1.run a hotel/store/language school 经营一家旅店/商店/语言学校

how to run a business 如何管理企业

Stop trying to run my life (= organize it) for me.

别老想操纵我的生活。

want more say in how the company is run.

想要在公司的经营管理上拥有更多的发言权

a badly run company 经营不善的公司

state-run industries 国家经营的行业

例句：I did not know that my grandfather was the first foreigner to run a hotel in Qingdao and where that hotel had stood.

我不知道外祖父是第一个在青岛开旅馆的外国人，并且还有房子在那里。

2.break even 收支平衡

例句：Whatever you make, you have to sell a certain amount to break even.

不管你做什么，你都要卖出一定数额才能达到收支相抵。

3.call it a day 结束一天的工作；到此为止；停止

例句：After forty years in politics I think it's time for me to call it a day (= to retire).

从政四十年,我想现在也该退休了。

4.teeter on the brink/edge of sth 处在(灾难或危险)的边缘；濒临

例句：Without these more fundamental changes, these populations will teeter on the brink of disaster year after year.

没有这些更多的根本变革，这些人民将年复一年挣扎在灾害的边缘。

5.manipulate (sb into sth/into doing sth) (暗中)控制,操纵,影响（贬义）

manipulate public opinion左右公众舆论。

例句：Don't manipulate them into eating what you want them to eat, going where you want them to go, or doing what you want them to do under the guise of love.

别以爱为幌子操控他们吃你想让他们吃的东西，去你想让他们去的地方，或做你想让他们做的事。

6.advantage over sb 优于某人

a big/great/definite advantage 大的/很大的/确定的优势

an unfair advantage不公平的有利因素(指有利于自己、但并不有利于对手)

have the advantage of … …是优势

be at an advantage (= have an advantage) 处于优势

例句：I somehow felt that I had one prominent advantage over these gentlemen, and that was, good character.

我总觉得自己有超过这两位先生的显著的优点，那就是我的名声好。