A bottle of wine had loosened Jack's tongue. 一瓶酒下肚，杰克的話匣子便打開了。

Loose someone's tongue：使某人喋喋不休，大放厥詞，打開某人的話匣

與 tongue 有關(guān)的詞組：

A loose tongue：藏不住話的嘴，多話的嘴，快嘴，長舌，饒舌

A sharp tongue：言語尖刻，惡嘴毒舌

A silver tongue：辯才，流利的口才

A slip of the tongue：失言，口誤

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We are inexperienced, so we have to wade across the stream by feeling the way. 我們沒有經(jīng)驗(yàn)，只能摸著石頭過河。

inexperienced：經(jīng)驗(yàn)不足的，不熟練的，無經(jīng)驗(yàn)的

例句：He was unqualified and totally inexperienced. 他不夠資格，而且毫無經(jīng)驗(yàn)。

To wade across the stream by feeling the way：摸著石頭過河

例句：Since there is no previous experience to fall back on, we have to wade across the stream by feeling the way. 由于不能求助于以往的經(jīng)驗(yàn)，只能摸著石頭過河。

Wade across a river：趟水過河

例句：Can we wade across the river to the other side? 我們可以涉水到河的對岸嗎?

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We were all infected by her hearty laughter. 她的開懷大笑感染我們每一個(gè)人。

Hearty laughter：縱情大笑

例句：His hearty laughter is testimony of his happiness. 他盡情的歡笑可以證明他很幸福。

Hearty：衷心的，熱誠的；精神飽滿的，健壯的

例句：They gave us a hearty welcome. 他們熱情地歡迎我們。

Infect：傳染，使感染（某種感情）；使受影響

例句： His laughter infects everyone who is in the same room.

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Keep in mind that a good gain takes long pains. 要記著，好事多磨。

Keep in mind：緊記，記住

例句：I hope you will keep in mind how expensive this is. 我希望你將謹(jǐn)記這東西有多昂貴。

Gain：側(cè)重指經(jīng)過努力或有意識行動而取得某種成就或獲得某種利益或好處

例句：No great loss without some small gain. 塞翁失馬，安知非福。

Take：忍受；容忍；承受

例句：I find his attitude a little hard to take. 我覺得他的態(tài)度有點(diǎn)兒令人難以接受。

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They have lived together in reasonable harmony for many years. 他們在一起還算和睦地生活了很多年。

Reasonable：不錯(cuò)的，還算好的，過得去的（通常用在名詞之前）

例句：The hotel was reasonable, I suppose(=but not excellent). 我覺得這家酒店還可以。

Harmony：融洽；和睦（指人與人之間或不同部分與整體之間完全協(xié)調(diào)，和諧，愉快，沒有摩擦）

例句：The couple lives in perfect harmony. 這對夫婦和睦地生活著。

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I have not had time to arrange everything, so I'm all at sixes and sevens. 我沒來得及把每件事都安排好，因此心里七上八下的。

Arrange：安排，籌備

例句：Have you arranged to meet him? 你安排好去見他了嗎？

At sixs and sevens：是一個(gè)英語成語，慣用語，它用來描述混淆或混亂的狀態(tài)。

例句：I haven't had time to clear up, so I'm all at sixes and sevens. 我還沒空收拾，所以什么都是亂七八糟的。

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