1.take place 发生；举行

When does the wedding come off [take place]?

什么时候举行婚礼?

By design, the entire page is usually in the correct output markup language by this point, so no markup conversions should take place at this level.

按照设计，到此为止整个页面使用的输出标记语言都是正确的，所以在这个级别不应该发生任何标记转换。

2.ready to 准备

So if you come, be ready to dance.

因此，如果你来到这儿，就准备好起舞吧。

The cat crouched down, ready to spring on the mouse.

那只猫蹲下身来准备向老鼠猛扑过去。

3.drop in v. 顺便走访

The director dusted his staff down about the drop in their efficiency.

主任责备他的工作人员工作效率下降。

Remember to lag the water pipes with some cloth when there is a drop in temperature.

气温下降时记住要用一些布裹住水管。

4.lead to 导致；通向

This can lead to significant distress, but have no fear!

这可能导致巨大的压力，但是不要害怕！

I believe that his friends, above all Halifax, came to the conclusion that he must be rooted out of the life he was leading at Trinity which must soon lead to decay of mind and health.

我相信他的朋友们，首先是哈利法克斯得出这样的结论：他必须从在三一学院沿循的生活中拔出脚来，否则它必定很快会导致精神和健康的衰落。