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Gate - crasher. 凡事看开些, 不要太冲动

Take it easy. 不请自来的不速之客; 不要看得那么重

Make yourself comfortable. 不用约束 (招待客人时说的话)

You are all wet. 你完全误会了

She is hangover. 她昨夜喝醉了

It's a matter of time. 这是迟早的问题

She pulls out. 她退出了

I have my limit. 我的忍耐度有限

Don't brush me off. 不要敷衍我

Let's get it straight. 我们打开天窗说亮话吧

What you call this? 你这算什么

How about a bite? 随便吃些什么吧

You can count on me. 你可以信得过我

He see things not people. 他论事不论人

We sand the same songs. 我们志同道合

I hope you in the roll. 我希望你也能来

Let's go dutch. 我们各付各的吧

What is bugging you? 什么事使你心烦

sworn brother 结拜兄弟

It's dying art. 这是已失传的手艺

gentlemen agreement 君子协定

I'm trying to make ends meet. 我尽力要使收支平衡

Speak of the devil. 说曹操, 曹操就到

Keep in touch. 保持联络

Don't turn me down. 不要拒绝我

Don't let me down. 别叫我失望

　
谋事在人成事在天 Man proposes and God disposes.

优胜劣败 The weakest goes to the wall.

声东击西 To look one way and row another

脍炙人口 In everyone's mouth

螳臂挡车 To kick against the pricks

鞠躬尽瘁 To give the last measure of devotion

聪明反被聪明误 To suffer for one's wisdom

旧调重弹 To harp on the same string

覆水难收 What's done cannot be undone.

转败为胜 To convert defeat into victory

鞭长莫及 Beyond one's grasp

严以责己宽以待人 To be svere with oneself and lenient with others

铁石心肠 A heart of steel

听天由命 To be guided by destiny

骄者必败 Pride goes before a fall.

不战而屈人之兵 The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fight..

Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them. 富贵结朋友, 患难见真情

If you wish to be the best man, you must suffer the bitterest of the bitter. 吃得苦中苦, 方为人上人

It is better to fight for good than to fail at the ill. 宁为善而斗, 毋屈服于恶

He who has hope has everything. 怀有希望者, 便拥有一切

Self-trust is the first secret of success. 自信心是成功的首要关键

The secret of success is constancy of purpose. 成功的秘绝在于目标坚定有恒

Success grows out of struggles to overcome difficulties. 成功源于努力去克服困难

Experience is the extract of suffering. 经验是受苦的结晶

When you were 8 years old, your mom handed you an ice cream. You thanked her by yelling at her and telling her its the wrong kind

When you were 9 years old, she paid for piano lessons. You thanked her by never even bothering to practice.

When you were 10 years old she drove you all day, from soccer to football to one birthday party after another. You thanked her by jumping out of the car and never looking back.

When you were 11 years old, she took you and your friends to the movies. You thanked her by asking to sit in a different row.

When you were 12 years old, she warned you not to watch certain TV shows. You thanked her by waiting until she left the house.

When you were 13, she suggested a haircut that was becoming. You thanked her by telling her she had no taste.

When you were 14, she paid for a month away at summer camp. You thanked her by not writing a single letter.

When you were 15, she came home from work, looking for a hug. You thanked her by having your bedroom door locked.

When you were 16, she taught you how to drive her car. You thanked her by taking it every chance you could.

When you were 17, she was expecting an important call. You thanked her by being on the phone all night.

When you were 18, she cried at your high school graduation. You thanked her by staying out partying until dawn.

When you were 19, she paid for your college tuition, drove you to campus carried your bags. You thanked her by saying good-bye outside the dorm so you wouldn't be embarrassed in front of your friends.

When you were 25, she helped to pay for your wedding, and she cried and told you how deeply she loved you. You thanked her by moving halfway across the country.

When you were 50, she fell and needed you to take care of her. You thanked her by reading about the burden parents become to their children. And then, one day, she quietly died. And everything you never did came crashing down like thunder on YOUR HEART.

I LOVE MY MOMMA!

A friend that you buy with presents will be bought from you.
用礼物“买来”的朋友终会被买走。
  ——Thomas Fuller  

Friendship is the golden thread that ties the hearts of all the world.
友谊是一根金线，把全世界的心连在一起。
  ——J.Evelyn  

Without confidence there is no friendship.
没有信任，就没有友谊。——Epicurus  

In prosperity our friends know us; in adversity we know our friends.  
在顺境中，朋友结识了我们；在逆境中，我们了解了朋友。——C.Collins  

Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.
友谊如金钱一般，容易得到却不易保持。
  ——Samuel Butler  

Friendship often ends in love, but love, in friendship—never
友谊常以爱情而结束；而爱情从不能以友谊而告终。——C.C.Colton  

Suspicion is the poison of friendship.
猜疑对友谊而言是一种毒药。
  ——St.Augustine  

Do not speak of your happiness to one less fortunate than yourself.
不要向不如你幸福的人说你自己的幸福。
——Plutarch  

Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on yourself.
幸福犹如香水，你不可能泼向别人而自己却不沾几滴。——Emerson  

It is impossible to love and to be wise.
爱令智昏。——Francis Bacon  

If you would be loved, love and be lovable.
想被人爱，就要去爱别人，并让自己可爱。
  ——Benjamin Franklin  

A brother may not be a friend, but a friend will always be a brother.  
兄弟未必是朋友，而朋友总是兄弟。
  ——Benjamin Franklin  

