1) I hate the way Barry always? ?toots his own horn? ?, and I get sick if hearing about all the amazing things he'd done.? (自吹自擂)

2 Kelly was quite rude to me at first, but she? ?changed her tune? ?when someone mentioned how wealthy i was.

She has?changed?her?tune?about?children?since?she?got married?and had?her?own…?

她結(jié)婚有自己的小孩以后改變了對(duì)于孩子的看法。

3 Jean says he's not sure what goes on in the meetings, so he'll just? ? ? ?play it by ear? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? and see what happens.

Facing?his?enemy,?he?had?to?play?it?by?ear.?

面隊(duì)敵人，他只有隨機(jī)應(yīng)變了。

4 The name? ? ? rang a bell? ? ? ? but I couldn't remember exactly where i'd heard it before.

這名子聽(tīng)起來(lái)好耳熟呀，但我就是想不起來(lái)在哪里聽(tīng)過(guò)？(靈機(jī)一動(dòng)）

5 He lied to his boss for over a year and his boss just found out. It's time he? ? faced the music.“承擔(dān)后果”，面對(duì)現(xiàn)實(shí)或者處理一些現(xiàn)實(shí)狀況，接受所有的結(jié)果，不管是好是壞。但大多數(shù)情況下都是不太好的結(jié)果。有時(shí)候，也用來(lái)表示接受懲罰，接受某個(gè)行為帶來(lái)的直接后果。

這個(gè)短語(yǔ)來(lái)源于劇場(chǎng)。演員們?cè)谖枧_(tái)上表演時(shí)，就直接面對(duì)著樂(lè)池中的樂(lè)隊(duì)，在舞臺(tái)上，演員經(jīng)常會(huì)由于緊張或怯場(chǎng)而造成忘詞等尷尬的局面，只要音樂(lè)一響，演員就沒(méi)有任何選擇的余地，只能去face the music（必須承受出現(xiàn)的局面）。人們遂用face the music指承擔(dān)自己行為的后果。?

Don't escape, you should face the music when you did something wrong.

別逃避，做了錯(cuò)事就要勇于承擔(dān)后果。

After failing a math test, Tom had to go home and face the music.

數(shù)學(xué)考試掛掉了，Tom不得不回家接受懲罰。

He’s been cheating us out of our money for years, and now it’s time for him to face the music.

他騙我們錢(qián)騙了這么多年，是時(shí)候讓他接受懲處了。

Mary broke a dining-room window, and had to face the music when her father got home.馬麗打碎了餐廳的窗戶(hù)，爸爸回家肯定會(huì)懲罰她。再比如：雙十一很多人都肆意地剁手，現(xiàn)在吃咸菜還借唄花唄的日子是自己造成的。

He's squandered his money, and now he's got to face the music.

他把錢(qián)揮霍光了，現(xiàn)在得承擔(dān)自己行為的后果。

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6. It was? ? music to my ears? ? when I heard i got the job!

.好消息

When you hear exactly what you wanted to hear.

當(dāng)你確切地聽(tīng)到你想聽(tīng)到的。

When they read out the results and everyone heard that I got top marks, it was like music to my ears!!

當(dāng)他們宣讀結(jié)果時(shí)，每個(gè)人都聽(tīng)說(shuō)我得了高分，這真是個(gè)好消息！

7 She's always? ?playing second fiddle to her older brother. Their parents always treat him better. 居次要位置 ; 居次要地位 ; 甘拜下風(fēng) (fiddle= small violin )

8 i understand it? as clear as a bell! It's quite easy once you study a bit.

我聽(tīng)得一清二楚！只要你學(xué)一點(diǎn)就很容易了。

9 Don't blame it all on him. It takes two to tango. You're also at fault. 一個(gè)巴掌拍不響,雙方都有責(zé)任

別全怪他。一個(gè)巴掌拍不響。你也有錯(cuò)

10 He doesn't care what others think of him. He's always? ? ?marching to the beat of his own drum.? ? ? ?? 他不在乎別人怎么看他。他總是按自己的節(jié)奏前進(jìn)。? ??