一 最最想记忆的搭配：
1 Constraints are advantages in disguise.... is a blessing/advantage in disguise 坏事变成好事，因祸得福
Boxing ourselves 限制
2 Plus 用于口语，另外，代替and (hundred-plus, ish／-odd)；likewise （price-wise, grammar-wise ）
3 half-assed =half-baked=ill-conceived 考虑不周
eg：This is a half-baked idea/suggestion.
4 so starting chopping 做减法
5 stand 货摊；售货亭 eg：a hamburger /magazine stand
ps：stand 还可以表示 花钱请(某人喝饮料或吃饭)；买…请客:
eg：My best friend stands me a meal.
6 ..... is the epicenter /'ɛpɪ,sɛntɚ/. Everything else is secondary. (sideshow 也是表示不是很重要，次要的)
..... comes first. Everything else is secondary.
eg: Family and friends to me come first. Everything is secondary.
7 latch on to 对...感兴趣
还可以表示：理解，懂得，固定搭配： latch on(to sth)。eg: It's way difficult to understand what you say, but I soon latch on.
8 but that's myopic 目光短浅的，缺乏远见的 ；
sb is myopic. /maɪ'ɑpɪk/ 近视眼
9 Just because you've still got a list of things to do doesn't mean it's not done.
学习句型：Just because .... doesn't mean....
10 crappy =shitty (shitty 还可以表示不公平的，不厚道的)
eg: a shitty/crappy job
11 get infatuated with details = fixate on inconsequential details = get hung up on = obsess over (to worry about something all the time) --debate 纠结
1 sonnet 十四行诗；haiku俳句；limerick 打油诗
2 condiments 调味品
3 postpone = put off
4 every XXX under the sun. 世上一切，天下万物〔用于强调范围很广〕
二 背诵：
Sacrifice some of your darlings for the greater good. Cut your ambition in half. You're better off with a kick-ass half than a half-assed whole.
三 一个Tip：
小段重复：start chopping + 原声是最好的参考 ~
