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18—long 1. long 表示长 例：It took him a long time to lose his accent. 他花了很长时间才改掉自己的口音。 例：What comes easy won't last long, and what lasts long won't come easy. 2. wear one's hair long 留长发 3. How long… 对时间长度提问 例：How long are you staying (for)? 4. Long Story Short 长话多说； 例：Long story short, we broke up. 5. long for 渴望； 例：We long for love. 我们渴望爱情 6. a long road 不容易，很难 例：It's a long road. But it's worth it 例：We've come a long way.Let's not lose our drive and ruin all the work. 7. a long face 长脸，不开心的脸 例：Don't pull a long face. No one owes you anything. 8. long-term 长期的 例：Grit is passion and perseverance for very long-term goals. 9. We have a long distance relationship. 10. It's a long story 说来话长。 11. It's been a long day.今天太累了 12. all day long 整天 例：I am a office worker. I'm stuck behind a computer all day long. 13. go a long way. 很有帮助。 例：A little walk everyday can go a long way. 例：Personality can go a long way in the office. 例：Age is just a number as long as you stay young at heart. 14. long shot 成功的可能性不大，胜算不大 例：I know it's a long shot, but I'll try it and hope it works. 15. in the long run 从长远来看； 例：I know it's not fun to do exercise, but it's good for you in the long run. 19—little 1. little brother/sister 哥哥／姐姐 例：My little brother wanna quit school. Only you can talk him out of it. You know, he respects you so much. 2. A little bit 一点 例：My vision is a little bit blurry. 例：Sorry. I'm running a little behind. 例：I'm a little bit upset now. Let's grab a beer. 3. A little 修饰比较级 例：Success is simple. Just hold it a little longer when you think you're gonna break. 20—important 1. We're meant to lose the people we love. How else could we know how important they are to us? 2. When something is important enough, you do it even though the odds are not in your favor. 3. Don't lose sight of what's important. 4. Sometimes the most important lessons in life are the ones we have to learn the hard way. 5. It’s important to do something 做某事很重要 例：It’s important to learn English well. 6. important to someone 对某人很重要 例：If something is important to you, no matter how busy you are, you’ll make time for it. 21—stand 1. stand + 介词（in/on/at） 站在某地 例：Laura is standing next to me holding my hand. 例：I’m standing next to a food stall. 例：You wanna go to a movie tonight? No. I don’t like standing in line to buy tickets. 2. stand + 形容词 表示处于某种状态 例：My parents told me to stand still or I’ll be grounded. 例：It’s like time has stood still in this room. 例：They stood close to each other. 3. Can’t stand something/someone 忍受不了某事／某人 例：I can’t stand you two holding hands in front of me. What’s wrong with you two? 例：I can’t stand the smell in this room. It’s so disgusting. 4. stand in someone’s way 妨碍某人 例：If you have a dream, you gotta protect it. You shouldn’t let anything stand in the way. 例：I won’t stand in you way. You can do whatever you want. It’s none of my business. 5. Where someone stands 某人的立场、看法 例：From where I stand, I don’t think that’s a good way to make money. 例：Please let me know where you stand on this. 6. stand a chance 有机会 例：You want to fight me? I don’t think you stand a chance. 例：I don’t stand a chance of passing the exam. 7. stand by someone 支持某人，站在某人旁边 例：I promise I will always stand by you no matter what. 例：She’s the only one who stood by me all the way. 8. stand for 代表 例：I heard people say BAE a lot. What does BAE stand for? B stands for ‘before, A for ‘Anyone’ and E for ‘Else’. 或者“Beyond anything/anyone else”. 例：A ring in marriage stands for nothing. 9. stand out 突出，明显 例：I want to be a person who always stands out in a crowd. 例：If you don’t want to stand out, you can just follow the flow. 10. stand someone up 放某人格子 例：Peter stood me up last night. 例：How could you stand me up on the first date? 11. stand up for 支持，拥护 例：We all should stand up for what’s right not what’s people like. 例：Could you stand up for me, please? 例：It’s time for you to stand up for yourself. You can’t count on others to help you. 12. stand on one’s own feet 自立 例：I’m trying my hardest to stand on my own feet. 例：My parents have been helping me paying mortgage, now I finally can stand up on my own feet. 13. stand (someone) up 例：Could you stand me up? I can’t feel my legs. 例：Peter’s a stand-up guy. 14. one night stand 一夜情 22—fall 1. fall asleep 睡着 例：Can you say that again? I’m sorry. I fell asleep. 例：Little Peter has fallen asleep waiting for his father coming back. 2. fall in love 坠入爱河 例：I know I’ve fallen in love with him. What should I do? Should I tell him or not? 3. fall short of 缺少 例：I fall short of cash. Can anybody spot me some cash? 4. fall apart 崩溃 例：Our country is falling apart. Let’s immigrate to America. 