摘要: ( move dirty things off of the table so it can be clean and ready for use ... ) Before meals and after meals people like to move dirty things off of the table to make it clean. Example: "Everyone is[阅读全文:]
摘要: ( formal and legal way of saying stop ... ) Cease and desist is a formal way to say "stop doing that". Example: Police officer says: "Sir, I want you to cease and desist from what you are doing."[阅读全文:]
摘要: ( you buy it and take it with you ... ) Cash and carry is when you buy the item and then you leave the place and take it with you. Example: "Sorry, but there is nowhere to eat here. It is cash and c[阅读全文:]
摘要: ( continue working after one is gone ... ) If you keep doing that thing even after that person is gone, you carry on without her. Example: "If anything ever happens to me, I want you to carry on wit[阅读全文:]
摘要: ( not tell a secret during one's entire life ... ) A secret that you carry to the grave is something you never tell anyone during your entire lifetime. Example: "Please, you must not tell anyone wh[阅读全文:]
摘要: ( one is so excited that one does too much ... ) A person who fell into a quick moving river may be "carried away" to another place by the water, just like a person who is so excited that she conin[阅读全文:]
摘要: ( able to do it; strong enough; willing to do a hurtful act ... ) Besides the regular meaning of "having the strength or ability to do it", "capable of doing something" is also used to say a pers[阅读全文:]
摘要: ( the outfit one wears at a formal ceremony such as a college graduation ... ) The clothing a student wears at her graduation ceremony is a called a "cap and gown" because it has a special hat ("c[阅读全文:]
摘要: ( it must be done; it had to happen ... ) You have to do the thing that you "cannot help doing". Example: "When she said that, I couldn't help laughing." You do not have the choice of not doing[阅读全文:]
摘要: ( get a promise to do that thing at a future time ... ) To get a rain check is to receive a promise to do some thing at better time, such as when it is not raining. Example: "He was going to take me[阅读全文:]