Hand down (phrasal verb)

　　●To announce or deliver a (legal) verdict or indictment.

（宣布判決）

　　Examples:　　

　　1.The jury handed down a guilty verdict.

　　2.The family believes that the sentence handed down by the judge is too lenient.

　　Love well, whip well (quote)

　　●美國18世紀著名的政治家、科學家本傑明·法蘭克林（Benjamin Franklin，1706 - 1790）的名言，出自其《窮理查的年鑑》（Poor Richard's Almanack）。此話直譯的意思是「愛之則須鞭之」，與中文諺語「愛之深，責之切」有異曲同工之妙。

　　Fling sth open (phrase)

　　●To open a door or window roughly, using a lot of force.（（猛地）打開，掀開）

　　Examples:　　

　　1.The door was flung open and the king entered.　　

　　2.She flung open the curtains to let in the sunlight.

　　In the midst of sth (idiom)

　　●in the middle of an event, situation, or activity.

　　（在……之間，正當……之時）

　　Examples:　　

　　1.We are in the midst of one of the worst recessions for many, many years.　　I'm sorry but I'm too busy - I'm in the midst of writing a report.

　　Repentance (noun)

　　●If you show repentance for something wrong that you have done, you make it clear that you are sorry for doing it.（悔過，悔改）

　　Examples:　　

　　1.This was an extremely violent crime, for which the boy showed no repentance.　　

　　2.She was soon convinced that his repentance was genuine.