你先请。
2.I just couldn’t help it.
我就是忍不住。
Example: Mr.Bean was such a funny guy that I laughed whole time when I watched the movie in the theater.
憨豆先生是个那么有趣的人,所以我在电影院看电影时一直笑个不停。
I just couldn’t help it.
我就是忍不住。
3.Don’t take it to heart.
别往心里去,别为此而忧虑伤神。
Example: This test isn’t that important,don’t take it to heart.
这次考试不是很重要,别往心里去。
4. We’d better be off. I am afraid I have to say goodbye to you now.
我们该走了。我想我要应该和你们说再见了。
Example: It’s getting late.We’d better be off.
很晚了,我们该走了。
5.Let’s face it.
面对现实吧。
Example: I know it’s a difficult situation.Let’s face it.OK?
我知道情况严峻。让我们一起去面对它,好不好?
6.Let’s get started.
咱们开始干吧。
Example: Don’t just talk,Let’s get started.
不要只是说,让我们动手干吧。
I’m really dead.
我真是累死了。
Example: After all that work ,I’m really dead.
做完那些事,我都累趴下了。
8. I’ve done my best.
我已尽力了。
9. Is that so?
真是那样吗?
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。
Example: Could you tell me how to get to the town hall?
你能告诉我怎样去镇政府吗?
I don’t know for sure .Maybe you could ask the policeman over there.
我不是很清楚。或者你去那边问问警察。
12. I’m not going to kid you.
我不是跟你开玩笑的。
Example: You quit the job? You are kidding.
你辞职了?开玩笑吧!
B: I’m not going to kid you ,I’m serious.
我不是同你开玩笑,我是说真的。
13. That’s something.
太好了,太棒了。
Example: I’m granted a full scholarship for this semester.
这学期我获得了全额奖学金。
B: Congratulations.That’s something.
恭喜你!太棒了!
14. Brilliant idea!
这主意真棒!
15. Do you really mean it?
此话当真?
A: Whenever you are short of money,just come to me.
你什么时候缺钱花的话,找我好了。
B: Do you really mean it?
此话当真?
16. You are a great help.
你帮了大忙。
17. I couldn’t be more sure.
我再也肯定不过。
I bet ,obviously and definitely all have the similar meaning to this phrase.
我肯定,在这个句子里“明显地和肯定地”有相同的意思。
18. I am behind you.
我支持你。
Example: He gets my backs all the time.
他一直支持我。
Whatever decision you’re going to make ,I am behind you
无论你作什么决定我都支持你。
19. I’m broke.
我身无分文。
I don’t have a penny with me.
我身无分文。
20. Mind you!
请注意!
Example: Mind you! He’s a very nice fellow though bad-tempered.
听着,虽然他脾气坏,但他是个心地很好的人。
21. You can count on it.
你尽管相信好了,尽管放心。
Example: A: Do you think he will come to my birthday party?
你想他会来我的生日聚会吗?
B: You can count on it.
请放心,他会来的。
22. I never liked it anyway.
我一直不太喜欢这东西
Example: Oh, don’t worry.I’m thinking of buying a new one.I never liked it anyway.
噢!不要担心,我正想买个新的,反正我不太喜欢那个的。
23. That depends.
这要看情况。
I may go to the airport to meet her.But that depends.
我可能要去机场接她,但要看情况。
24. Congratulations.
恭喜你,祝贺你。
25. Thanks anyway.
无论如何我还是得谢谢你。
26. It’s a deal.
一言为定。
Example: A: Haven’t seen you for ages.Let’s have a get-together next week.
好久没见你了,我们下周碰个头吧!
B: It’s a deal.
这么说定了。
27. Feel free to call me.
请别客气,尽管打电话给我。
Example: Please feel free to call me if you need me.
