Showing up at my house?想到要出現在我家里

show up:露面

His show-off only serves to show up his ignorance.

他的賣弄只不過暴露了他自己的無知。

What puzzles me is why they didn't show up.

令我百思不解的是他們為什么沒有出現。

Rather than making this harder,You might want to think about facilitating a detente for the two of us.與其讓事情變得更復雜，不如考慮一下，如何讓我和她和平共處比較好

rather than:與其 ... 倒不如

It is a telex rather than a letter.

與其說它是一封信，不如說它是一封電傳。

think about:考慮

I'll think about it while I have a chew.

我吃飯時會想想看。

Even now when I think about it I feel pain in my heart.

就是現在想起來我心里都感到難受。