OWL POST
趣味表达
a highly unusual boy 一个不同寻常的男孩
in many ways 在很多方面，地方
for one thing——for one reason
-for another
more than 超过..
•Life is more than food, and the body more than clothes.
forced to do sth 被迫做某事
dead of night——middle of the night 午夜夜深人静的时候
happen
~ to be/do sth
•She happened to be out when we called
我们打电话时她刚巧不在家。
•You don't happen to know his name, do you?
你不会碰巧知道他的名字吧？
against the pillow 靠在枕头上
whatsoever（also whatever） 强调否定句
-not at all
in various disguises 在各种伪装下
a roll of parchment 一卷羊皮纸
lock away
—lock (something) away or lock away (something) : to put (something) in a locked container, place, etc.
forbid sb to do sth 禁止/防止某人做某事
least favorite 最不喜欢的
seized a chance 抓住了一个机会
as/so long as=only if /if 只要...
•We'll go as long as the weather is good.
只要天气好我们就去。
bad mood=not in a good mood
Received a telephone call 接到了一个电话
Receiver 听筒（电话出声的地方）
mouthpiece 电话话筒（电话收音的地方）
give in
→ to finally agree to what someone wants, after refusing for a period of time. （先是拒绝，后来）勉强同意，让步
• He nagged me so much for a new bike that eventually I gave in. 他没完没了地缠着我要一辆新自行车，我最后只好答应了
look forward to sth （高兴的）盼望，期待
•I'm looking forward to the weekend.
我盼着过周末呢。
~ doing sth
•We're really looking forward to seeing you again.
我们非常盼望能再见到你。
beˈlong to sb
—to be owned by sb 属于某人；归某人所有
•Who does this watch belong to?
这块表是谁的？
•The islands belong to Spain.
这些岛屿隶属西班牙
black-and-while picture 黑白照片
smooth out 把…弄平：
•She looked at him, and smoothed out her apron with one hand.
她看着他，用一只手把围裙弄平。
pick up = lift sth up
give sb a hard ˈtime
—to deliberately make a situation difficult and unpleasant for sb 给某人找茬儿；使某人不好过
•They really gave me a hard time at the interview.
面试时他们确实是在难为我。
get sb ˈdown
(informal) to make sb feel sad or depressed 使悲伤；使沮丧；使忧郁
•Don't let the Muggles get you down!Try and come to London.
（sb）turn up=（sb）show up
all the best （告别或书信结语）
yours sincerely
—an expression used to end a formal letter, especially one that you have begun by using someone's name谨上，敬上，谨启〔尤用于以某人名字开头的正式信件的末尾〕
•Yours sincerely, Professor M. McGonagall Deputy Headmistress.
单词
quill 羽毛笔
essay 作为课程作业，学生写短文或文章
paragraph 文章的段落
flashlight 手电筒
medieval 中世纪（公元五世纪至十五世纪）
sensation
—a feeling that you get when sth affects your body 感觉；知觉
raletive=relation 亲戚，亲属，家人
squash（remove）
~ sth
to stop sth from continuing; to destroy sth because it is a problem for you 打断；制止；去除；粉碎
lock 锁
spit 口水
snores 呼噜声
crest 徽章（尤指历史悠久的家族，机构）
scan — look at
express 特快列车（中间不常停站）
reckon
~ (that) … (informal) (especially BrE) to think sth or have an opinion about sth 想；认为
•I reckon (that) I'm going to get that job.
我认为我会得到那份工作。
•He'll be famous one day. What do you reckon (= do you agree)?
总有一天，他会成为名人的。你觉得呢？
a miniature glass spinning top.
Guardian 监护人
实用句子+句型
he was lying on his stomach in bed...
他正趴在床上...
he leaned on the sill 他靠着窗台
she was the only living creature in this house who didn't flinch at the sight of him.
can you make it? 你能去吗？你能到场吗？
Ron doesn't seem too happy about it.
...didn't realizeed... 某人没发现某事
I'm really sorry about that...
It's amazing here in （地名）
Any chance of meeting you there?
有见到你的机会吗?
I do hope you're all right.我真希望你没事。
I'm on holiday in France at the moment.
我目前在法国度假。
I bet he's learning loads, I'm really jealous. 我打赌他一定学到了很多东西，好嫉妒哦