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1. life expectancy 预期寿命，平均寿命
2. get outof hand 失控
3. be fed upwith 感到厌烦；讨厌；对……感到厌烦；厌烦
4. 某人对某事不熟悉的两种表达
sb. isunfamiliar with sth.
sth. isunfamiliar to sb.
5. come downwith sth. 生病
6. boil downto sth. 归结为
7. frown onsth. 不悦；蹙眉不悦；对……不赞成；不赞成某事
8. donothing but do 固定用法
9. in honorof sb./sth. 纪念某人/某事
10. There’sno point in doing sth. 做某事无意义
11. nothingbut 只有；只不过 anything but 根本不；除…以外任何事
12. rarely, seldom, hardly,scarcely
Rarely和seldom意思都是“很少”（表频率），seldom更正式、更书面。Hardly和scarcely意思都是“几乎不”或者“刚刚”（表程度）。相比之下scarcely更正式、更书面。People rarely askquestions.She was seldom seen in public.I hardly had time to ask her name.Wehad scarcely arrived when he asked us to leave.
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