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Don't be a fish out of water. 不要覺得彆扭。 |
= Don't be embarrassingly different from everyone else.
＊ be a fish out of water
feel like
像魚兒離水般不知所措/很不自在/侷促不安
＊embarrassingly adv.
例:Jane felt like a fish out of water when she wore jeans to the party but all the other girls wore skirts.
(當珍穿著牛仔褲參加派對而其他女孩子都穿裙子時，她覺得很不自在。)
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crazy a. 狂熱的; 瘋狂的 |
be crazy about... 非常喜歡……; 對……狂熱
go crazy 抓狂
例:Dave is crazy about basketball.
(戴夫非常迷籃球。)
Tony went crazy when his girlfriend went out with another man.
(當湯尼的女友和別的男人約會時，他氣瘋了。) |
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slang n. 俚語 (不可數) |
例:People don't usually use slang on formal occasions.
(在正式場合中人們不常使用俚語。)
＊occasion n. 場合
注意:
若表『一個俚語』則應說"a slang expression"。 |
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tend to + 原形動詞 往往會……; 易於……; 有……傾向 |
= be apt to + 原形動詞
= be liable to + 原形動詞
例:Frank tends to get nervous when speaking to girls.
(法蘭克和女孩子講話時很容易緊張。) |
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overdo vt. 過度使用 |
動詞三態: overdo、overdid 、overdone 。
例:It's good to work hard but don't overdo it.
(勤奮努力很好，但不可過度。) |
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otherwise adv. 否則 (的話) |
例:Don't take drugs. Otherwise, you'll regret it one day.
(不要吸毒。否則，將來有一天你會後悔的。) |
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be off the hook 脫離困境/危險 |
hook n. 魚鉤; 鉤, 陷阱
例:Now that the real murderer confessed to the murder, the original suspect is off the hook.
(既然真正的凶手承認犯下了那樁謀殺案，原嫌疑犯便消白了。)
＊suspect n. 嫌疑犯
The Cantonese restaurant hangs the cooked chickens and ducks on hooks.
(那家廣式餐廳把煮好的雞鴨掛在鉤子上。) |
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feel at home 感到自在/不拘束 |
= feel relaxed
例:Make yourself feel at home; don't stand on ceremony.
(放輕鬆；不要拘束。)
＊stand on ceremony 講究禮節; 拘於形式
ceremony n. 儀式 |
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