have a surprise for somebody：給某人帶來驚喜

【典型范例1】I don't know, I might have a surprise for you.

我說不上來，可能會給你捎回一個意想不到的消息。

【典型范例2】I have a surprise in store for you.

我有一件要使你吃驚的事情。

even if：即使

【典型范例1】One cannot but admire her even if one may not like her.

你即使不喜歡她也只得佩服她。

【典型范例2】Nothing could have saved him even if he had been tended without delay.

即使當(dāng)時他得到了及時的救護(hù)，他的生命也無法挽救。

make something up：編造

【典型例句1】I think it's very unkind of you to make up stories about him.

我認(rèn)為你編造他的謠言很不厚道。

【典型例句2】I'm not making it up. The character exists in real life.

我沒有憑空捏造，這種人現(xiàn)實生活中確實存在。

make up for： 彌補(bǔ);補(bǔ)足

【典型例句1】Ask for an extra compensation payment to make up for the stress you have been caused.

為補(bǔ)償你為此承受的壓力，你要申請額外的補(bǔ)償金。

【典型例句2】A conservatory would make up for the fact that we were refused planning permission for a roof terrace.

我們建屋頂平臺的計劃被駁回了，要是能蓋一間溫室也算一種補(bǔ)償。

【典型例句3】The semi-finalists had to play twice in the day to make up for time lost to bad weather.

為了補(bǔ)回惡劣天氣耽誤的時間，半決賽選手不得不一日雙賽。

get a chance to do：有機(jī)會做某事

【典型范例1】But you won't get a chance to learn the optical trade here.

但是你沒有機(jī)會在這里學(xué)眼鏡手藝。

【典型范例2】You get a chance like this only once in a blue moon.

這種機(jī)會你是很難得到的。

make a mistake

【典型范例1】If we don't concentrate on our work we'll make a mistake.

我們?nèi)绻粚Ｐ墓ぷ鳎蜁霾铄e。

【典型范例2】You make a mistake to think that I would come to heel.

你認(rèn)為我會屈服，那你就錯了。