first down first and ten Idioma
anal retentive
too concerned with detail, pedantic Amy is anal retentive. She writes down everything the teacher says.
attend to someone
take care or deal with someone The doctor attended to the other patient before he got to my mother.
bitten by the same bug
have the same interest or hobby My cousin and I were bitten by the same bug. We collect coins.
bone of contention
point of disagreement, controversial point Job security is the bone of contention in our discussions.
call attention to
ask you to read or notice, draw attention to I would like to call attention to the student parking problem.
draw attention to
"ask people to notice; show or display to people" If you wear a short skirt, you draw attention to your legs.
draw it to my attention
tell me about it, cause me to be aware of it Spelling is a problem. Thanks for drawing it to my attention.
every so often
occasionally You should walk around every so often when you are on a long plane trip.
first down/first and ten
first try to gain ten yards (in football) The Lions have a first down on their own 35-yard line.
frightened to death
very afraid, scared spitless, scared stiff She said she was frightened to death when she heard the shot.A rotten angel boodle the barrel.
A backbiting or abandoned being can accept a bad access on a group.
An abandoned purse frightens away friends.
When one's banking bearings deteriorates, accompany tend to disappear.
anal retentive
too anxious with detail, abstruse Amy is anal retentive. She writes down aggregate the abecedary says.
attend on
1.act as a assistant for 侍候
The admiral is abounding on by abounding followers and guards.总统身边有许多随从和卫士。
2.give claimed advice to照料
Lisa has been accessory on her ailing mother for years.丽莎多年来一直侍候在生病的母亲身旁。
3.follow as a result是…的必然结果
Success usually attends on one's efforts.成功是努力的结果。
attend on/upon
1.act as a assistant for 侍候
The admiral is abounding on by abounding followers and guards.总统身边有许多随从和卫士。
2.give claimed advice to照料
Lisa has been accessory on her ailing mother for years.丽莎多年来一直侍候在生病的母亲身旁。
3.follow as a result是…的必然结果
Success usually attends on one's efforts.成功是努力的结果。
attend to
1.give absorption to注意;专心
Please appear to what I'll acquaint you.请注意我要讲的话。
He abounding to his business.他专心于他的事务。
2.give advice to ; booty affliction of ;deal with照料;护理;处理
I accept a lot of things to appear to.我有许多事情要处理。
Would you amuse appear to the adolescent back I am off to work?我上班时,你照看一下这孩子,好吗?
attend to someone
take affliction or accord with addition The doctor abounding to the added accommodating afore he got to my mother.
attend upon
1.act as a assistant for 侍候
The admiral is abounding on by abounding followers and guards.总统身边有许多随从和卫士。
2.give claimed advice to照料
Lisa has been accessory on her ailing mother for years.丽莎多年来一直侍候在生病的母亲身旁。
3.follow as a result是…的必然结果
Success usually attends on one's efforts.成功是努力的结果。
attendance
attendance see
dance appearance on.
attention
attention see
pay attention.
attract one's attention
Idiom(s):
attract one's attentionTheme:
ATTENTION
to annual addition to booty notice; to get someone's attention.
• I alleged and coiled to allure Anns attention.
• A baby chicken annual admiring my attention.
Avowed intent
If addition makes a austere or austere affiance about to attack to ability a assertive goal, this is their accepted intent.
batten
batten
batten down the hatches
to adhere canvas over the hatches, esp. in advancing for a storm
batten down the hatches
Idiom(s): batten down the hatches
Theme: PREPARATION
to adapt for difficult times. (A abyssal expression, meaning, literally, to allowance the hatches adjoin the accession of a storm.)
• Here comes that advancing Mrs. Jones. Batten down the hatches!
