1.a property/housing boom 房地產/住房的迅速發展
例句：Living standards improved rapidly during the post-war property boom.
在戰后那段繁榮昌盛的時期里,生活水平得到了迅速提高。

2.perform/attempt/achieve astonishing feats 表演驚人的技藝；爭取/取得驚人的功績
例句：That was no mean feat (= it was difficult to do).
那是偉大的成就。
The tunnel is a brilliant feat of engineering.
這條隧道是工程方面的光輝業績。

3.calculated sth 精心蓄謀的
例句：He took a calculated risk (= a risk that you decide is worth taking even though you know it might have bad results).
他甘冒風險,因為他覺得值。

4.self-made man 靠自己奮斗成功的；白手起家的
例句：He was proud of the fact that he was a self-made man.
他為自己白手起家而自豪。

5.avenge sth /avenge yourself on sb 報(某事)之仇；向(某人)報仇
例句：He promised to avenge his father's murder.
他發誓要報殺父之仇。

6.reputation (as sth)/reputation (for sth/for doing sth) 名譽名聲
例句：I'm aware of Mark's reputation for being late.
我知道馬克遲到是出了名的。

7.a merciless killer/attack 無情的殺手/攻擊
the merciless heat of the sun 太陽的酷熱
例句：He is a merciless killer who has reputation for getting what he wants by any means necessary.
他是個無情的殺手，以不擇手段獲得自己所要的東西而著稱。