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WORDS AND USAGE

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The ins and outs (idiom)

●All the details and facts about something.

(本末,細節,底細)

Examples:  

1.Tony is someone who knows the ins and outs of the music industry.

2.I know how to use computers, but I don't really understand the ins and outs of how they work.

Take/catch sb's fancy (idiom)

●If something takes or catches your fancy, you like it, or you want to have or do it.

(合某人的心意,為某人所喜愛)

Examples:

1.She's got enough money to buy whatever catches her fancy.  

2.I looked at quite a few dresses, but nothing really took my fancy.

Sound sb out (phrasal verb)

●To try to find out what someone thinks (about something).(試探(某人的)口風)

Examples:  

1.Why don't you sound her out before the meeting, to see which way she's going to vote?  

2.I don't know what Jane thinks about your suggestion, but I'll sound her out.

Give sb the cold shoulder (idiom)

●To deliberately ignore someone in an unfriendly way.(故意冷落,不予理睬)

Examples:

1.What have I done to him? He gave me the cold shoulder the whole evening at the party.  

2.I tried to be pleasant to her but she gave me the cold shoulder.

Charge sb with sth (phrasal verb)

●To impose a duty or task on someone.

(指派某人去做某事,使…負有…的使命)

Examples:  

1.The president charged him with organizing the meeting.  

2.He was charged with getting this message to the commissioners.

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