重點講解：
1. shoo sb. away
（揮手）趕走；
eg. You'd better shoo him away.
你最好把他趕走。
eg. I shooed him out of the room.
我把他趕出了房間。
2. close up
（通常因離開）關上，關閉；
eg. Just close up the shop.
把店關了就好了。
eg. The summer house had been closed up all year.
這座消夏別墅關了整整一年。
3. be in awe
對…無比崇敬；對…敬畏；
eg. Caroline hardly dared talk in Alex's presence, she was so in awe of him.
卡羅琳在亞歷克斯面前幾乎不敢說話，她對他很是敬畏。
eg. I was always a little in awe of Great aunt Stephina Roos.
我對斯蒂菲娜老姑總是懷著敬畏之情。
4. open-mouthed
（因震驚、恐懼、興奮等而）張大嘴的，瞠目結舌的，目瞪口呆的；
eg. They watched almost open-mouthed as the two men came towards them.
他們幾乎目瞪口呆地看著那兩個人朝他們走過來。
eg. The finale had 50,000 adults standing in open-mouthed wonderment.
終場一幕讓50，000名成年觀眾驚嘆得張大嘴站了起來。
5. lay into
痛打；攻擊；抨擊；
eg. A mob of women laid into him with handbags and pointed shoes.
一幫女人用手提包砸他，用鞋尖踢他。
eg. She used to lay into Gareth about how much he spent.
她以前常常責備加雷思花錢如何如何厲害。
6. for God's sake
（用于加強請求、疑問的語氣或表示厭煩、惱怒）看在上帝份上，天哪，行行好，拜托；
eg. For God's sake stop dithering and make up your mind!
看在上帝面上，別再猶豫了，快拿定主意吧！
eg. For God's sake, say no more of his partners.
天哪，不要提他那些舞伴了吧。