1.sign up 簽約;報名
例句:He saw the song's potential, and persuaded the company to sign her up.
他看到了這首歌的潛力,就說服公司和她簽約。
2.severe beating 嚴重毆打
例句:She gave her son a severe beating.
她給兒子一頓痛打。
3.suffering from 遭受
例句:I realized he was suffering from shock.
我意識到他休克了。
4.hard labour 苦役
例句:The sentence of the court was twelve years' hard labour, to be served in a British prison.
法庭判其在一所英國監獄里服12年苦役。