have a genius for doing sth在有天赋 talent
take up=undertake从事
go on with sth/doing 继续做同一件事 go on to do 继续做另外一件事
be curious about对感到好奇
be curious to do sth对做某事感到好奇
dream of doing sth/sth梦想
use up用完 run out of用完
be satisfied with对表示满意或满足 be content with对表示满意
be patient with/of对耐心
be engaged被占据
be engaged in忙于做某事 engage oneself in忙于做某事
point at瞄准 point out指出
seek to do试着做某事 try to do试着做某事 manage to do成功做某事 seek for/after寻找，设法达到 seek sb/sth out找出
be on fire for痴迷于
be interested in对感兴趣
be on fire朝出发 set out for朝出发
be on fire=burning着火的
match sth/sb against/with 比
observe doing注意到
debate about doing辩论，讨论做某事
be to计划，安排
be about to do立刻要发生的事情，不加时间 be going to do即将发生，安排
have sth in common with sb in sth 和某人某方面有共同点
be similar to 和相似
in turn按顺序
in advance提前
in time及时
mean to do打算做 mean doing意味着
turn out关掉
make out理解
carry out实行
no point in没有用 no use doing没有用
have much/mor/a little/little/no difficulty (in) doing sth
have difficulty with sth 做某事有困难
catch fire 着火了(不能接一段时间做状语) be on fire着火(强调状态)
pick one’s words小心说话
compare with与相比，比得上 compare to与相比，把比作
rob sb/sw of sth抢某人或某地方的东西 steel sth from sb/sw偷某人或某物的'东西 pick one’s pocket扒窃某人口袋
reason with与某人理论 the reason for的原因
refer to参考
think of想起
for once这一次
relate to与有关
even if即使(强调假设) even though(强调事实)
never even连也不 or even乃至，甚至 even as正当的时候 even now甚至现在还 even so尽管如此
even then甚至那个时候
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prefer sth./to do sth./doing sth. prefer sth. to sth.
prefer doing sth. to doing sth. prefer sb. (not) to do sth.
prefer to do sth. rather than do sth. prefer that … should do…
would prefer doing sth.宁愿做(prefer不用于进行时态)
would like to do sth.想去做某事.(还没有做) would like to have done sth 原本想去做某事.(没做成)(常常和具体的过去时间连用)
live close to靠近..而住
stand close to靠近而站立 (to 为介词)
would rather (not ) do sth.宁愿(不)做某事 would rather ( not ) have done sth. 宁愿(没)做过某事
would rather do sth than do sth. 宁愿做也不愿做
would do sth. rather than do sth. 宁愿做也不愿做 would rather +陈述句
be excited about/at对...感到兴奋
can’t stand + doing / n. 不能忍受，不能坚持
stand treat付账
look at朝看，关注，考虑
have sth. done
1. 让东西给别人做 2. 遭遇某事
go against相反,反对;违背,违反;不利于;攻击
impresson把印在上
impress sth on sb.使某人牢记某事. impress sb with sth.使某人牢记某事.
be impressed by/at/with 被所感动,欣赏.
fill with 变得;充满.
fill …with 将…装满, 使…充满. be full up 充满
act as扮演的角色，起的作用 act like行为像，举动像
pull through是度过
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