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用法学习： 1. I rest my case. I. Lit. 完成陈述. I have completed the presentation of my argument. (Said by a lawyer.) My argument is proven; I conclude my statement. All the evidence points toward the defendant's guilt. I rest my case. Clearly the defendant is guilty. I rest my case. II. Fig. What you just heard sums up my point of view. something that you say when someone says or does something that proves the truth of something you have just said. The previous encapsulates my view. The drive will be too long, the seats too few, and the people too many. I rest my case. 'It's time Nigel left home, or he'll never learn to be independent.' 'He doesn't even know how to boil an egg.' 'I rest my case.' Your remark just supported my position! I rest my case. 2. He'll continue on with me. standdown n. A relaxation from a state of readiness or alert. a halt in normal military operations. a suspension and relaxation from an alert state or a state of readiness. You can roll now你可以走了. roll I. (chiefly US, Canada, colloquial) To leave or begin a journey. I want to get there early, let's roll. II. (chiefly US, Canada, colloquial) To compete, especially with vigor. OK guys, we're only down by 2 points, let's roll! III. (US, slang) To behave in a certain way; to adopt a general disposition toward a situation. I was going to kick his ass, but he wasn't worth getting all worked up over, I don't roll like that. IV. (intransitive, of a camera) To be filming. The cameras are rolling. V. (transitive, slang) To cause to betray secrets or to testify for the prosecution. The feds rolled him by giving him a free pass for most of what he'd done. fed:  A federal agent or official. an agent of the FBI. VI. (intransitive, slang) To betray secrets. 出卖 He rolled on those guys after being in jail two days. give someone a pass 破例, 不追究, 放一马, 赦免 To make an exception for someone. Giving exemption from current rules. I'll give you a pass this time, but in the future please remember that all books must be returned according to library rules. free pass I. safe passage. II. A document entitling the bearer to free transportation. III. An exemption from normal processes. IV. (baseball) An intentional walk. Smith was issued a free pass after Jones' double. get out of jail free card (idiomatic) something that will relieve an undesired situation. 3. Can you break 100 dollars破钱, 找开? You battery is out man. rut 1 n. I. a groove or furrow in a soft road, caused by wheels. II. any deep mark, hole, or groove. III. 例行公事一样. a narrow or predictable way of life, set of attitudes, etc.;. A fixed, usually boring routine. dreary or undeviating routine.  a fixed or established mode of procedure or course of life, usu. dull or unpromising: to fall into a rut. rut 2 n. I. An annually recurring condition or period of sexual excitement and reproductive activity in male deer. II. A condition or period of mammalian sexual activity, such as estrus. in a rut Fig. in a type of boring habitual behavior. (As when the wheels of a buggy travel in the ruts worn into the ground by other buggies making it easiest to go exactly the way all the other buggies have gone before. be ~; get ~.) My life has gotten into a rut. I try not to get into a rut. (stuck) in a rut 太过规律, 太过循规蹈矩, 一成不变 Fig. kept in an established way of living or working that never changes. to do the same things all the time so that you become bored, or to be in a situation where it is impossible to make progress. At forty my life was in a rut, so I gave up work and travelled to India. It's clear the economy is still stuck in a rut. David felt like he was stuck in a rut, so he went back to school. Anne was tired of being in a rut, so she moved to Los Angeles. 4. A bidet ([bi'dei] or UK ['bi:dei]) is a low-mounted plumbing fixture or type of sink intended for washing the genitalia, inner buttocks, and anus. Bidet is a French loanword. Bidets are primarily used to wash and clean the genitalia, perineum, inner buttocks, feet, and anus. They may also be used to clean any other part of the body such as feet. Despite appearing similar to a toilet, it would be more accurate to compare it to the washbasin or bathtub. Bidets once served as a practical way for couples to prepare themselves before sex, as well as to rinse themselves afterwards. It is generally understood that the user should sit on a bidet facing the tap and nozzle for washing the genitalia, and should sit with back to the tap and wall背对着墙坐 when washing the anus and buttocks. A dedicated towel or wipe is often available for drying. 5. aborigines[ni:s] Plural form of aborigine. 