1、work out

想出，得到(解決方法);解(謎)

Negotiators are due to meet later today to work out a compromise.

談判人員定于今天晚些時候進行會談，商定一個折中方案。

It took me some time to work out what was causing this.

我花了一些時間才弄清此事的起因。

(如期）發生；進展(順利)

Things just didn't work out as planned.

事情根本沒有按計劃進行。

I hope it will work out well.

我希望進展順利。

圓滿結束;完成

People involved in it think it's a nightmare, but I'm sure it will work itself out.

參與者都覺得這是一場噩夢，但我相信其結局會是圓滿的。

2、quite

相當;很;頗

I felt quite bitter about it at the time.

當時我對這件事感到相當怨憤。

I was doing quite well, but I wasn't earning a lot of money.

我干得還算不錯，可是掙的錢卻不算多。

(用于強調所說的話)很，非常

It is quite clear that we were firing in self defence.

事實很清楚，我們開槍是出于自衛。

That's a general British failing. In the USA it's quite different.

那是英國人的普遍缺點。在美國，情況就大不一樣了。