21-03-20 The weather continued much the same all the following morning; and the same loneliness, and the same melancholy, seemed to reign at Hartfield--but in the afternoon it cleared; the wind changed into a softer quarter; the clouds were carried off; the...

21-01-11 唠闲嗑，中文俗语，指漫无边际地聊天闲聊，东拉西扯，可以翻译为make small talk。与英文习语chew the fat意思相同，表示chat in a leisurely and prolonged way；to chat or gossip。 例句： 坐下来咱们唠会儿闲嗑。 Sit yourself down and lets chew the fat for a w...

21-01-10 三句话不离本行，中文俗语，字面意思是never to say three sentences without talking about ones own work，指人的言语离不开他所从事的职业范围，言谈都与自己的职业相关。可以翻译为can hardly open ones mouth without talking shop或talk shop all the time。talk...

21-01-10 顶嘴，比喻与他人争辩，用言语冲撞他人，多指对长辈或上级，可以翻译为 contradict (ones elder or superior)。也可以用talk back表示，有reply defiantly or insolently的意思。 例句： 你竟敢跟我顶嘴！ How dare you talk back to me! 孩子们绝对不应与父母顶嘴。 Y...

20-12-09 Its good to talk, so some people say. When I commute into London, there are certainly plenty of people conversing on their mobile phones sometimes too loudly discussing and sharing personal details with a friend. For me, its strange that they talk a...

20-12-09 我们先来讲副词 actually 的用法。Actually 有三个用法，而 virtually 和 practically 却没有这三个用法。第一：副词 actually 表示 事实上，实际上，用来说明事情的真实情况。比如： Examples Sujun said he was friends with that film star, but they didnt actuall...

20-11-16 If there is one thing in life that we could choose not to experience, it is the death of someone we love. Losing a friend or family member is heartbreaking and hard to accept, but how we deal with it, and how we move on, varies from person to person...

20-10-21 Big Talk 吹牛 Definition: (noun) exaggerated claims 定义：（名词）夸大陈词 Hes full of big talk, but he rarely does what he claims. 他满口大话，但很少做他说过的事。 Is that just big talk, or do you think its actually true? 这只是夸大其词，还是你认为...

20-10-19 about（关于）是一个本身没有确定的含义，必须结合上下文才会发生作用的虚词。 例句： His new book is about the situation in Bosnia. 他的新书是关于波斯尼亚局势的。 Mr. Smith loves to talk about whats wrong with the government. 史密斯先生爱谈政府有什么不...

20-09-17 夸夸其谈，汉语成语，指浮夸空泛地大发议论，形容说话浮夸，不切合实际。可以翻译为indulge in empty talk；talk big；talk excitedly and boastfully。英文俗语bag of wind或wind bag可以表示夸夸其谈的人。 例句： 有人告诫我不要把艾文斯的话太当真，因为他这个人就...