2224. She suffered stomach cramps so severe that she nearly gave up, but she gutted it out and is glad she did. （比赛时）她一阵阵胃抽筋，痛得几乎要放弃比赛了，但她咬牙坚持了下来，结果令她高兴。gut it out, 以前学习tough时，有类似的意思：You have just to tough it out. 你只有坚持到底。

2225.She does a good job and she is a team player. 她工作干得不错，她很合群。

2226.To find a fault is easy; to do better may be difficult. 挑错容易，胜过却难，（或挑错容易，要干得更出色却难。）这句话送给像牛津水郎一类的人蛮适合。

2227.They feel they are double crossed. 他们觉得被(同志，同僚)出卖了。

2228.That was then and this is now. 此一时彼一时。

2229.We are ready to ring out the old year and ring in the new year. 我们已经准备好了辞旧迎新。ring，敲钟，教堂辞旧迎新的方式。They are ringing in the new year with a cheerful peal. 他们以快乐的钟声迎接新年。

2230.As you sent me into the world, I have sent them into the world. John 17：18你怎样差我到世上，我也照样差他们到世上。这是耶稣说的一句话，意思是，要把年轻人派到实际的社会中去锻炼。这个世界充满了陷阱，一定得小心才好。

2231.He is strong as an ox. 他健壮如牛。也可以说，He is strong as a bull. 或者like a bull/ an ox。

2232.Lao Niu wants to have those critic readers to be frozen out. 老牛要把那些提出批评的读者统统都赶走。The others tried to freeze me out of the conversation. 那些人想赶我走不让我发言。freeze 也可以做不及物动词：The lake froze over in January. 这个湖的湖面一月时结冰了。The lock froze up with rust. 锁绣得打不开了。Theimage of a man standing in front of a tank in T.A.M. square, it turns out, is too solidly frozen in time. 一个人在天安门挑战一辆坦克的形象，已经永远凝固在了历史碑上。

2233.Just hang loose, man. Everything will be all right.不要紧张，(放松一点)老兄，一切都会过去的。

2234.setbacks and comebacks得失，退步与进步：There are many ways to turn setbacks into comebacks. 有好些办法可以把不利变有利。A setback is a setup for a comeback.塞翁失马。

2235.To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them. （George Mason Co-author of the Second Amendment）让人民毫无自我保护能力是奴役他们最好最有效的办法。（所以如果弱势群体去找律师的话，最好的办法就是吊销律师的执照。 ）

2236.cool大家都知道的词了，如果你还说，good，似乎有点老土，要说cool.还有一个由cool衍生的说法：Cool beans. "Hey, dude, I won the lottery."

"Cool beans!" 老兄，我中彩了。那太好了。同类的说法其实很多，这些都是：sweet, awesome, splendid, amazing, yeah。

2237.cut their own throat, shoot their own foot,

2238.My heart is in my throat. 我紧张得心都跳出来了。我紧张得要命。The young lover tried to look at his ease, but his heart was in his mouth. 这位年轻恋人竭力看上去轻松自如，但他其实紧张得要命。

2239.a lump in one’s throat: After hearing his story I could hardly speak for the lump in my throat. 听了他的故事后，我一时语塞，眼泪都要夺眶而出。

2240.If we all did the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves.- Thomas Edison 如果每人都能做些力所能及的事，这个世界会发生惊人的变化。（直译是，会让自己都大吃一惊。）这是爱迪生的一句话，劝说莫嫌事小而不为。

2241.Where to strike the balance between principles, values and interests is one of the most enduring debates about America’s role in the world. 美国既要在在全世界要追求利益，又要推行其价值观，这二者之间如何取得平衡是一个长盛不衰的话题。strike the balance between, 在二者之间获得平衡。How do you strike a balance between work and family? 你在工作与家庭之间是如何平衡的？

2242.tightrope, 走钢丝绳，Obama walks a delicate tightrope in his first trip to China.奥巴马第一次的中国行要小心翼翼平衡各方面的关系。The economy was on the ropes, housing prices were in free fall. 经济岌岌可危，楼市猛跌。

2243.Why don’t you try it? Why don’t you do it? 你为啥不去干呢？如果有人向你推荐一个绝妙的办法时，你就可以这么回答。甚至再加一句，Great Plan, but why don’t you try it. 好主意呀，但你为啥。。。

2244.That is a get-richer-quick scheme for himself. 这不过是他自己想快快发财的手段罢了。如果有人向你介绍安利等产品时，你可以这么想。get rich overnight一夜暴富

2245.tea: Would you like to eat a cup of tea? 熟人之间开玩笑时的说法。对客人还是要说，drink a cup of tea. 这里的eat是从有的方言直译过来。Tea Party, 茶叶党，美国的抗税公民。像那些农民，屋主拒迁者，都是中国的Tea Party成员。When experts try to read tea leaves, they are not hopeful about a democratic society in the next decade. 那些专家们在竭力解读这些社会现象，他们觉得十年内根本无望实现民主社会。read tea leaves, “读茶叶”，这意思是了解表面现象后面的规律，或者像那些算命的人，看你的手相时，就是在“读茶叶。”Tea leaf reading is like fortune telling.

2246.A good education can be the doorway to a better life. 良好的教育是通向美好生活的一扇门。比较gateway, gate 大门，比door要大，所以gateway也一般比doorway大。Shanghai is the gateway to business in China. 上海是进入中国市场的大门。

2247.cliffhanger, 悬念，欲知后事如何，且听下回分解。She is a good story teller, and she leaves it at a cliffhanger. 她很会讲故事，讲到高丨潮丨时就打住，待下次再讲。a cliff dive 从悬崖峭壁上进行的跳水运动。又叫cliff jumping, Living at risk is jumping off the cliff and building your wings on the way down.

2248.昨天听一位朋友说：Tonight, I went out to have dinner with a friend. 今晚我跟朋友一块出去吃饭了。这话最好这么说： I ate out with a friend this evening. 也可以：I dined out with a friend.

2249.He is smoking dope. 他吸丨毒丨。dope的含义比较广，这些丨毒丨品都包括：cannabis, cocaine, heroin，只要能吸的都叫dope. He is a dope head. He is the lowest of the low.他是个吸丨毒丨鬼，贱得很。吸丨毒丨也可以说smoking pot：The cops busted him for smoking pot on the streets. 俚语里也有cool的意思：That car is dope.

2250.I came, I saw, I conquered. 这是Julius Caesar的一句名言，我来了，我见了，我征服了。有些女孩模仿这个句子，到王府井商场逛了一遍后说：We came, we saw, we shopped. 我们来了，我们看了，我们买了。