T-15：the shot in the arm 鼓舞 A:Good news! A:好消息！ B:What is it? B：什么消息？ A:The state of economy is starting to go up in our country. A：我们国家的经济状况开始好转。 B:Thats just the shot in the arm we n...

T-14：the ins and outs 来龙去脉 A:Peter really is a remarkable expert! There is very little he doesnt know. A:彼得真是个了不起的专家！他知识渊博。 B:I have exactly the same feeling. This afternoon he explained the ins...

T-13：(the) fair sex (总称）妇女 A:Why did you split up? A;你们为什么分手？ B:Im sick and tired of it. B:我受够了。 A:Of what? A:受够什么了？ B:He always likes watching the fair sex. B:她总是盯着女人看。...

T-12：tell that/it to the marines 胡说 A:I told you all the time that John has the dates with several girls. A:我给你说过多少次了约翰和好几个女孩子在约会。 B:But its not true. He has explained all the things to me....

T-11：tear ones heart out 为之心碎 A:Whats wrong with Peter? He sure looks unhappy. A:彼得怎么了，他看起来很不高兴！ B:His girlfriend dumped him, and he is tearing his heart out over her. B：他的女朋友把他甩了，...

T-10：take the low road 走斜路 A:Guess who I saw just now? A:猜猜我看到了谁？ B:Who? B:谁？ A:John Smith, the escaped criminal. A:约翰，史密斯，那个在逃犯。 B:That bad egg, who took the low road since he was a boy...

T-9：take sth. hard 受到极大的打击 A:I feel very miserable. I took the death of my wife very hard, you know. A:我沮丧极了，你知道我妻子的死对我打击很大。 B:Cheer up! Let bygones be bygones. B:振作点儿！过去...

T-8：take someone over ones knee 打某人的屁股 A:The answer is zero! What a let down! A:白忙了，真让人失望。 B:I really want to take him over my knee. B;我真想打他的屁股。 A:No hard feeling. After all, he is a child...

T-7：take sides 支持一方面而与另一方壁垒分明 A:I think mum should not take sides. After all, we are all her children. A:我觉得妈妈不该偏向，毕竟我们都是她的孩子。 B:But our younger sister is the apple of...

T-6：take ones hat off to 向（某人）脱帽致敬 A:every time when the heroes came back from the battlefield, we took our hats off to them. A:每次当英雄们从战场回来的时候，我们都脱帽向他们致敬。 B:You were sh...