1. be on duty 值班, 值日, 在上班時

2. be in duty bound to (do) (=be required by one's job or esp. by conscience) 有義務(做)

3. be eager for 想得到, 盼望

4. by ear (=play music from memory without having seen it printed) 憑記憶,不看樂譜

5. have an ear for (=have keen recognition of sounds esp. in music and language)對..有鑒賞力

6. a word in one's ear 私房話, 秘密話

7. on earth 究竟, 到底, 全然

8. with ease ( = easily) 容易, 不費力

9. at (one's) ease ( = without worry or nervousness) 自在,不拘束

10. put sb. at his her ease (=free sb. from worry or nervousness)使某人感到無拘束

11. economize on (=save sth. instead of being wasteful) 節省

12. have an effect on 對…有影響

13. be in effect (=be in operation) 有效

14. go into effect 生效. ( 近 come into effect; take effect; be brought into effect)

15. in effect (=in fact, really) 實際上

16. give effect to (=carry out) 實行,使…生效

17. to no effect 不起作用,沒有取得任何效果

18. (be) of no effect (=useless) 無效

19. to the effect that 大意是…,主要內容是…

20. to that effect 是那個意思的…

21. emerge from ( =appear, become known ) 出現, 暴露(問題. 意見等)

22. place(or put, lay) an emphasis on 強調, 把重點放在…上

23. encourage sb. in 鼓勵; encourage sb. in hisher work 鼓勵某人工作; encourage sb. in hisher idleness 慫恿某人游手好閑

24. encourage sb. in …with sth. 用…鼓勵某人做某事

25. on end (=continuously) 連續地

26. (be) at an end (=finished) 結束了

27. no end of (=very manymuch) 很多,大量

28. in the end (=finally, eventually) 最終

29. at one's wit's end (=not knowing what to do or to say) 無法可想, 智窮計盡

30. end up with 以…而結束