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? 

  • 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