英譯：
let the grass grow under one’s feet
例句：
That man is never content to let the grass grow under his feet. (那名男子做事不喜歡拖拖拉拉、浪費時間)
I want this work done quickly, so don’t let the grass grow under your feet! (我要你快點把工作做好，別磨磨蹭蹭!)
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A：“John Jones, Jr.’s father” 是正確的寫法，也就是說，Jr. 和 Sr. 的所有格是以 ‘s 來表示。另外，值得一提的是，Jr. 和 Sr. 的前面通常加逗點，但表示「二世」、「三世」的 Ⅱ、Ⅲ 前面則不加逗點，如 John Doe, Jr.，但 John Doe Ⅲ；不過，這有時還要看個人的習慣而定，譬如說，馬丁‧路德‧金恩的 Jr. 前面就沒有逗點 (Martin Luther King Jr.)。
再者，在有逗點的情況下，如果 Jr. 或 Sr. 的後面還有句子的其他部分，那麼 Jr. 或 Sr. 後面必須緊接著再加一個逗點，使其變成同位格的型態，換言之，Jr. 或 Sr. 的兩邊都要有逗點，如 John Doe, Jr., will conduct the morning staff meeting. (小約翰‧多伊將主持員工晨會)。不過，若 Jr. 或 Sr. 要表示所有格，則第二個逗點要拿掉，如問題中的例句。
註：John Doe 乃法律訴訟程序中對不知真實姓名或依法須隱匿真名的當事人的稱呼，即「某甲」，而 Jane Doe 則是對不知真實姓名或依法須隱匿真名的女當事人的稱呼，即「某女」。此外，根據「維基百科」(Wikipedia)，法律訴訟程序中對不知真實姓名或依法須隱匿真名的小孩、幼童或嬰兒的稱呼為 Baby Doe。
brighten up
(天氣) 轉晴，放晴；變得陽光燦爛
The day started cloudy but brightened up in the afternoon.
brighten up
高興；面露喜色
He brightened up when he heard the news.
brighten * up +
使明亮；使發亮；使發光
We tried to brighten the place up by painting it.
bring * about +
導致；造成；帶來；引起
Democracy brought about great change in the lives of the people.
The changes to the law were brought about by the government because so many people were ignoring the old one.
bring * along +
把 (某人或某物) 帶來
You can bring your friends along if you like.
bring * along +
促使 (某人或某物) 發展；幫助…發展
Her coach has brought her along a lot in the last six months.
bring * around/round
說服 (某人)；使 (某人) 信服
It took me ages to bring him around/round to my point of view.
bring * around/round +
把 (某物) 帶來 (尤指帶到某人家中或約定的地方)
He brought some books around/round when he came last night.
bring * around/round
引入 (新話題)；改變 (話題、討論內容等)
He didn’t want to discuss the details, but I managed to bring him around/round and he told me everything.
bring * back +
使想起；喚起
Visiting my old school brought back memories of when I was a pupil there.
bring * back +
帶回來；歸還
He took the calculator home yesterday and hasn’t brought it back yet.
bring * down +
使 (政府或政客) 垮台
The vote of no-confidence brought the government down.
bring * down +
降低；減少；使降價
The improvements in technology have brought the prices of computers down considerably in recent months.
bring * forth +
出示；展示
The prosecution brought forth a lot of evidence against him.
bring forth +
產生；引起
The report has brought forth a lot of criticism of the policy.
Her letter to the paper brought forth a flood of supportive comments.
bring * forth +
取出 (某物)
She brought forth the diary and showed it to us.
bring * forward
把…提前
The meeting has been brought forward to this Friday instead of next week because some people couldn’t make it then.
bring in +
帶來；賺進，賺得
The job brings in two thousand dollars a month.
bring * off +
成功完成 (困難的事)；(好不容易) 做成
You robbed the bank! I can’t believe you brought that off.
If they can bring off the deal, they’ll be able to retire.
