1.take the lead 率先
Now everybody sing! I'll take the lead.
现在大家唱歌,我起头 。
2.tantamount to 等于,相当于
What Bracey is saying is tantamount to heresy.
布里斯正在说的无异于异端邪说 。
3.strike down 击倒,杀死
He was struck down by cancer at the age of thirty.
他三十岁那年被癌症夺去了性命 。
4.hand down 传下去,下发,宣布
Tougher sentences are being handed down these days
现如今宣判的裁决比以前严厉了 。