1, Drop dead 去死吧，倒毙；
A brutally honest doctor said that Sandra could drop dead at any time .
医生直接开门见山地说，Sandra随时都可能死去。
2, How so ? 怎么会这样？为啥？那又怎样？
A: You are a marked man , Sir .
先生，您是众人瞩目的人物。
B: How so ?
那又怎样？
3, Play it by ear 见机行事,看情况而定
I haven't prepared much for the topics , so I am gonna play it by ear .
这些话题我都没有怎么准备呢，我只有随机应变了呢。
4, Show / Teach sb the ropes 告诉某人诀窍,告知某人内情
She is new here . Will you show her the ropes ?
她是新来的。你能给她教教吗？
5, Eat out of one's hand 完全听命于，完全受…支配 , 对某人服服帖帖
The teacher is really experienced and knows how to deal with his pupils. He will have the unruly class eat out of his hand before long.
这位老师很有经验，很懂得怎样和学生打交道，用不了多久，他就能把这个不守规矩的班级教得服服帖帖的了。
6, Dead end 闭塞不通的一头，死胡同 ;
Dead-end 尽头的; 无出路的; 没前途的
This dead-end job doesn't get you anywhere . You'd better quit it .
这份没前途的工作没有什么发展的。你还是辞了吧。
7, Beat sb up 痛打某人；搅拌;召集;惊扰
He told the police that he had been beaten up by two masked men．
他告诉警察说两个蒙面人把他痛打了一顿。
He is beating up cream．
他正在搅拌奶油。
They will do their best to beat up customers for their company．
他们将尽力为其公司招徕生意。
The enemy were unaware of our closing in until two shots beat them up．
敌人没有觉察到我们已经逼近，直到两声枪响震惊了他们。
8, Talk a good game 讲得好
He can talk a good game about his credentials , but he can't actually do shit .
他说起自己的资质证书能说得天花乱坠，但是一到做事来却也什么做不了。
9, A hell of ... 极度的，非常的，十分的；难以容忍的
We have only one month left for 2016 , and it has been a hell of a year .
2016年只剩1个月了，这真是地狱般的一年。
He just made a hell of a speech for his victorious election .
他就他自己胜利当选发表了一个精彩演说。
10, Set sth in motion 使运转起来；使某物开始运转或工作
The two countries will set in motion the full-fledged tariff reduction process for trade in goods in the latter half of 2016 .
两国将在2016年下半年启动完善的商品贸易关税减免流程。
课后小作业（提示：答案在前一个Episode）:
Editor's Picks :
1, I hate to break it to you .我不想要告诉你。(吸血鬼日记第一季第九集)
2, That's all that matters . 那就够了。（吸血鬼日记第一季第十八集）
3, I have you to thank for that. 那得多亏了你啊。（吸血鬼第一季第十七集）
4, Hot guy plus drunk me equals very bad things .我喝醉和帅哥在一起容易出事儿。
5, That's quite a mouthful .那挺绕口的哈。（吸血鬼日记第一季第十五集）
6, You are minus a witch . 你缺一个女巫。（吸血鬼第一季第十四集）
