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Stock-in-trade (noun)

●Something that someone or something does or makes very well and often.

(典型行為,慣用手法)

Examples:  

1.Collecting evidence, difficult in others' eyes, is just the stock-in-trade of private detectives.  

2.The song was perfect for the soft vocals that are her stock-in-trade.

Render sth to sb (phrasal verb)

●To give something to someone.(給予,提供)

Examples:  

1.You must render your taxes to the government.  

2.She would render assistance to those she thought were in need.

Get by (phrasal verb)

●To proceed without being discovered, criticized, or punished.(僥幸/勉強混過關)

Examples:  

1.I have no formal clothes for the occasion.  Perhaps I can get by in a dark suit?  

2.The boy got by without answering the teacher's question.

More than on bargained for (idiom)

●An unexpected outcome, especially an unfavorable one; more than one expected.

(出乎意料之外(的後果))

Examples:  

1.When Betsy brought home the sweet little puppy for a companion, she got more than she bargained for.  That animal has cost her hundreds of dollars in bills.  

2.Serving on the board this year has involved more work than I bargained for.

Sneak in(to some place) (phrasal verb)

●To enter a place quietly and in secret, perhaps  without a ticket or permission.

(潛入,混進,偷偷進入)

Examples:  

1.Never try to sneak in. Sometimes they arrest you for trespassing.  

2.The kids tried to sneak into the rock concert, but they were stopped by the guards.

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