irregular ----> infrequent
) ?( E" A ~5 @& T irrelevant to ----> have little to do with
2 A8 L- W9 P/ V- B4 X9 G: [ It came in the mail yesterday from my mom and dad. ----> It was a present from his parents。
) K2 K# R6 L- z" ^* O! r& o6 v It could be better. ----> It's not very good。
' x X( a: U- w ~$ ?5 t! i" [ It could be worse. ----> It's not too bad。
8 b/ Y" `8 K- R" `/ b+ Z2 W& k4 X4 ] It couldn't be better. ----> It's the best/excellent。
- ?( m5 d" x6 j( R It couldn't be worse. ----> It's the worst/too bad。- w/ R0 U+ Z- `3 r" c3 D2 j1 f
It doesn’t matter. ----> Sb. should not apologize。
' z. e. V' Q8 k2 F+ I: w, | It is incompressible ----> It can't be compressed' u: E* C$ v V/ K. i2 K7 G
It just makes me uncomfortable to ask my friend to wait on me. ----> He doesn't like to bother people。
, B) w1 H/ r c# `; a2 t It looks a lot worse that it feels. ----> His eye doesn't hurt very much。* F/ ]$ S- \* {) c# I# k; Z* E. X
It must be clear who's winning by now. ----> The game began some time ago。
; E4 l; g! m& f; X" G It only does that when it’s warming up. ----> The noise will be gone soon。- E* T& g. v8 E- E9 E6 W1 x4 A
it poured // postpone it ----> be canceled because of the weather( Q, n, s3 ]0 y6 `' @7 m
It remains to be seen ----> wonder
! L) {4 T0 S# n2 V3 k It runs well and I've actually grown quite attached to it. ----> He's satisfied with the car。
! }+ u' @$ @2 e2 u It’s only the first class sb. have missed all term. ----> Missing the class would not harm sb。
# [" f5 x* g# ^8 o6 Z y) Q+ N It's about time ... ----> for quite a while
% I9 J, U9 g. [! t5 g It's easier said than done. ----> It will be difficult for sb. to do sth。
# v$ }, c3 k* [, M2 p It's just overcast. ----> Sb. doesn't need an umbrella。1 N$ }7 R2 X" g. t) ?4 j% T
It's my dad's shop. ----> She works there。
3 |* U7 x* G: L8 N It's only been there an hour. ----> It's too soon to go back there。
5 f$ D) B* U' O6 G6 }# {, l3 X+ U It's only noon. ----> in half a day/ d) m" a2 M1 x! @9 O; x
It's out of the question ----> no be able to do sth。! a7 V3 M$ W& L# Y" d/ z b
I've been putting it off. ----> He hasn't done any work yet。 |