抱怨，投诉，发牢骚complain,

 向某人抱怨complain to somebody,

对这件事我不得不向经理申诉。I have to complain to the manager about it,

 抱怨某事complain about something,

complain of something,

他们对加班加点从来不抱怨。They never complained about working overtime,

 投诉，埋怨complaint,

格林先生正在写一封投诉信。Mr Green is writing a complaint letter,

有问题have problems,

做某事有困难have problems doing something,

 have problems in doing something,

have difficulty doing something,

have difficulty in doing something,

have trouble doing something,

have trouble in doing something,

我在找到公园时没有遇到任何问题。I didn't have any problems finding the park,

“没问题”no problem,

系动词，“听起来”sound,

这音乐听起来不错。The music sounds good,

名词，“声音”sound,

音乐声使她高兴。The sound of music made her happy,

 在任何方面in any way,

 从某种意义上说in a way,

 在某些方面in some ways,

 挡路in the way,

 用这种方式in this way,

 去 的路上on one's way to,

 顺便说一下by the way,

 it,和that,都替代“the,+单数名词(可数或不可数)”，都是特指，都可替代可数和不可数名词，但it,指前面提到的“同一”事物；而that,是指前面提到的“同类”事物。

我父亲给我买了一支钢笔，我非常喜欢它。My father bought me a pen and I like it very much,

这本词典比我昨天买的更有用。This dictionary is more useful than that I bought yesterday, 

This dictionary is more useful than the one I bought yesterday,

One,替代“a,＋单数可数名词”，表示泛指；其复数形式ones,替代泛指的复数名词。

特指的the one,相当于that, 替代“the,+单数名词”

收音机对我学英语很有用，我想买一台。Radios are useful for me to learn English, I'd like to buy one ,

one,替代a radio, 是泛指收音机这类东西中的一台

苏格兰的人口是康沃尔人口的八倍The population of Scotland was eight times as large as that of Cornwall,

that,替代不可数名词the population, 不能用the one,

忙碌的busy,

他是个大忙人。He's a busy man,

 忙于某事be busy with something,

我忙于照顾孩子。 I was busy with my children,

 忙于做某事be busy doing something,

他正忙着做家庭作业。 He is busy doing his homework,

so that,引导目的状语从句时，表示“以便；为了”，从句中常使用can, could, may, might, will, would, should, 等情态动词或助动词

他们起得很早，以便赶上早班车。They got up early so that they could catch the early bus,

so that,引导结果状语从句时，从句中一般不用can,和may,等词，在so that,前可以用逗号，意思是“因此;所以”。

小男孩把每一枚硬币都存了起来，以便在母亲节那天给母亲买一件礼物。The little boy saved every coin so that he could buy his mother a present on Mother's day,

so,＋形容词或副词＋that, 引导结果状语从句。“如此  以致于  ”。

当球迷们看到贝克汉姆时，他们激动得哭了起来。When the football fans saw Beckham, they got so excited that they cried out,

