1. It's on me! 我請客;我該負責
We should get dinner some time. It's on me!
Fool me once, it’s on you; fool me twice, it's on me.
2. be on sb 由某人負責 mainly US informal
used when saying who is responsible for something
If he doesn't like it, then it's on him to change it.
"It's too much." "That's on you. I offered to help but you said no."
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favour noun
(1) [ C ] 幫助,善意行為;恩惠
She called to ask me a favour.
她打電話來請我幫個忙。
Could you do me a favour - would you feed my cat this weekend?
(2) [ C usually plural ] 特別照顧,優惠;偏袒
Several politicians were accused of dispensing favours to people who voted for them.
幾名政客被指責向投票支援他們的人提供好處。
3. do sb a favour 給人以恩惠; 幫助
I request you to do me a favour.
我請求你照顧我一下。
Mr. Smith, do me a favour to ring the bell.
史密斯先生, 請幫我按一下鈴。
4. do me/us a favour! (用於回答荒謬的建議)得了吧! informal
something you say in answer to a stupid and impossible suggestion
"Why don't you tell the police what happened?" "Oh, do me a favour!"
「你為甚麼不告訴員警發生了甚麼事?」「噢,得了吧!」
5. not do sb any favors(做某事對自己或他人)有不良後果;無助於
to do something that is likely to have a bad effect on you or on another person
You're not well, and you're not doing yourself any favors by taking on extra work.
The government isn't doing the families of the victims any favors by hiding the truth about what really happened.
6. get lost (in something) 沉醉於其中; 迷失於
to be forgotten or not noticed in a complicated process or in a busy time
I want to get lost in Disneyland and never leave
我想永遠沉浸在迪士尼樂園(的童話氣氛中)。
It's easy for your main points to get lost in a long speech.
We could get lost in those woods at night, paint or no paint.
7. speak to somebody/something
(1) 和某人交談
to communicate with someone or a group by speaking
George and I haven't been speaking to one another ever since our argument.
(2) 和某人談談(做錯的事)
to talk to someone who has done something wrong and tell them not to do it again
Joe was late again today. You'll have to speak to him.
(3)對(某人)有特殊意義;對(某人)很重要
if something such as a poem, painting, or piece of music speaks to you, you like it because it expresses a particular meaning, quality, or feeling to you
Modern art just doesn't speak to me.
(4)證明(某事)
to show that a situation exists or something is true
This situation speaks to a need for a better tax system.
The party's success speaks to the fact that many people in the US want change.
(5) 談及(某事)
to talk or write about something, especially something that needs discussing or dealing with
I am qualified to speak to this issue.
8. get/let sb off the hook 脫離責任、麻煩或困境; 免除煩惱; 放某人一馬 informal
to allow someone to escape from a difficult situation or to avoid doing something that they do not want to do
I don't believe his boss get him off the hook again.
我不信他老闆又放他一馬了
Larry's just happy to be off the hook on that harassment charge.
賴瑞很高興能從那項騷擾指控脫身
Amy tried to get off the hook by blaming Wendy.
艾美想藉由責備溫蒂來擺脫責任
9. let me off the hook 放我一馬
Thanks for letting me off the hook. I didn't want to attend that meeting. (感謝放我一馬。我不想參加那個會議)
10. go through sth
(1) 遭受,經歷,經受(苦難等)
to experience a difficult or unpleasant situation
I've been going through a bad patch recently.
近來這一段時間我日子過得不好。
You'd think his children would be more sympathetic towards him after all he's gone through (= the many bad things he has experienced).
也許你會覺得,在他經歷過這一切苦難後,他的子女們會對他多些同情。
(2)仔細察看;仔細檢查;仔細審查
to examine something that contains a collection of things carefully in order to organize them or find something
I'm going through my wardrobe and throwing out all the clothes I don't wear any more.
我要把衣櫃徹底清理一下,把不穿的衣服都找出來扔掉。
Remember to go through the pockets before you put those trousers in the washing machine.
在把褲子放進洗衣機之前,要記著仔細翻翻褲袋。
(3) 練習;排練
to do something in order to practise or as a test
Why don't we go through the whole demonstration once more?
我們把整個示範再做一遍,好嗎?
(4)大量使用
to use a lot of something
I went through a hundred quid on my last trip to London.
我上一次去倫敦旅遊花掉了100英鎊。
11. panic attack noun [ C ] (一陣突如其來的)驚慌失措,惶恐 ,突如其來的急性和致殘性焦慮感
a sudden period of severe anxiety in which your heart beats fast, you have trouble breathing, and you feel as if something very bad is going to happen
she has suffered from panic attacks since her early twenties.
Take a break.