81. It is a family business. 這是家傳生意。Family business 就是爺爺干了，傳給爸爸，爸爸再傳給下一代，因此又可稱是祖?zhèn)魃�。Family restaurant 家庭餐廳，這個(gè)餐廳里干活的都是一家人，因此不大，但溫馨、有特色。主要是與連鎖店相比較的一個(gè)概念。
82. pep talk, 比賽前，教練給隊(duì)員們的鼓舞士氣的講話�，F(xiàn)在可以泛指了，例如老師每天給學(xué)生鼓舞斗志的講話也是pep talk。安慰人也可以說是pep talk。pep rally，啦啦隊(duì)的人帶領(lǐng)全場的人為自己的隊(duì)伍呼喊鼓氣。例如：老師鼓勵(lì)學(xué)生：“Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.” - George Carlin
83. tough, 堅(jiān)硬的，（肉）很老的，也表示一件事不容易。That will be a tough sale.要讓人接受你這個(gè)方案不會(huì)那么容易。I toughed it out 我硬挺過來了。
84. I have been totally sold out to your idea. 我100％地贊同贊同你的意見。我完全為你的主意所折服。類似的話還有If you are not careful enough, you will buy into his bad idea. 如果你不小心的話，你就會(huì)采納他的這餿主意。
85. killer, 殺手，a serial killer連環(huán)殺手�？谡Z中killer有好幾個(gè)意思，1.“迷人的”，a lady killer, 叫女性癡迷的人，如007類的人。2. Killer career, 成功的事業(yè)：As women started to build killer careers of their own, males started to feel the pressure. 當(dāng)女性開始建立起她們自己成功的事業(yè)時(shí)，男性也就開始感到了壓力。He has really lots of good Ideas and tactics for a killer career. 3. 不錯(cuò)，好看That laser light show was killer! 現(xiàn)在好些網(wǎng)蟲給自己起網(wǎng)名為killa, killah, killor, 等。
86. Bigwig 有錢人，老板 This is a retreat only for bigwig. 那是給有錢人玩的度假村。
87. edge 是個(gè)常用詞，“邊緣，刀刃”，口語中有另外幾個(gè)意思：take the edge off, 減輕， Have an apple. It'll take the edge off your hunger for a while. 先吃個(gè)蘋果，墊墊底。His apology took the edge off her anger. 他道了欠后，她的怒氣也就消了不少。 This music collection will take the edge off summer heat. 這個(gè)歌集會(huì)給你的酷暑帶來涼意。
The memorial service didn't bring my husband back to life, but it took the edge off my sorrow. 追悼會(huì)沒有讓我丈夫死而復(fù)活，但給了我很大的安慰。
on the cutting edge： 處于最前端，The young people are on the cutting edge of this tecknology.
on edge, 直譯是站在懸崖處，意思是“很緊張”，The players were all a little on edge before the big game. 在大賽前，選手個(gè)個(gè)都顯得很緊張。
have the edge on (over someone/something ) Democrats now have the edge in the Senate. 民主黨在參議院里現(xiàn)在略有優(yōu)勢。
On a knife edge: 處境艱難，危險(xiǎn)She's been living on a knife-edge since her ex-husband was released from prison last month. 從他前夫上個(gè)月從監(jiān)獄釋放后，她的生活就一直受到極大的威脅。The theatre is on a financial knife-edge and must sell 75% of its seats every night to survive.這個(gè)劇院處于財(cái)務(wù)危機(jī)，每晚必須賣掉75%的座位方能堅(jiān)持下去。
88. ruffle someone’s feathers 引起不快，引起爭論
He wasn't asked to speak at the conference, and I know that ruffled his feathers a bit.
Her book ruffled a lot of feathers and put the idea of "beauty as bondage" on the fast track of social issues.
這個(gè)成語不能直接翻譯成中文里的“一地雞毛”。
89. "a blessing in disguise" 偽裝的祝福，或因禍得福，有塞翁失馬之意。
My computer broke down again, but maybe it was a blessing in disguise; I've been wasting too much time online chatting anyway. 我的電腦又壞了，不過可能會(huì)因禍得福，因?yàn)槲姨聊缬诰W(wǎng)上聊天，虛度光陰。
Persecution by the government on Christians is a blessing in disguise; it actually strengthed the body of Christ. 政府給基督徒的逼迫實(shí)際上是一種偽裝的祝福，逼迫使基督的教會(huì)更加堅(jiān)強(qiáng)。
90. a piece of cake, 很容易就能完成的事，易如反掌。Do you think you can win the game? A piece of cake. 你覺得能贏嗎？小菜一碟。
91. cookie-cutter 同樣的模式的，千篇一律的
The architects were determined that it wouldn't be just another cookie-cutter mall.
Management too often uses a cookie-cutter approach to solving problems.
92. You can be loose in our house. I am loose. 在我家你可以很隨便，我是一個(gè)隨便的人。還有一個(gè)成語：loose as a goose, 進(jìn)而發(fā)展出loosey-goosey：“Despite the pressure, he was loosey-goosey throughout the game.”盡管壓力很大，他整個(gè)球賽打得都輕松自如。They are having a loosey-goosey time.
93. I would like to touch base with you. 我想跟你保持聯(lián)絡(luò)。
94. the end of one’s rope, = out of options: Having tried everything he could think of to get admitted to law school, Robert finally found himself at the end of his rope. 也可以說：at my wits’ end,
95. plug sb/sth in 把。。排進(jìn)來(時(shí)間表、或其它) ；參加 You tell me when you are available, I will plug you in.告訴我你什么時(shí)間有空，我就給你排上。The best way to study English is to plug in a program. Pull plug on 對(duì)付 The net police is pulling plug on those pro-democracy articles on net.
96. sure thing 可以，肯定可以。表示贊同，有人也會(huì)說：sweet.
97. “他退步了，后來有了很大的轉(zhuǎn)變”英文如何說？He got backslidden,but he has had a great turn. Backslide 退步，下降，墮落。
98. suck: suck up 這個(gè)欄目里已經(jīng)提到了好幾個(gè)拍馬屁的詞匯，suck up 是另一個(gè)：She's always sucking up to the boss, telling him how wonderful he is.
The public school sucks. 公立學(xué)校最爛。 This bike sucks. 這輛自行車不好騎。I don’t want to get sucked in that scheme. 我才不想給弄到那個(gè)鬼計(jì)劃里去呢。
In winter, this area will be sucked in heavy snow.
99. This costs only five bucks, you cannot beat that. 這才五塊錢，你無論如何也不可能找到比這更低的價(jià)了。
100．Blip 在雷達(dá)顯示屏顯出的一個(gè)小點(diǎn)
It appears to be a one-time blip in the historic trend.
