

    * The recent rain has had a effect on the crops.

    * He came at a bad time.

    * Bad habits are easily formed.

    57. Don‘t beat around the bush.

    「額外成就感」

    * Tell me the truth， don‘t beat around the bush.

    * Stop beating around the bush and tell me who won.

    58.It‘s up in the air.

    「額外成就感」

    * Change is in the air.

    * The question hung in the air.

    59. Math is beyond me.

    「額外成就感」

    * What you said is beyond me.

    * He has gone far beyond me in learning.

    * How people design computer games is beyond me.

    60. It slipped my mind.

    「額外成就感」

    * Her name has slipped from my mind.

    * I‘m sorry I forgot your birthday； iy completely slippped my mind.

    61. You can‘t please everyone.

    「額外成就感」

    * Our main aim is to please the customers.

    * He‘s a very hard / difficult man to please.

    62. I‘m working on it.

    「額外成就感」

    * He is working on a book about the Vietman War.

    63. You bet！

    64. I can‘t come up with it.

    「額外成就感」

    * You‘ve come up with a good idea.

    * He could always come up with a reason for them to linger another month.

    64. Drop me a line.

    「額外成就感」

    * Just a short line to say thanks.

    65. Are you pulling my leg？

    「額外成就感」

    * Don‘t take any notice of what he says – he’s pulling your leg.

    66. Sooner or later.

    67. I‘ll keep my ears open.

    68. It isn‘t much.

    69. Neck and neck.

    「額外成就感」

    * The two contestants are neck and neck with 20 points each.

    70. I‘m feeling under the weather.

    「額外成就感」

    * She‘s been a bit under the weather recently.

    71. Don‘t get me wrong.

    「額外成就感」

    * Please don‘t get me wrong ， I’m not criticizing you.

    72. I‘m under a lot of pressure.

    「額外成就感」

    * The city is under financial pressure.

    * We put pressure on the government to change this law.

    * The pressure of work was too great for him.

    73. You‘re the boss.

    「額外成就感」

    * She is the boss in the house.

    74. What‘s this regarding？

    「額外成就感」

    * In regard to your request， no decision has been made.

    * In that regard， at least， we agree.

    75. Over my dead body.

    「額外成就感」

    * I told him that if he tried to remove the fence it would be over my dead body.

    * You‘ll come into this house over my dead body.

    78. Can you give me a hand？

    「額外成就感」

    * We are short of hands now.

    * Many hands make light work.

    79. We have thirty minutes to kill.

    「額外成就感」

    * I usually read a book to kill time.

    * While waiting for the train I killed by reading a book.

    80. Whatever you say.

    81. It‘ll come to me.

    「額外成就感」

    * A good idea came into my mind /came to me.

    * I am ready for whatever comes.

    82. You name it.

    「額外成就感」

    * “How much will you sell me this for？”  —— “Name your own price.”

    83.If I were in your shoes.

    「額外成就感」

    * I‘m glad I’m not in his shoes！

    * You‘ll never be able to fill your father’s shoes.

    * Will anyone be able to fill her shoes now that she‘s left the company？

    84. I‘ll play it by ear.

    「額外成就感」

    * I‘ve had no time to prepare for this meeting， so I’ll have to play it by ear.

    * I have no idea what they‘re going to say， so I’ll have to play it by ear.

    85. You should take advantage of it.

    「額外成就感」

    * We took advantage of the fine weather to go and went on a hike.

    * Jean‘s mother warned her that men would try to take advantage of her.

    86. Let‘s talk over coffee.

    87. Take it easy.

    88. I‘m easy to please.

    「額外成就感」

    * He always tries to please everybody.

    * His words please her.

    * He is hard to please.

    89. Let‘s give him a big hand

    90. As far as I‘m concerned

    「額外成就感」

    * As far as I‘m concerned ， you can stay out all night.

    * As far as I‘m concerned ， you do what you like.

    91. I‘m all mixed up.

    「額外成就感」

    * I‘m sorry I’m late；I got mixed up about your address.

    * You‘re always mixing me up with my twin sister.

    92. Let‘s get together one of these days.

    93. He‘s behind the times.

    「額外成就感」

    * His working is behind schedle.

    * His thinking is behind the times.

    94. I‘m pressed for time.

    「額外成就感」

    * I‘m press for money.

    * Please hurry – we‘re a bit pressed for time.

    * I‘m very pressed for cash at the moment – can I pay you next week？

    95. I‘m up to my ears in work.

    「額外成就感」

    * He is up to his ears in debt.

    * Just lately I‘ve caugth up to my works. You’ve no ideas how much woek there is.

    96. You can‘t do this to me.

    97. Just to be on the safe side.

    98. I hope I didn‘t offend you.

    「額外成就感」

    * He apologized for having offended her visitors.

    * He is easily offended.

