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- You wouldn't dare.
- I dare, all right. You just watch me dare.
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Don't you dare.
You wouldn't dare do sth.
Don't you dare talk to me like that!
You wouldn't dare talk to me like that!
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Don't you dare cry, don't you ever cry.
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How dare you 用在动作发生之后
Don't you dare 用在动作发生之前
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Don't you dare miss this sale!
万万不能错过这次促销!
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How dare you read my diary without my permission!
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I was asked to debus.
debus 离开公交,下车
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They don't have seat belts, and they won't let you latch yourself to the seat with bungee cords.
latch oneself to sth 把某人自己拴到...上
bungee 弹力绳
cord 绳索
bungee jumping 蹦极跳
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If you keep frittering away your savings on sales at the mail, you'll be broke again in no time.
fritter sth away on sth 在某事上浪费
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Come on, let's get started on our hike. We're burning daylight just standing around here!
burn daylight doing sth
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I was seeing red because he has a way of getting under your skin.
see red 非常生气,暴怒
get under one's skin 让某人恨之入骨,让某人生气
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Mother was fit to be tied every time he used her prized rhododendron to do his business.
do one's business 方便,上厕所
be fit to be tied
字面意思:很适合被捆绑,引申为:极其生气,怒不可遏
rhododendron 杜鹃花
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You don't need to get all bent out of shape just because it's late.
out of shape 变样,身体状况不佳
get bent out of shape (某人)非常生气
You should apologize to Phil before he gets bent out of shape.
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Take a chill pill!
=calm down
The police officer told her to take a chill pill and answer the questions.
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Heaven forbid that it ever comes!
但愿它永远别来了!
heaven forbid 但愿不会发生这事
Heaven/God forbid + that
Heaven forbid that he is nervous because of my words!
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Since she got married, she's been in seven heaven.
in seven heaven 极为快乐
When she was born I was in seventh heaven.
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I'll move heavens and earth to get it done on time.
move heavens and earth (某人)竭尽全力
move heavens and earth to do sth
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There's nothing to beat good freshwater fish if you eat it when it has been alive half an hour ago and has come out of the pan half a minute ago.
当你吃着半小时以前还活着,半分钟以前刚从锅里盛出来的鱼时,是没有任何食品能够和它媲美的。
there's nothing to beat 没有什么能打败;没有什么能比...更好
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Mr. Beaver stuck to beer. 海狸先生只喝啤酒。
stick to 字母意思:坚持,引申为:只
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Mr. Beaver sat down quietly at the edge of the hole, looked hard into it, then suddenly shot in his paw, and before you could say Jack Robinson had whisked out a beautiful trout.
海狸先生静悄悄地往洞边一坐,目不转睛地注视着洞里的河水,突然,他把爪子伸到水中,说时迟那时快,它一下子就逮住了一条漂亮的鲟鱼。
before you can say Jack Robinson
很快;转眼之间
也可以说,before you can say knife
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Then he did it all over again until they had a fine catch of fish.
had a fine catch of fish
抓了很多鱼
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part from sb 与...告别