2010年11月6日 星期六

114 (A) show a clean pair of heels (B) off one's back

Ross

show a clean pair of heels 逃走

The criminal showed a clean pair of heels as soon as he caught a glimpse of the police.

罪犯一看見警察拔腿就跑

off one's back 別煩某人

Get off my back. You are really annoying.

別來惹我,你真的很煩耶

Ben
show a clean pair of heels 逃走
Jason'll always show a clean pair of heels as soon as we need his help.
只要我們需要Jason的幫忙,他總是溜之大吉。

get (somebody) off somebody's back 別煩某人
Do me a favour and get off my back!
幫我個忙,別來煩我!
Heidi
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2010年11月4日 星期四

113 (A) aurora (B) mountebank

Ross

aurora 極光

Alaska is well known of its aurora scenery.

阿拉斯加的極光景緻很出名

mountebank 江湖騙子,庸醫

I don't trust him, I think he is just a mountebank.

我不信任他,我覺得他只是個庸醫

另外 charlatan n. & quack n. 也是兩個常用的字

quack 原本為鴨子的叫聲引申為大肆吹噓

Ben
aurora 極光
Auroras is also known as northern and southern (polar) lights.
極光有北極極光和南極極光。

mountebank 江湖騙子,庸醫
A mountebank is a dishonest person who tricks and deceives people.
江湖騙子是個不誠實會騙人的人。
Heidi
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2010年11月3日 星期三

112 (A) spruce up (B) facile

Ross

spruce up 打扮
He spruced himself up for the interview.
他打扮了一下去參加面試。
They were all spruced up for the party.
他們都打扮得漂漂亮亮的去參加聚會。

facile 平易的/熟悉or俐落的

This novel has a pretty facile style that is easy for kids to read.

這本小說文體平易,很容易讓小朋友閱讀

The participants of this workshop should be facile with basic windows interface.

參加這個研習會的人必需熟悉基本視窗的操作介面

Ben
spruce up 打扮
Julie spruced herself up before she went.
Julie出門前打扮了一下。
The city is sprucing up its museums and galleries.
這座城市正在美化自己的博物館和美術館。

facile 平易的/熟悉or俐落的
Florida Gators scored a facile victory over Alabama Big Al.
Florida Gators輕而易舉地贏了Alabama Big Al。
Heidi
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2010年11月1日 星期一

111 (A) all i's dotted and all t's crossed (B) vent one's spleen on someone

Ross
all i's dotted and all t's crossed 形容做事非常細心or 計劃完善
Don't worry about the plan. I have made sure that all i's dotted and all t's crossed.
別擔心這個計劃,我己經確認萬事OK了

vent one's spleen on sb. 朝某人發脾氣
I have to vent my spleen on someone.
我非得找個人出出氣
Ben
all i's dotted and all t's crossed / dot all the i's and cross all the t's形容做事非常細心or 計劃完善
Joanna is very careful and thoroughly. She dots all the i's and crosses all the t's with the plan.
Joanna是非常小心仔細的。她計畫地相當完善。

vent one's spleen on sb. 朝某人發脾氣
Obviously you're annoyed, but that doesn't give you the right to vent your spleen on me.
顯然地你生氣,但那不代表你有權利對我發脾氣。
Heidi
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