    99. It won‘t take much time.

    「額外成就感」

    * That work will take three hours.

    * The homework took me a whole day.

    * It takes courage to do so .

    100. It‘s been a long time.

    101. It‘s nothing.

    102. It‘s a long story.

    「額外成就感」

    * I can‘t believe his story.

    * Let me tell you the story of my experience.

    103. It‘s about time.

    「額外成就感」

    * It‘s about time to get up .

    * I‘m about ready.

    104. It‘s incredible.

    「額外成就感」

    * It is incredible that he should have gone to live in such a dangerous country.

    * It‘s an incredible story to me.

    105. It‘s hard to say.

    「額外成就感」

    * This problem is hard to solve. （ It‘s hard to solve this problem. ）

    * She is hard to please.

    106. I can‘t imagine why.

    「額外成就感」

    * Can you imagine what it would be like to live without electricity？

    * I can‘t imagine that anyone cares about what I do.

    * Would you ever have imagine him / his becoming a politician？

    107. That can‘t be.

    108. That‘s really something.

    「額外成就感」

    * He is something.

    * There is something in what she said.

    109. Are you sure？

    「額外成就感」

    * If you‘re not sure how to do it， ask me.

    * Can I be sure of a profit if I invest？

    * You‘re sure of passing the exam if you work hard.

    110. Are you crazy？

    「額外成就感」

    * That noise is driving me crazy / making me to crazy.

    * You must be crazy to go walking in such awful weather.

    111. Excuse me for a moment.

    112. I mean it.

    I‘m serious.  I’m not kidding.

    「額外成就感」

    * What does she mean by canceling her performance？

    * He means （ to cause ） trouble.

    * I wasn‘t serious， I meant it as a joke.

    113. I‘ll consider the matter.

    「額外成就感」

    * I considered changing my job， but in the end I decided not to.

    * I want you to considre all pros and cons.

    * If you consider （ the fact ） that she‘s only been studying English a year， she speaks it very well.

    114. I‘ll do something about it.

    115. What are you talking about？

    116. I‘m afraid I can’t.

    「額外成就感」

    * I am afraid you don‘t see my point.

    * I‘m afraid there’s some sort of misunderstanding.

    * Knowing what he is capable of ， you have every right to be afraid.

    117. I‘m dying to see you.

    「額外成就感」

    * I‘m dying for a drink.

    118. I‘m flattered.

    「額外成就感」

    * She was flattered at the invitation.

    * She was flattered by their praise.

    119. I‘m not in the mood.

    「額外成就感」

    * Are you in the mood to listen to music？

    * I like to go to the movies when I feel in the mood for it.

    120. I‘m so scared.

    「額外成就感」

    * You‘ll scare the baby if you shout.

    * You scared me！

    121. I can‘t make it.

    「額外成就感」

    * We made New York after dark.

    * Can we make the 5：30 train？

    122. You can never tell.

    「額外成就感」

    * You can‘t anybody by what they seem.

    * I can‘t tell what will happen.

    123. I won‘t buy your story.

    「額外成就感」

    * The police will never buy that story.

    * They refused to buy that explanation.

    124. It hurts like hell.

    It must have hurt like hell.

    「額外成就感」

    * He ran like hell.

    * My tooth hurts like hell.

    125. It can‘t be helped.

    126. Sorry to bother you.

    Sorry to have bothered you.

    「額外成就感」

    * He comes bothering me day after day.

    * Don‘t bother me with stupid questions.

    127. I‘m always punctual.

    「額外成就感」

    * You should be punctual for appointments.

    * I try to be punctual in getting dinner on the table.

    128. You may leave it to me.

    「額外成就感」

    * You can leave the cooking to me.

    129. I wish I could.

    「額外成就感」

    * How I wish the vacation would last longer！

    * I wish you tobe more careful.

    130. What‘s the rush？

    「額外成就感」

    * She was always in a rush.

    * I don‘t like the rush of the city.

    131. What‘s so funny？

    「額外成就感」

    * He is a very funny man.

    * I heard such a funny story this morning.

    * I don‘t think that’s at all funny.

    132. I couldn‘t agree more.

    133. Stay out of this matter， please.

    「額外成就感」

    * That is a serious matter.

    * He is not interested in money matters.

    * He doesn‘ t like to talk about political matters.

    * It is a matter of life and death to me.

    134.Don‘t just shake youe head.

    135. Don‘t jump to comclusions.

    「額外成就感」

    * I don't like the comclusion of the play.

    * I came to the comclusion that he‘s been lying.

    136. That was a lousy movie.

    「額外成就感」

    * His health has been lousy.

    * He tried to sell me his lousy tadio.

    137. Have you thought about staying home？

    138. I‘ll come. I give you my word.

    「額外成就感」

    * He gave her his word that he would never be late again.

