1. in our eyes:在某人的眼中
例句:Such acts lowered him in our eyes.
这种行为降低了他在我们心目中的地位。
2. in fact:事实上
例句:In fact it was quite as well that she should not know.
事实上,她确实还是不知道为妙。
3. little short of :简直是,近于,几乎是
例句:It would be little short of a miracle if she recovered.
如果她能够痊愈康复,那差不多是奇迹了。
4. a bloody affair for sb:对于某人来说是残忍的事情
例句:It is a bloody affair for little Mary that her parents got divorced.
5. after all:毕竟,终究
例句:I'll have to go to my aunt's funeral she was my own flesh and blood after all.
我得参加我姑姑的葬礼--她是我的亲人哪。
6. go to the scaffold:上断头台;被处死刑;上绞刑台
例句:She went to the scaffold when she was 19.
她19岁时就被判处死刑,送上断头台。
7. in one’s mind:在某人的脑海中
例句:Her image was fixed in his mind.
她的形象深深印在他的脑海里。
8. at least:至少
例句:She's completely homeless at least I have my parents to fall back on.
她是真正无家可归--我至少有父母可依靠。
9. an unclean piece of flesh:不洁之身
10.cut away:切掉,切除
例句:They cut away all the dead branches from the tree.
他们把树上的枯枝通通砍掉了。
11. be free from:不受,免于,没有
例句:When her son returned she was at last free from anxiety.
她儿子回来了,她总算解除了忧虑。