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yping88

MICHELLE07         + 50        haha, x24 has shared this one!done and dusted

This means that DONE AND DUSTED is a frequently used expression and we should definitely pick it up! Heeeheee

I gotta admit, @MICHELLE07 You have paid your attention on everything you expressed your interests in!

High Five!  

s_w_y

yping88 发表于 4-9-2013 15:25

                               
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@MICHELLE07 is considering to organize an English discussion group.

@s_w_y are you interested ...

I've decided to tore up my English learning books and follow this tread. Seriously you guys can write a best selling book (actually i've just finished page 1, and am already willing to buy if there is one)
@yping88 I feel very much honored to be invited. To give you a true impression, it took me more than 10 mins to put these words together...

yping88

s_w_y 发表于 5-9-2013 18:53

                               
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I've decided to tore up my English learning books and follow this tread. Seriously you guys can wr ...

Your writing came out wonderful!

I feel very comfortable to read your post! Please come back regularly and jot down whatever crosses your mind!

We can help out one another and get ahead united!

yping88

Someone got tapped on the shoulders for doing something 因做了某事而被提醒/警示

What is it that you kept referring to? 你老是提到的那个，你究竟是指什么

What is this referring to/regard to? 多用于电话中，问对方想提出什么/想讨论什么

What are you alluding to? 你想暗示什么

Learn the ropes of it 学到。。。的窍门，了解。。。的内情

Jump the gun  指某人心急，无耐心/在发令枪响之前就起跑了

yping88

Up the shit creek in a barbed-wire canoe with no paddles 陷于非常困难的境地

Barbed-wire 有刺的铁丝网

yping88

He is full on 充满活力， 通常指小孩子调皮，活跃

Be the meat between the sandwich  指被夹在两位在闹矛盾的好友之间，很难做出明智的抉择

MICHELLE07

yping88 发表于 9-9-2013 20:25

                               
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He is full on 充满活力， 通常指小孩子调皮，活跃

Be the meat between the sandwich  指被夹在两位在闹 ...

这个he is full on 太好了,我家小宝贝一天到晚地full on 啊

还有, 我是经常Jump the gun

然后我领导就是 the meat between the sandwich  (不是为我哦,是他的两个同事)

x24

This is a post worthy of reading again and again. I really admire the talents of all of you.
在我想挣扎着留下点痕迹的时候，你们都已飞过。

yping88

MICHELLE07 发表于 9-9-2013 23:10

                               
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这个he is full on 太好了,我家小宝贝一天到晚地full on 啊

还有, 我是经常Jump the gun

I feel so comfortable to do the dialogue with you in every way, @MICHELLE07

You have made everything sound logical and rational in a beautiful way! You are absolutely right about FULL ON, they always refer this expression to the little children!

yping88

x24 发表于 10-9-2013 00:01

                               
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This is a post worthy of reading again and again. I really admire the talents of all of you.
在我想 ...

@x24

Thanks to you, if it were not for you, I would have never thought I could do this!

@MICHELLE07

It's hard for you to fly through unnoticed no matter how much you would like it to be, you have so much glory to shine yourself through!

yping88

Push things out of proportion  把事情大大夸大，不能以事实求是地看问题

yping88

Have no stomach for it 对。。。不感兴趣

That's nail-biting 令人局促不安，精神紧张的

yping88

Hit the jackpot 中大彩， 得到梦寐以求的

yping88

Migrating to another country for a bright future is just like a gambling, nobody is 100% sure of what odds (几率/赔率) their immigration stands.

All we need to do is give our best to whatever we throw the dice in and hope the odds will work out in favor of our expectations.

If it turns out for the best for us, then we call ourselves the lucky-dog (幸运儿) who just hits the jackpot.

If we turn out to be the under-dog (倒霉蛋儿), there is no need to turn our life upside down (不必将生活搞得颠三倒四). All we need to do is reshuffle our available cards (重新洗剩下的牌), figure out what is practical and achievable with those cards, switch to a different gambling table and re-throw our dice again.

yping88

Hey, @alancherry

I feel so flattered that you have become the regular face in this post now. Please do us a favor, anytime you come across some mistakes in these posts, don't hesitate to point them out.

And please drop a line whenever you feel like it as well, you talented girl!

Let's walk through this beautiful journey together!

yping88

The following is the farewell letter to my previous workmates, I post it here for your reference, if you see me in another post:

Dear all,

I would like to take this chance to say my sincere thanks to all and each one of you.

I can't describe how hard this has been for me to make the decision to leave this ward and start new journey somewhere else.