如果你需要我,甭客气,随时打电话给我。
28. Constant dropping wears the stone.
滴水石穿。
29. Experience is the mother of wisdom.
经验是智慧之母。
30. Every man is his own worst enemy.
一个人最大的敌人就是他自己。
31. Saying and doing are two different things.
说和做是迥然不同的两回事。
32. Actions speak louder than words.
行动比语言更响亮。
33. From small beginning comes great things .
伟大始于渺小。
34. Money spent on the brain is never spent in vain.
智力投资绝不会白花。
35. Wisdom in the mind is better than money in the hand.
脑中有知识,胜过手中有金钱。
36. The voice of one man is the voice of no one.
一个人的声音没有力量。
37. A great ship asks for deep waters.
大船要走深水。
38. While there is life ,there is hope.
有生命便有希望/留得青山在,哪怕没柴烧。
39.Two Heads are better than one.
三个臭皮匠,顶个诸葛亮。
40. Wise men learn by other men’s mistakes: fools by their own.
聪明人从别人的错误中学得教训,笨人则自己付出代价,他山之石可以攻玉。
41. Good company on the road is the shortest cut.
行路有良伴就是捷径。
42. It takes all sorts to make a world.
世界是各种不同的人所组成的。
43. If a thing is worth doing it is worth doing well.
如果事情值得做,就值得好好做。
44. Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
无热情成就不了伟业。
45. Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.
没有恒心只有力量是完不成伟业。
46. It is never too late to learn .
活到老,学到老。
47. It is never too late to mend.
亡羊补牢,犹时未晚。
48. The secret of success is constancy of purpose.
成功的秘决在于持之于恒。
49. Misfortunes never come alone/single.
祸不单行
50. Misfortune comes on wings and depart on foot.
遭祸容易脱祸难。
51. Misfortunes tell us what fortune is .
不经灾难不知福。
52. To an optimist every change is a change for the better.
对于乐观者总是越变越好。
53. Truth never fears investigation.
事实从来不怕调查。
54. A good medicine tastes bitter.
良药苦口。
55. Great minds think alike.
英雄所见略同。
56,Storms make trees take deeper roots.
风暴使树木深深扎根。
57, Live and let live.
自己生活也让别人生活。
58. Better late than never.
迟做总比不做好,晚来总比不来强。
59. A bold attempt is half success.
勇敢的尝试是成功的一半。
60. All things are difficult before they are easy.
凡事必先难后易。
61.What we acquire without sweat we give away without regret.
得之不费力,弃之不可惜。
62. Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.
只要有一颗意志坚强的心,没事不成。
63. Work makes the workman.
勤工出巧匠。
64. Constant dropping wears the stone.
滴水石穿。
65. He that can have patience,can have what he will.
唯坚韧者始能遂其志。
66, Self-distrust is the cause of most our failures.
我们绝大多数的失败都是因为缺乏自信之故。
67. The talent of success is nothing more than doing well whatever you do without a thought of time.
成功的人士,唯全力投入工作,而不存沽名钓誉之心。
68. To read without reflecting is like without digesting.
读书不思考,犹如吃饭不消化。
69. The important thing in life is to have a great aim,and the determination to attain it.
人生之要事在于确立伟大的目标与实现这目标的决心。
70. One of these days is none of these days.
有这么一天就是没有这么一天/吾生待明日,万事成蹉跎。
71.Every horse thinks is own pack heaviest.
每匹马都认为自己所负的背包最重。
72. Nothing down ,nothing up.
无下则上。/不经历风雨,怎么见彩虹。
73. A good book is your best friend.
好书如挚友。
74. Asking costs nothing .
问人不费分文。
75, Ask me no questions and I will tell you no llies.
你不问我,我就不会说谎话。
76. The tongue is boneless but it breaks bones.
舌无骨却折断骨。
77. A good name is easier lost than won.
名誉失之易,而得之难。
78. Every profession produces its own best.
行行出状元。
79. Today must borrow nothing of tomorrow.
今日事今日毕。