文学家 --- man of letters
实业家 --- man of business
行动主义者 --- man of action (not of words)
喜怒无常的人 --- man of moods
沉默寡言的人 --- man of few words
足智多谋的人 --- man of ideas
有审美力的人 --- man of taste
知名人士 --- man of mark (distinction)
牧师，圣徒 --- man of God
法律界人士 --- man of law
习语与俗语 Idioms & Slangs
a man (woman) in a thousand --- 千里挑一的男人（女人）
the man in the street --- 普通老百姓
man of the hour --- (who everyone’s talking about)热门人物
make a man out of sb --- 使某人长大或成人
be man enough to do sth --- 有足够勇气
be one’s own man --- 能独立自主

Life is not all beer and skittles.人生非尽乐事。
Life is subject to ups and downs.人生沉浮。
Life is a comedy to him who thinks and a tragedy to him who feels. 对于善思者，人生是喜剧；对于善感者，人生是悲剧。

life expectancy (预期寿命);
life jacket (救生衣);
lifetime (一生);
lifelong (终生的);
lifesaver (救星);
lifeboat (救生艇);
lifeguard (救生员);
lifestyle (生活方式);
life-span (寿命，生命的期限);
life-and-death (生死攸关的，关系重大的);
常见搭配 Useful Phrases
人寿保险 --- life insurance
生命周期 --- life cycle
特别高兴时刻 --- the time of one’s life
一辈子 --- all one’s life
恢复生气 --- to come to life
习语与俗语 Idioms & Slangs
life and death --- 生死攸关
the life of the party --- 中心人物
life for life --- 以命偿命
bet one’s life on sth. --- 拿生命打赌
take one’s life in one’s hand --- 冒生命危险
frighten the life out of sb --- 惊吓某人

jobless (失业中的);
part-time job (兼职);
full-time job (全职);
job site (施工的地方);
job-creation (就业机会)
常见搭配 Useful Phrases
劳务市场 --- job market
面试 --- job interview
工作 --- job offer
长期工作 --- permanent job
零活 --- odd jobs
美差 --- a fat job
麻烦的工作 --- a troublesome job
棘手的工作 --- a tough job
费力不讨好的工作 --- a thankless job
指挥工作 --- to boss the job
辞职 --- to quit one’s job
失业 --- to lose one’s job/ be out of a job
好好干 --- to do a good job
习语与俗语 Idioms & Slangs
jobs for the boys --- 为亲信安排的工作
make a bad /good job of sth --- 把某事做坏/好
do the job --- 起作用，奏效

口服 --- by mouth
口头 --- by word of mouth

闭嘴 --- to shut one’s mouth
使流口水 --- to make one’s mouth water
嘴不稳，话多 --- to have a big mouth
习语与俗语 Idioms & Slangs
zip one’s mouth --- 守秘
keep one’s mouth shut --- 保守秘密
open one’s mouth wide --- 信口开河
live from hand to mouth --- 勉强糊口
be born with a silver spoon in one’s mouth --- 生来就富
shoot one’s mouth off --- 夸张，吹牛
all mouth and no action --- 只说不做

谚语 Proverbs
Good medicine is bitter in the mouth.良药苦口。
Wisdom may come out of the mouths of babies.智慧可能出自婴孩之口。

Nature has given us two ears, two eyes, and but one tongue, to the end that we should hear and see more than we speak.
天赋我们两耳，两眼，一张嘴巴，归根到底该多听，多看，少说话。

Nature will have its course. 天行其道。