20140905 每天学习一点英语

【各种形容beauty的词】Adorable 萌萌哒；Cute 可爱哒；Amazing 惊艳的；Attractive 有魅力的；Breathtaking 惊艳的；Elegant 优雅的；Exquisite 高雅的；Eye-Catching 夺人眼球的；Flawless 完美无瑕的；Good-Looking 好看的；Gorgeous 极美的；Hot 惹火的；Spectacular 华丽丽的；Stunning 绝色的 She's smoking hot! She is a head turner./She turns heads. 她回头率高。She is eye candy. 她很养眼。She is a looker. 她是个靓妹。
【地道表达】“朋友以上恋人未满”这种关系用英语怎么说。这种关系超越了 friendship, 又没有进入 relationship, 是一种 in-between stage 介乎二者间的状态，可以叫 flirtationship. 如，They are not dating. They are just in a flirtationship. 他们不是一对，他们现在是朋友以上恋人未满。frenger 是 friend 加上 stranger, 意思是 not quite friend, not quite stranger 中文里的点头之交。类似的还有 frenemy： friend+enemy 友敌。那种hello bye的朋友叫frenger
【地道表达】“抢先某人一步”我们可以用这个俚语来表达：beat someone to the punch/draw, to do something before someone else does it，例如：I planned to write a book about using this new tool, but someone else beat me to the draw. 我原计划写一本关于如何使用这个新工具的书，但是有人抢先我一步了。也可用 beat someone to it. 如：I was going to make the same suggestions, but he beat me to it. 我本来也要提出同样的建议，结果让他抢了先。I was gonna ask Julie out on a date, but Joe beat me to it.我本来也打算请Julie出去约会，谁知Joe抢在我前面先行一步了。
【常用的中文俚语】 囧 embarrassed, awkward；大姨妈 aunt flo；宅人 homebody；菜鸟 noob；蹭饭的人 moocher；炒作 publicity stunt；吃老本 rest on one's laurels；吃错药了 get up on the wrong side of bed；扯平 even；牛 awesome；电灯泡 third wheel；切！- Whatever!