例：My life is falling apart. I’m 40 years old already and my wife and I just got divorced and what’s worse, I lost my job. 例：Peter is falling apart. You shouldn’t be so hard on him. 5. fall down 摔倒 例：I fell down the stairs and broke my leg. 我从楼梯上摔下来了，然后腿摔坏了。 6. fall for 上…当 例：Don’t fall for it. He only likes your money. 7. fall off 从…掉下来 例：What’s wrong with you? Nothing serious . I fell off my bike. 8. fall out 和…有争吵 例：I had a falling out with my parents. I don’t want to go home tonight. Can I stay over tonight? 23—bad 1. Bad news has wings. 2. I know you had a bad day at work, but you cannot take it out on me! 3. I had a bad night's sleep last night. 4. Your breath smells bad./ He has bad breath. 5. I have a bad memory/temper. 6. My bad. 7. My cell phone has really bad reception. 8. It's not all that bad. 9. Everyone is walking on eggshells because the boss is in a bad mood. 10. I ate something bad. / I have the runs. 11. Never bad-mouth your boss. 24—white 1. as white as a sheet 面色苍白 1. white-bread 白面包 例：what kind of bread, white or wheat? 3. black-and-white 黑白分明的 例：It's very complicated. It's not a black-and-white issue. 4. white lie/collar/meat 善意的谎言/白领／白肉 25—real 1. Get real! 现实点吧 2. Real estate market 房地产市场 例：Peter made a killing in the real estate market. 3. Real friends 真正的朋友 例：Real friends believe in you. 4. For real?真的吗 5. real quick 很快 例：I'm gonna go get changed real quick. 例：Let me ask you something real quick. 26—right 1. I'll be right with you. /We’ll be right back. 马上回来。 2. Right now 现在，立刻，马上 例：If you pull some shit right now, it isn't funny. 3. Right person 合适的人，正确的人 例：Everyday is Valentine's Day if you are with the right person. 4. All right = alright 正常，没事 例：Is everything all right? 没事吧 5. Right 刚刚好，right in front of 正前方；right before 刚刚好在..之前 例：I got home right before the rain came down 6. Right-handed 右撇子 例：Are you right-handed or left-handed? 你是右撇子还是左撇子？ 27—let 1. Let someone do something 让某人做某事 例：Stop messing around. Let’s move to the next point. 别胡闹啦。咱们继续讨论下一个重点。 扩展：I won’t let you get away with this. 2. Let it happen 让…发生 例：I won’t let it happen again. 这件事情我不会在允许发生了。 例：I promise you that I won’t let it happen again. 3. Let’s do something 让我们做某事吧（经常用于建议） 例：Let’s call it a day. 例：Let’s get out of here. 4. Let go 解雇/ let it go 放任不管 例：Our manager let him go yesterday. So he won’t show up here any more. 例：Just let it go. You don’t have to blame yourself because of other people’s mistakes. 5. Let go of 放手 例：Let go of me. Don’t touch me. 例：You should learn to let go of your anger. 6. Let someone in/out 让某人进来/出去 例：The guard doesn’t let me in. You wanna talk to him? 例：The little puppy keeps barking because his owner doesn’t let him out. 7. Let someone down 让某人失望 例：I won’t let you down. You just made a great choice. 例：I’m so glad you didn’t let me down. 8. Let it out 把心里的说出来吧 例：It’s Ok. Just let it out. 28—work 1. Work hard 努力工作，努力学习 例：Working hard is the only way to prepare yourself for an opportunity. 例：If you work hard enough, you’ll get whatever you want. 扩展：working around the clock 不分昼夜的工作 2. Work overtime 加班 例：I can’t meet you for dinner tonight. I have to work overtime. 例：I have to work late again tonight. 3. Work 正常运转 例：I’m sure it’s not gonna work. You better change your plan before you put money and energy into it. 例：That’s not how it works. 4. Make it work 让…工作起来 例：We’ll find a way to make it work. 例：Don’t worry. We’ll make it work again real soon. 5. Work for对某人来说比较合适 例：What time works for you? 例：Does tomorrow afternoon works for you? 例：It works for me. 6. Work at + 地点／work for + 公司 例：I used to work at home. But last year I started a company, so now I work at my company. 例：I have been working for ABC company for 7 years. 7. Work on 做…工作，致力于做某事 例：I’m working on it. 8. Work out 有结果，奏效，健身 例：How did everything work out? 例：I’ve been working out a lot in the past year. 例：Don’t worry. We’ll work it out. 9. Work up 生气 例：I just think you’re working up over nothing. 例：What makes you so worked up so much? 10. Have a lot of work to do 有很多事情要做 例：I have so much work to do today. I can’t play pool with you after work. 11. After work 下班之后 例：I’ll call you back after work. 例：What are you doing after work? 29—social 1. Social drinker 社交喝酒的人 例：I don’t drink at home. I’m just a social drinker. 2. Social smoker 3. Social person 例：I’m not a social person. People are complicated. It takes time and energy to make friends with them. I am a friend of myself. 30—sure 1. I can't say for sure. 2. I'm not exactly sure 3. I want to quit my job and start my own business, but I need to talk to my family first to make sure they are with me on this. 4. I'm sure everything will come out fine.