on the phone：在接电话，在电话里

I didn't recognise your voice on the phone.

在电话里我没听出你的声音。

Sorry, Mr. Green can't see you now. He's on the phone.

对不起，格林先生现在不能见您。他在打电话。

next to impossible: 几乎不可能

It is next to impossible to foresee whether she'll be well enough to come home from hospital next month.

大家都几乎无法预知下个月她是否可以康复出院。

It was next to impossible that in a month the grass would be green and flower would be blooming.

在一个月之间就会草绿花开几乎是不可能的。

aware of：意识到

All the while I was acutely aware of her nearness.

我一直强烈地意识到她离我很近。

Aware of these pitfalls, this year I attempted to keep my resolutions to myself.

鉴于这些经验教训，今年我不把自己的决心告诉任何人。

come across：碰上，偶然遇到

He never remembered having come across a man like that.

他怎么也记不起曾碰到过这样一个人。

We' ve just come across an old friend we haven' t seen for ages.

我们刚碰到了一位多年不见的老朋友。

happen to：碰巧，偶然

I happen to have an honest partner.

我碰巧有一个忠实的好搭档。

If anything should happen to him, that would be too bad.

如果什么意外的事临到他的头上, 可就糟了。

CIA: 中央情报局（Central Intelligence Agency）