say no . say no  to . not agree；refuse 不同意；拒绝

You can ask him but he'll most probably say no．你可以去征求他的意见，但他很可能不会说什么。

His mother never said no to any request the child might make．这孩子的母亲从没拒绝过他提出的要求。

say nothing of . without even considering；not to mention 根本不考虑；更不用说

Three people were badly hurt，to say nothing of the damage to the building．三个人受了伤，还未把大楼的损坏情况考虑在内。

say something between one's teeth . speak in a low voice 低声说话

He is so weak that he can only say something between his teeth．他太虚弱了，只能低声说话。

scarcely…when . as soon as 刚…就

Scarcely had be gone out when it began to rain．他刚出去，天就开始下雨了。

scare off . scare away . make somebody leave through fear 吓走

We keep a cat to scare the mice off．我们养猫吓唬老鼠。

The birds were scared away by the dog．鸟被狗吓跑了。

scare up . find with some effort 努力筹措（找到）

The boy scared up enough money to go to college．这个男孩筹足了钱上大学。

 score off . cancel by drawing a line through 划去

Three of the names on the list had been scored off．名单上有三个名字被划掉了。

These words have been scored off．这些词被划掉了。

 score off . make oneself appear clever by making somebody else appear stupid 羞辱；使丢脸；驳倒；在辩论中击败（某人）

She likes to score off people when she can．一有可能她就想胜过别人。

I hate conversations where people try to score off each other．我讨厌人们那种彼此都想驳倒对方的谈话。

score up . set down as a record 记下

The innkeeper scored up the man's indebtedness on the slate．酒店老板把那个人欠的帐记在石板上。

 scornful of . feeling contempt for；holding in scorn 鄙视；看不起

He is scornful of such a selfish and haughty man．他藐视这样一个自私又狂妄的人。

search for . look for 寻找

The villagers are helping to search the woods for the missing child．村民们帮忙在树林里寻找失踪的孩子。

They searched all the drawers for the missing paper．他们翻了所有的抽屉寻找那个丢失的文件。

He who would search for pearls must dive below．要找珍珠就得下深海。

search out . find by searching；search for and find 找到

The lawyer searched out the weakness in the witness's statement．律师找到证词中的漏洞。

There he searched out an old friend of his．他在那儿找到了他的一位老朋友。

 seat oneself . sit down 坐下

He seated himself at the writing table，and began to write the article．他在写字台前坐下，开始写文章。

They seated themselves upon a bench that stood by the lake．他们在湖畔的一条长凳上坐下。

 second thoughts . reconsideration；change of mind or opinion 再次考虑；改变主意

at first Mary agreed to marry John，but soon she was having second thoughts．起初玛丽同意和约翰结婚，但是很快她就改变了主意。

The brave soldier had no second thoughts as he attacked the enemy．这位勇敢的战士进攻敌人时毫不犹豫。

On second thoughts，I'll do the experiment at once at any cost．再次考虑后，我决定将不惜任何代价立即做实验。

second to . inferior only to；next to 仅次于

My English is second only to Tom's．我的英语仅次于汤姆的。

second to none . the best 最好的

As a football player John is second to none．约翰是最好的足球运动员。

In playing the violin she is second to none in our school．论拉提琴，她在我们学校里要算首屈一指了。

see about . make arrangements for 安排

It is time for me to see about（cooking）dinner．我该准备饭菜了。

I think I'd better see about the tickets．我看我最好去把车票的事办一下。

see about . consider further 进一步考虑

There are all kinds of things that have to be seen about．有各种各样的事情需要考虑。

We cannot give an answer yet，but we shall see about it ．我们现在还不能答复，但我们会考虑的。

see after . look after 照顾

John's mother told him to see after his younger brother．约翰的母亲告诉他要照顾好弟弟。

Who'll see after the house when you are gone? 你外出时谁来替你照看房子?

see eye to eye . agree fully 完全一致

Mother did not see eye to eye with Father on where we would go for our vacation．关于我们究竟到哪儿去度假，父母意见不一致。

After repeated discussions，we began to see eye to eye on that matter．经过反复讨论，我们逐渐对那个问题取得了一致意见。

see into . study；investigate 研究；调查

The director has promised to see in to the matter for us．主任已答应替我们调查此事。

see into . know or understand the real nature or meaning of 理解…的性质或意义；看破

Suddenly the teacher saw into Linda's strange actions．突然间老师明白了琳达的古怪行为。

It is difficult for me to see into his full meaning．我很难弄清他的全部意思。