1.collect yourself/your thoughts 1.(尽力)镇定下来,敛神专注；2. 为…做好精神准备

例句：I'm fine—I just need a minute to collect myself.

我没事,只是需要稍稍镇定一下。

She paused to collect her thoughts before entering the interview room.

她停下来定了定神,才走进面试室。

2.collect sth up 把某物收起搁置

Would somebody collect up all the dirty glasses?

谁来把这些脏玻璃杯收拾一下好吗？

3.put down roots 1.(植物)生根 2.定居

例句：After ten years travelling the world, she felt it was time to put down roots somewhere.

游历世界十年之后,她觉得该是找个地方定居的时候了。

root and branch 完全彻底

例句：The government set out to destroy the organization root and branch.

政府着手完全彻底地摧毁这个组织。

root-and-branch reforms 全面彻底的改革

take root 1.( 植物) 生根 2. (思想) 植根；深入人心

例句：Fortunately, militarism failed to take root in Europe as a whole.

幸运的是,军国主义没有能够深入整个欧洲。

4.recipe book 食谱书

例句：Now she wants to do something more with it. Maybe private cooking classes or a recipe book.

现在，她想在这方面做更多的事情，也许是开个烹饪课或是写本菜谱。