生活中一些簡短的英語可是會難倒一大批人的哦。如果不按照實際情況理所當然理解的話，是會出岔子的。比如說，“Are you there?”是什么意思呢？是說“你在那里嗎？”其實不盡然，一起來看一下吧。

1. As luck would have it, he was caught by the teacher again.[qh]

不幸的是，他又一次被老師逮個正著。[qh]

2. She held the little boy by the right hand.[qh]

她抓著小男孩的右手。（這里用“by”與用“with”意思區別很大。）[qh]

3. Are you there?[qh]

等于句型：Do you follow me?[qh]

4. If you think he is a good man, think again.[qh]

如果你認為他是好人，那你就大錯特錯了。[qh]

5. If my mother had known of it she'd have died a second time.[qh]

要是我媽媽知道了，她會從棺材里爬起來。[qh]

6. That took his breath away.[qh]

他大驚失色。（很形象的說法啊~）[qh]

7. Rubber easily gives way to pressure.[qh]

橡膠很容易變形。[qh]

8. The elevator girl reads between passengers.[qh]

開電梯的姑娘在沒有乘客時看書。[qh]

between=without，相同用法：

She modeled between roles. 她不演戲時去客串下模特。[qh]

9. Students are still arriving.[qh]

學生還沒有到齊。[qh]

10. I must not stay here and do nothing.[qh]

我不能什么都不做待在這兒。[qh]

11. They went away as wise as they came.[qh]

他們一無所獲。（這句有點意料之外，不過仔細一想貌似的確有道理啊~）[qh]

12. I won't do it to save my life.[qh]

我死也不會做。[qh]

13. Nonsense, I don't think his painting is any better than yours.[qh]

胡說，我認為他的畫比你好不到哪去。（好吧……原來是說兩個人畫得都不咋樣……）[qh]

14. Traditionally, Italian presidents have been seen and not heard.[qh]

從傳統上看，意大利總統有名無權。[qh]

15. Work once and work twice.[qh]

一次得手，再次不愁。[qh]

16. You don't want to do that.[qh]

你不應該去做。[qh]

17. My grandfather is nearly 90 and in his second childhood.[qh]

我祖父快90歲了，什么事都需要別人來做。