《小屁孩兒日記》第三本~
1. do the trick 口語中用于表示“達(dá)到目的”，“（使能夠）順?biāo)臁?，“（藥等）奏效?/b>
eg: This method really did the trick. (這種方法很奏效。)
2. Rodwley didn't seem so hot on the idea
be hot on sth. 可以表示“對(duì)……熱心，理解，精通”
3. crack 嘗試
eg: take / have a crack at ...
4. get cold feet 過度緊張，嚇得兩腿發(fā)軟
eg: Before the speech, I kind of got cold feet.
5. Corey fessed up to the crime in no time flat
fess up (to sth.) 坦率地承認(rèn)
eg: He fessed up to the fact that he was old.
in no time flat [口語]馬上，迅速地，在盡可能短的時(shí)間內(nèi)
6. It takes a nerd to get you out of pinch.
nerd 書呆子
pinch 表示“危機(jī)，困難，緊迫”
out of pinch 就可以表示“擺脫困境”
7. fork over the five dollars
fork over 表示”（不情愿地）交錢，付錢”
8. in sixth period
period 表示“（上課的）節(jié)、堂”
eg: We have five periods on Monday.
9. get really bent out of shape 氣壞，大發(fā)雷霆
eg: His father got really bent out of shape after he ruined all his plan.
10. Luckily, right around then, the phone's battery died.
表示電話沒電了：the phone's battery died.
電話電量低：My phone has low power.
11. vending machine自動(dòng)售賣機(jī)
12. surefire （口語）確實(shí)的，必定會(huì)成功的
13. catch the thief red-handed
catch sb. red-handed 當(dāng)場逮捕、當(dāng)場抓到某人
14. sb.'s? number is up
（某人） 劫數(shù)難逃，大難臨頭，要倒霉了
15. in a pinch 在必要時(shí)，在危機(jī)時(shí)
16. on sb.'s case 煩人
eg: She's always on my case. 她總是來煩我。
17. run out of options
機(jī)會(huì)用完了，就是沒機(jī)會(huì)了
18. in a nutshell 簡言之，概括地說
19. get off my back 使某人獨(dú)處
20. work up the nerve to make the call
work up the nerve to do sth. 鼓起勇氣做……
21. I'm gonna take her up on her offer.
我準(zhǔn)備接受她的建議。
22. popsicles 冰棍
原來只知道有ice cream(冰淇淋), 沒想到冰棍也有單獨(dú)的詞來表示~