新闻片段: The fallout over the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin reverberated ( reverberate [ri'vɜ:bə,reit] (verberate v. to beat, strike) I. 回响, 回荡. To resound in a succession of echoes; reecho. to resound or re-echo the explosion reverberated through the castle. II. To have a prolonged or continuing effect: Those talks with his teacher reverberated throughout his life. III. To be repeatedly reflected, as sound waves, heat, or light. IV. To be forced or driven back; recoil or rebound. reverberate with something to echo or resound with something. The hall reverberated with the rich basso voice of Walter Rogers. The church reverberated with the roar of the pipe organ. reverberate throughout something [for sound] to roll about and fill a space. The thunder reverberated throughout the valley. The noise of chairs scraping the floor reverberated throughout the room. The thunder reverberated through the valley. The sound of the organ reverberated through the church. vibrate [vai'breit] 振动, 振荡 vb I. to move or cause to move back and forth rapidly; shake, quiver, or throb. II. (intr) to oscillate. III. to send out (a sound) by vibration; resonate or cause to resonate. resonate ['rɛzə,neit] I.  To exhibit or produce resonance or resonant effects. II. To evoke a feeling of shared emotion or belief: "It is a demonology [that] seems to resonate among secular and religious voters alike". ) across the country on Sunday from church pulpits to street protests, setting off 引发 a conversation about race, crime and how the American justice system handled a racially polarizing killing of a young black man walking in a residential neighborhood in Florida. 新闻二Glee star died: A source close to the brunette beauty also told HollywoodLife.com: "She [Lea Michele] is absolutely hysterical and completely inconsolable无法安慰的. She is devastated beyond belief." An autopsy is scheduled for Monday, but LePard said that all indications are that there was no foul play. Surveillance video and data from fob key (房卡. key fob I. an item carried on a key ring either as decoration or security. II. a remote control for locking/unlocking a car door, carried with the car keys. A key fob is a type of security token: a small hardware device with built-in authentication mechanisms. Just as the keys held on an ordinary real-world key chain or fob control access to the owner's home or car, the mechanisms in the key fob control access to network services and information. ) entries showed Monteith returning to his room in the early hours of Saturday morning. LePard said Monteith had been out with people earlier in the evening, and that those people are being interviewed. "As was the case in countless homes, I watched Glee regularly with my daughters, and I know there will be shock and sadness in many households家庭 with the news of his tragic death." "I've never been afraid of working," he said. "I've never been afraid of auditioning for jobs. Obviously, I've never been afraid of anonymity. I was happy (before 'Glee'). I'm happy now. I guess I'm well adjusted调整的很好." 6. turn up one's toes 翘脚了, 蹬腿了 Sl. to die. When I turn up my toes, I want a big funeral with lots of flowers. Our cat turned up his toes during the night. He was nearly ten years old. I took the liberty of booking you into this hotel. Linda Koslowski was imported to play the American reporter; Actors' Equity Australia objected to this but eventually relented( relent [ri'lɛnt] vb (intr) I. 软化了. 变温和了. to change one's mind about some decided course, esp a harsh one; become more mild or amenable. to soften in feeling, temper, or determination; become more mild, compassionate, or forgiving. II. (of the pace or intensity of something) to slacken. III. (of the weather) to become more mild. relentless adj. I. Unyielding in severity or strictness; unrelenting: relentless persecution. II. Steady and persistent; unremitting: the relentless beat of the drums.). At first Sue finds Dundee less legendary than she had been led to believe, being unimpressed by his uncouth ( uncouth [ʌn'ku:θ] adj lacking in good manners, refinement, or grace.  