Love, friendship, respect, do not unite people as much as a common hatred for something.  
爱情、友谊和尊敬都不如对某物的共同的恨那样能把人们团结起来。——Chekhow  

The course of true love never did run smooth.  
通向真爱的路从无坦途。——Shakespeare  

Where there is marriage without love, there will be love without marriage.  
有没有爱情的婚姻，就会有没有婚姻的爱情。——Benjamin Franklin  

If you would keep your secret from an enemy, tell it not to a friend.　  
如果不想让你的敌人得知你的秘密，就不要把秘密告诉你的朋友。
  ——Benjamin Franklin  

To really know someone is to have loved and hated him in turn.
在爱过和恨过一个人之后才能真正了解他。
  ——Marcel Jouhandeau  

True friendship foresees the needs of other rather than proclaim it's own.
真正的友人总是考虑别人的需要而不是提出自己的要求。——A.Maurois  

Good company on the road is the shortest cut.
有了好的旅伴，路途就变得无比短暂。
  ——Oliver Goldsmith  

Love is the only sane and satisfactory answer to the problem of human existence.  
爱是对人类之存在这一问题唯一明智而又令人满意的答案。——Erich Fromm  

A happy man or woman is a better thing to find than a five-pound note.
碰见一个快乐的人比捡到一张五镑钞票还要好。——R.L.stevenson  

Friendships last when each friend thinks he has a slight superiority over the other.
当朋友之间互相都觉得比对方稍稍优越时，友谊便能长久下去。
  ——Honore de Balzac  

First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity.  
初恋只不过是些愚蠢加上大量的好奇。
  ——G.B.Shaw  

Love is frail at birth, but it grows stronger with age if it is properly fed.  
爱在起始阶段是脆弱的，但如果悉心呵护，它会随着时间的推移而牢固起来。
——Ovid  

Love is the active concern for the life and the growth of that which we love.
爱是种对那些为我们所爱的人或物的生活、成长积极主动的关心。——Erith Fromm  

A friend is a present which you give yourself.
朋友是你送给自己的一份礼物。
  ——R.L.Stevenson  

Don't make friends who are comfortable to be with. Make friends who will force you to lever yourself up.
别交那些在一起让你舒舒服服的朋友。交那些让你不得不长进的朋友。
  ——Thomas J.Watson  

Real love stories never have endings.
真正的爱情故事从来不会结束。
  ——Richard Bach  

If you want an accounting of your worth, count your friends.  
如果你想估算一下你的价值，数一数你的朋友吧。——Merry Browne  

The best proof of love is trust.
爱的最好证明就是信任。
  ——Joyce Brothers  

A true friend is one who overlooks your failures and tolerates your successes.  
真正的朋友从不追究你的过错，也从不妒忌你的成功。——Doug Larson  

A common enemy does not a true friendship make.  
有共同的敌人并不能造就真正的朋友。
——Richard Stengel

英语中的复合名词用途广泛，构成方法也多种多样。使用复合名词能使文章生动亲切，但要准确使用复合名词并不是件容易的事。复合名词大多可由其本身构成知道词义，但切忌随随便便望文生义，特别是有一类以国名与其它名词(大多是普通名词)相结合组成的复合名词，尤应引起注意，不可粗心大意，如曾经有人将"green hand"(新手、初学者)译为 "绿色的手" ，"American Beauty"(月月红，四季开花的红蔷薇)说成是 "美国的美女" ，闹了笑话。

下面是一些这一类的复合词：

American cloth 做台布用的彩色防水布
American plan 旅馆之供膳制
British warm 英国军官穿的双排钮扣的短大衣
Dutch comfort 退一步着想而得到的安慰
Dutch courage 酒后之勇，一时的虚勇
Dutch door 上下两部分可各自分别开关的门；杂志中的夹页广告
Dutch treat 各人自己付钱的聚餐或娱乐
Dutch uncle 啼啼叨叨训人的人
Dutch wife 藤或竹制的睡眠用具
French leave 不告而别
French chalk 滑石粉
French dressing 一种由橄榄油，醋、盐，香料等制成的生菜调味品
French grey 浅灰色
French window 落地长窗
German measles 风疹
German shepherd 牧羊犬，狼犬
Indian meal 玉米粉
Indian summer 小阳春；愉快宁静的晚年
Indian weed 烟草
Italian hand 暗中干预
Italian iron 圆筒形熨斗
Russian Blue 瘦长。大耳的毛色蓝灰的猫
Russian blue 蓝灰色，浅蓝色
Russian boot 长统靴
Russian dressing 加辣酱油的蛋黄酱（种色拉佐料）
Russian olive 沙枣
Spanish athlete 吹牛的人
Spanish bayonet 丝兰属植物；条千手兰
Turkish delight 拌砂软糖

值得一提的是许多由"China"，"Chinese"与其它名词一道构成的复合词，如：
China aster 翠菊
China berry 株树
China grass 芒麻
China ink 墨
China orange 橙
China plate 好友
China rose 月季
China stone 做瓷器的矿物（如瓷土或白墩子）
Chinese calendar 农历
Chinese copy 与原物一模一样的复制品
Chinese dragon 腆磷
Chinese lantern 灯笼
Chinese puzzle 难答之事，难解之谜
Chinese red 朱红色，橘红色
Chinese Wall 长城
Chinese watermelon 冬瓜
Chinese wisteria 紫藤
Chinese wood oil 桐油