1. clock in 打卡

Don't forget to clock in, otherwise you won't get paid.　

別忘了打卡，否則領不到錢。

2. come on to 對……輕薄；吃豆腐

Tanya slapped Bill after he came on to her.

Tanya 在 Bill 對她輕薄之后打了他一巴掌。

3. come easily 易如反掌

Languages come easily to some people.

語言學習對有些人來說易如反掌。

4. don't have a cow 別大驚小怪

Don't have a cow! I'll pay for the damages.

別大驚小怪的！我會賠償損失的。

5. push around 欺騙

Don't try to push me around!

別想耍我！

6. keep one's shirt on 保持冷靜

Keep your shirt on. He didn't mean to offend you. That's just the way he talks.

保持冷靜。那只是他說話的慣常方式，他并非有意要冒犯你。

7. cool it 冷靜一點

Cool it. You are making me mad.

冷靜一點。你快把我逼瘋了。

8. joy ride 兜風

Let's go for a joy ride.

讓我們去兜兜風。

9. rap 說唱樂

Do you like rap music? I have trouble understanding the words.

你喜歡說唱音樂嗎？我聽不太懂其中的歌詞。

10. red-letter day 大日子

This is a red-letter day for Susan. She made her first sale to a very important client.

今天是 Susan 的大日子。她和一個非常重要的客戶做成了第一筆生意。

11. go up in smoke 成為泡影

Peter's vacation plans went up in smoke when a crisis arose in the office.

辦公室出了問題，Peter 的假期泡湯了。

12. hit the road 上路

We should probably hit the road. It's going to take us two hours to get home.

我們可能該上路了。到家得兩個小時呢！

13. shape up 表現良好，乖

You'd better shape up if you want to stay on.

如果你還想留下來的話最好乖一點兒。

14. scare the shit out of someone 嚇死某人了

Don't sneak up behind me like that. You scared the shit out of me.

不要那樣從后面悄悄走近我。你嚇死我了。

15. pull strings 運用關系（源于“拉木偶的線”）

He pulled some strings and managed to get us front row seats for the concert.

他運用關系替我們拿到音樂會前排的位子。