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这些英文千万别不懂装懂
Lover 情人（不是：爱人）
Sporting house 妓院（不是：体育室）
Dead  president 美钞（不是：死了的总统）
Service station 加油站（不是：服务站）
Rest room  厕所（不是：休息室）
Busboy 餐馆勤杂工（不是：公汽售票员）
Dry goods <美>纺织品  <英>谷物（不是：干货）
Heart man 换心人（不是：有心人）
Tea shop  茶馆；小吃店（不是：茶叶店）
Senior citizen 老年人（不是：高级公民）
Wash one’s hands  上厕所（不是：洗手）
A busy body 爱管闲事的人（不是：忙人）
A black sheep 害群之马（不是：一只黑羊）
Be  taken in 受骗，上当（不是：被接纳）
Pull sb’s leg 开玩笑（不是：拖后腿）
African American  美国黑人（不是：非洲美国人）
Eat one’s words 收回前言，改正错话（不是：食言）
Mad doctor  精神病科医生（不是：发疯的医生）
Eleventh hour 最后时刻（不是：十一点）
Personal remark  人身攻击（并非个人评论）
Sweet water 淡水（不是：糖水或者甜水）
Confidence man  骗子（不是：信得过的人）
Criminal lawyer 刑事律师（不是：犯罪的律师）
Dressing room  化妆室（不是：试衣间或者更衣室）
Horse sense 常识（不是：马的感觉）
Capital idea  好主意（不是：资本主义思想）
Familiar talk 庸俗的交谈（不是：熟悉的谈话）
Black tea红茶  (不是：黑茶）
Green hand 新手 （不是：绿手）
Have a fit 勃然大怒（不是：试穿）
Black art  妖术（不是：黑色艺术）
White coal （作动力来源用的）水
Chinese dragon 麒麟（不是：中国龙）
Red tape  官僚习气（不是：红色带子）
China policy 对华政策（不是：中华政策）
White man  忠实可靠的人（不是：皮肤白色的人）
Black stranger 完全陌生的人(不是：陌生的黑人)
Eat ones words  收回前言（不是：食言）
An apple of love 西红柿（不是：爱情之果）
Handwriting on the wall  不祥之兆（不是：大字报）
Bring down the house 博得满堂喝彩不是：推倒房子）
Blind  date（由第三者安排的）男女初次见面（并非盲目的约会或者是瞎约会）
Roadside business  汽车饭店；汽车旅馆；汽车影院（不是：路边店 ）
American Dream 美国的生活方式，美国人的自由民主观念（不是：美国梦）
Yellow  book 黄皮书（法国政府报告书，以黄纸为封，不是：黄色书籍）
Blue stocking 女学者，女才子（不是：蓝色长筒袜）
American  beauty 一种玫瑰，名叫美丽动人（不是：美国美女）
English disease 软骨病（不是：英国病）
Indian summer  愉快宁静的晚年（不是：印度的夏日）
Greek gift 害人的礼品（不是：希腊的礼物）
Spanish athlete  吹牛的人（不是：西班牙的运动员）
French chalk 滑石粉（不是：法国粉笔）
In ones birthday suit  赤身裸体（不是：穿着生日礼服）
Make ones hair stand on end 令人毛骨悚然，恐惧（不是：令人发指，气愤）
Think  a great deal of oneself 高看或者看重自己（不是：为自己想的很多）
Pull up ones socks  鼓起勇气（不是：提上袜子）

Have the heart to do 用于否定句，忍心做（不是：有心做或者有意做）
What a shame  多可惜，真遗憾（不是：多可耻）
You don’t say 是吗？（不是：你别说）
You can say that again  说的好（不是：你别说）
I haven’t slept better 我睡得很好（不是：我从未睡好过）
必学的10句英语客套话
1. Believe it or not！
信不信由你！
【例句】
Believe it or not, I’m going to America tomorrow!
信不信由你，我明天就要去美国了。
2. Don't let me down！
别让我失望！
【例句】
Don't let me down. keep your promise.
别让我失望，请遵守你的诺言。
3. Easy come easy go！
来得容易去得也快！
【例句】
There is no time like the present! Easy come , easy go!
