Pleasure: 乐趣，快乐；乐事；娱乐

pleasurable 令人快乐的

pleasant 使人愉快的

pleasure-seeking 寻欢作乐的

be at one’s pleasure 随意，听便

with pleasure 同意，愉快的接收

to take great pleasure in 以……为乐

to seek/look for pleasure 寻欢作乐

pleasure seeker 寻欢作乐的人

pleasure has a sting in its tail.

Pleasure is a source of pain; pain is a source of pleasure.

One half of the world can not understand the pleasures of the other.

 

Price：价格，代价，

Retail price 零售价

Wholesale price 批发价

Floor price 最低价

Full price 全价

Ceiling price 最高价

Below-cost price 低于成本价

At cost price 成本价

Auction price 拍卖价

A bargain price 交易价格

Black-market price 黑市价格

Priceless 无价的

Pricey 昂贵的

Pricetag 价码牌

Price-list 价目表

quotation 报价表

price war

sell at marked prices

be at any price 不惜任何代价

cheap at the price 物有所值

virtue is beyond price.

Everyone has his price.

 

Problem: 问题，难题，习题

Problematic 有问题

Social problem; day-by-day problem; household problem; to present a problem; to cause problem

 

Road: 道路、手段、方法、

Railroad; road-block; a road sign; a dead-end road; a straight and easy; a country road; a level road; a rough road; a round-about road

Hit the road上路；on the road 奔波；

All roads lead to Rome.

There is a road from heart to heart.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

 

Shoe: 鞋，马蹄铁，所在位置

Leather shoes; dress shoes; rain shoes; canvas shoes; shoemaker; shoestring;

To put on/ wear/take off/ one’s shoes; to repair shoes; to brush one one’s shoes; to polish shoes

Put oneself in somebody’s shoes 站在某人立场上； have a shoe in sth. 先占上一席之地； fill sb.’s shoes 接替某人角色

Rip some body off 宰人

Every shoe fits not every foot.

The fairest looking shoe may pinch the foot.

No one knows better where the shoe pinches than he who wears it.

 

Story: 故事、经历、假话、文章、新闻报道

An adventure/authentic/blue/charming/day-to-day story

The story does not lose in the telling.

The story goes that 据说

Make a story short/never end story/ the same old story/a tall story难以置信

 

Success: 成功、成就、

Successful/successfully/successor

To get/obtain success; to win success; a roaring success;

Nothing succeeds like success.

Success is the child of audacity.

To know how to wait is the great secret of success.

God doesn’t require us to succeed; he only requires that you try.

 

Sugar: 糖

Cane sugar 蔗糖；crystal sugar 冰糖；milk sugar乳糖；grape sugar 葡萄糖；cube/block/cut sugar方糖

Sugar-coated 粉饰；sugarless gum; sugarless food; sugar coat 糖衣；

Sugar daddy 老色鬼，老荒唐

Sugar the pill 降低某事令人讨厌了的程度

 

Time: 时间，时，时代，次数，倍数

Timely; timer; timeless; timetable; time-honored; time consumer

Time & space; for the first time; for the last time; for the time being; from time to time; for a long time; time and time again; once upon a time; to have a good time; to keep good time; make a good time; all the time; at one time; be in time for; be on time; ahead of time; at all time; many a time; at the same time; time files; the time is ripe; time on one’s hands; time limit; good timing; nine times out of ten; take one’s time; have a hard/rough time; have time to kill; it’s high time to do; it’s only a matter of time; behind the times; long time no see;

Time waits for no man.

Other times, other names.

Time is money.

There is no time like the present

 

Way: 道路，道，距离，路程，方向，方式，方法，习惯，风俗，

Wayword 任性的;

Make one’s way; lose one’s way; feel/grope one’s way; force one’s way; push/thrust one’s way; shoulder one’s way; cut both ways; give way;

No way; no way out; way back home; work one’s way up; by the way; be born/made that way; be set in one’s way; be in a family way怀孕； in a way 在某种程度上；under way 正在进行；

Where there is a will, there is a way. Ways and means 方法

Go one’s own way 为所欲为

Be born/made that way 天生本性

Under way 正在进行

 

Old friends and old ways ought not to be disdained.

 

Word: 字、单词；简短的话；诺言；通知、消息

Wording 措词； wordy 唠叨的；

Wordplay 俏皮话； wordperfect 一字不差的记下； 

Dirty word; word by word; a man of few words; in a word; in other word

Stick to one’s word 信守诺言; give one’s word 许诺; eat one’s word 食言；have a word with sb.;!=have words with sb.

Shoot=go ahead; famous last words鬼才相信

I’ll take a word for it.我接收你的许诺

I am a man of my word.说到做到

Words are the wings of the action.

Enough words, little wisdom.

 

Be faithful/ loyal to sb. 对某人忠诚

Have faith in sb. 对人有信心

A fickle lover 水性杨花的情人

Love affairs 绯闻

Be obsessed by 对什么着迷

Feel attracted to sb. 被……吸引

Get dumped/ get ditched 被甩

Chase/ run after/ pursue 追求，奉承

Fall in love with sb.

Adore 爱慕

Have a crush on sb 迷恋某人

Be spell bound for 着迷

Fall head over heels in love 神魂颠倒的爱

Unworthy of your love 不值得爱

Be jealous of 嫉妒

Happy ending love

Split up/ break up 分手

Make up/ reunion 言归于好

Feel at home with sb. 和某人在一起有安全感

Prince charming 白马王子

Man/woman of my dream 梦中情人