All Carla wanted to do was to lose weight,卡拉那時只有一個念頭，就是減輕體重

lose weight:減肥

She has been taking exercises to lose weight from day to day.

她每天鍛煉來減肥。

近義詞:

slim down消瘦

She tries to get fit and slim down.

她努力使身體健康體形苗條。

but she began to feel ill just five weeks into her course of treatment.但當她開始療程五個星期后開始覺得身體抱恙

feel ill:心情不好，身體不適

Did you really feel ill this morning?

今天早晨你真的感到身體不適嗎？

I always feel ill at ease in a strange environment.

我在陌生環境總覺不自在。

I was up dancing with the kids and just having fun with them,當時我在和孩子們跳舞，玩得正高興

have fun with:玩得開心

Did you have fun with Uncle today?

今天跟叔叔玩得開心嗎?

詞義辨析：

make fun, make a joke這兩個短語的共同意思是“取笑某人”“同某人開玩笑”。其區別是：

這兩個短語后接的介詞不同, make fun后接of; make a joke后接about。例如:

Don't make fun of an old man.

Don't make a joke about an old man.

不要同老年人開玩笑。