1. send sb in:命令某人进来
e.g. He has asked the government to send in troops to end the fighting.
他已要求政府派部队来平息那场战斗。
2. go off:走,离开
e.g.When I go off I'll give the count to Constants.
要是我下班了,我会给康斯坦特把数目交待清楚的。
e.g.It seems as if all I was fit for is to cook and sew and get you ready to go off.
看上去我只配替你烧饭,缝补衣服,帮你收拾行李上路。
e.g.She would have thought it her duty to leave my father and me and go off with an ambulance.
她竟会认为她有责任抛下我和爸爸,跟着一个战地救护队走了。
3. run a shop:经营店铺
e.g.The two brothers run a clothes shop together.
兄弟俩合伙经营一家服装店。
4. put sb to death:把某人置于死地,处死
e.g.For this offence he was dragged to prison, and a day was set when he should be put to death.
由于这个罪过,他被投进了监狱,而且确定日期把他处死。
e.g.Roman citizens have, like slaves, been put to death with tortures.
他把罗马公民象奴隶一样施以酷刑处死。
5. would rather:宁可
e.g.I would rather kill the animal outright than leave it to suffer.
我宁愿立刻杀死这个动物而不愿让它遭罪。
e.g.I would rather not press the case.
我看这件事还是不要追究算了。