.1第一次

1. Gained a new lease of life. 获重生..

• Surely only the most jaded and damaged would challenge the orthodoxy of romantic love.

  当然，只有那些最厌倦和最受伤害的女士们才会挑战浪漫爱情的正统

2.lapping it up :趋之若鹜...

• This was lounge culture, and Americans were lapping it up.

  这就是酒吧文化，而美国人欣然接受了它、

  1. If you lounge somewhere, you sit or lie there in a relaxed or lazy way. 懒洋洋地坐着; 懒散地躺着

     
     

3.I sicken at his dilly-dallying：我讨厌他----吊儿郎当的--浪费时间.

4.In  parallel:平行的；并连的 ：并行的；与此同时的？？

5.Be calculated to:目的在于....

6.with a pinch of salt..

7.sneak out/ incognito /in search of /unadulterated information

8.Five-yearly  congress :五年一次的人大？?

9.Nothing  ventured , nothing gained:

10.per se :本身，自身

• He said he was not against war per se, just this one, and he was booed by the crowd.

  他说他反对的不是战争本身，而是反对这场战争，因此他受到了现场群众的唾弃。

11.will be laid bare

12.Ecce Homo : 你们看这个人，看那个人， 瞧！这个人

13.Black and white :笔写的，印刷的，黑白混合的

• That is not, of course, irrefutable proof of discrimination.

  当然，这并非是存在歧视的不可辩驳的证明。

14.rubbish strewn streets: 遍地垃圾的街道

15.on the beach :失业的，潦倒的，  退休的，在海边

16.snapped from behind ：从后面 拍快照......

17.off the map : fell off the map ?  wipe off the map?

a small fry

18.high horse:

19.their shared fondness for puerile, obscene word games

20.no-holds-barred

• It is not surprising that this no-holds-barred approach to creativity has put scripted US drama into a state of accelerated evolution.

  因此，这种毫不拘束发展创新的方法将美国电视剧带入加速进化的境地也就不让人感到惊讶了。

  
  

21. should be a corker

• You have to shuffle the cards before the cut for deal.

  你得先洗牌，然后再倒牌和发牌。

shuffle off 推卸；摆脱

shuffle off this mortal coil

22.to shuffle to the right or edge to the left

23.shore up

24.bit the dust=   bite the dust

25.bear the brunt

bear the brunt of, stand in the breach， stand in the gap

26.get stuck in

• Most scavengers work bare-handed, as maggots from the rubbish can get stuck in the tips of rubber gloves.

  大部分拾荒者/清道夫 都是徒手工作的，因为垃圾里的蛆会很快地进入橡胶手套的末端。

27.across the board

• In their manifesto they wrote that in Sweden, “standards have risen across the board as every school does its best to satisfy parents”.

  他们在宣言、声明，告示中写道，在瑞典，“由于每所学校都尽力满足家长的要求，行业水准得到全面提高”。

27.Get on with it！！

28.accounts for more than a quarter of all spending

29. better-off

• and where the better-off fret about their safety.          【 fret about =  fret over】

  • 生活较富裕的人也担心自身的安全

30.carve out of

31. head count

• Only if we let it.

  如果我们让它这么做的话。

32.not least /////////

not in  the least    

not the least

33.tinkering with

34.gas emissions

35.some offsetting rise should be inflicted on the well-off

36.stick with some of Labour’s tax hikes

37.socially prominent resident

38.settled into his new home

39.Bird's eye view of Chicago in 1913, the third largest city in the U.S.

40.sparsely populated state east of the Mississippi

41.seaside resort

resort

42.by the back door

43.Quite the opposite

44. associated with

45.IN THE long run

• But in the long run it is as inevitable as changes in the weather.

  但长远来看，这种需求就像天气的变化一样，是不可避免的。

46.undoubtedly

47.lived up to the pre-launch publicity

48.lived up to expectations--------- fail to live up to expectations

1. Sales have not lived up to expectations this year.

   销售额今年还没有达到预期目标。

49.chancellor of the exchequer

50..the bulk of