Anything：任何东西，任何事物

例句：I'm afraid I don't know anything about it. （恐怕我对此一无所知。）

相关词组：Anything like 多少有点像

例句：His handwriting is anything like mine. （他的笔迹同我的多少有点相像）

Veg out：消遣；休闲

例子：Someday, I just want to veg out and enjoy life.

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be+ being+形容词：

以现在进行时来强调某人现在或今天的状况，不是指这个人一直都是这样。例如：

He is being stingy. 他在这件事上是很小气的。

He is stingy. 他是一个小气的人（平常就很小气）。

Cagey：守口如瓶的， 讳莫如深的，谨慎的，小心的

例句：She's very cagey about her past life. （她对自己过去的生活守口如瓶。）

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这句的完整句是：The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.

如下情況可用此句：

1出于羨慕別人的心理：

When I haven't been out for a while I start to envy Molly with her great social life. Oh well, the grass is always greener.

2、出于对现状不满的心理, 以为別人比自己快乐：

Jill: My job is so tedious. I wish I had my own business, like Mary does.

Jane: Mary probably wishes she had the security of her old job. The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.

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I can't believe：真不敢相信。

例：I still can't believe my dog bite me.

句中的Crash表示【电脑】死机；（机器或系统，尤指计算机或计算机系统的）崩溃

比如：The PC just crashed. 那部个人电脑刚死机了。

相关词组：

Crash barrier （高速公路上的）防撞护栏，防撞墙

Crash helmet （骑摩托车的）防护头盔，安全帽

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Tip of the spear：锋芒毕露.

"tip of the spear" 是矛最锋利的地方，有以下含义：

1、委以重任：

You hired him, you kept him at the tip of the spear…

2、指比较重要关键的部分：

Consulting will become the "tip of the spear"' in many of Accenture' s go-to-market efforts.

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Pull the plug：中止

有下列的用法：

1、拔掉揷头 (To terminate the functions of something by pulling a connector from a socket )

例句：pulled the plug on the vacuum because the switch was broken.

2、做某事，使活动无法继续 (To do something which prevents an activity from continuing).

例句：The judge is threatening to pull the plug on TV coverage of the trial.

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In this situation是挺常见的用语：在这种情况下……

例句：What would you do in this situation? 在这种情况下, 你会怎做?

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A chicken-and-egg situation, problem, etc. 进退维谷的局面，鸡与蛋孰先难定的情况，因果难定的问题

No-win situation 决无胜利（或成功）可能的局面

句中的Keep your head down是指低调一些，尽可能少做或说，尽可能地避免出现问题或争论为佳。

例句：The best we can do is keep our heads down and hope that people will soon get used to the new system.

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