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英譯：
an inside job
例句：
The bank robbery was an inside job. (這起銀行搶案是內神通外鬼)
There is a growing number of Americans who believe 9/11 was an inside job. (越來越多的美國人認為 911 恐怖攻擊事件是內神通外鬼)
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這兩個字的發音完全相同且都可以做動詞和名詞用，但兩者的意思卻截然不同。compliment 的動詞意思為「恭維；讚美；讚揚；稱讚；讚譽」，名詞意思為「恭維 (的話)；讚美 (之詞)；讚揚；稱讚；讚譽」。complement 的動詞意思為「補充，補足；使 (某物) 完整或完備」，名詞意思為「補充，補足物；使完整或完備之物；足額，全數；(文法上的) 補語；(數學上的) 餘角」。
由於 complement 的用法和意思已在「Complement, supplement (vv., nn.)」一文中詳加說明，因此在此就不再贅述，若有必要，請隨時參閱該文。本文將僅探究 compliment 及其相關字詞的用法和意思。
無論當動詞或名詞用，compliment 的後面經常接介系詞 on 來表示所稱讚和讚揚的事物，如 Paul complimented Mary on her new dress. (保羅稱讚瑪麗的新衣服漂亮)；He was showered with compliments on his excellent performance. (他出色的表演使他大受讚揚)。此外，當名詞用的 compliment 與動詞 pay 是固定搭配，其形式為 to pay (someone) a compliment，意為「讚美、稱讚 (某人)；以示對 (某人) 的讚揚」，如 Ed likes to pay people compliments. (艾德喜歡讚美人家)；They paid her the compliment of making her an honorary member. (他們讓她成為榮譽會員以表示對她的讚譽)。由於「接受讚揚、讚美」是 to take a compliment，如 You should take it as a compliment. (你應視之為讚美之詞而予以接受；你應把它當作是對自己的肯定)，因此有人認為「讚美、稱讚人家」應是 to give (someone) a compliment，其實這樣的用法也沒錯，但比較少見，因為 compliment 慣用的動詞是 pay。
compliment 的複數型除了原有的意思外，還意為「祝賀；問候；致意」；換言之，只有 compliments 有「祝賀；問候；致意」的意思，單數的 compliment 並無此一意思，如 Please accept this bottle of wine with the compliments of the chef. (請接受廚師這瓶表示祝賀之意的葡萄酒)，顯然地，這瓶酒是免費的；This was an excellent dinner — Please give my compliments to the chef! (這頓晚餐很豐盛，請代我向廚師致意)；My compliments to your father! (代我問候你父親；代我向令尊致意)。此外，當動詞用的 compliment 與 with 連用時亦可表示「贈送 (某物) 以表示敬意 (或祝賀)」之意，如 I will compliment her with flowers for her birthday. (她生日時我會送花給她以示祝賀)。
compliment 的形容詞是 complimentary，意為「恭維的；讚美的；讚揚的；讚賞的；表示敬意的；問候的」，如 complimentary remarks (讚美之詞)；My boss was very complimentary about my work. (老闆很讚賞我的工作)。除上述意思外，complimentary 還有一個非常實用的意思，那就是「(免費) 贈送的」，如 complimentary tickets for the theater (贈送的電影票)；The flowers are complimentary. (這些花是免費贈送的)。
A：這兩者是同義詞，意為「極少」；我們有時也會看到 seldom or ever 或 seldom or never 這樣的寫法，但無論是哪一個，它們都是用來加強語氣。然而，由於這四個片語的語意是 “rarely and probably never”，亦即「很少，可能從來沒有)，因此它們可能造成意思模稜兩可，如 I seldom ever go there.，可能意為 I seldom go there. (我很少去那裡)，也可能意為 I don’t ever go there. (我從不去那裡)；因此，建議 seldom 或 ever/never 擇一使用，不要兩者連用。
seldom if ever 亦可寫成 rarely if ever，但 seldom 或 rarely 和 if 之間要用逗點隔開，或者說得更精確一點，if ever 前後須用逗點隔開，如 The method seldom, if ever, fails. (這個方法極少失敗)；He rarely, if ever, loses his temper. (他幾乎從不發脾氣)。雖然 seldom/rarely if ever 可能造成疑義，但卻是個頗為常見的片語，可以讓我們表達「若有的話，也是很少」、「少之有少，幾乎沒有」或「幾乎從來不；幾乎從來沒有」(almost never) 的意思。
A：OK 可能是唯一全世界都認識的英文字。但儘管如此，它卻有 5 種不同的拼法：OK, O.K., ok, o.k., okay，其中 OK 似乎是最被廣泛接受、最受歡迎的拼法。雖然 OK 被廣泛地用在口說英語中，但在正式和學術文章中卻非常罕見，所以在這些場合中最好別用這個字；吾人可使用 all right, acceptable, satisfactory 或 appropriate 等類義字來代替。
OK 當動詞用時 (意為「同意，批准，認可」)，OK’s, OK’d 和 OK’ing 是最常見的第三人稱單數、過去式 (與過去分詞) 和現在分詞的書寫形式，但 okays, okayed 和 okaying 的使用頻率亦相去不遠。
英譯：
flutter one’s eyelashes at
例句：
All through the meal his wife was fluttering her eyelashes at the man sitting at the next table. (在整個吃飯過程中，他的太太一直對鄰桌一名男子擠眉弄眼)
She even very often fluttered her eyelashes at me. How could I resist? (她甚至對我頻送秋波。我怎能抗拒呢?)