机不可失，时不再来！来时容易，去时快！
4. Great minds think alike！
英雄所见略同！
【例句】
Great minds think alike, that's just whatI'm going to say.
英雄所见略同，这正是我所要说的。
5. Give me a hand！
帮我一个忙！
【例句】
Can you give me a hand?
你能帮我一个忙吗？
6. Make up your mind！
作个决定吧！
【例句】
Make up your mind, are you going or not ?
做个决定吧！ 你是去还不去?
7. Nice talking to you！
很高兴和你聊天！
【例句】
I really have to go now. It was nice talking to you.
我现在该走了，跟你谈话很开心。
8. Please don't rush me！
请不要催促我！
【例句】
Abin: please don't rush me!
阿彬：请不要催促我！
9. That's always the case！
习以为常！
【例句】
That's not always the case.
但事实并非总是如此。
10. So far，so good.
目前为止，一切还好。
【例句】
The work is rather difficult, but so far so good.
工作相当困难，但到目前为此还算顺利。
哪些高级英语表达一听就很地道？
友情篇】
1. I'll always have your back . 我会一直支持你。 = I stand behind you . 我支持你。= I got your back . 我挺你。
2. I know how you feel . 我明白你的感受。
3. keep an eye on each other 相互照应
4. You have to stay strong . 你要坚强。
5. He didn't wanna tell on her. 他不想打她的小报告。 snitch 告密者，打小报告者
6. You're debasing yourself . 你在贬低自己。
7. You want to bet on it ? 你想打个赌？
8. keep her company 陪陪她
9. I'll pick you up tomorrow . 我明天来接你。
10. made your favorite dinner . 我做了你最爱吃的菜。
11. It has been a long time . 好久不见。
【爱情篇】
1. Never,ever,ever. 永远永远不。
2. I take this seriously . 我很认真。
3. I'm with him . 我和他在一起。 （既可以指那个在一起又可以指那个在一起）
I'm with somebody else now . 我现在和别人在一起了。
4. You can't take him from me . 你不能把他从我身边带走。
5. She would never go out with me . 她是不会和我交往的。
6. got a tongue bath from sb 和谁谁舌吻。。额
7. I let him slip through my fingers . 我让他从我指间溜走。
8. move in together 搬到一起
9. He asked me to marry him . 他向我求婚
10. You and I can never , ever ,ever be together . 你和我永远不可能在一起。
11. He is not picking up his phone . 他不接电话。
12. Their marriage is going downhill . 他们的婚姻在走下坡路。
13. You're so caring . It's touching . 你这么关心我，我好感动。
14. the girl is too good for you 你配不上那个女孩= you are not good enough for that girl
15. pop the lock on the closet and come out 承认自己是同性恋
16. I'm getting married . 我要结婚了。
17. You had an affair . 你出轨了。
18. I will always love you . 我会一直爱你。
19. I'll never leave you . 我再也不会离开你。
20. He doesn't hover . 他不缠人。
21. I dreamt of him . 我梦见他。
22. I dream about being with you forever . 我想永远和你在一起。
23. I am unconditionally and irrevocably in love with him .我无条件地，不可挽回地爱上了他。 （嘿嘿）
24. Let's just give her some space . 给她一点空间。
25. I can take care of you . 我能照顾你。
25. I miss you so bad . 我真的好想你。
26. change my mind 改变心意
27. He is a bad kisser . 他吻技超烂。
28.You guys make a really cute couple . 你俩真是天造地设的一对。
29. I hope one day , I can love you the way that you love me .我希望有一天，能像你爱我一样爱你。
31. Are you seeing anyone ? 你在和谁交往？
32. Shakespeare said, "Journeys end in lovers meeting . "莎士比亚说过，旅程会因恋人的聚首而结束。
It was Shakespeare who also said, "Love is blind ." 莎士比亚也说过，爱情是盲目的。
33. unrequited love 单相思 fall in love alone
34. He cheated on you , but you stayed friends ?他背叛了你，你还和他做朋友？
35. head over heels 疯狂爱上某人，神魂颠倒
She was head over heels . 她是神魂颠倒了。
36. do his laundry 给他洗衣服
37. swear on my life 用我的生命发誓
38. — I would never cheat on you , not under any conditions .我永远不会背叛你，无论在任何情况下。— Neither would I . 我也不会。
