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Unit 1
1) Burn the midnight oil
熬夜读书，开夜车 To study or work until late at night. 2) Hit the books
用功读书，与熬夜无关 To study, especially with particular intensity 3) Do back-breaking work
劳累至极腰酸背痛的工作 To do some physically difficult work and makes you very tired.
4) Work like a dog
拼命工作 5) Fall down on the job
敷衍了事，没做好工作 6) Work one’s fingers to the bone
非常努力的工作
1) Be a breeze
像一缕清风一样很容易做 2) Have a green thumb
擅长园艺 3) Be easy as pie
小菜一碟，小事一桩 4) Have a golden touch
点石成金，无所不能 5) Have two left feet
笨手笨脚 you are dancing or playing a sport. 6) Have a nose for something
善于发现某物，有洞察力
1) Down to earth 脚踏实地，实事求是 and practical.
2) Think one is god’s gift to mankind
自以为了不起，自负 conceited.
3) Show off 炫耀 4) Put someone in someone’s place
安分守己 5) Put on airs 摆架子，摆谱 6) Blow one’s own horn
自吹自擂，自我吹嘘
To work very hard. Be incapable for a work. To work very hard. Unit 2
A thing that is easy to do. To be good at gardening. To be very easy. It means that you can do anything that you want to do. To be very awkward in your movements, especially when To be perspective and good at discovering. Unit 3
To do something with no illusions or pretensions, sensible To think oneself is really something in some areas; To show one’s ability with pride to anyone. To make someone do his own duty and abide by the law. It means someone is conceited in order to show his identity. To brag about oneself. Unit 4
1) Bury the hatchet
言归于好，和解，摒弃前嫌 To stop being unfriendly and become friends again. 2) Button one’s lips
一言不发，守口如瓶 To refuse to talk and be silenced. 3) Flow with the tide
跟风，紧随潮流 To keep following someone or the trend. 4) Hold one’s tongue
保持沉默，不开口 To say nothing about something and stay silent. 5) Let sleeping dogs lie 别无事生非，招惹麻烦 To avoid mentioning a subject or something that happened in the past, in order to avoid any problems or arguments. 6) Mind one’s own business
少管闲事，管好自己 To concern oneself only with what is of interest to oneself and not interfere in the affairs of others. 7) Rock the boat
捣乱 To do something that upsets a situation and causes problems. 8) See eye to eye
看法完全一致，完全同意 To share the same views as somebody about something.
Unit 5
1) Face up to something
勇敢的面对 To accept and deal with something that is difficult or unpleasant. 2) Point one’s finger at someone
指责某人 To accuse somebody . 3) Leave someone high and dry
使某人很无助 To leave someone unsupported and unable to maneuver; to leave someone helpless.
4) Shoulder the responsibility
能够承担责任 To take responsibility. 5) Pass the buck
推卸责任 To shirk the responsibility. 6) Worm out of something
推卸摆脱某事 To get rid of something
Unit 6
1) All or nothing
孤注一掷的，没有商量余地 A situation which will end either in complete success or complete failure
Having no middle position or compromise available 2) Meet someone halfway
向某人妥协 To compromise to somebody 3) Give-and-take
妥协，互让，互相迁就 To have an exchange of views on some topic in order to make mutual concessions 4) Middle-of-the-road
折中的办法，折中之计 A compromising solution that can be accepted by most people 5) Stick to one’s guns
固执己见 To maintain one’s position or viewpoint when faced with opposition
6) Find middle ground
寻求找到一个中间立场 A set of opinions and decisions that two or more groups who oppose each other can agree on
Unit 7
1) Go through with
经历困难而完成，把事情坚持到底 To do something even though it may be very unpleasant or difficult for you 2) Hang in there
坚持，不气馁，不畏困难 To maintain a course of action despite negative outlook; to persist; to subsist while keeping high spirits 3) Give up
放弃 To stop trying to do something 4) Stick with
坚持做某事 To continue or persist; to stick to 5) Sweat out
努力的忍耐以达到某个目的 To work very hard to achieve something
Unit 8
1) Be a copycat
模仿别人 To imitate or copy others 2) Cut the apron strings
摆脱依赖，独立生活 To be or become impossible to manage or to control 3) Be a yes-man
唯唯诺诺的人 To be a person who always agrees with people in authority in order to gain their approval. 4) Have a mind of one’s own
自有主见，能够独立思考 To have one’s own idea and think independently 5) Be on one’s own
独立自主，不依靠他人 To be independent 6) Lead someone by the nose
牵着别人的鼻子走，完全控制别人 To have a full control of somebody 7) Stand on one’s own two feet
独立自主，自力更生 To be independent
Unit 9
1) Be as cool as a cucumber
表示非常冷静，毫不紧张。 To be very calm and controlled, especially in a difficult situation 2) Go to pieces
崩溃，心碎 A person who is so upset or afraid that you cannot manage to live or work normally
3) Be as tough as nails
1、冷酷无情 2、坚定不移 Very strong and able to deal successfully with difficult conditions or situations
Not feeling or showing any emotion 4) Hold one’s head up
高傲，昂头，扬眉吐气. To be proud of or not feel ashamed about something that you have done
5) Keep one’s chin up
不灰心，不气馁，不屈服 To tell somebody to try to stay cheerful even though they are in a difficult or unpleasant situation 6) Fall apart
崩溃瓦解破碎 To be in very bad condition so that parts are breaking off. 7) Pull oneself together
振作起来 To become mentally focused after a period of being unfocused
Unit 10
1) Be hot-headed
急躁，容易发怒的 To be a person who often acts too quickly, without thinking of what might happen. 2) Blow up
爆炸，大怒，大发脾气 To get angry with somebody 3) Count to ten
控制情绪使自己冷静 To keep one’s emotions under control 4) Grit one’s teeth
咬牙切齿 To clench one's teeth together tightly because of pain or anger or frustration
5) Reach the boiling point 受够了，达到忍耐的极限后大怒 The point at which anger or excitement breaks out into violent expression.
6) Hold one’s temper
捺住性子 To control one’s tempt
Unit 11
1) Be cool toward someone
对某人漠视无情 To leave somebody in the cold 2) Icy stare 冰冷的眼神
3) Give someone the cold shoulder
对人冷漠，冷待某人 To treat somebody in an unfriendly way 4) Turn one’s back on someone
不愿意帮助某人，不提供帮助给某人 Be unwilling to help somebody 5) Turn one’s nose up at someone
拒绝某人 To refuse somebody or someone’s suggestions 6) Welcome someone with open arms
非常欢迎某人 To welcome someone warmly and happily
Unit 12
1) Be a loner
字面意识为成为孤家寡人，寓意为不合作 To prefer to be alone rather than with a group of people
2) Brainstorm
集体研讨，集思广益 A spontaneous group discussion to produce ideas and ways of solving problems 3) Join forces
联合力量 To work together in order to achieve a shared aim
4) Pool one’s resources
集资，集合资源 To collect 5) Go it alone
独立的，单边的，不听别人意见 To do something without help from anyone 6) Put heads together
一起讨论问题 To think about or discuss something as a group 7) Lend a hand
帮忙，助一臂之力 To help somebody 8) Two heads are better than one 人多智慧大。三个臭皮匠，顶个诸葛亮。 To say that two people can achieve more than one person working alone