a fat chance 可能性很小（大家可能觉得fat在这儿，容易想到可能性大，其实是小哦，千万不要记错。）




Fat chance he has of making money!

机会等于零。（这个是把这短语放在开头的用法）

a/one hell of a +n.可怕，糟糕

My room is in a hell of a mess.

我房里乱得一蹋糊涂。

There's one hell of a lot of traffic during rush hour in Beijing.

交通拥挤不堪。

注：这个短语还有另外一种比较不常见的意思，指出色的

E.G：He's a hell of a singer.（跟平常汉语里要说一个人很厉害，有时会说：你真TMD强啊，用法差不多。）

boss around  差遣

Stop bossing me around!

（我们常常会遇到这样的人，上司或是朋友，烦个没完没了，老爱让人做东做西的，这时候表达不满这话很有用的噢）


broaden out 拓宽，变胖

They have broadened out the avenue in the park.

他们已经拓宽了公园里的道路。

Our company is trying to broaden out its business.

我们公司正在试着拓展业务。

The view of the student is broadening out.

学生的眼界不断拓宽。

He's quite thin when I last saw him, but he has broadened out a lot.

我最后一次见他的时候还很瘦，现在已经胖了许多了。

(前三句是拓宽的意思，后一句是变胖，其实可以理解为一件事或人，体积，视野，范围等方面变宽，变大。）

by nature 天性，本质

By nature, I have to do research before I start a project.

Sally is proud by nature.

(天生傲慢，当然在不同的场合有不同的含意，如果用这话来夸一个人，就是把他/她生来骄傲，这里指骄傲好的一面，意思同：长城是中国的骄傲）

chafing dish

火锅。

Short-charged/ over-charged   少找/多找

You’ve short-charged/ over-charged me one yuan.

Check out  付账

Could we have our bill now, plz? We’re leaving.

We’d like to make the payment.

We’d like to settle our account.

（几个付账的例句）

Chip in 分摊，插嘴

Everybody chipped in to buy the manager a gold watch when he retired.

We all chipped in with our suggestions.





Come in for 受到，遭受

I’m afraid they come in for a lot of abuse for some people.

(遭受到某些人的虐待，这里的介词是for)

Come up with= let’s have it. 说出


She came up with some funny ideas.

You never know what that child will come up with next.

Tom knew something was wrong. “Let’s have it,” he said, “what is the matter” 说吧，出什么事了

--- What’s the true fact, then? Come up with it, plz!

--- I always sing out of tune, you see.

(这几个例句都是常用的，come up with 可能大家比较熟，而let’s have it 不常用，下次见到或听到就应该明白意思啦。Sing out of tune, 唱歌走调，很形象的说法)

Come up to够到

He’s getting big, and comes up to my shoulder now.

(说一个人够到你的肩膀怎么说呢：come up to my shoulder!)


Come by 造访，获得

Plz come by whenever you have time.

How did you come by this painting?

I don’t know how Lily came by such an idea.

(第一个是造访的意思，后两个指获得。第一句是常用的寒暄句，会常用到的。)

Count on  指望

You can’t count on this system.

Dear me 天哪！

(电影里常听到的)、

Die away 变弱

The echoes died away. 回声变弱了。

The sound of the car died away in the distance.

The noise died away, I was alone again.

Draw up 草拟/写

The dying old man drew up a will.

拟了份遗嘱。

Easy does it. 别慌，小心/轻/慢点

~. Don’t bump the door with the edge of the table.

~. The roads are slick with ice.

Exchange of amenities 寒暄

After an exchange of amenities with the group leader, ...  

Fake up 仿造，编造  

The painting was beautifully faked up.

He faked up the whole thing--- none of it was true.

Fasten/ unfasten the seat belt 系好/解开安全带

---how can I fasten the seat belt?

--- Just slip the belt into the buckle and pull tight.

带子穿进带扣，拉紧。

For all that 虽然

Tom was strong; for all that he was so small.

(这个短语也可以单独使用的，例： for all that, we finished the task in time.)

Free-for-all 混乱

---it’s a free-for-all in the stores during the Christmas holidays.

--- All merchandise sells like hot cakes. But some stores jack up the price.

(sell like hot cakes销售很快，这个hot cake在老米卖得很快的，jack up the price抬高价格。)

--- There are many people who have sticky fingers.

