1.collect yourself/your thoughts 1.(盡力)鎮定下來,斂神專注；2. 為…做好精神準備

例句：I'm fine—I just need a minute to collect myself.

我沒事,只是需要稍稍鎮定一下。

She paused to collect her thoughts before entering the interview room.

她停下來定了定神,才走進面試室。

2.collect sth up 把某物收起擱置

Would somebody collect up all the dirty glasses?

誰來把這些臟玻璃杯收拾一下好嗎？

3.put down roots 1.(植物)生根 2.定居

例句：After ten years travelling the world, she felt it was time to put down roots somewhere.

游歷世界十年之后,她覺得該是找個地方定居的時候了。

root and branch 完全徹底

例句：The government set out to destroy the organization root and branch.

政府著手完全徹底地摧毀這個組織。

root-and-branch reforms 全面徹底的改革

take root 1.( 植物) 生根 2. (思想) 植根；深入人心

例句：Fortunately, militarism failed to take root in Europe as a whole.

幸運的是,軍國主義沒有能夠深入整個歐洲。

4.recipe book 食譜書

例句：Now she wants to do something more with it. Maybe private cooking classes or a recipe book.

現在，她想在這方面做更多的事情，也許是開個烹飪課或是寫本菜譜。