读speak English like a native American第五章

01.be down in the dumps 觉得沮丧，不开心

这个词组的意思和upset类似。比如下雨天，人容易感觉不开心，就可以说：

when it's raining outside, it's easy to feel down in the dumps.

02.hang out 玩儿，消遣

I usually hang out in shopping mall.

如果要表示和~~一起玩儿，就可以用hang out with;比如

I don't know who she hangs out with.

He spent the whole day hanging out in the park with his girlfriend.

当我们写成hangout时，是名词形式，意思是经常逗留的地方。

比如the park was my favorite hangout.

03.hang around闲逛

这个词组往往指要等某个人或者事儿，暂时闲待着，比如

I hung around the station for an hour but he never came.

those people around the streets at 6 am with nowhere to go.

04.have a blast 玩儿得开心

这个词组可以用来替代enjoy oneself;

The food was good and we had a blast. Thanks for inviting us to the party.

last summer,Nichole had a blast backpacking through Europe with some friends.

05.take it easy : 放松，别担心

you lost your keys? take it easy, I'm sure you'll find them.

06.take sth the wrong way:误解某句话

I like you. Don’t take this the wrong way, now. I mean as a friend.

07.there's no accounting for taste:各有所好

She thinks he's wonderful—oh well, there's no accounting for taste.

Some people seemed to like the music, although I thought it was worse than noise. There's no accounting for taste.

08.under one's breath:小声的，压低声音的

Walsh muttered something under his breath.

沃尔什小声嘟囔了一句。

Judy muttered something nasty under her breath, but I could not quite hear it.

09.be up in the air: 悬而未决

it might rain later, so our plans for the picnic are up in the air.