39. In the world of love , cheating is not acceptable . 出轨去死。
40. You are a knockout. 你太迷人了。
41. We hardly know each other . 我们几乎不了解对方。
42. Can I offer you a lift home ? 我能送你回家么？
43. My palms are starting to sweat . 我的手心开始出汗了。
44. He is a one-woman-at-a-time kind of guy. 他用情专一
45. She push every guy away . 她拒绝每个男人。
46. Do you want some company ? 想要有人陪么？
【花痴男女篇】
1. He is in great shape . 他身材很好。
2. a man of good taste 有品位的男人
3. insanely good-looking 极帅无比
【学校篇】
1. straight-A student 全优生
2. no phones no texting 不准用手机 不准发短信
3. postpone the match 推迟比赛
4. Play big . 好好表现。
5. return the favor 还人情 open old wound 揭老伤疤
【职场篇】
1. I got off work early . 我下班早。
2.Is that a good living ? 你那份工作好么？
3. It was tough starting out . 开始很难。（指创业等等）
4. I subbing for her . 我顶替她。
5. His contract is up . 他的合同到期了。
6. Appreciate it . 感谢。
7. moonlight n. 月光 v. 兼职 I moonlight as an adult-phone entertainer . 我兼职接听成人电话。
8. I am on the paper . 我是报社的
9. （对长辈说）I don't meant to be disrespectful , but .........我无意冒犯，但是。。。。
10. pay you the big bucks 付你很多薪水
11. Severe stress makes women age prematurely . 严重的压力让女人过早的衰老。
12. How do I reach you ? 我怎么和你联系？
【生活篇】
1. How is going ? 怎么样？（打招呼时用）
2. Let's reschedule . 我们改时间。
3. Can I get a little help ? 能帮我个小忙么 ? 大忙可以说 Can you do me a favor?
4. This is kind of personal . 这有点私人。
5. How you holding up? （不知怎么翻译，一般用于去参加葬礼时候跟主人说的，大概意思是你没事吧）
6. We'll take the check . 我们买单。
7. I'm stuck . 我被困住了。
8. The door is jammed. 门卡住打不开了
9. I'm begging you . 求求你了。
10. I'm looking for sb . (打电话时) 我找谁谁
11. She is not answering her phone .= She's not picking up the phone.
12. unwrap the present 拆礼物
13. Don't be mean . 别那么刻薄。
14. It's the least we can do . 这是至少我们可以做的。
15. door handles 门把手 door knobs 门把（圆的那种）
16. Go ahead . 继续。
17. —What about battery life ? 电池电量如何？
—It's just less than half . 不到一半。
18. How much does the phone have left ? 手机还能维持多长时间？
19. You have conserve that battery . 你必须省着用电池。
20. Is the ringer set on a sound or vibrate ? 铃声是设置在响铃还是震动？
21. We are doing the best we can . 我们正在尽最大的努力。
22. I'm gonna throw up . 我要吐了。
23. We'll blow-dry it. 我们把它吹干。
24. Can I use the bathroom ? 我们用下厕所么？
25. What's that suppose to mean ? 你说那是什么意思？（有点生气地问）
26. We didn't mean anything . 我们没别的意思。
27. It's not worth it . 这不值当的。
28. I don't follow you . 我听不懂你说什么。
29. He's making fun of you . 他在取笑你。
30. You are up . 你醒了。
31. The clock is 3 minutes fast . 表快3分钟。
32. cell phone reception 手机信号
33. put it on their tab 记在他们账上
34. two adjoining rooms 两个相邻的房间
35. steaming tea 热气腾腾的茶
36 put seat belt on 系上安全带
37. We ran into each other . 我们遇上了。
38. now and forever 永永远远
39. We'll always find the way back to each other .
40. I hope you don't mind . 我希望你别介意。
41. neat freak 洁癖
42. We should get the bill . 我们该买单了。
43. I'm running out of time . 我就快没时间了。