(have sticky fingers 手脚不干净，手指老粘到东西上去，粘了就不放下了，很形象吧。)

a fat chance 可能性很小（大家可能觉得fat在这儿，容易想到可能性大，其实是小哦，千万不要记错。）




Fat chance he has of making money!

机会等于零。（这个是把这短语放在开头的用法）

a/one hell of a +n.可怕，糟糕

My room is in a hell of a mess.

我房里乱得一蹋糊涂。

There's one hell of a lot of traffic during rush hour in Beijing.

交通拥挤不堪。

注：这个短语还有另外一种比较不常见的意思，指出色的

E.G：He's a hell of a singer.（跟平常汉语里要说一个人很厉害，有时会说：你真TMD强啊，用法差不多。）

boss around  差遣

Stop bossing me around!

（我们常常会遇到这样的人，上司或是朋友，烦个没完没了，老爱让人做东做西的，这时候表达不满这话很有用的噢）


broaden out 拓宽，变胖

They have broadened out the avenue in the park.

他们已经拓宽了公园里的道路。

Our company is trying to broaden out its business.

我们公司正在试着拓展业务。

The view of the student is broadening out.

学生的眼界不断拓宽。

He's quite thin when I last saw him, but he has broadened out a lot.

我最后一次见他的时候还很瘦，现在已经胖了许多了。

(前三句是拓宽的意思，后一句是变胖，其实可以理解为一件事或人，体积，视野，范围等方面变宽，变大。）

by nature 天性，本质

By nature, I have to do research before I start a project.

Sally is proud by nature.

(天生傲慢，当然在不同的场合有不同的含意，如果用这话来夸一个人，就是把他/她生来骄傲，这里指骄傲好的一面，意思同：长城是中国的骄傲）

chafing dish

火锅。

Short-charged/ over-charged   少找/多找

You’ve short-charged/ over-charged me one yuan.

Check out  付账

Could we have our bill now, plz? We’re leaving.

We’d like to make the payment.

We’d like to settle our account.

（几个付账的例句）

Chip in 分摊，插嘴

Everybody chipped in to buy the manager a gold watch when he retired.

We all chipped in with our suggestions.





Come in for 受到，遭受

I’m afraid they come in for a lot of abuse for some people.

(遭受到某些人的虐待，这里的介词是for)

Come up with= let’s have it. 说出


She came up with some funny ideas.

You never know what that child will come up with next.

Tom knew something was wrong. “Let’s have it,” he said, “what is the matter” 说吧，出什么事了

--- What’s the true fact, then? Come up with it, plz!

--- I always sing out of tune, you see.

(这几个例句都是常用的，come up with 可能大家比较熟，而let’s have it 不常用，下次见到或听到就应该明白意思啦。Sing out of tune, 唱歌走调，很形象的说法)

Come up to够到

He’s getting big, and comes up to my shoulder now.

(说一个人够到你的肩膀怎么说呢：come up to my shoulder!)


Come by 造访，获得

Plz come by whenever you have time.

How did you come by this painting?

I don’t know how Lily came by such an idea.

(第一个是造访的意思，后两个指获得。第一句是常用的寒暄句，会常用到的。)

Count on  指望

You can’t count on this system.

Dear me 天哪！

(电影里常听到的)、

Die away 变弱

The echoes died away. 回声变弱了。

The sound of the car died away in the distance.

The noise died away, I was alone again.

Draw up 草拟/写

The dying old man drew up a will.

拟了份遗嘱。

Easy does it. 别慌，小心/轻/慢点

~. Don’t bump the door with the edge of the table.

~. The roads are slick with ice.

Exchange of amenities 寒暄

After an exchange of amenities with the group leader, ...  

Fake up 仿造，编造  

The painting was beautifully faked up.

He faked up the whole thing--- none of it was true.

Fasten/ unfasten the seat belt 系好/解开安全带

---how can I fasten the seat belt?

--- Just slip the belt into the buckle and pull tight.

带子穿进带扣，拉紧。

For all that 虽然

Tom was strong; for all that he was so small.

(这个短语也可以单独使用的，例： for all that, we finished the task in time.)

Free-for-all 混乱

---it’s a free-for-all in the stores during the Christmas holidays.

--- All merchandise sells like hot cakes. But some stores jack up the price.

(sell like hot cakes销售很快，这个hot cake在老米卖得很快的，jack up the price抬高价格。)

--- There are many people who have sticky fingers.

(have sticky fingers 手脚不干净，手指老粘到东西上去，粘了就不放下了，很形象吧。)