2373.Injustices should be righted. 冤假错案必须平反。This shameful wrong must be righted. 这样丢人的错误必须纠正。This is wrong and needs to be corrected. 这错了，得纠正。right用作动词时，听上去比correct要来得书面体一点。但两个词作形容词时基本上没有区别：the correct answer, the right answer。但这里只能用right：get it right。这里只能用corrected：I stand corrected.我接受批评指正。
2374.Let me get this straight.这事我来理清楚。Let me get this straight. Are you saying that it is wrong to do this? 这事我得澄清一下，你是不是说，这样做是错误的？
2375.We have had an on-again, off-again correspondence for five years.我们断断续续地保持了五年的联络。on-again, off-again relationships 藕断丝连的关系。It is strange that he keeps breaking up and getting back together with the same girl. 真的搞不清，他与同一个女孩断了又好，好了又断，没完没了。He is stuck in an on-again and off-again relationship of ten years.他陷在这种时好时断大关系中长达十年了。这种关系又叫yo-yo relationships。回力球关系。
2376.He was injured in a car accident early Friday. He was in and out of consciousness when the ambulance arrived. 周五凌晨，他遭遇了车祸，救护车到达时，他时而昏迷，时而清醒。
2377．I hit a wall, and zoomed out. 我撞到了墙上，昏了过去。
2378．晕倒了，最通常的说法是：faint, become limp, or lose consciousness。
2379．When she was young she could easily swim several lengths of the swimming pool.她年轻时在游泳池里游几个来回没有一点问题。several lengths of 几个来回。
2380．My boss is demanding. 我的老板很厉害。 My bladder is demanding. 我尿急得要命。
2381．Just a quick note to let you know that…是一个很好的句型:给你留个便条，让你知道。。。
2382．Today is a gift, that"s why we call it the present. 这是一个很好的pun，present有两个意思，一是礼物，二是现在。今天是礼物，所以称现在。言下之意，就是要好好利用现在的时间。
2383．He also had some choice words for Emanuel during a recent radio interview in which he called the top Obama adviser "the son of the devil"s spawn."在最近一次接受电台采访时，他对以曼尔也有些十分刻薄的言辞，他称奥巴马的高级顾问是魔鬼之子。choice 精选的部分，字斟句酌。choice beef = good beef
2384．WE don’t know about 20 or 30 years down the road. 我们无法预料20或30年后要发生的事情。
2385．I will like you to assist me with a soft loan urgently with the sum of $2,500 (USD) to sort-out my hotel bills and get myself back home as soon as possible.请你给我提供一点低利息贷款，我急需2500美元，用来付酒店账单，尽快能回家。a soft loan, 利息不高，朋友之间借贷的那种。
2386．I will appreciate whatever you can afford because no amount is too small for my present situation.不管你能给我多少帮助我都感激不尽，任何数额都大大地帮我解脱困境。no amount is too small for 不管多少都是可以。
2387．I can be a little bit preachy. 我会有点好为人师。Preachy people are no fun.
2388．He is in a zombie-like state. 他脑袋一片空白。
2389．有时候，名词+ to 后面接动名词，而不是不定式：
a)We need to continue our dedication to serving the less fortunate. 我们应该继续全力以赴地服事那些不幸的群体。
b)Face reality and tackle each hurdle to changing your life one step and one day at a time. 你得面对现实，采取行动，一天一步地来解决你生命中的难题。
c)I am looking forward to seeing you.
2390．As most people already know, Google is the juggernaut of the internet.众所周知，谷歌是网络上的庞然大物。
2391.He is a forward thinker. 他是位超前的思想家。 forward-looking, 有前瞻性的，也可以说avant-garde 前卫, 这里的前卫主要指打破常规。不一定是就真的成了前驱，后面的人一定会效法。一般用于艺术领域。prophetic也是这个意思。He is prophetic. 他料事如神。超前的反义词是old-fashioned落伍的。
2392.They can see the handwriting on the wall. Xi will soon be ousted or sidelined. 他们已经看出了发展的趋势，习很快就会被赶下台，或者靠边站了。the handwriting on the wall, 预告，警告。
2393.He is the guy who walks in front of the officials with rose petals.他这人就这样，逢官员必献殷勤。with rose petals, 向谁献殷勤。
2394.Marriage isn"t all moonlight and roses. It can be hard work keeping a relationship together. 婚姻不都是花前月下，要维护好关系还得下番功夫。
2395.Some people are really angry about the earthquake, and some people are much more at peace with it and they have accepted it.有些人对地震表现出强烈的愤怒，有些人则较为平静地接受这一事实。at peace with, 平静地对待。
2396.come to terms with 开始接受了（一个不愿面对的现实），解决了问题，She"s never really come to terms with her son"s death. 她到现在还接受不了她儿子已经去世这一事实。It"s very hard coming to terms with the fact that you"ll never have children.要你接受再也不能生小孩了，这是不容易面对的事实。
2397.She comes to gripes with the fact that no one is perfect.她终于接受了世上没有完美的人这一事实。I still have not come to grips with the death of my parents.我仍旧无法接受父母都去世这样的事实。come to grips with 也是“接受痛苦的事实”之意。一般作：come to grips with, 但也人写成：come to gripes with。
2398.There is an almost universal quest for easy answers and half-baked solutions. Nothing pains some people more than having to think.这个世界上总是会有人要找来得容易半生不熟的答案。有些人如果你要他动脑筋的话，那简直是要他的命。a half baked idea 一个不成熟的想法。
2399.She wanted to quit her job but her mother told her not to go off half-cocked. 她想要辞了这工作，但她母亲说，还是不要那么仓促做决定。go off half-cocked 不成熟的，仓促的。
2400.It seems your job is done only halfway. 看样子你的工作还没有完。或者：It is only halfway done.
2401. Side小议：
a)side road,旁路，相对于主要公路的旁路，例如现在修了高速公路，在高速公路旁的原来的路就成了side road，注意与the side of the road的区别。 side street 小街小巷。
b)one-sided: That is your one-sided view. 这是你个人的一面之词。注意与side view的区别：side view 指的是侧面图。
c)sidewise: Crabs seeming to walk sidewise. 螃蟹好像是横着走。
d)lopsided,向一方倾斜，The American team won the game by a lopsided score of 95 to 68. 美国队以大比分95分比68分赢了这场比赛。His knowledge is lopsided.他的知识太片面。
e) It created regrettable side effects.这带来了令人遗憾的副作用。