the other day 前幾天
I fell across a friend of mine in the Friendship Department Store the other day.
前幾天我在友誼商店偶然遇見了我的一位朋友。
I saw your friend the other day.
前幾天我看到過你的朋友。
spring back 彈回
From time to time, parts of that plate spring back, like a ruler bent over the edge of a desk and let go.
有時,有部分板塊會彈回去,就好像將一把尺子在桌子邊緣壓下去再松開那樣。
He was exiled by his party for years after miserable european election results in 1999, only to spring back stronger.
在1999年歐盟選舉失利后,薩科奇就一直被黨內人士排擠,可是隨后他又東山再起。
adj. 悲慘的,痛苦的,貧乏的