o Part One
英文 每字問
Cynical 可譯做「犬儒」嗎?
深仇大恨及和氣的離婚怎樣說?
Adultery 通姦.戴綠帽
Give somebody a longer leash 給某人較大自由
Dumb animals / dumb creatures 指動物愚笨嗎?
He's been off color 指他「失色」嗎?
She's had quads 她生了四胞胎
Arranged marriage 父母包辦的婚姻
To fight for custody 爭取監護權
He left for L />
Agreed on a trial separation 同意試行分居
Old maid/spinster 切勿隨便用
甚麼叫society wedding ?
Folks 解「父母或親屬」
Phishing 網上釣金
Vacation, holiday 的分別
Hurricane 的由來
Xmas 寫作X'mas 合文法嗎?
o Part Two
剖析 道地英文
An impulse buy 一時衝動買下的東西
Low price 和high/steep price 特價出售
Buy one get one free 買一送一
To Buy in Bulk 大批購買
To throw good money after bad 再招損失
Savvy shopper 精明的購物者
Bargain price / discount price /knockdown price
優惠價
Penny wise and pound foolish
小錢精明,大錢糊塗
停止信用卡
One-armed bandit「獨臂強盜」
High street 不僅指「大街」
大平賣
Die for 渴望
Stag party 婚前最後狂歡
Hen party 巾幗派對
To ride your luck 借助好彩之勢
Gosh、golly、Godfrey、Gawd 的用法
「大家庭」中西文化大不同
Seeing Eye Dog 導盲犬
Terrier 與terror、terrorise 無關
死亡的多種委婉說法
Lie in state 供人瞻仰
The dead/the deceased/the departed 指「死者」
He's being laid to rest 他即將下葬
He only drinks shorts 他只喝烈酒
Pricked up her ears 豎起耳朵
To go without 只能將就
填表是to fill out or fill in a form ?
Keep your wits about you 必須十分警覺
Snap up the loss leader 買下蝕本招徠貨
Narita divorces 成田離婚
怎樣說「領帶歪了、弄正領帶」?
On one's arm 依靠某人
To get on one's nerves 使人煩躁不安
Wedding breakfast 是早上吃的嗎?
Go together, go for it, go steady 怎樣解?
Long time no see 合文法嗎?
o Part Three
速學 英語對話
To jump the queue / to cut in line 插隊
Their ploughman's lunch is really tasty
他們的農夫午餐很好吃
He stood us all a round of drinks
他請我們所有人喝一杯
It's darts night 那是飛鏢之夜
You really can hold your liquor 你酒量真好
Stay put, it's my round 你別動,輪到我買酒
Fancy another? 要再來一杯嗎?
He's down the pub. 他當然是去了酒吧
Around the corner 不是「在轉角處」
Can't keep me away 風雨不改
Drinking-up time 把酒喝光的時間
Draught or bottled? 要散裝的還是瓶裝的?
Left the pub drunk/intoxicated/ inebriated/high/tipsy/plastered
他醉醺醺離開酒館背夫背妻偷情的幾種寫法
Decided to split up 決定分手
Who's your maid of honour? 那第一伴娘是誰?
Confirmed bachelor 堅決不移的單身漢
Are they identical twins? 他們是相同的孿生嬰兒嗎?
Adoptive parents / foster parents 養父母
Access rights to their children 見兒女的權利