    * I give you my word for it.

    139. I swear I‘ll never tell anyone.

    「額外成就感」

    * I coule swear I‘ve been here before.

    * When are you going to swear off cigarettes？

    * Do you swear to tell the truth， the whole truth， and nothing but the truth？

    140. I‘ll make it up to you.

    「額外成就感」

    * I‘ll make up the money to the anount you need.

    * We‘re working fast to try and make up for lost time.

    141. I‘m very/really/terribly/awfully/extremely sorry.

    142. Forgive me for breaking my promise.

    「額外成就感」

    * Don‘t break the rules.

    * It‘s wrong to break the law.

    143. Let‘s forgive and forget！

    145. Don‘t underestimate me.

    「額外成就感」

    * Don‘t underestimate the diffculties of the work.

    * I underestimated the cost of the journey.

    146. She gives me a headache.

    147. It' s very annoying.

    「額外成就感」

    * How annoying！

    * The hour‘s delay was most annoying.

    148. He often fails to keep his word.

    「額外成就感」

    * He is a man of his word.

    * he never breads his word.

    149. Yor made me feel ashamed of myself.

    「額外成就感」

    * Her huusband felt ashamed at/of her behavior.

    * I‘m ashamed for you.

    150. I hope it turns out all right.

    「額外成就感」

    * The news turned out to be false.

    * How did your party turn out last night？

    151. I can‘t handle this alone.

    「額外成就感」

    * Who can best handle the problem？

    * He is very hard to handle.

    152. How long will it take to have this radil fixed？

    153. Come to me if you are in any difficulty.

    「額外成就感」

    * I have great difficulty in understanding him.

    * I did it without much difficulty.

    * He is in difficulty in his business.

    154. Who do you think you are？

    155. You‘re wasting your breath.

    「額外成就感」

    * They won‘t listen， so don’t waste your breath telling them.

    156. It doesn‘t seem like that.

    「額外成就感」

    * Do whatever seems best.

    * It seems to be the best solution.

    157. Don‘t get on my nerves！

    「額外成就感」

    * Those noisy children simply got on my last nerves.

    158. Everything will be fine.

    159. I‘ll be ready in a few minutes.

    160. I wonder what happened to him.

    「額外成就感」

    * I‘d stay if they promoted me， but I can’t see that happening.

    161. You‘re just trying to save face.

    「額外成就感」

    * The embarrassing situation caused me to lose face.

    * He had to resign， to save face.

    162. His argument doesn‘t hold water.

    「額外成就感」

    * The theory may hold water.

    163. Your face tells it all.

    「額外成就感」

    * Eyes sometimes tell what‘s on our minds.

    * Her face tells her joy.

    164. The days are getting longer.

    165. You‘ve got to do something.

    166. I hope this will teach you a lesson.

    「額外成就感」

    * His failure was a lesson to us.

    * His courage is a lesson to us.

    167. I feel younger than ever.

    「額外成就感」

    * She felt in her bones that she would succeed.

    * I felt it advisable to do nothing.

    168. It‘s a hard job， but I hope he can make it.

    「額外成就感」

    * He‘s never really made it as an actor.

    169. Don‘t look wise.

    「額外成就感」

    * You were wise to keep away from him.

    * It was not very wise of you to sell the property.

    170. I‘m afraid all my efforts were in vain.

    「額外成就感」

    * All our work was in vain.

    * We tried in vain to make him change his mind.

    171. What happened to your memory？

    172. You‘re going too far.

    「額外成就感」

    * Her fudeness went too far.

    * You‘re carrying/taking that joke too far.

    173. Don't bury your head in the sand.

    「額外成就感」

    * No use hiding your heads in the sand， folks.

    174. I have no other choice.

    「額外成就感」

    * What influenced you when you made your choice？

    * He is the people‘s choice for president.

    * There was a big choice of shops in the small town.

    175. I don‘t have the nerve to do it.

    「額外成就感」

    * A test pilot needs plenty of nerve.

    * It takes a bit of nerve to cross these chain bridges.

    176. It‘s a matter of life and death.

    177. Nothing works.

    「額外成就感」

    * My brain doesn‘t seem to be working well today.

    * The plan worked well.

    178. Money will come and go.

    179. He‘s been behind bars for almost 30 years.

    「額外成就感」

    * His bad English is a bar to his getting a job.

    * Poor health may be a bar to success in life.

    180. If I had known that， I could have helped you.

    181. I couldn‘t care less.

    「額外成就感」

    * He failed the examination but he didn‘t seem to care.

    * Don‘t you care about this country’s future？

    * I don‘t think she cares about what happens to her children， all she cares about is her social life.

    182. You have my word.

    183.He hit the ceiling at the news.

    「額外成就感」

    * When Emily came home at three in the morning， her father hit the ceiling.