1. After you.你先請。這是一句很常用的客套話,在進/出門,上車得場合你都可以表現
一下。 (好象現在女士不願意你這麼做,特別是那些女權主義者,我還記得這麼一段話:
一個女士對一個讓她先行的男士說:you do this because i am a woman?那個男士回答說
:i do this not because you are a woman but because i am a man!i love this guy
!
2. I just couldn''t help it.我就是忍不住。想想看,這樣一個漂亮的句子可用於多少
個場合?下面是隨意舉的一個例子:
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. 別往心裡去,別為此而憂慮傷神。生活實例:
This test isn''t that important. Don''t take it to heart. 安慰人的超級句子。
4. We''d better be off.我們該走了。It''s getting late. We''d better be off .
5. Let''s face it. 面對現實吧。常表明說話人不願意逃避困難的現狀。
參考例句:I know it''s a difficult situation. Let''s face it, OK?
很棒啊,年輕人犯錯誤,上帝都會原諒,remember?但是犯了錯誤,你必須面對他,let''
s face it,或者是:let''s face the music.
6. Let''s get started.咱們開始干吧。勸導別人時說:Don''t just talk. Let''s get
started
let''s get started.
let''s start.
let''s do it right now.
let''s hit sth.
let''s rock&roll.
let''s put our hands on sth.
7. I''m really dead.我真要累死了。坦誠自己的感受時說:After all that work, I’
m really dead.
8. I''ve done my best.我已盡力了。這句話,很有用,失敗有時難免,但是你要是可以
說,i''ve done my best.or i spare no efforts.就不必遺憾,畢竟,man supposes,go
d disposes.
9. Is that so?真是那樣嗎?常用在一個人聽了一件事後表示驚訝、懷疑。
10. Don''t play games with me!別跟我耍花招!
11. I don''t know for sure.我不確切知道。
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.我不是跟你開玩笑的。
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.
14. Brilliant idea!這主意真棒!這主意真高明!
15. Do you really mean it? 此話當真?
Michael:Whenever you are short of money, just come to me.
David: Do you really mean it? ?
16. You are a great help.你幫了大忙
17. I couldn''t be more sure. 我再也肯定不過。
18. I am behind you.我支持你。
A: Whatever decision you''re going to make, I am behind you.
19. I''m broke.我身無分文。
i am penniless.
20. Mind you!請注意!聽着!(也可僅用Mind。)
模範例句:Mind you! He''s a very nice fellow though bad-tempered.
21. You can count on it.你儘管相信好了,儘管放心。
A:Do you think he will come to my birthday party?
B: You can count on it.
22. I never liked it anyway.我一直不太喜歡這東西。當朋友或同事不小心摔壞你的東
西時就可以用上這句話給他一個台階,打破尷尬局面:Oh, don''t worry. I''m thinkin
g of buying a new one. I never liked it anyway.
23. That depends.看情況再說。 (on sth)
例:I may go to the airport to meet her. But that depends.
24. Congratulations.恭喜你,祝賀你。
25. Thanks anyway.無論如何我還是得謝謝你。當別人盡力要幫助你卻沒幫成時,你就可
以用這個短語表示謝意。
26. It''s a deal.一言為定
Harry: Haven''t seen you for ages. Let''s have a get-together next week.
Jenny: It''s a deal
電影裡經常聽到,it''s a deal,that is a good deal.或是兩個人打算達成某個協議或是
做成某個生意會說:deal? deal