1． Hold on等一下（口语中，人们不太用 wait a minute）如果两人辩论，吵架，抬杠，你要别人“打住”，可以说， hold it right there.

2． I hate his guts. 我最讨厌他。也有说 I hate him guts. Guts是肠子，相当于“恨之入骨”的意思。 He doesn’ t have much guts. 他是个胆小鬼。 ut feeling直觉

3． Nuts,果仁，核，为复数时，意为“疯子”， He is nuts。他有神经病。 He went nuts and killed a guy.他发疯了，结果杀了一个人。 You are driving me nuts. 你真是要把我逼疯。 a tough nut to crack,一项艰巨的任务，一个难解之题

4． How is everything? (还好吗？) I am just stuck in a rut, doing the same things every day. I wish I could do something different. (烦死了，每天都是干同样的活，我真想换个活法。) rut日常的，每天都如此， get in a rut，日复一日，天天如此

5． I have totally sold out to your idea. 我 100％地赞同赞同你的意见。类似的话还有 If you are not careful enough, you will buy into his bad idea. 如果你不小心的话，你就会采纳他的这馊主意。

6． I am just ecstatic about going to visit you soon. 马上要见你，我高兴死了。

7． A dap and dip打个照面，露下脸就走。 Matt: Are we going to Jon’s party?我们去琼的聚会吗？ Darryl: Yeah, but I don’ t want to stay long, so let’s make it a dap and dip.那就去吧，不过我可不想多呆，顶多就打个照面就走人。

8． I would like to get a job within couching distance. 我想找个不用走路就可以上班的工作。 Couching distance,沙发距离，就是坐在沙发上不起身也能够得着。这是那种 couch potato喜欢做的美梦。

9． Yukky难吃，说这个词时还要做一个难吃的表情。 Where did you get this food? It was yukky. 你从哪里弄了这吃的？那么难吃。 1

0．与 yukky相反的词是 yummy，好吃极了。说这个词时，要不然就把音拖一下，要不然说它两次，表示你真的喜欢主人做的这道菜。