又中又英2

dread
writer's block
shake off my writer's block
lift your spirits
elate 鼓舞
Hats off to...
use it or lose it
nod off
overly long
robotic way
ejected 被逐出
a scrooge skruːdʒ (a person who is very unwilling to spend money)
miserly,stingy, tight-fisted
chide 鬧
pick on
no big deal
signage, sign
crack vs
crack up at 大笑
crack a joke = tell a joke
comb-over
cover up
bullsh.t= BS
hairline in size= very thin
There is room for improvement
etched in my memory
raining cats and dogs
instinctively
pick their nose
booger 鼻屎
flak = criticism
He had it coming= He deserved it.
retort = reply angrily
Time will tell.
bend 屈服, 讓步
set in tablets of stone, set in stone, set in concrete 不能改變
blink = back down, give in,
relevant authorities
silent treatment
cost an arm and a leg= is very expensive
relish = enjoy
get over = accept
轉軚u-turn, flip-flop, backtrack, about-turn (verbs)
overplay
missing the point
chink in the armour = a weak spot in your protection
chink(racial insult to describe Chinese people)
When you're in a hole, stop digging.
make the hole larger
climb out of the hole,
glued to
monster earthquake
wall of water
swayed= moved from side to side
belly-up = go upside down
bizarre
laughingstock
bank run, run on a bank
herd mentality
a run on  搶購...
grips the world's  attention
a chain of events
nuclear apocalypse
fail-safe (不能失敗的)
a hard and fast rule=a rule that can't be changed
fair-weather friend
shovel (the snow)
Dig your own grave
food capital
service with a smile
curt =rude
the customer is always right
has fallen on deaf ears
lost me
as happy as a lark
as happy as a clam in high water
couch potato
pass the buck= shift the blame
A bureaucrat
pothole
economical with the truth
touched the hearts of
unbelievable
pomp and pageantry
captivated by
mind muddled
vigilant vs vibrant
robust
hang(吊)的過去式是hanged
Old habits die hard
add odds with
coca-cola figure
shoot himself in the foot
decline= 拒絕
flabbergasted= very surprised
Latinos /læˈtiːnəʊ/
Hispanics
flooded me 
get a kick out of = get fun out of
stuck for words
a lame excuse牽強的藉口
had my fill of gutter politics
gutter politics= dirty politics
As fate would have it=as it happened, as it turned out
think ahead
come to terms with
sell like hotcakes
fly off the shelves
in his league= in his level
in the same league as that of ...
suck
to con people= to trick people 
Pissed off= angry
piss = urinate, urine
testy= irritated
piss off= go away
get pissed= get drunk

freak
completely rubbish
TV shoot
come into play = have an effect
lose sight of= focus on something so much that makes sb forget sth
jumble his words = mix up with words
a Freudian slip vs a slip of the tongue
withhold= uphold rights
I disapprove of what you say but I'll defend to the death your right to say it
at the forefront of ...
gate-crash
soil (v) = to make dirty
devalue
hard-headed = stubborn
fan
fanning hatred of rich
stand on our feet vs put yourself in sb's shoes
swansong policy speech= final policy speech
run-of-the-mill speech
legacy
walk the walk vs talk the talk
veg-out = relax and do nothing
no-brainer=a thing that is easy to understand
jerk= very unlikeable person
Orwellian vs Machiavellian
bad-mouth others
throw a mean barb at sb
born with a silver spoon in his mouth
bureaucrat-speak
at this juncture
disruption
detriment
unravel
remedied