1.cook up a story= weave a story=make up a story=dreams up a story=coin a story 编写故事=编故事
I think you can weave a story around this incident.
我想你可以围绕这一事件编一个故事 。
I really think you'd do well to make up a story for the children.
我确实认为你还是为孩子们编一个故事的好 。
2.run into= bump into= meet sb. by chance=偶然遇见=巧遇=不期而遇
He ran into Krettner in the corridor a few minutes later.
几分钟之后他在走廊里意外碰到了克雷特纳 。
I happened to bump into Mervyn Johns in the hallway.
我在走廊里意外碰见了默文·约翰斯 。
3.hit it off =get well along with=be on good terms with sb=合得来=一见如故=投缘
The pair swapped emails and photos for three months and hit it off so well that they arranged a date in London.
三个月来,他们通了信、交换了照片,相当合得来,于是约在伦敦见面 。
4.day one=第一天
"It's been a battle from day one," Burrell said.
伯勒尔说:“从第一天起就是一场战斗 。”
This has been a bad inquiry from day one.
调查工作从一开始就进行不力 。
5.sprinkle= be added/mixed/mingled with something else=点缀=添加=掺杂
Unfortunately, the text is sprinkled with errors.
遗憾的是,文本有零星的错误 。
Speaker sprinkled his speech with quotations.
演讲者用引证点缀演讲 。
Fruits and vegetables in produce markets are sprinkled with water for a number of reasons.
6.butter up=polish the apple =过分恭维, 谄媚, 巴结, 讨好
n. 光泽,上光剂,优雅,精良
v. 擦亮,磨