1. After you. 你先请。
这是一句很常用的客套话,在进/出门和上车的场合你都可以表现一下。
2. I just couldn’t help it.
我就是忍不住。
下面是随意举的一个例子: I was deeply moved by the film and I cried and cried. I just couldn’t help it.
3. Don’t take it to heart.
别往心里去,别为此而忧虑伤神。
生活实例:This test isn’t that important. Don’t take it to heart.
4. We’d better be off. 我们该走了。It’s getting late. We’d better be off.
5. Let’s face it. 面对现实吧。
常表明说话人不愿意逃避困难的现状。
参考例句:I know it’s a difficult situation. Let’s face it, OK?
6. Let’s get started.
咱们开始干吧。
劝导别人时说:Don’t just talk. Let’s get started.
7. I’m really dead. 我真要累死了。坦诚自己的感受时说:After all that work, I’m really dead.
8. I’ve done my best. 我已尽力了。
9. Is that so? 真是那样吗?
常用在一个人听了一件事后表示惊讶、怀疑。
10. Don’t play games with me!
别跟我耍花招!
11. I don’t know for sure.
我不确切知道。
Stranger: Could you tell me how to get to the town hall?
Tom: I don’t know for sure. Maybe you could ask the policeman over there.
12. I’m not going to kid you.
我不是跟你开玩笑的。
Karin: You quit the job? You are kidding.
Jack: I’m not going to kid you. I’m serious.
13. That’s something.
太好了,太棒了。
A: I’m granted a full scholarship for this semester.
B: Congratulations. That’s something.