Better to complete a small task well, than do much imperfectly. ---- Plato
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一件小事作得完美胜过多少事做得虎头蛇尾。----柏拉图
task means a piece of (esp. hard or unpleasant ) work that has to be done.必须做的工作(尤指困难的或讨厌的)任务。例如：Perform the gruesome task of identifying the dead bodies.执行辨认尸体这可怕的任务。Becoming fluent in a foreign language is no easy task, i.e. is difficult.熟练地掌握一门外语是一项艰苦的工作。
task常用的搭配如下：
task somebody with something means give something to somebody as a task,将某事作为任务交与某人。
task force means a group of people and resource specially organized for a particular ( esp. military ) task,特派组，特遣部队。
taskmaster means a person who is strict in making others work hard.监工
一件事情，无论大小，只要值得做，就一定得把它做好。
Check your answers with mine.
把你的答案跟我的核对一下。
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动词check在句子中的意思是“校验，核对”（to verify by consulting a source or authority），特别是指与某种资源、某种权威比对以得出结论。
例句：I'm not sure about that word, I must check the spelling in the dictionary.
我对那个词拿不准，我必须查查字典里的拼写。
Thanks. Very helpful.
Let your tears come. Let them water your soul.
-Eileen Mayhew
We intend to have a ball at the amusement park．
我们打算到游乐场玩个痛快
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have a ball的意思是“寻乐；痛快地玩”。作为名字，ball有“舞会”的意思，这句话中“玩个痛快”就是“舞会”这个意思的引申。
例句：Did you have a ball last weekend? 上周末你参加舞会了么？/上周末你玩得痛快吗？
Maybe we are partly to blame.
也许我们多少有些责任。
动词blame，责备，有错，该为……负责（deserve censure; at fault; be the cause or source of something）。句子中使用的是be动词加to do表示“应该”的被动含义，相当于“maybe we should partly be blamed”，直译为，“也许我们部分地该受到责备”。
例句：
You can't blame anyone. 你不能怪任何人。
Don't blame it on him, but on me. 别怪他, 该怪我。
Who is to blame in this accident? 这次事故谁该负责呢？
Stop crying and don't be such a baby.
别哭了，不要这样孩子气。
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名词baby除了我们熟悉的含义“孩子，婴儿”之外，还有一个固定的意思“孩子气的，行为幼稚的人”（an adult or a young person who behaves in an infantile way）。
Flags flew at half-mast upon the death of premier.
总理逝世的时候降了半旗。
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“降半旗”，固定的表达方式就是“（旗子）fly at half-mast”。中文的说法是人作主语；英文的表达是旗子作主语，直接用fly作动词。
You're a one-girl guy.
你是个用情专一的人。
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“用情专一”的表达方式之一。套用一下，如果形容一个女孩用情专一，应该就要写成“one-man girl”。
Don't try to tie me down with those conventions.
别想用那些规矩绊住我。
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动词词组tie down，意思是“系住, 拴住, 束缚，限制”，即“constrain, confine, or limit”。
名词convention在这句中的意思相当于custom，即“习俗，惯例，社会规范”，英文的解释是“A practice or procedure widely observed in a group, especially to facilitate social interaction”。比如，握手就是一种convention，可以说成是“the convention of shaking hands”
What would you have done in my shoes?
如果你是我，你会怎么做呢？
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固定搭配“in one's shoes”就表示“在某人的立场上，与某人角色互换”。相当于in one's situation或in one's position。名词shoe在这个搭配中要使用复数。
例句：You would understand my decision if you put yourself in my shoes.
如果设身处地地从我的角度想，你就理解我做的决定了。
A danger foreseen is half avoided.
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隐患能预见，危险去一半。
Danger，危险，风险。In danger在危险中/ make danger of对…踌躇不决；认为…难办/ out of danger脱离危险
Foreseen，是动词foresee的过去分词。在这里修饰动词danger做定语。Foresee, know that something is going to happen before it actually happens.预见；预知。Foreseer:预见者。/ in the foreseen future在可以预见到的将来。
Avoid, to do something to prevent something bad from happening.避免，回避。He avoided meeting her eye.他避开她的目光。
这句谚语其实就是告诉我们一个道理：防范于未然。
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俺也来一句：
How have you sped?
你近来如何？
释：这里speed为speed的过去分词，为“To get along进展”之意。
注：speed的过去式/过去分词有2种：sped或speed
在本句，应用sped.
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Life is full of ups and downs.
人生有得意的时候也有失意的时候。
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固定搭配ups and downs，直接意思是上上下下，可以用来形容人生的起起落、时运的盛衰沉浮。英文的解释是“alternating periods of good and bad fortune or spirits”。
I'll sleep next door.
我要睡在隔壁。
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在隔壁房间，直接用“next door”（隔壁的门）来表达就可以。
例句：If you're still watching TV, I'll sleep next door. 如果你还看电视，我就去隔壁睡。
He loves music, and above all classical music．
他喜欢音乐，尤其是古典音乐。
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above all在句子中相当于especially，表示“尤其”。英文的解释是“over and above all other factors or considerations; before everything else”。
再如：Never waste anything，and above all never waste time．
任何东西都不可浪费，尤其不可以浪费时间。
He was so absorbed in his work that he didn't see me．
他全神贯注于工作，没有看到我。
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动词词组be absorbed in相当于giving all one's attention to，意思是“沉湎于；全神贯注于”。句子中还用到了一个so...that的句型，表示“太……以致于……”。
再如：Time passes quickly when you are absorbed in reading a good book．
当你沉醉于阅读一本好书时，时间会过得很快。
The president is running for reelection.
总统正在谋求竞选连任。
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作为动词，run除了“跑”以外，还有一个比较重要的意思“参加竞赛”。美国口语中，“参加竞选”的意思就是由这个原意引申出来的。英文的解释是“to take part in strong competition”。Run还有一个和竞选有关系的含义：举荐，推选，提名（To present or nominate for elective office）。比如说，The party ran her for senator. 该党提名她为参议员。
His marriage failed because he can not fit a square peg in a round hole.
他婚姻失败，因为不适合。
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You can't fit a square peg in a round hole.方榫头和圆卯眼，两下合不来，形容格格不入。意思是指跟环境格格不入的人，不得其所，不合其位。比如：As a diplomat, he is a round peg in a square hole. (他当外交官，不合其位。)
I have arranged with him to meet at the restaurant.
我和他约好在饭馆见面。
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动词arrange，安排，准备。可以作及物动词用（to plan or prepare for），计划一次野餐，arrange a picnic；也可以作不及物动词用（to make preparations; plan)，筹办一场盛大的婚礼，arrange for a big wedding。
再如:They arranged to meet at 7 o'clock. 他们约好7点钟见。