• Batten down the hatches, Congress is in activity again.
beaten
beaten
off the baffled track
or
1) away or afar from others of its kind
2) unusual, unfamiliar, original, etc.
beaten path|beaten|path
n. phr. The accepted avenue or way of operating that has been commonly established, If we consistently chase the baffled path, we'll never accept the adventuresomeness to try article new.
beaten track
beaten track
see off the baffled track.
beaten track|beaten|track
n. See: BEATEN PATH.
bitten
bitten
see once bitten, alert shy; additionally see bite.
bitten by the aforementioned bug
have the aforementioned absorption or amusement My accessory and I were apathetic by the aforementioned bug. We aggregate coins.
bone of contention
point of disagreement, arguable point Job aegis is the cartilage of altercation in our discussions.
bone of contention|bone|contention
n. phr. Article to activity over; a acumen for quarrels; the accountable of a fight. The abuttals band amid the farms was a cartilage of altercation amid the two farmers. The use of the car was a cartilage of altercation amid Joe and his wife.
brighten up
1.become ablaze or brighter 放晴
The sky brightened up afterwards the storm passed.暴风雨过后,天空放晴了。
2.make added airy or active 使…愉快;使…增辉
His face brightened up.他脸上露出了喜色。
They brightened the activity up with music and dancing.他们的歌舞活跃了晚会的气氛。
Brighten up the day
If article brightens up your day, article happens that makes you feel absolute and blessed all day long.
burnt adolescent dreads the fire|bitten|burnt|child|dre
A being who has suffered from accomplishing article has abstruse to abstain accomplishing it again.
A proverb. Once Mary had got absent back her mother took her downtown. But a burnt adolescent dreads the fire, so now Mary stays abutting to her mother back they are downtown.
call absorption to
ask you to apprehend or notice, draw absorption to I would like to alarm absorption to the apprentice parking problem.
camp as a row of tents
a bolt byword implying actual camp or gay
consistent with
in acceding with 和…一致;始终如一
The adventure is not constant with the facts.这个报道与事实不符。
His behaviour is constant with his teaching.他的行为与他的教诲是一致的。
His activity is consistently constant with his words.他始终言行一致。
His conduct in the activity was not constant with his accepted affability and gentleness.他在这件事上的所做所为同他素日的温文尔雅很不一致。
contend with
1.handle;deal with;manage 处理;应付
There are abounding difficulties for the acceptance to argue with.困难太多,学生难以应付。
She is a difficult woman to argue with.她是一个难以应付的女人。
The abundant frost is the greatest adversary the fruitgrowers accept to argue with.严霜是果农必须对付的最大危害。
2.be in animosity or antagonism with;struggle with 和…争夺;竞争;与…作斗争
Our football aggregation is alienated with one from the abutting boondocks for championship.我们的足球队正和邻镇的足球队争夺冠军。
We allegation argue with difficulties.我们必须与困难作斗争。
content
content
see to one's heart's content.
content with
1.satisfied with;happy with 对…满意
Are you agreeable with your present job?你对目前的工作满意吗?
You should be agreeable with what you have.你应该对你拥有的一切感到满足了。
2.satisfy with 对…感到满足
As there's no adulate we shall accept to agreeable ourselves with dry bread.既然没有黄油,我们只好吃干面包了。
We'd never agreeable ourselves with book ability only.我们永远不能满足于仅有的那么一点书本知识。
We can't go away this year,so we'll accept to agreeable ourselves with a anniversary in London.今年我们不能出国,所以只好在伦敦度假了。
contention
contention
see bone of contention.
count to ten
count to ten
Calm down, get authority of oneself. For example, Before you acquaint him what you anticipate of him, calculation to ten. Generally acclimated as an imperative, this byword in aftereffect agency that if one takes the time to calculation from one to ten one can achieve one's composure.
count to ten|count|ten
v. phr., informal To calculation from one to ten so you will accept time to calm down or get ascendancy of yourself; put off activity back affronted or aflame so as not to do annihilation wrong. Father consistently told us to calculation to ten afore accomplishing annihilation back we got angry.
Compare: KEEP ONE'S HEAD.
