What Native Speakers Use Daily -

1. keep something up

使继续下去

E.g. If you want to shape your upper body, just keep swimming up.

如果你想对上半身塑形，就坚持游泳。

2. let off steam

发泄抑制的感情

E.g. Don’t always hold back your negative emotion. You have to let off steam, or else you’ll get mentally ill.

别总抑制你的负面情绪。你必须发泄一下，不然会得心理疾病的。

3. make a confession

坦白

E.g. She finally made a confession that she cheated on him.

她最终坦白对他不忠。

4. nonstop flight

直飞航班

E.g. He tried to find a nonstop flight back home but failed.

他想找到回家的直飞航班，但是没找到。

5. on me

我请客

E.g. The crepe’s on me.

可丽饼我请。

6. passenger seat

副驾驶位

E.g. The passenger seat in his car is exclusive to his wife.

他车的副驾驶位是他老婆的专属位置。

7. question one’s taste

质疑某人的品味

E.g. He got so furious that someone dared to question his taste.

他大发雷霆，竟然有人敢质疑他的品味。

8. root for

支持

E.g. He rooted for her with no condition.

他无条件支持她。

9. save me a step

给我省了麻烦

E.g. He bought some food on the way home, which saved me a step.

他回家的路上买了些吃的，这倒给我省了麻烦。

10. take it down a notch/peg

冷静

E.g. Let’s take it down a notch/peg.

让我们都冷静下来。