不定时分享学习笔记（5）

Count for something/anything/nothing表示某样事物是否有价值

表示某人或某物不再有价值outlive one’s usefulness

《生命中不能承受之轻》The Unbearable Lightness of Being

赖床dawdle in bed

神枪手marksman/markswoman

负心汉；爱情骗子 love rat

打卡clock in

例句：I have to clock in by eight.

我必须在8点前打卡。

易如反掌come easily

例如：Languages come easily to some people.

语言学习对有些人来说易如反掌。

已经(上午)十一点了，他还在睡觉。

He was between sheets by eleven.

拿手好戏masterpiece

礼尚往来One good turn deserves another./Courtesy calls for reciprocity.

巧妇难为无米之炊If you have no hand, you can't make a fist. Even a clever woman cannot cook a meal without rice; One can't make bricks without straw; No housewife can cook a meal without a food and vegetables;

手机凭空消失了。The phone vanished into thin air.

形容一个人经过努力以后终于取得成功的. It deserved all of its success.

人口老龄化Ageing populations

广泛应用extensive use

英语泛读English extensive reading

在这种情况下under the circumstance

她不是我的菜。She is not my type.

...is a boon to...对...而言是一种恩惠

有什么地方不舒服吗？What seems to be the problem?

呕吐throw up

我感到恶心。I’m feeling sick./I’m feeling nauseous.

真恶心。That is gross./disgusting.

拉肚子/腹泻 get the runs/diarrhea/have loose bowels

以其人之道还治其人之身give sb a dose/taste of their own medicine

人多添乱too many cooks spoil the soup/broth

失职drop the ball

别用那种语气跟我说话。Don’t take that tone with me.