rude, uncivil, or boorish: uncouth language. ) behaviour and clumsy advances towards her; however, she is later amazed when in the Outback Mick killed a snake with his hands. Sue invites Mick to return with her to New York City on the pretext of continuing the feature story. There he is perplexed by New York behaviour and customs but is still able to overcome problematic situations including attempted robberies and two encounters with a pimp. 8. Movie - The Heat: An uptight 循规蹈矩的 ( I. (colloquial) Excessively concerned with rules and order. Don't be so uptight! You won't go to jail for crossing the street against the light. II. (colloquial) Sexually repressed. He came from a very uptight religious background, but you wouldn't know that now! III. (colloquial) Unfriendly and rude. anal-retentive I. (Freudian psychology) Preoccupied with achieving order and control and with collecting, possessing, and retaining objects. II. (by extension) Overly obsessive concerning small details. ) FBI Special Agent is paired with合伙, 搭伙 a foul-mouthed Boston cop to take down 干掉, 端掉 a ruthless drug lord. Sarah Ashburn, an FBI agent, is extremely ambitious and has her eye on a promotion, but she doesn't get along with her co-workers. She is sent to Boston to uncover the identity of an elusive drug lord, Mr. Lassen, by tracking down his proxy, Rojas, and is told that she'll have a good shot at 机会很大 the promotion if she finds Lassen. When she arrives in Boston, she learns that Lassen has been eliminating his competition 除掉竞争对手 and taking over their operations. She learns that Rojas is in Boston PD custody and goes to see him to ask him what he knows about Lassen, but is warned that the cop who arrested Rojas, Shannon Mullins, is very territorial(I. Of or relating to the geographic area under a given jurisdiction: the territorial limits of a country. II. Relating or restricted to a particular territory; regional: a territorial court. III. often Territorial Of or relating to an administrative territory: the territorial government of the U.S. Virgin Islands; Whitehorse, the territorial capital of the Yukon. IV. often Territorial Organized for national or home defense: the British Territorial Army. V. Biology 捍卫本土的, 排外的. Displaying territoriality; defending a territory from intruders: territorial behavior; a territorial species.), and she is not exactly sociable. When the two meet they don't get along. When Mullins learns why Ashburn is in Boston, she decides to find Lassen herself. Ahsburn is told by her boss to work with Mullins, but it won't be easy because Ashburn does things by the book while Mullins does things her way. 9. "Bill substituted for Larry, who was off sick.". Either "He called in sick" or "He is off sick" or "He is out sick(病休, 英国不用out, 只用off)" When we are off sick, we only receive half pay. . off work = not at work. Usually we just say: He's off today. He's off on leave休假. He's off on jury duty. I do occasionally hear "Is Bill in today?" and "Is Bill in work today(不说on work)?" "He is off on holiday休假". "He is off today because his wife is in hospital". "He is off at a conference". In the case of "on", it can be used by workers who can be considered to be "on duty" or "on a shift". Example: Jim: Who is doing the 9 o'clock shift? Bill: Well it must be Janet because I was on last week. Sergeant: Who is doing guard duty? Private: I think Johnson is on at the moment sir. You can think of 'leave' as permission. Your boss gives you leave so you can leave work for a day or longer. Your doctor could also give you a 'sick-note' to take to your boss so he or she can give you sick leave. If you are off work (not there) because you are sick, then you are off sick. Just like you can say: 'He is off on a business trip' (not in the office), you can also say 'He is off on vacation.' You could even use away instead of off in most cases. If you say that you are worried sick担心死了, you are emphasizing that you are extremely worried. He was worried sick about what our mothers would say. If you say that something or someone makes you sick让人恶心, you mean that they make you feel angry or disgusted. It makes me sick that people commit offences and never get punished. 10. I'm off to work. I'm off to bed. I'm off. I'm off home回家(不能加to). "She was off on an adventure" and "He was off to see a movie." . He went home, they came home, she was sent home, etc. I can't think of a case where we say to home, where movement is concerned - we do, however, say things are close to home. We also say I am going to a home..., to the home..., to my home.  I wouldn't say "I am going off home". I say either "I am going home" or more casually, "I am off home". I would just say, "I'm off(leaving work for home)." With the thought being that I'm off work, heading off for parts unknown. If I wanted to be specific, I would probably say, "I'm heading home.". As for contractions, these are such casual statements, that I prefer "I'm" rather than "I am," which increases their formality (for me). 11. 