1. edge up

漸升，微升；由邊上慢慢靠攏

eg. But unlike most celebrity romances, there's a happy ending: "People" magazine saw its circulation edge up by 2 percent.

但非明星羅曼史的雜志們可能會有個好結(jié)局——《人物》雜志的發(fā)行量上升了兩個百分點。

eg. The September trade gap is expected to edge up to $31.60 billion from $30.71 billion the previous month, according to economists polled by Thomson Reuters.

據(jù)接受湯森路透訪問的分析師預(yù)期,美國9月貿(mào)易逆差料小幅攀升至316億美元,前月為逆差307.1億.

2. bit my lip

咬住嘴唇

eg. I bit my lip to keep from crying out as we reached the basement door which was locked.

我緊咬嘴唇，盡力不讓自己哭出來，隨后我們到達地下室門口，門是鎖著的。

eg. To prove him wrong, I bit my lip to keep from crying.

為了證明不是這么回事，我一直咬著嘴唇?jīng)]哭出來。

3. up and down

上上下下；到處；前前后后；來來往往

eg. He looked me up and down.

他開始上下打量我。

eg. “ Cortisol and adrenaline go up and down, ” he said.

“皮質(zhì)醇和腎上腺素升高和降低，”他說。