1、cut loose 放松一下
2、Sadly, fate had made me good, not great. At 24, I was finally resigned to that fact. 屈从于，顺从
3、grind 枯燥乏味的工作 the daily ~of the housework
4、The act itself becomes the destination. It's that you define the finish line. Whatever pleasures or gains you derive from the act of running, you must find them within. It's all in how you frame it, how you sell it to yourself.（这个可以来分析“表现型人格”）
5、out of the blue 出乎意料
6、work up the nerve 鼓起勇气
7、make deep cuts into the camera market #98
8、pitch them my crazy idea 提出我的观点
9、Tao 道
10、hard sell 强行推销法
11、unnever 使失去力量，使丧失勇气，使紧张不安
12、fat chance 大好的机会
13、swell idea 绝妙的主意 swell 极好的，了不起的，非常棒的
14、beat it.走开,滚开
15、close a sale 成交
16、stick around 逗留，停留
17、bald-faced 赤裸裸的
18、cough into my fist （想想这个动作就知道该怎么用了）
19、largely untapped 很大程度上未开发
20、Analects 论语
21、walled-off mystical land 与世隔绝的神秘的土地
22、upturned 朝上的，上翘的，向上翻转的 a small ~ nose
23、worldly 今世的，现世的，世故的，世俗的 a ~ life 世俗的生活
24、double-handed handshakes 双手紧握（很重视的握手）
25、Everyone, but everyone, changes jobs at least three times. So if you go to work for an investment firm now, you'll eventually leave, and then at your next job you'll have to start all over. If you go work for some big company, son, same deal. No, what you want to do, while you're young, is get your CPA. That, along with your MBA, will put a solid floor under your earnings. Then, when you change jobs, which you will, trust me, at least you'll maintain your salary level. You won't go backward.（很好的职业规划建议，a solid floor under your earnings）
26、take up the slack 收拾残局 slack 怠的; 松（弛）的; 清淡的; 不活跃的;
27、frugal 节约的，节俭的 a ~ life
28、love and fear---the same binary emotions
29、The two men were driven by different demons. My father, the son of a butcher, was always chasing respectability, whereas Bowerman, whose father had been governor of Oregon, didn't give a darn for respectability.（儿时的经历对之后的生活起着很大的影响）
30、blend 混合，交融
31、so forth 等等
32、I was close to tears. But I held it together, channeled all my emotion into my run.我快哭出来了。
33、We spent a few minutes catching up. 叙旧
34、let me in on the deal
35、backbreaking 诗人劳累的，异常辛苦的
36、fall short 功亏一篑
37、convention center 会展中心
38、in light of 鉴于，根据，按照
39、out of the fact 脱离实际
40、before long 不久之后 / long before 很久之前
41、budge （使） 改变主意，（使）让步; （立场等） 动摇; 推动;e.g. Both sides say they will not budge
42、bad-mouth 苛刻批评 vt.
43、wear sb. down 使……厌烦，疲劳
44、relentless 不懈的; 坚韧的，不屈不挠的; 不间断的; 未减轻的;
45、sheer 完全的，全然; 垂直的，陡峭的 sheer persistence纯粹的坚持
I am in sheer ignorance of the matter.全然不知
46、At nine sharp 九点整
47、get wind of 风闻; 得到风声，获得线索;
48、unwind vt.展开，从缠绕中解开; （使） 心情轻松; vi.放松，解开，松开;
It helps them to unwind after a busy day at work. 忙碌一天后放松自己。
Singing is a nice way of unwinding. 唱歌是一种减压方法。