墨尔本Metro新闻: Under its contract with the State Government, Metro must run 98 per cent of trains each month and 88 per cent must be on time - or regular commuters can claim compensation要求赔偿, 补偿, generally in the form of a daily ticket credit充值, 票价. Hundreds of thousands of commuters are not being reimbursed for millions of dollars' worth of tickets because they are unaware of their entitlements or do not want the hassle of going through the complicated claims system. With Metro trains failing over a total of 21 months since the operator took control in late 2009, a zone one passenger could have missed out on about $135 worth of ticket credits. A commuter from zone two to the city could have been shortchanged about $200( shortchange Informal To treat unfairly or deceitfully; cheat: "a deceitful cook who skimps on ingredients and shortchanges guests" (Jacques Pepin).). The train operator failed to meet the benchmarks没达到最低要求 four times last year and in March only 3600 people of the 101,566 eligible for compensation received credits. Across 2012, there were about 300,000 cases where passengers were eligible for compensation but did not make claims. "Labor in government would examine ways to streamline (fasttrack) the compensation process for commuters who have been impacted by Metro's performance. Commuters shouldn't have to go through the convoluted process ( I. Having numerous overlapping coils or folds: a convoluted seashell. II. Intricate; complicated: convoluted legal language; convoluted reasoning.) of applying for compensation," Mr Wynne said. Government spokeswoman Larissa Garvin said Metro's improving performance in recent years might have resulted in passengers falling out of the habit of applying for compensation. Metro spokeswoman Larisa Tait said any passenger who met the eligibility criteria and submitted a claim when the operator didn't meet its targets would be compensated. "This is consistent with all public transport operators and is ratified by the Victorian Government," she said. 14. crack a fat to become erect; "get a hard-on". to have an erection. I wanted to fuck her, but I couldn't crack a fat. I saw eddy crack a fat. sound like a broken record 就像被刮坏了的唱片一样, 喋喋不休 to say the same thing over and over again. (Fig. on a scratch in a phonograph record causing the needle [or stylus] to stay in the same groove and play it over and over.) He's always complaining about the way she treats him. He sounds like a broken record! I hate to sound like a broken record, but we just don't have enough people on the payroll to work effciently. perv on vb. (tr, preposition) Slang to make unwanted sexual advances towards. I've always thought that "to perv on someone" was a very informal/slangy expression that meant "To ogle, or stare at others in the manner of a perv.", as this example suggests: The usage in the TV example is from the verb "to perv", of which there is a derivative noun, "perving": To act as or like a sexual pervert. The "on" is simply a preposition: "on TV" which does not relate to the object of the "perving". It predates "to perv on" by several decades. implant v.tr. I. To set in firmly, as into the ground: implant fence posts. II. To establish securely, as in the mind or consciousness; instill: habits that had been implanted early in childhood. III. 植入. Medicine a. To insert or embed (an object or a device) surgically: implant a drug capsule; implant a pacemaker. b. To graft or insert (a tissue) within the body. n. Something implanted, especially a surgically implanted tissue or device: a dental implant; a subcutaneous implant. implant something in(to) someone or something to embed something into someone or something. The surgeon implanted a pacemaker into Fred. They implanted the device in Fred's chest. 15. It's all coming along正在按部就班的发生. It's all coming along, you little boys been patient right. come along I. to develop or improve. Thomas is more relaxed and his skills are coming along. II. to appear or be available. Sometimes an album comes along that just sounds better than anything else you've heard in a long time. Thanking you for not making a fuss about that. There is nothing to report. outstanding I. Standing out among others of its kind; prominent. outstanding courage. II. Superior to others of its kind; distinguished. an outstanding student. III. Projecting upward or outward; standing out. IV. 尚未解决的. 