1. zit 青春痘 Why is it that every time I have a hot date, I break out with a big zit on my face? 為什么每次我有重要約會時，臉上都會冒出一個很大的青春痘呢？ 2. horse around 嬉鬧 We’ve horsed around long enough. It’s time to get to work. 我們鬧夠了，該去工作了。 3. get the ball rolling 開始 Let’s get the ball rolling. 讓我們開始吧。 4. pep talk 打氣，鼓勵的話 The coach gave his team a pep talk at half time, hoping to lead them to victory. 教練在半場時候給球員們打起，希望將他們引上勝利之途。 5. screw loose 脫線，神經不對頭 Bill must have a screw loose somewhere; he’s acting really strangely. Bill一定是哪根筋不對，他的行動真奇怪。 6. hunky-dory 沒問題 Everything here is hunky-dory. Don’t worry. 別擔心，這里一切都沒問題。 7. a drop in the bucket 滄海一粟 The amount of money Mr. Howell spent on a new Rolls-Royce was just a drop in the bucket compared to his annual salary. 豪威爾先生買一輛辛勞斯萊斯汽車的錢和他的年薪相比不過是滄海一粟。 8. know-it-all 萬事通 Grace is always correcting other people. She thinks she’s a know-it-all. 格雷斯總是在糾正別人，她覺得自己是萬事通。 9. low-life 落魄潦倒的人 Chris is such a low-life. He sleeps on the park bench and drink booze all day. 克利斯真是落魄潦倒。他睡在公園板凳上而且整天喝酒。 10. bullheaded 頑固，牛脾氣 Terry is so bullheaded; he won’t listen to anybody else’s opinion. 特利這么頑固，他聽不進別人的意見。 11. catch on to 突然了解 It took Cindy a long time to catch on to what Bill was saying. 辛迪許久以后才突然明白比爾所說的話。 12. joy ride 兜風 Let’s go for a joy ride. 讓我們去兜兜風。 13. go up in smoke 成為泡影 Peter’s vacation plans went up in smoke when a crisis arose in the office. 辦公室出了問題，彼得的假期泡湯了。 14. shape up 表現(xiàn)良好，乖 You’d better shape up if you want to stay on. 如果你還想留下來的話最好乖一點兒。 | 