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ICRT English in the News

ICRT/Jane Lee•www.icrt.com.tw
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Improve your English with the ICRT News Team! Here you will find useful expressions and vocabulary from the news to help you better understand what's happening around the world, and speak like a pro. -- Hosting provided by SoundOn
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English in the News--Bite the Bullet 咬緊牙關

To get something unpleasant over with because it is necessary to do so. (To bite the bullet in a scenario is to perform the task regardless of its impact). 因為必須做，所以就咬牙做了，不論有多困難多不想做。

Jul 21, 2022•11 min

English in the News--Bite the Bullet 咬緊牙關，硬著頭皮

To get something unpleasant over with because it is necessary to do so. (To bite the bullet in a scenario is to perform the task regardless of its impact). 咬牙決心去做某件事，不論它有多困難或是影響有多大，因為必須做。

Jul 21, 2022•11 min

English in the News--Steal One's Thunder 搶了別人鋒頭(風采)

If someone steals your thunder, they do something that stops you from getting attention or praise, often by doing something better or more exciting than you, or by doing what you had intended to do before you can do it. 若是有人搶了你的鋒頭，意思是害你得不到原先想要的注意或是讚賞，因為別人做的事比你更精采。

Sep 24, 2021•12 min

English in the News--Play it by Ear見機行事

to improvise or to do something without preparation; to decide how to deal with a situation as it develops, rather than acting according to plans made earlier 見機行事，到時候看狀況再作道理，而不是按照規則，事先計畫或是預先準備

Aug 01, 2021•11 min

English in the News--Step Up to the Plate 準備上場，著手行動

1) To move into batting position, to move next to the home plate in order to bat 進入打擊位置，走到本壘板旁邊準備打擊 2) To come forward and take responsibility for something; to take action when something needs to be done, even though it’s difficult 挺身而出，接受責任; 需要有行動的時候，就算很困難，仍然開始行動

Apr 13, 2021•7 min

Have one's back against (to) the wall--陷入困境

To be in a bad or high-pressure situation in which one's choice or ability to act is limited; to have very serious problems that limit the ways in which you can act 面臨糟糕的情境，可以採取的對應措施極少(背抵著牆，沒有退路。)

Jul 24, 2020•9 min

English in the News podcast - Cloak and Dagger-- 神秘離奇，詭秘陰謀

Meaning: involving secrecy, deception, espionage and plotting, when people behave in a very secretive way “What is up with all this cloak and daggertalk? Is there something going on I don’t know about?” 你們在進行甚麼神祕難解的對話？發生了甚麼我不知道的事嗎？

Feb 04, 2020•12 min

English in the News podcast--the Pot Calling the Kettle Black-- 五十步笑百步

Meaning - A situation in which a person accuses someone of something that they themselves are guilty of e.g.You are judging me for wearing revealing clothing to a party? That’s the pot calling the kettle black, don’t you think? 你覺得我在派對上穿得太暴露？不覺得有點五十步笑百步嗎？

Feb 25, 2019•7 min
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