表达
Please give him my regards 请代我向他致敬
I'm very well. 我感觉(身体)良好。
What nationality are you?你什么国籍?(偏正式)
What color are you going to paint it? 你想把它漆成什么颜色的?
-I'm going to paint it pink. 我想把她漆成粉色。
What's the climate like in your country?你们国家的气候如何?
The sun rises early and sets late. 太阳早早升起,迟迟落下。
Aren't you lucky!等同于 How lucky you are!你可真幸运啊!
The boy mustn't go to school yet. 孩子们目前还不能去学校。
Are you at the butcher's? 你在肉店里吗?(butcher屠夫)
水开了!The kettle's boiling!
How are you all keeping?你们怎么样?
Excuse the mess. 屋子很乱,请别介意。
women always have the last word. 女人们总是最后说了算。
(That's a lot of money!)
It's worth every penny of it. 它确确实实值这么多钱。
Is my car ready yet? 我的车修好了吗?
You can't ask for more. 你别无所求了(堪称完美)
Didn't you have a crash?你没出车祸吗?
I drove it into a lamp-post 我撞上了一个电线杆
I was doing 80 when I overtook you. 我超过你的时候时速是80公里。
the speed limit 限速
I must have been dreaming!我刚才一定是开小差了!
我想要我的零钱。 I want my change.
Who's that beside her?坐在他旁边那个人是谁?
Shave off your beard! 把胡子刮掉!
Is this the man you served, Carol? 你刚才服务的是这个人吗?
Can we buy it on instalments?我们可以分期付款吗?
Speak up!大点声!
我要找他!I want her!
Short skirts are in fashion now. 短裙现在很流行
But it must be my size. 但他必须是我的尺寸
I can't change a ten pound note. 十英镑我找不开。
I've got some small change. 我有小额零钱。
So have I! 我也有!
短语
R.A.F 皇家空军 royal air force
water the garden 给花园浇水
French paper法语卷子
Teaspoonful 一茶匙的量(n.): a teaspoonful of coffee powder
next-door neighbor 隔壁的邻居
return ticket 往返票
单程票 single/one-way ticket
dust the dressing table 清扫梳妆台
pack our suitcases 收拾手提箱
油腻的食物 rich food
一块肥皂 a bar of soap
一条面包 a loaf of bread
一块巧克力 a bar of chocolates
a tin of tobacco 一罐烟丝
1/4磅的茶叶 a quarter of a pound of tea
make the bed 铺床
make the tea 沏茶
run after a cat 追一只猫咪
run around across the grass 在草地里跑来跑来跑去
at the moment 此时
大号信封 envelope of large size(不是big size)
Move into the house 搬进来
do the chores 做杂物
do household chores做家务
smile pleasantly友好地微笑
telephone me 给我打电话
phrasebook 常用语手册
前年 the year before last
时尚,流行 in fashion
grocer 食品杂货铺
greengrocer n.蔬菜水果商;菜贩
Go to the butcher's 去肉店
Go to the grocer's 去食品杂货店
go back to sleep回去睡觉吧
beauty spot 风景区
walk through the woods 在树林中散步
litter basket 垃圾篓
cigarette ends 烟头
tins 罐头盒子,锡罐头
leave litters 丢垃圾
will be prosecuted 将会依法处置,被告
dress in a blue coat 穿着蓝色大衣
was in blue 穿蓝色衣服
nake up her face给她的脸上妆
invite me to dinner邀请我吃晚饭
do extra work加班
do the football pool 下足球赌注
a mink coat 貂皮大衣
未婚夫 future husband
That's sensational news, isn't it?真是个轰动性消息啊,是吧?
We can't make up our minds我们没法下决心
travel by sea or by air 坐船还是坐飞机啊?
wave to you对着你招手呢
race track 赛车塞道
生活小词
electric cooker 电饭锅,电炉
office assistant 办公室文员,办事员
Fares 各种车的费用
青年客栈 youth hostel
sales rep 推销员,销售
wardrobe 衣橱
zip拉链
kettle 水壶
teapot 茶壶
cupboard 碗橱
aerobic 运动员
aeroplane飞机
lamb 羔羊肉
牛肉 beef
牛排 steak
bookcase 书架(小型)
mechanic 技工
garage 车库
lemonade 柠檬汁
sign 交通指示牌
torch 手电筒 turn on a torch点亮手电筒
parrot 鹦鹉
chalk 粉笔 (一般用a piece of,a chalk很少,但也有动词形式:V-T If you chalk something, you draw or write it using a piece of chalk. 用粉笔画; 用粉笔写:He chalked the message on the blackboard. 他用粉笔把这条消息写在黑板上。)
compact 带镜子的粉盒
powder compact 也是粉盒,更准确的说法