【人物评价篇】
1. He is kind of temperamental . 他有点喜怒无常。
2. You're so right . 你说的太对了。
3. You look pale . 你看起来脸色苍白。
4. I am really kind of suffer-in-silent type . 我是沉默寡言型的。
5. your mood swings 你的情绪变化（你忽冷忽热）
6. You have impressive power of observation . 你的洞察力还挺强。
7. Clumsy me . 我真是笨手笨脚的
8. She is so sure of herself . 她很自信。
【个人感受篇】
1. I feel sorry for you . 我为你感到遗憾。（当听到别人说不好的事情时用于安慰）
2. yuck ! 呸！
3. I'm so dead . 我死定了。
4. I'm scared . 我很害怕。
5. It doesn't matter . 无所谓/不重要
6. I'm freaked out . 吓死我了 = You're freaking me out.
7. It is so excruciating . 太痛苦了。
8. I'll be fine . 我没事。.
9 It's unbearable. 太难以忍受了。
10. I regretted it very much . 我非常后悔。
11. It's so funny and you will fall off your chair . 哈哈哈哈太有意思了哈哈哈。
【其他篇】
1 That's my stuff . 那是我的东西。
2. I got caught . 我被抓住了。
3. I got in trouble . 我碰上麻烦。
4. That makes sense . 有道理。
5. a starry night 满天繁星的夜晚
6. He blew it . 他搞砸了。
7. I shouldn't have done that . 我不该那么做。
8.原来你在这 There you are .
9. There is no way that happening . 那不可能发生。
10. weirdo 怪人 pervert 变态

11. We are even . 我们扯平了。
12. Let's proceed . 我们继续。
13. funeral home 殡仪馆
14. Forget it . 算了。
15. It's an absolute emergency . 这十万火急。
16. I blacked out . 我昏迷了。
17. fan the flames 火上浇油
18. I'm warning you . 我警告你。
19. follow-up reports 后续报道
20. fly around everywhere （空中飞人呢）到处飞
21. I half-remember that . 我对那有点印象。
22. vending machine 自动售货机
23. Please every one form a single-file line . 请大家排成一队。
24. stop bickering 别吵了
25. Your turn . 该你了。
情景1： 学霸与学渣
学渣： I've been studying like crazy for final exams. I think my brain is going to explode !!
我一直在为期末考试疯狂学习， 啊啊啊我的大脑要炸裂了！！学霸： Give me a break ! You've been binge eating Ferrero Rocher like a baby dinosaur the
whole time.
你得了吧！！ 你一直在像个恐龙宝宝一样狂吃费列罗！！！
学渣： I'm exhausted and I need a pick-me-up.
我都累瘫了，需要费列罗提神。
学霸：Alright. Take a brain break and watch an episode of The Big Bang Theory with me. I
heard that Sheldon is gonna kiss Amy in this new episode.
好啦好啦，换换脑子跟我看一集生活大爆炸吧！ 我听说这集谢耳朵会亲亲Amy噢！
学渣： Spoil Alert !!! 啊啊啊讨厌不准剧透！！！
学霸： My apologies. (Sheldon's voice) (用谢耳朵的声音说) 我错啦！
英语笑话短文
1、The Fish Net
Can you tell me what fish net is made, Ann?
A lot of little holes tied together with strings. replied the little girl.
鱼网
你能告诉我鱼网是什么做的吗，安? 老师发问道。
把许多小孔用绳子栓在一起就成了鱼网了。 小女孩回答道。
2、The New Teacher
George comes from school on the first of September.
George, how did you like your new teacher? asked his mother.
I didn't like her, Mother, because she said that three and three were six and then she said that two and four were six too.....
新老师
9月1日， 乔治放学回到家里。
乔治，你喜欢你们的新老师吗? 妈妈问。
妈妈，我不喜欢，因为她说3加3得6, 可后来又说2加4也得6。
2英语笑话带翻译
《律师、宝马和胳膊》
一个律师打开他的宝马车门，突然一辆汽车驶过来把门撞飞了，警察赶到现场，律师正痛苦地抱怨毁坏了他心爱的宝马。
“警察同志，看看他们把我的车弄的!!!”律师哀怨地说。
“你们律师真是物质至上，我很不舒服!”警察反驳说，“你这么关心你可恶的宝马，你可能没有注意到你的左胳膊也没了。”
律师终于注意到了血淋淋的左肩膀，“天哪，我的劳力士手表在哪儿?”