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A：在書籍、報紙、雜誌、報告、文學與藝術作品、詩詞、戲劇、電影和電視節目的名稱中，第一個字和最後一個字的第一個字母都要大寫；此外，除了不定詞的 to、冠詞、對等連接詞 (and, but 等) 以及 4 個字母或少於 4 個字母的介系詞外，所有字 (名詞、副詞、代名詞、形容詞、附屬連接詞等) 的第一個字母都要大寫。這些名稱通常以引號或斜體字來區隔。例如：
Riding the Bullet (《騎彈飛行》– 美國恐怖小說、奇幻小說作家史蒂芬．金的作品)
Paul Revere and the World He Lived In (《李威爾及其生世》– 美國女性小說家、兒童文學作家伊斯特．福柏斯 (Esther Forbes) 的作品) (最後一個字 In 的第一個字母要大寫)
The Bridge on the River Kwai (《桂河大橋》– 電影)
Midsummer Night’s Dream (《仲夏夜之夢》–莎士比亞戲劇)
U.S. News and World Report (《美國新聞與世界報導》– 美國雜誌)
turn * off +
關掉 (電視、電燈、 收音機、水龍頭等)，關閉 (設備)
Don’t forget to turn off the iron before you leave the house.
I turned the TV off and went to bed.
turn on +
突然攻擊
The pit bull suddenly turned on the small child.
The neighbor’s dog turned on me when I tried to stroke it.
turn * on +
(在性方面) 使產生快感，刺激；激發…的性慾；使感興趣
Scientists have discovered that the smell of cinnamon turns many people on.
He’s very nice, but he just doesn’t turn me on.
turn * on +
打開 (電視、收音機 、電燈、水龍頭等)，開啟 (設備)
Turn on the TV. The baseball game starts in a few minutes.
I turned the radio on to get the weather forecast.
turn * out +
生產，製造
The weavers can turn out two or three rugs a month.
The factory turns out three thousand units a day.
turn * out +
關掉 (電燈)
Turn out the light before you go to bed.
turn out
(去) 參加
Over 100,000 people turned out for the concert.
turn out
結果是；原來是；最後證明是
She turned out to be the murderer after all.
It looked as if we were going to fail, but it turned out well in the end.
turn * over +
交出；交給 (當局)
The court ordered the company to turn over their financial records.
turn to +
求助於；求救於
She had nobody to turn to when her husband died.
turn to +
開始做，開始使用
He turned to drink after he lost his job.
He turned to drugs after his wife left him for another man.
turn up
(未經尋找而) 被找到，被發現
My keys turned up in the bedroom.
turn up (for)
出現，來到
She didn’t turn up for class today.
She failed to turn up for work on Friday.
turn * up +
調高，開大 (聲音、溫度或亮度等)
I turned the music up full blast.
type * up +
把 (手寫稿) 打出來
She typed up her lecture notes and printed them out.
I need to type up my report.
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