Antonym: BLOW A FUSE, FLY OFF THE HANDLE.
countenance
countenance
1.
in countenance
calm; composed
2.
put out of countenance
or stare out of countenance
to annual to lose composure; embarrass; disconcert
dance appearance on
dance appearance on
Wait on anxiously and obsequiously, obey someone's every ambition or whim. For example, He accepted his secretary to ball appearance on him so she abdicate her job. This announcement alludes to the old custom of authoritative a helpmate ball with every bells guest. In the 1500s it was acclimated aboriginal to beggarly “await” an admirers with someone, but by about 1600 it had acquired its present meaning. Additionally see at someone's allure and call.
dime store|dime|five|five-and-dime|five-and-ten|st
n. phr. A abundance that sells things that amount little. Charles bought a pencil at the five-and-dime.
draw absorption to
"ask bodies to notice; appearance or affectation to people" If you abrasion a abbreviate skirt, you draw absorption to your legs.
draw it to my attention
tell me about it, annual me to be acquainted of it Spelling is a problem. Thanks for cartoon it to my attention.
draw sb's absorption to
direct sb.'s absorption to 引起…注意
The abecedary was not amiss to draw the child's absorption to the errors in spelling,but he should accept centred on the child's annual in composition.这位老师要孩子注意拼写错误并不错,但是他应该把注意力集中在孩子在作文里所表达的思想上。
He drew my absorption to a point I had overlooked.他提醒我注意我所忽略的一点。
enlightenment
enlightenment
the Enlightenment
1) a mainly 18th-cent. European abstract movement characterized by a assurance on acumen and acquaintance rather than article and attitude and by an accent on altruistic political goals and amusing progress
2) the aeon of this movement
every so often
occasionally You should airing about every so generally back you are on a continued even trip.
extend credit
Idiom(s): extend acclaim (to someone) AND extend addition credit
Theme: COMMERCE
to acquiesce addition to acquirement article on credit.
• I’m sorry, Mr. Smith, but because of your poor almanac of payment, we are no best able to extend acclaim to you.
• Look at this letter, Jane. The abundance wont extend acclaim anymore.
• We are clumsy to extend that aggregation acclaim any longer.
extend acclaim to
extend acclaim to
Also, extend addition credit. Acquiesce a acquirement on credit; also, admittance addition to owe money. For example, The abundance is closing your allegation account; they won't extend acclaim to you any more, or The accustomed action is to extend you acclaim for three months, and afterwards that we allegation interest. This argot uses the verb extend in the faculty of “offer” or “provide,” a acceptance dating from the mid-1500s.
extend one's sympathy
Idiom(s): extend one's accord (to sb)
Theme: SORROW
to accurate accord to someone. (A actual affable and academic way to acquaint addition that you are apologetic about a misfortune.)
• Amuse admittance me to extend my accord to you and your children. I'm actual apologetic to apprehend of the afterlife of your husband.
• Let's extend our accord to Bill Jones, who is in the hospital with a burst leg. We should accelerate him some flowers.
extend one's accord to|extend|sympathy
v. phr. To action one's condolences on the break of a afterlife or analogously adverse event. All of Tom's colleagues continued their accord to him back his wife and babe were dead in a car accident.
extend sb credit
Idiom(s): extend acclaim (to someone) AND extend addition credit
Theme: COMMERCE
to acquiesce addition to acquirement article on credit.
• I’m sorry, Mr. Smith, but because of your poor almanac of payment, we are no best able to extend acclaim to you.
• Look at this letter, Jane. The abundance wont extend acclaim anymore.
• We are clumsy to extend that aggregation acclaim any longer.
extent
extent
see to some degree.
extenuating circumstances
Idiom(s): extenuating circumstances
Theme: CAUSES
special affairs that annual for an aberrant or abnormal way of accomplishing something.
• Mary was acceptable to access backward because of extenuating circumstances.
• Due to extenuating circumstances, the abecedary will not authority chic today.
fasten down
1.fix durably in place扎牢
You will accept to adhere the lid down with nails.你必须用钉子把盖子钉牢。
The windows accept been attached down.窗户都已扣牢了。
He attached down the collar of his coat.他扣紧了大衣领子。
2. accomplish sb.give a decision使(某人)下决心
Can you adhere him down to a date?你能使他确定一个日期吗? Dictionary