自现象级英语
推荐阅读 1 Loserthink 2 Seven Habits of Highly Effective People
一、熟词生义
3 carry weight 小有成就，值得信任
4 footprint: carbon footprint, an oversized footprint
5 bring a pea-shooter to a gun fight 杯水车薪
6 at will 爱咋咋地 I teach at will.
7 for effect 引人注意
8 school 从小就……，思维模式单一 类似indoctrinate
Schooled in the idea that...
9 baby sb 把……当小孩对待 No babying for him.
10自称 bill, style I bill myself as
11 stand 竞选 =run
12 invite n Thank you for your invite. 谢谢你的邀请
v 导致 The comment is inviting trouble. 找事
13 draw 吸引力 ；谈笑风生 rub shoulders with sb. 有一定贬义； seasoned teachers 资深的老师
14 watch every yuan 省吃俭用
I have to watch what I eat.
watch my waist
15 plump for 选名字
16 err on the side of caution 求稳
err on the side of 力求
17 go unrecorded 隐瞒不报
18 must-see, unmissable
19 表达 有，开门见山，直接用动词trim, teem, boast(我有我骄傲) ；或者用there be 铺垫一下
20 Everybody needs a dose of nudge every now and then.
21 linchpin 核心人物，骨干
22 带连字符的单词 linguistically ill-prepared 准备不足
二、形象的说法
1 神器 a magic wand
2 The economy is purring/roaring. 经济好 有画面感
3 choose Disney over ribbon-cutting 借喻
4 考虑自己如何形象的写作，如何换一种表达方式
三、习惯用法
1 He is elected president.
president-elect 当选的总统
2 earn untold riches
3 show one's age
4 let the genie out of the bottle 引发一连串麻烦
5 a silver bullet 大力丸 a desirable strategy
人缘好 a people-person, socially desirable
6 His personal purse-strings have loosened. 钱袋子松了
7 XX is best understood against the backdrop of YY
