To be the most successful person or group in an activity

　　Example: For decades, the House of Dior led the field in elegant fashiondesign.

　　Get out of hand失去控制

　　To be out of control

　　Example: The problem of suicide bombings is getting out of hand; there seems tobe no way to stop them.

　　Give a hand提供幫助

　　To help somebody with something

　　Example: Please give me a hand and hold this board while I paint it.

　　Learn by heart牢記

　　To memorize something; to have learned something word for word orvery precisely

　　Example: At school we often learned Shakespeare's sonnets by heart and recitedthem in front of the class.

　　On hold尚未辦理的事情

　　Something set aside and waiting to be dealt with

　　Example: Our vacation plans are on hold right now; because my Dad's just beenadmitted to hospital with a stomach ulcer.

　　A dark horse出乎意料的嬴家

　　An unexpected winner

　　Example: A dark horse in this year's basketball cup was Japan!

　　The bottom line本質(zhì)內(nèi)容

　　The most essential part of something

　　Example: We've talked a lot about taxation and immigration, but the bottom lineis that we have to create more jobs.

　　Live it up狂歡一場(chǎng)

　　To enjoy a high standard of living and lead a carefree life

　　Example: The neighbors having been living it up ever since they won thesweepstakes.

　　Look forward to期待著

　　To relish some future prospect; to eagerly await meeting somebody

　　Example: You can tell Jake is looking forward to his vacation – he keepstelling us how many days there are left until he finishes college.

　　Bear in mind記住

　　To remember something which can be of help in the future

　　Example: Before you start your perspective drawing, bear in mind you shouldfirst establish a vanishing point.

　　Have a mind to想做某事，計(jì)劃做某事

　　To be decided on ; to intend to

　　Example: The service in our hotel was terrible. I have a mind to write a letterof complaint.

　　Be in the mood想要做某事

　　To feel like doing something

　　Example: She is not in the mood for playing cards and says she should really bepreparing her lecture notes.

　　Over the moon欣喜若狂

　　Extremely happy

　　Example: She's over the moon about her promotion – she really wasn't expectingit.

　　Get a move on趕快

　　To hurry up

　　Example: Get a move on! The train is about to leave.

　　Over and above除…這外，額外的

　　In addition to

　　Example: Over and above our salary, we are getting a large bonus, becausebusiness has been very profitable this year.

　　Get the picture了解某事

　　To understand something, to grasp some meaning

　　Example: When they started cutting back and laying people off at work, I gotthe picture and starting looking for another job.

　　Be out of pocket花光了錢的

　　To be without money

　　Example: He's complaining because he spent all of his money on slot machinesand now he's out of pocket.

　　Keep somebody posted傳達(dá)消息

　　To regularly give somebody up-to-date information or details ofthe progress being made

　　Example: I phoned in at the end of each working day to keep my boss postedabout developments at the trade conference.

　　In the long run最終，最后

　　Over a long period of time, once a process has matured

　　Example: The grocery store is making a loss right now. In the long run,however, we hope to achieve a situation of stable profit.

　　On a shoestring生活拮據(jù)

　　In a thrifty manner; with costs or spending down to a bare minimum

　　Example: She lives on a shoestring – she gets a tiny pension and has to budgetvery tightly.

　　Lose track of失去消息，失去線索

　　To lose contact with somebody to not know where something is

　　Example: I lost track of Fran when she moved to Boston. I've even tried tolocate her on the Internet.