117 (A) be all fingers and thumbs (B) have a finger in every pie

Ross be all fingers and thumbs 笨手笨腳 I was all fingers and thumbs this morning. 今天上午我笨手笨腳老是出差錯。 have a finger in every pie 多管閒事 She likes to have a finger in every pie and that's why I don't like her. 她愛多管閒事，這也是我不喜歡她的原因

Ben be all fingers and thumbs 笨手笨腳 I'm all fingers and thumbs when I get nervous. 當我緊張時，我就會笨手笨腳的。 have a finger in every pie 多管閒事 You cannot make a decision on any investment without asking him. He has a finger in every pie. 你不能沒有問濄他就作任何投資決定。他很多管閒事。 Suggestions: These look good. More often I hear the shorter phrase "I'm all thumbs" to mean the same thing. For the second phrase I also hear: He has a finger in "many" pies.

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116 (A) it's now or never (B) quite a bit/few

Ross Let’s pick up where we left. Ross It's now or never 勸人保握機會 You have to take this chance. It's now or never. 你一定要保握這個機會，否則就永遠錯過了 quite a bit/ quite a few 不少 Quite a few students were late due to the snow. 不少學生因為下雪而遲到了

Ben It's now or never 勸人保握機會 The time to make it happen is now! It's now or never! 就是現在！要保握機會！ quite a bit/ quite a few 不少 Quite a few employees lost their jobs this month. 不少員工這個月丟工作。

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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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