Along the way, I have lost the count on how much support you all have provided me, on how much knowledge and wisdom you have passed on to me, and how much effort you have put in guiding me through this special field.

All these three years, I have the privileges to witness the wonderful approaches you have taken towards patients care, I have learned how to deal with different issues professionally, how to work cooperatively with the multi-disciplinary teams. I have learned how to respect patients from different backgrounds, and how to put things into perspective when understanding others.

All of above skills I have picked up from you all make me feel so empowered and confident, and I will take them on to my next journey and make them count in my nursing career.

During my cardiac course, I had got significant support and guidance from all of you. Once again, I would like to pass my appreciation on to you.

This course is the turning point in my nursing career, where I started putting together what I have learned from clinical preceptors and uni educators. Nursing will be an ongoing learning process, and I will sure constantly benefit much more from this course.

No much how much I love this working team and how tough it is for me to leave, the nomad characters inside of me has been awakened. So, with the season's changing, I should move on to different pastures.

More importantly is that I have been empowered with the knowledge and wisdom you all passed on to me. And this makes my future adventures less scary and more rewarding.

By the way, I love the plant from the unit, and I will make sure it thrives with me!

I love all of you!

Yours sincerely,

yping88

Spot on 说得好，干得好

yping88

Start from square one 从头开始，多指某个程序出错，重新再来

Start from scratch 从零开始，多指初来乍到，白手起家

Hit it off 一见如故，性格/兴趣相投

yping88

Get off on the wrong foot with somebody 首次见面给某人留下了坏印象

Get something off the ground 将某事开了个头，使某个事业开始运转

yping88

Be up for grabs 供人竞争

Enough is enough  再也不能忍受了/该打住了/该停止了

Key-note speaker 主讲人

MICHELLE07

yping88 发表于 14-9-2013 19:18

                               
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Start from square one 从头开始，多指某个程序出错，重新再来

Start from scratch 从零开始，多指初来乍 ...

Hit it off, 是形容我和你吧? 哈哈

今天和领导说好了,多做点家务,有利于身体健康,上网时间也好控制. 谢谢你在面试英语分享的精彩内容,今晚好好研读一下.

yping88

Roll the dice  掷骰子（引申为孤注一掷）

Roll out 铺开，转出, 延续

yping88

MICHELLE07 发表于 16-9-2013 19:40

                               
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Hit it off, 是形容我和你吧? 哈哈

今天和领导说好了,多做点家务,有利于身体健康,上网时间也好控制. 谢 ...

HIT IT OFF exactly explains how we started off, @MICHELLE07

I got a hunch that you are due to come back to us tonight! And here you are, I am so thrilled to see you!   

MICHELLE07

yping88 发表于 16-9-2013 20:05

                               
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HIT IT OFF exactly explains how we started off, @MICHELLE07

I got a hunch that you are due to  ...

哈哈,领导看到你想我了,看不下去啦! 说:
你去回几个帖吧, 注意用电脑姿势, 时间别太长....
So, I am here!

Lopemann

这个做得真好，赞一个

x24

An idea popped-up in my mind, though I am not sure whether I had stated it before.
Why don't Freeoz let us customise the text for "Reason for scoring" ?

I want to make one my own each time I am scoring someone's post. Or at least I encourage to give a reason in English rather than Chinese.

MICHELLE07

x24 发表于 17-9-2013 10:04

                               
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An idea popped-up in my mind, though I am not sure whether I had stated it before.
Why don't Freeoz ...

这是非常好的主意啊

但现在的固定用语已经非常多了，你是说增加英文版的还是增加网友自定义评语？那样清单不是会变得太长了？

make one my own each time
每次亲手写一点不就是了吗？

我还没领会到你的思想要领，愿意进一步说说吗？

cloudynewlife

看到这个帖子很长时间了 这几天终于从头细细看完 几位同学英文功底太深厚了 强烈请求坚持下去！！

除了动词短语 一些简单常用的句子 也都很好 比如类似 having said that, for what is worth 都听同事们说过。。十分感谢MICHELLE PING TX!

cloudynewlife

贡献一点今天学到的：

女儿得了哮喘，偶很担心 和同事讨论说 I hope it will be gone when she grows up. 同事说 Dont worry, she will grow out of it.  咱说英语咋看着就这么啰嗦呢 =_=

一个同事要搬到欧洲 同事们写卡片祝她顺利  上面写的Bon Voyage.  偶问这是法语么 同事说 英语也用 意思就是wish her luck for her venture

献丑了

yping88

Doesn't hold water 毫无道理/根本站不住脚

Take somebody the wrong way  误解/错会某人