A lawyer opened the door of his BMW, when suddenly a car came along and hit the door, ripping it off completely. When the police arrived at the scene, the lawyer was complaining bitterly about the damage to his precious BMW.
"Officer, look what they've done to my Beeeemer!!!", he whined.
"You lawyers are so materialistic, you make me sick!!!" retorted the officer, "You're so worried about your stupid BMW, that you didn't even notice that your left arm was ripped off!!!"
《狗住旅店》
一个人给一家他计划在假期里停留的小旅馆写了封信，“我非常希望带着我的狗，它很干净很有教养，你能允许它和我睡一间屋子吗?”
旅馆主人立即回了封信，“我经营旅馆很多年了，狗从没偷过毛巾，床单， 餐具，或者墙上的画。我也从没有在半夜因为狗喝醉胡闹而赶走它，狗也从不不付帐就跑掉。实际上我们非常欢迎您的狗来我们旅馆，如果它为您担保，也欢迎您来。
A man wrote a letter to a small hotel he planned to visit on his vacation: "I would very much like to bring my dog with me. He is well-groomed and very well behaved. Would you be willing to permit me to keep him in my room with me at night?"
An immediate reply came from the hotel owner, who said, "I've been operating this hotel for many years. In all that time, I've never had a dog steal towels, bedclothes, silverware or pictures off the walls. I've never had to evict a dog in the middle of the night for being drunk and disorderly. And I've never had a dog run out on a hotel bill. Yes, indeed, your dog is welcome at my hotel. And, if your dog will vouch for you, you're welcome to stay here, too."
　超爆笑的英语笑话一：
　　Harry saw an ad in a window. It said: Wanted. The Best Sales- man in the World. Top Pay.
　　I' m a great salesman. Harry told himself. I can sell anything. I'll go in and ask for that job.
　　He went into the building and spoke to the manager.
　　I'm the best salesman in the world, he said. Give me the job.
　　You must prove you're the best, the manager said.
　　I'll pass every test you give me. Harry told him.
　　Good.
　　The manager took a box of candy out of his desk .
　　Last week, I bought a thousand boxes of this candy. If you can sell them all before the end of the week, you can have the job.
　　That's easy, Harry said.
　　He took the box of candy and left the office.
　　Every day and all day, he went from shop to shop, trying to sell boxes of the candy .
　　He couldn't sell one.
　　The candy was so bad he couldn't even give it away.
　　At the end of the week he went back to the manager.
　　I'm sorry, sir, he said, I was wrong about myself . I'm not the best salesman in the world, but I know who is.
　　Oh, said the manager. Who?
　　The person who sold you a thousand boxes of this candy, Harry said.
　　超爆笑的英语笑话二：
　　Peter was a clever boy. On his first day at school, he learned three words: 1, You and She. The teacher taught him how to make sentences with those words. The teacher said, I, I am your teacher; (then pointing to a girl) She, She is your classmate; You, You are my student.
　　When Peter went home, his father asked him what he had learned at school. Peter said at once, I, I am your teacher; (then pointing to his mother) She, She is your classmate; You, You are my student His father got angry and said, I, I am your father; (then pointing to his wife) She, She is your mother; You, You are my son.
　　The next morning at school, the teacher asked Peter if he had learned the three words by heart. Yes, he said proudly, I, I am your father; (then pointing to a girl) She, She is your mother; You, You are my son.
　　超爆笑的英语笑话三：
　　The girl found the go-between and said, You cheated me ! One of his eyes is not true. Why didn't you tell me this before ?
　　I have told you. said the go-between with justice on his side, When you met first, I told you that he settled on you with one eye. 112.一眼就看中
　　姑娘找到媒人，说：你欺骗了我。他的一只眼是假眼，你以前为什么不告诉我?
　　怎么没告诉你?媒人也不甘示弱，你们第一回见面后，我就说，他一眼就看中你了。