2.You look darker after the holiday。

　　你看上去更健康了。

　　3.As luck would have it, he was caught by the teacher again。

　　不幸的是，他又一次被老師逮個正著

　　4.She held the little boy by the right hand。

　　她抓著小男孩的右手。(若將"by"換成"with"，則動作主語完全相反。)

　　5.Are you there?

　　等于句型：Do you follow me?

　　6.If you think he is a good man, think again。

　　如果你認為他是好人，那你就大錯特錯了。

　　7.She has blue eyes。

　　她長著雙藍眼睛。

　　8.That took his breath away。

　　他大驚失色。

　　9.Two is company but three is none。

　　兩人成伴，三人不歡。

　　10.The elevator girl reads between passengers。

　　開電梯的姑娘在沒有乘客時看書。

　　(between=without。相同用法：She modeled between roles. 譯成：她不演戲時去客串下模特。)

　　11.Students are still arriving。

　　學生還沒有到齊。

　　12.I must not stay here and do nothing。

　　我不能什么都不做待在這兒。

　　13.They went away as wise as they came。

　　他們一無所獲。

　　14.I won’t do it to save my life。

　　我死也不會做。

　　15.Nonsense, I don’t think his painting is any better than yours。

　　胡說，我認為他的畫比你好不到哪去。

　　16.Traditionally, Italian presidents have been seen and not heard。

　　這個總統有名無權。

　　17.Better late than never。

　　遲做總比不做好。

　　18.You don’t want to do that。

　　你不應該去做。

　　19.My grandfather is nearly ninety and in his second childhood。

　　我祖父快90歲了，什么事都需要別人來做。

　　20.Work once and work twice。

　　一次得手，再次不愁。