11A+B

leash 栓动物的皮带/链条  v.拴住

Annie always puts her dog on a leash when she walks it.

The dog strained at the leash trying to chase after a cat.

Patrick leashed his dog to a pole.

attach a leash to sth. 绑住

be accused of          accusation

The governor denied the accusation that he had received bribes.

对于有人养的宠物：代词用he/she体现对主人的尊重

What a cute dog! How old is he?

condition  on one condition 条件是

The company agreed to refund or purchase under the condition that we pay for the shipment.

I can lend you my car on one confition -- that you return it by tomorrow.

profit  cn.收益  un. 利润

The company's net profits rose 20 persent last year.

Grace sold her house at a huge profit.

agree to do

Let's agree to disagree   when you want to ending a senstive  arguing

backstory 

black sheep of the family

This was the straw that broke the camel's back.

压死骆驼的最后一根稻草

a wolf in sheep's clothing

lion's share  = the biggest amount of sth.

Mr. Fox wants to keep the lion's share of the zoo

be fired  get sb. fired 解雇

to get sb. Ved  talk about how someone was responsible for the very of sb./sth.

the focus is the action

Wanda got her nails painted the salon.

12A+B

expenses业务的费用，雇主支付的开销

The speaker's fare and hotel expenses were paid by the conference.

expense 花费，开支

The computer system was renewed at great expense.

freeze 冰冻，僵住

The thief froze when he was caught by the police.

Frank's smile suddenly frozen when he saw his rival.

dissmiss 解雇 dissmiss sb form one's position

Ellen was dismissed form her position for a series of huge mistakes.

解散 Class was dissmissed at 4 p.m.

prosper繁盛v.  prosperity兴盛

Online shopping companies continue to propser even in times of recession.

I wish you longevity and prosperity祝你长寿兴盛

not enough room to swing a cat  形容房间真的很小

His bedroom is so small that there is not enough room to swing a cat.

as quiet as a mouse

In the library guys should be as quiet as a mouce here.

dig through the desk   说明桌子很乱

If I have a lot of stuff in my purse, I have to dig through my purse to find what I need.

His room is so messy that he has to dig through to find what he needs everytime.

run toward the front door with sb right behind

run straight/right into sb./sth.

 theft盗窃行为  thief小偷

just then   sth. that happened at that same time that was just mentioned.

I'm soory, I didn't pat atteion to waht you are saying. I was distracted just then.

become top dog of the company

When pigs fly

She will become a famous singer when pigs fly.

a sitting duck     means have no control over the situation.

a copy cat

Don't be a copy cat , be original

chicken  a coward

chicken out 打退堂鼓   decide not to do sth. out of fear.

When Joe went skiing,he chickened out when he got to the top of the mountain.

shed crocodile tears猫哭耗子