1.knock over: 打翻

Higher interest rates will knock over all of the other dominoes in China's economy.
提高利率將引起中國經濟的“多米諾骨牌”效應。

2.leave alone: 不管(不理，不干涉，讓單獨呆著)

Leave alone the footnotes.
別去管那些腳注。

He hasn't enough money for food, leave alone amusements.
他連伙食錢都不夠，更不必說娛樂了。

3.look in on: 照看

The next time you visit Italy, please look in on me.
下次你來意大利時來找我吧。

The mayor also called on ordinary New Yorkers to look in on their fairest neighbors.
市長還號召紐約市民一起關心他們身體不好的鄰居。

4.with the aid of: 借助于，通過……的幫助

We read these messages and print them with the aid of small computers.
我們閱讀這些信息，然后用微型電腦打印出來。

5.nowhere near: 遠不及(談不上)

Practicing a piece of music for four hours requires focused attention, but it is nowhere near as cognitively demanding as a sleepover with 14-year-old girls.
4個小時練習一段音樂需要集中注意力，但它遠不及一個14歲女孩在外過夜對認識能力的要求更高。

6.throw down: 扔下來，推翻

Throw down you weapons and come out! The building is surrounded, so you might as well give up now.
扔掉武器出來！ 這幢房子被包圍了，你們馬上投降。