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Idioms 2
(2009-02-24 18:26:42)
fromscratch从头开始
outofthequestion 不可能
atcrosspurposes你说东来我说西
belowpar低于标准（golf)
offtherecord非正式地
inanutshell概括地
inthebalance安危未定
atodds争论，不一致地
inarut墨守成规
onthinice如覆薄冰
Generally=Ingeneral
roe鱼卵
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Wearenotsatisfiedwithhiswork. Hisrecentperformancehasbeenbelowpar,I'mafraid. 表现...[阅读全文]
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make or do
(2009-02-24 18:09:06)
tomakeabid
todoyourbest
tomakethechequeout
tomakesomeofourworkersredundant
There'srumourgoingroundthatPelly'saregoingtomakeabidforSquashInternational. Pleasedoyourbesttogetthesetypedbefore5o'clock. WhoshallImakethechequeoutto?Ifwedon'tgetsomeorderssoonwe'llhavetomakesomeofourworkersredundant.
toredundant
tolayoff
tofire
I'mafraidyou'llhavetodowithouttheo...[阅读全文]
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a whistle-blower
(2009-02-23 16:22:03)
awhistle-blowern.
glutn.
hascanonizedvt.
unassallableadj.
atanycost  prepositionalphrase
desperatelyadv.
integrityn.
exceptional
Oursocietyhascanonizedalotofnewsaintsoverthepastfewyears,andwecallthemthewhistle-blowers. Theirwordsaresacredandtheirmotivesunassallablebecausetheystoodfortruthatanycost. Andsincetruthhasbeeninsuchdesperatelyshortsu...[阅读全文]
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Business Idioms
(2009-02-23 15:19:13)
inthesameboat处境相同
ontheball知道内情
onthedot踏点=按时ontime
inthepipeline一条龙
outofhisdepth超出了他的能力范围
wideofthemark 未射中目标
acrosstheboard全部的，整个的
outoftouch失去联系keepintouch
totheletter按文行事
underwraps保密
The5%increasewillbeappliedacrosstheboard,soeveryonewillbenefit. 
Itstartsat11o'clockonthedot,sodon'tbelater.<...[阅读全文]
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Insurance
(2009-02-23 15:05:04)
Insurancecompaniescanbeconsideredasprofessionalrisktakers.
Someofthelanguageininsurancepoliciesisincomprehensibletomostordinarypeople.
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