1.cook up a story= weave a story=make up a story=dreams up a story=coin a story 編寫故事=編故事
I think you can weave a story around this incident.
我想你可以圍繞這一事件編一個故事 。
I really think you'd do well to make up a story for the children.
我確實認為你還是為孩子們編一個故事的好 。
2.run into= bump into= meet sb. by chance=偶然遇見=巧遇=不期而遇
He ran into Krettner in the corridor a few minutes later.
幾分鐘之后他在走廊里意外碰到了克雷特納 。
I happened to bump into Mervyn Johns in the hallway.
我在走廊里意外碰見了默文·約翰斯 。
3.hit it off =get well along with=be on good terms with sb=合得來=一見如故=投緣
The pair swapped emails and photos for three months and hit it off so well that they arranged a date in London.
三個月來,他們通了信、交換了照片,相當合得來,于是約在倫敦見面 。
4.day one=第一天
"It's been a battle from day one," Burrell said.
伯勒爾說:“從第一天起就是一場戰(zhàn)斗 。”
This has been a bad inquiry from day one.
調(diào)查工作從一開始就進行不力 。
5.sprinkle= be added/mixed/mingled with something else=點綴=添加=摻雜
Unfortunately, the text is sprinkled with errors.
遺憾的是,文本有零星的錯誤 。
Speaker sprinkled his speech with quotations.
演講者用引證點綴演講 。
Fruits and vegetables in produce markets are sprinkled with water for a number of reasons.
6.butter up=polish the apple =過分恭維, 諂媚, 巴結(jié), 討好
n. 光澤,上光劑,優(yōu)雅,精良
v. 擦亮,磨