English Note Everyday

2013年11月3日星期日

mouth

Do not badmouth me! --> 不要說我壞話!

I really put my foot in my mouth when I asked her how her husband was. I forgot that he died last year. -->我真的說錯話了....我問他她老公過得如何...但我忘了她老公去年死了

Jake looks a bit down in the mouth. Shall we try to find out what's wrong? -->JAKE看起來很沮喪...我們要去問問他怎麼了嗎?

I did not say that. Do not put words in my mouth! -->我可沒有說過這些話!

I think the best form of advertising is by word of mouth. People don't believe a lot of what they hear or see in paid-for advertisements, but when they hear a recommendation directly from a friend, they are far more likely to act on it.-->最好的廣告就是口耳相傳

a mouthpiece

電話筒或者樂器的吹口...但也可以當成"發言人""為...出聲的人"

You took the words right out of my mouth! -->我才剛想講,就被你講走了

~ (..experience)~ left a bad taste in my mouth --> ~ 對我來說是不好的經驗

I had my heart in my mouth. --> 我快被嚇死了

He was born with a silver spoon in his mouth. -->他是含著金湯匙出生的

When both my parents were out of work, we lived from hand to mouth.

-->幫我父母都沒有工作時,我們生活的非常貧困(連吃的都有問題等級的貧困)

mouthy child -->多嘴的小孩 (愛頂嘴)

mouth off -->無禮的說話 , 頂嘴(talk back)

2013年11月2日星期六

do one's business

do one's business 指的是小孩 or 小狗們的便便or 尿尿
ex. My puppy does it business outdoors everyday. -->我家的狗狗每天都在外面方便

petunia是牽牛花

We are still no closer to cracking this

crack名詞是"裂縫" , 當成動詞可以當成"打破" "使破裂"

ex. The plate had a crack in it. -->盤子上有裂縫
ex. Crack the eggs into a bowl. -->把蛋打到碗裡

不過這裡的用法是"破解難題"
ex. He has finally cracked the system after years of painstaking research. -->經過了多年痛苦的研究,他終於破解了這個系統