1.catch up wth 追趕
Although he subsequently became a successful businessman, his criminal past caught up with him.
盡管后來他成了事業有成的生意人,以前的犯罪前科終究讓他嘗到了苦果 。
2.make it 及時到達
The train leaves in five minutes. We'll never make it.
火車再有五分鐘就開了,我們絕對趕不上了 。
3.make a living 討生活
Many farmers have to depend on subsidies to make a living wage.
許多農民的基本生活工資要靠補貼來維持 。
4.happen to be 碰巧是
I happen to be an aficionado of the opera, and I love art museums
碰巧我是個歌劇迷,而且我愛去藝術博物館 。
5.forced into 被迫
Ray changed his mind, claiming that he had been forced into confessing
雷翻了供,聲稱自己是被逼招供的 。