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Unit 2 Book 2 Useful expressions Overview: Friendship is a topic close to all our hearts. the source of our happiest moments occasionally: now and then take sth too much for granted fail to keep sth in good repair illustrate sth through a tale of sth the lasting regret let sb know how much sb mean to us see the power of sth displayed more in actions than in words unfold a tale of courage and endurance fight to save one’s life vividly reflect the power of sth provide food for thought when it comes to sth what our friends mean to us a fair-weather friend A bank is the place where they lend you an umbrella in fair weather and ask for it back when it begins to rain. Text A make an effort to keep in touch put off: delay: postpone doing plenty of time leave sth too late reach for the pen: put pen to paper: start to write cabbie: taxi driver: cab driver taxicab=taxi=cab all sb had=all that sb had=what sb had be lost in sth=be absorbed in sth=be immersed in sth=be fully occupied with sth tap on the windshield get one’s attention=catch one’s eye cf. eye-catching Is your cab available? look up at sb say sth to sb apologetically settle into the back seat He sounded as if he had a cold or something. or something/somebody/somewhere He was an artist or something. He was my uncle or somebody. I left it on the desk or somewhere. I’m in no hurry. go ahead and do sth know sth by heart=learn sth by heart cf. learn sth by rote Letters from home always mean a lot. I am on the road so much. Estimating that…, I guessed sth. Come to think of it, it might just as well be… may well do= be likely to do used to do I’m not much of a..: I’m not a good… She?is?a?good?hand?at?making?bread.? HYPERLINK /search?q=a+good++hand+atle=engkeyfrom=dict.phrase.wordgroup \o 点击发音 她是做面包的能手。 She?is?a?good?hand?at?transplanting?rice.? HYPERLINK /search?q=a+good++hand+atle=engkeyfrom=dict.phrase.wordgroup \o 点击发音 她是插秧能手。 keep up our correspondence too well take it that… practically: almost all the