 收拾妥，整理好tidy up,

整洁的，整齐的 收拾；整理tidy,

你应该保持房间整洁。You should keep your room tidy,

他们刚才打扫了房子。They tidied the house just now,

他开始整理书桌，完成一周的工作。He began to tidy up his desk and finish off the week's work,

 不整洁的  untidy,

凌乱的桌子an untidy desk,

似乎，好像seem,

seem +形容词  

她看起来很伤心She seems sad,

She seems to be sad,

 感到好像 觉得似乎seem to do something,

我好像感冒了。I seem to have a cold,

It seems +that,从句

看来很快就会有暴风雨了。It seems that it will be a storm soon,

仿佛It seems as if,

as if, 从句所表示的情况大多数是不真实的

她好像在做梦。It seems as if she were in a dream,

few, a few,用于可数名词，

little, a little,用于不可数名词。

a few, a little,表示肯定意思：有一些，有一点

few, little, 表示否定意思：没有一些，没有一点

 他有朋友He has a few friends in Beijing,

杯里有茶There is a little tea in the glass,

 他没有朋友He has few friends in Beijing,

杯里没有茶 There is little tea in the glass,

“有时”，副词。 sometimes,

 他有时骑车来，有时乘公共汽车来。 Sometimes he comes by bike and sometimes by bus,

副词，“在某个时候”。可用于一般过去时与将来时。sometime,

 你可以在周五前某个时候交作业。 You can hand in your homework sometime before Friday,

“一段时间”。some time,

 我将离开一段时间。 I'll be away for some time,

“几次”。some times,

 我去过长城几次。 I have been to the Great Wall some times,

在某一时刻以后after a certain point of time,

不再no longer, not,  any longer,

不再no more,  not,  any more,

no longer,修饰延续性动词，如teach, live, work,等，表示动作不再延续；

no more,修饰非延续性动词，如come, go , make the same mistake,等，表示动作不再次发生。

认为，考虑 consider,

考虑    consideration,

 把  看做consider,   as,

“被认为,看做”be considered as,

紫色被认为是最高贵的颜色。 Purple is considered as the noblest color,

最高贵的颜色。the noblest color,

 把  看做consider,  to be,

该奖项被认为是一项巨大的荣誉。The award is considered to be a great honor,

 考虑做某事consider doing something,

我们正在考虑一辆新车。 We are considering a new car,

consider,+that, 从句

我们认为你是这个岗位的最佳人选。We consider that you are the best person for the post,

差别，差异difference,

你能看出这两幅画有什么不同吗Can you see any differences between these two pictures?,

 有影响，起（重要）作用make a difference,

你的选择会有所不同。It makes a difference which you choose,

 与  不同be different from,

我的外套和他的不一样。My coat is different from his,

这个机器人让蒋先生的生活轻松多了。The robot made Mr Jiang's life much easier,

机器人会做所有的家务。the robot would do all the housework,

老师问你什么时候完成作业。The teacher asked you when you would finish your homework,

他知道我要来。He knew that I was going to come,

他的公寓将像新的一样，一顿美味的晚餐将为他准备好。his flat would be as good as new,and a delicious dinner would be ready for him,

“与 一样好”as good as,

这件事等于解决了。The matter is as good as settled,

有准备的ready,

 为某事做好准备be ready for something,

准备好做某事be ready to do something,

为（做）某事做好准备get ready for something,

get ready to do something,

派对的一切都准备好了。Everything is ready for the party,

我准备去了。I'm ready to go,

我的机器人会提醒你在正确的时间取走。My robot will remind you to take them at the right time,

提醒某人做某事。remind somebody to do something,

提醒某人某事，remind somebody of something,

 remind somebody about something,

remind somebody+that从句 提醒某人

提醒某人remind somebody,

请提醒我给他回电话。Please remind me to call him back,

万一我忘了，请提醒我。In case I forget,please remind me of it,

这张照片使我想起了我的童年。The photo reminds me of my childhood,

 看到手表提醒我开会迟到了。  The sight of the watch reminded me that I was late for the meeting,

当句子的谓语动词是hope, decide, wish, choose, agree, promise,等，其后由that,引导宾语从句，并且从句的主语与主句的主语相同时，宾语从句可简化为动词不定式结构。

 我希望有一天能上大学。 I hope that I will go to college one day,

I hope to go to college one day,

 他们同意帮助我数学。 They agreed that they would help me with my maths,

They agreed to help me with my maths,

 当句子的谓语动词是know, learn, remember, forget, tell, 等词，后面接由疑问代词what,或接由how, where, when, why, 等疑问副词引导的宾语从句，并且主句的主语与从句的主语一致时，可将宾语从句转化为“疑问词+不定式”结构。

  凯特不知道该做什么。 Kate didn't know what she should do,

Kate didn't know what to do,

我忘了怎么样用这个词。 I have forgotten how I can use this word,

I have forgotten how to use this word,

当主句的谓语动词是ask, show, tell, teach, 等，后跟双宾语，并且从句的主语和间接宾语一致时，宾语从句可转化为“疑问词+不定式”。

你能告诉我怎样去公园吗？ Could you tell me how I can get to the park? 

Could you tell me how to get to the park? ,

 请告诉我在哪里能找到他。Please tell me where I can find him,

Please tell me where to find him,

宾语从句可转化为“it, +形容词作宾补+不定式短语”结构。

 我认为今天是不可能完成这项工作的。 I think that it is impossible to finish the work today,

I think it impossible to finish the work today,

 我发现学习英语很重要。 I found that it is important to learn English,

I found it important to learn English,

宾语从句转化为“名词或动名词短语”。

  我将收回我所说的话。 I will take back what I said,

I will take back my words,

你能告诉我去车站的路吗？ Can you tell me how I can get to the station?

 Can you tell me the way to the station? ,

 这男孩太小了，不能照顾自己，The boy is so young that he can't look after himself,

The boy is too young to look after himself,

 这个问题太难了，我答不上来，The question is so difficult that I can't answer it,

The question is too difficult for me to answer,

 这个女孩很高，她能够到树上的苹果，The girl is so tall that she can reach the apples on the tree,

The girl is tall enough to reach the apples on the tree,

 这个大厅太大了，可以容纳两千人，This hall is so large that it can hold two thousand people,

This hall is large enough to hold two thousand people,

 桌子很轻，小男孩能搬得动，The table was so light that the little boy can carry it,

The table was light enough for the little boy to carry,

用“in order, +不定式”或“so as, +不定式”结构可以将含有so that, 引导的目的状语从句的复合句转换为简单句。

 她决定在网上买一台相机，以便很快收到。She decided to buy a camera online so that she could receive it soon,

She decided to buy a camera online in order to receive it soon,

She decided to buy a camera online so as to receive it soon,

 我一遍又一遍地检查作文，以免出错。I went over my composition again and again so that I couldn't make any mistakes,

I went over my composition again and again in order not to make any mistakes,

I went over my composition again and again so as not to make any mistakes,

 他因病不能来。He can't come because he is ill,

 他因病不能来。He can't come because of his illness,

 离开前请关灯。Turn off the light before you leave,

 离开前请关灯。Turn off the light before leaving,

 他做完工作后就回家了。He went home after he finished his work,

 他做完工作后就回家了。He went home after finishing his work,