講解：
a dozen
(一)打；十二個:
Give me a dozen, please.
請給我來一打。

dickens
(用于問句代替 devil, 表示煩惱或吃驚)究竟,到底:
Where the dickens did he go?
他究竟上哪兒去了？

sizeable noun
相當大的
The town has a sizeable Sikh population.
城里有為數眾多的錫克教教徒。

go unchecked
不加約束的；不受限制的；放任的:
The rise in violent crime must not go unchecked.
暴力犯罪的增長必須加以制止。

on account of sb / sth
由于；因為:
She retired early on account of ill health.
她體弱多病,所以提前退休。

manifest sth (in sth)
表明,清楚顯示(尤指情感、態度或品質)
Social tensions were manifested in the recent political crisis.
最近的政治危機顯示了社會關系的緊張。

speak / talk of the devil
說到某人,某人就到:
Well, speak of the devil—here's Alice now!
嗬,說到曹操,曹操就到——瞧,艾麗斯這不來啦！

I'll be darned!
(表示吃驚)真沒想到,真叫我吃驚