on edge緊張不安

interfere in sb.'s private affairs干涉某人的私事

lag behind 落后

jet lag 生理節(jié)奏的失調(diào)或時(shí)差反應(yīng)

by tradition 按照傳統(tǒng)

true to tradition 名不虛傳地

observe sb.do sth. 觀察到某人做某事

observe sb. doing sth．觀察到某人在做某事

pattern oneself after模仿(某人的)樣子

penalty kick(足球)罰點(diǎn)球

penalty area 罰球區(qū)

pension sb. off使某人退休并發(fā)放養(yǎng)老金

draw a pension 領(lǐng)養(yǎng)老金

win popularity 得人心

lose popularity失人心

on the edge of 處于……的邊緣

encourage sb. to do sth. 鼓勵(lì)某人做某事

discourage sb. from doing sth. 勸阻某人做某事

at fault 有責(zé)任，出毛病

find fault with抱怨，找岔子，挑剔

merits and faults優(yōu)缺點(diǎn)

on file存檔

in file 依次，魚(yú)貫地

file in 魚(yú)貫而入

file out魚(yú)貫而出

try one's fortune碰運(yùn)氣

make a fortune 發(fā)財(cái)，致富

a man of fortune財(cái)主

at a glance看一眼就知道

at first glance乍一看，最初看到時(shí)

push around 擺布，欺負(fù)

push on匆匆向前，繼續(xù)前進(jìn)

when push comes to shove在緊要關(guān)頭

in the raw 處在自然狀態(tài)的；裸體的

a raw soldier 新兵

a raw wound刺痛的傷口

launch into開(kāi)始從事，投身于；大發(fā)(議論)

launch an artificial satellite發(fā)射人造衛(wèi)星

launch a new enterprise創(chuàng)辦一個(gè)新企業(yè)

launch an attack 開(kāi)始攻擊

lease sth. from sb. 向某人租某物

lease sth. to sb.租某物給某人

in a mess 亂七八糟

mess about/around閑蕩；輕率地對(duì)待

mess up 把……弄糟;把……弄亂(或弄臟)

in gear處于正常狀態(tài)

gear up (使)準(zhǔn)備好,(使)做好安排

be geared to適應(yīng)于

on receipt of 一收到就……

be in receipt of已收到……