| The finest diamond must be cut. 玉不琢,不成器。 |
| You look tired. 你看上去很累。 |
| It』s up to you. 由你決定。 |
| I am so sorry about this. 對此我非常抱歉(遺憾)。 |
| Give a dog a bad name and hang him. 眾口鑠金,積毀銷骨。 |
| Were there any exciting incidents during your journey? 你們在旅行中有沒有什麽令人激動的事情? |
| I would rather see a young man blush than turn pale. 我寧可看到青年人臉紅,也不願看到它臉色變得蒼白。 |
| Better to ask the way than go astray. 問路總比迷路好。 |
| Of course! 當然了! |
| 一花獨放不是春。 One flower does not make a spring. |
| 要不要由你。 Take it or leave it. |
| 她和約翰訂婚/結婚了。 She's engaged/married to John. |
| 鏡子只能幫助你找到臉上的汙點,要擦掉汙點還要靠自己。 A mirror can only help you see the stain on your face; and to wipe it off, you have to rely on yourself. |
| 放債的比借債的記性好。 Creditors have better memories than debtors. |
| 只有死人才無錯誤。/人孰無過。 He is lifeless that is faultless. |
| 上帝要誰滅亡,必先讓他瘋狂。 Whom the gods destroy,they first make mad. |
| 穿袈裟的不一定就是和尚。 It is not the hood that makes the monk. |
| 多做事的捷徑是每次只做一件事。 The shortest way to do many things is to do only one thing at a time. |
| 他善於舉重。 He's good at lifting weights. |
| tamper vi. 幹預,亂弄 |
| piracy n. 海上掠奪;侵犯版權 |
| bear n. 熊;粗魯的人;v. 攜帶;有,懷有;承受,忍受;生育 |
| cripple n. 殘疾人,跛子 vt. 使跛,使殘疾 |
| immense a. 廣大的,巨大的 |
| scissors n. 剪刀 |
| facet n. 刻面,(問題的)一個方面 |
| modest a. 謙虛的;適度的;羞怯的 |