重點講解：
1. quit doing sth.
停止；退出；放棄做某事；
eg. I was trying to quit smoking at the time.
當時我正在努力戒煙。
eg. You are never a loser unless you quit trying.
你永遠不會失敗，除非你停止嘗試。
2. by the way
順便地；附帶說一句；
eg. Oh, by the way, there is a telephone message for you.
噢，對，有你一個電話口信。
eg. By the way, I'm going to clean out all the old files by tomorrow.
順便說一下, 我將在明天把所有的舊文檔都清理掉.
3. sure enough
果真，果然（尤用在講故事時）；
eg. Peter had his head in a tar barrel sure enough.
不出所料，彼得陷入了困境。
eg. Sure enough, it did develop.
的確如此，事情有了發展。
4. do one's nuts
大發雷霆；極端惱火；
eg. I told him what she had said about him and he did his nut.
我把她議論他的話告訴了他，他大發雷霆。
eg. We heard your sister doing her nut.
我們聽到你妹妹在大發脾氣。
5. be ready to do sth.
準備好做某事；
eg. The research group is ready to start its work.
這個研究小組已準備好隨時開始工作。
eg. At the age when most people retire, he is ready to face a new career.
在大多數人都退休的年齡，他卻準備好面對新的職業。
6. couldn't resist doing sth.
忍不住做某事；不禁做某事；
eg. I couldn't resist telling him the secret.
我忍不住把那個秘密告訴了他。
eg. I couldn't resist peeking in the drawer.
我不由得偷看了一下抽屜里面。
7. shut up
（使）住口；（使）閉嘴；
eg. Shut up. I'm trying to think.
別說了，我在想問題。
eg. A sharp put-down was the only way to shut her up.
對她冷嘲熱諷是讓她閉嘴的唯一方法。