尚未搞定的. Still in existence; not settled or resolved: outstanding debts; outstanding questions on procedure. a long outstanding problem. V. Publicly issued and sold: outstanding stocks and bonds. You've been outstanding as Artistic Executive, but now since she is back, you can return to your senior art teacher now. I need you to help me instead of putting up walls设置障碍, 找麻烦. I have been disrespected, mistreated and shoved around, I have made up my mind, not coming back to teach. take a hard line (with/on someone) Fig. to be firm with someone; to have a firm policy for dealing with someone. The manager takes a hard line with people who show up late. This is a serious matter. The police are likely to take a hard line. shove someone around I. Lit. to push someone around. The bigger boys shoved him around easily because he is so small, Karen shoved around the little kids until they got mad at her. II. Fig. to harass someone. Stop shoving me around! Who do you think you are? Do you think you can shove around just anybody? III. to treat someone badly and in an unfair way, especially by giving them orders. 指使来, 指使去. To be cruel or unkind to someone: abuse, mistreat, oppress, trample, reject, hit out, grind down, shove around, kick around, do someone wrong. 16. In America, a sideshow is an extra, secondary production associated with a circus, carnival, fair or other such attraction. A sideshow alley is an Australian term for the cluster of attractions that may accompany public events such as agricultural shows. It is similar to the American term 'midway'. Australian sideshows typically comprise a variety of amusement rides, games, and concession booths, run by a community of independent operators known as 'showies'. Sideshows in Australia have changed considerably in the last 40 years. The 1970s saw the removal of freak shows, strip shows and other non-family entertainments. This was accompanied by an influx of expensive thrill rides and novelties imported from the United States and Europe. Higher expenses and running costs and inflated public liability premiums are among the recent challenges facing the 500-plus families that make up today's sideshow alley and travelling amusement industry in Australia. A midway at a fair (commonly an American fair such as a county or state fair) is the location where amusement rides, entertainment and fast food booths摊位 are concentrated. After the Exposition, the term midway came to be used as a common noun in the United States and Canada to refer to the area for amusements at a county or state fair, circus, festival, or amusement park. A Ferris wheel 摩天轮 (also known as an observation wheel or big wheel) is a nonbuilding structure consisting of a rotating upright wheel with passenger cars (sometimes referred to as gondolas or capsules) attached to the rim in such a way that as the wheel turns, the cars are kept upright, usually by gravity. Some of the largest and most modern Ferris wheels have cars mounted on the outside of the rim, and electric motors to independently rotate each car to keep it upright. These wheels are sometimes referred to as observation wheels, and their cars referred to as capsules, however these alternative names are also sometimes used for wheels with conventional gravity-oriented cars. Amusement rides are mechanical devices or structures that move people to create enjoyment. They are frequently found at amusement parks, traveling carnivals, and funfairs. fairground (showman or showie是运营这些的人) I. An area where a fair (an event for public entertainment) or other public event is held; a showground. II. A commercially-operated collection of rides, games and other entertainment attractions; an amusement park. showground an open-air setting for agricultural displays, competitions, etc. showman n. I. A theatrical producer. II. a person who owns or runs a fairground. III. A man who has a flair for dramatic or ostentatious behavior. showmanship the ability to present something (especially theatrical shows) in an attractive manner. The quality or skill of giving an engaging or compelling performance; a stage presence. The act was clean and well-rehearsed, but the performers lacked the showmanship that would have made it great. Showmanship表演才能, 舞台才能, concerning artistic performing such as in Theatre, is the skill of performing in such a manner that will appeal to an audience or aid in conveying the performance's essential theme or message. Profitable showmanship frequently appeals to pathos让人怜悯的东西, 激起同情的因素. Showmen aim to display goods with tact in order to sell an object or a show. Companies producing drama and entertainment claim that displaying fairness is necessary. A freak show is an exhibition of biological rarities, referred to as "freaks of nature". Typical features would be physically unusual humans, such as those uncommonly large or small, those with both male and female secondary sexual characteristics, people with other extraordinary diseases and conditions, and performances that are expected to be shocking to the viewers. Heavily tattooed or pierced people have sometimes been seen in freak shows, as have attention-getting physical performers such as fire-eating and sword-swallowing acts.