11A+B
leash 栓動物的皮帶/鏈條 ?v.拴住
Annie always puts her dog on a leash when she walks it.
The dog strained at the leash trying to chase after a cat.
Patrick leashed his dog to a pole.
attach a leash to sth. 綁住
be accused of ? ? ? ? ?accusation
The governor denied the accusation that he had received bribes.
對于有人養的寵物：代詞用he/she體現對主人的尊重
What a cute dog! How old is he?
condition? on one condition 條件是
The company agreed to refund or purchase under the condition that we pay for the shipment.
I can lend you my car on one confition -- that you return it by tomorrow.
profit ?cn.收益 ?un. 利潤
The company's net profits rose 20 persent last year.
Grace sold her house at a huge profit.
agree to do
Let's agree to disagree ? when you want to ending a senstive ?arguing
backstory?
black sheep of the family
This was the straw that broke the camel's back.
壓死駱駝的最后一根稻草
a wolf in sheep's clothing
lion's share ?= the biggest amount of sth.
Mr. Fox wants to keep the lion's share of the zoo
be fired ?get sb. fired 解雇
to get sb. Ved ?talk about how someone was responsible for the very of sb./sth.
the focus is the action
Wanda got her nails painted the salon.
12A+B
expenses業務的費用，雇主支付的開銷
The speaker's fare and hotel expenses were paid by the conference.
expense 花費，開支
The computer system was renewed at great expense.
freeze 冰凍，僵住
The thief froze when he was caught by the police.
Frank's smile suddenly frozen when he saw his rival.
dissmiss 解雇 dissmiss sb form one's position
Ellen was dismissed form her position for a series of huge mistakes.
解散 Class was dissmissed at 4 p.m.
prosper繁盛v. ?prosperity興盛
Online shopping companies continue to propser even in times of recession.
I wish you longevity and prosperity祝你長壽興盛
not enough room to swing a cat ?形容房間真的很小
His bedroom is so small that there is not enough room to swing a cat.
as quiet as a mouse
In the library guys should be as quiet as a mouce here.
dig through the desk ? 說明桌子很亂
If I have a lot of stuff in my purse, I have to dig through my purse to find what I need.
His room is so messy that he has to dig through to find what he needs everytime.
run toward the front door with sb right behind
run straight/right into sb./sth.
?theft盜竊行為 ?thief小偷
just then ? sth. that happened at that same time that was just mentioned.
I'm soory, I didn't pat atteion to waht you are saying. I was distracted just then.
become top dog of the company
When pigs fly
She will become a famous singer when pigs fly.
a sitting duck ? ? means have no control over the situation.
a copy cat
Don't be a copy cat , be original
chicken ?a coward
chicken out 打退堂鼓 ? decide not to do sth. out of fear.
When Joe went skiing,he chickened out when he got to the top of the mountain.
shed crocodile tears貓哭耗子
