01.

制作水平
production values

• This movie has great production values.这部电影有很高的制作水平。
• We need to figure out how to raise the production values of our videos.我们需要想办法提高视频的制作水平。
  

02.
亲自
live in-person

• I saw Justin Bieber last night live in-person. It was terrible.我昨天晚上去现场看了贾斯汀比伯。真是太糟糕了。
  

• I haven't watched a live in-person basketball match in years.我已经好几年没去现场看篮球比赛了。
  

03.找某人的茬
pick on

• Why is everyone always picking on me?为什么大家都找我的茬？
• He was picked on every day at school.他在学校每天都被欺负。
  

04.胆小鬼
wuss

• Don't be such a wuss.别做胆小鬼。
  

• He won't go parachuting because he's a wuss. 他不肯去跳伞，因为他是胆小鬼。
  

05.两败俱伤
no one wins a fight

• Don't get involved. No one wins a fight.不要参与进来，这样只会两败俱伤。
• This is a situation where we both will lose. No one wins a fight.在这种情况下我们都是输家，没有人会赢。
  

06.能言善辩；油嘴滑舌
smart mouth  

• My smart mouth gets me in trouble sometimes.我的自作聪明有时候会给我带来麻烦。
• If you use your smart mouth again, I will beat you.如果你再油嘴滑舌，我就揍你。
  

07.独立承包人
independent contractor

• I don't work for a company. I'm an independent contractor.我不为公司工作，我是一个独立承包人。
• We need to hire an independent contractor to do this job.我们需要雇一个独立的承包商来做这份工作。
  

08.陷入困境
on the ropes

• We are on the ropes and need to get financing soon.我们处境困难，需要尽快获得融资。
• He's on the ropes, losing his job right now could kill him.他陷入了困境，现在丢了工作的话会要了他的命。