115 (A) not life a finger (B) taper off

Ross not lift a finger 不做任何事 A: Is he a good husband? 他是個好丈夫嗎? B: I don't think so. He doesn't even life a finger in housekeeping 我不認為，他連家事都不幫忙 taper off 逐漸改掉、逐漸減弱 He started to taper off to two cigarettes a day. 他開始減少抽煙量至一天兩支 The snowstorm will begin tapering off early this evening. 暴風雪在入夜之後會開始逐漸減弱

Ben not lift a finger 不做任何事 He spends all day stretched out on the couch and doesn't lift a finger to help 他花了一整天躺在沙發上而且不幫忙任何事。 taper off 逐漸改掉、逐漸減弱 Profits may be tapering off in the near future. 以後利潤可能會逐漸減少。

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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！

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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。

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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。

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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。

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110 (A) on the wagon (B) the night is still young

Ross on the (water) wagon 戒酒 He decided to go on the wagon last month, but he was off the wagon last week. 他上個月決定要戒酒了，不過上個星期他就破戒了 the night's still young. 時間還早 or「華燈初上」 The night is still young, let's go for another drink. 時間還早，我們再去喝一杯 通常在勸人長夜漫漫別急著回家的時候

Ben be/go on the wagon 戒酒 Ken decided to go on the wagon, but after one month he fell off the wagon. Ken決定去戒酒，但是一個月後他就破戒了。 "on the wagon" means to be sober. If you fall off the wagon you have begun drinking again/relapsed. Suggestion: I decided to go on a strict diet when I reached the 300 pound mark, but after a month I fell off the wagon. the night's still young. 時間還早 or「華燈初上」 The night is still young. Let's go out for pleasure. 時間還早，我們出去狂歡一下。 通常在勸人長夜漫漫別急著回家的時候

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109 (A) out of the picture (B) in the picture

Ross out of the picture 狀況外 I don't want to talk to him anymore. He is always out of the picture. 我不想再跟他說話了，他總是搞不清楚狀況  in the picture 了解狀況 Are you sure that you're in the picture? 你確定你清楚狀況? picture在這是指「狀況、情況」的口語說法

Ben out of the picture 狀況外 in the picture 了解狀況 Are you sure that you're in the picture? I guess you are out of the picture. 你確定你清楚狀況嗎？我猜你是在狀況外。 Just to put you in the picture. There have been a number of changes here recently. 只是讓你了解狀況。最近這裡出現了許多變化。

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