行成于思，毁于随

放弃：    give up one's job
          abandon the ship
          cast aside illusion
          walk out on his wife/friends
          yield the seats to seniors/ the handicapped

resume:   电脑水平computer literacy  语言水平language ability  其他技能skills and knowledge

形容个人特质：  有冒险精神的audacious 稳健的temperate  有创造力的：ingenious 有雄心的aspiring

睡与醒：    wake up
          熬夜stay up all night/ burn the midnight oil
          睡意阵阵sleep comes in snatches
          使人昏昏欲睡 The dream-like music lulls you to sleep.
          奇怪，昨夜一直睡不着。Funny, I have troule sleeping last night.
          整晚没合眼 I haven't slept a wink/shut my eyes last night.
          很清醒 I am all wired. I am wide awake.
          连续两天没有合眼了。I haven't slept for two day in a row/ consecutive two days.
          早起 I am an early bird/ an early riser.
          叫起 he isn't out of bed yet? Drag him out of bed!

干草   割草cut hays
       趁热打铁Make hay while the sun shine.
       去睡觉 hit the hay

当兵    过去时 Were you ever in service?
        So why did you enlist?参军
        What branch are you in? 海/陆/空
        I was drafted into the army lastly.
       被迫当兵：be obliged to join the army = be conscripted.


推陈出新 Out with the old, and in with the new.

流行   不流行be out of date/ be not fashionable any longer/ be not hip any longer
       流行 be in vogue/ There's a scanty supply/high fashion贵/mass fashion大众/classical经久
       形容人过时：You are behind times/ You're a dinosaur.

腿脚    麻了 I can't feel my body.(冻僵）/My feet are numb. My feet are asleep（短暂的麻痹）
        扭了 twisted my ankle
       断了骨折 fractured my ankle/ broke my leg
      
走路   take a stroll/ take a short walk/ wander outside/ ramble/ jump back several paces/
       hobble/limp/stagger/todder/toddle

特别害怕 He dreaded  having to spend  Christmas in hospital.
谈…色变  be intimidated by

[移觉法]  an  uncomfortable weekend/ sour remark/ sweet voice/ icy look
            = 李贺的“通感” 

满心欢喜 take heart

摔： slip on 滑了倒了/ slid off 滑了，平移下来

a/the: a third brother三兄弟之一 the third brother 第三子
       a second time 又一次/ the second time第二次
       in possession of拥有/ in the possession of 归属于

no/not: She is no more generous than John. 两人都不慷慨
          She is not more generous than John. 不如John慷慨

“随着时间的流逝”= In time,