ICRT English in the News

By ICRT/Jane Lee

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.... more

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July 24, 2020 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。)
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9min
July 08, 2020 English in the News--Hit the nail on the head-- 一語中的，一語道破
To describe exactly what is causing a situation or problem; to identify something exactly; to arrive at exactly the right answer
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9min
June 01, 2020 English in the News podcast -- Blow someone/something out of water-- 粉碎，擊潰
Meaning: to show something is totally false or someone is totally wrong; to defeat completely
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8min
May 29, 2020 English in the News podcast -- Blow someone/something out of water
Meaning -- to show something is totally false or someone is totally wrong; to defeat completely
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February 04, 2020 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？
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12min
January 31, 2020 English in the News podcast - On Pins and Needles-- 如坐針氈，坐立不安
Meaning : Anxious and tense, waiting nervously for something to happen
e.g. I’ve been on pins and needles all day, waiting for the doctor’s test results. 我今天一整天都如坐針氈地等著醫生通知我檢查結果。
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9min
December 19, 2019 English in the News podcast - To Win Hands Down-- 輕而易舉獲勝
Meaning: To win something easily or decisively
We were unprepared for our last game, and the other team won hands down.
我們在上一場比賽沒有做好賽前準備，使得敵隊輕易地獲勝。
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7min
November 20, 2019 English in the News podcast--Lie through One's Teeth-- 睜眼說瞎話，當面撒謊
Meaning: To tell someone something that you know is completely false
I knew she was lying through her teeth but I didn’t want to say so at the time.
我知道她在說謊，但我當時並不想拆穿她。
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9min
November 05, 2019 English in the News podcast--Let Sleeping Dogs Lie-- 別多事
Meaning: To leave a situation alone
e.g. Remember, don’t mention that fight they had months ago—let sleeping dogs lie! 記得不要提起他們數月前的大吵，別多事！
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6min
August 27, 2019 English in the News podcast--In the (Somebody's) Crosshairs
Meaning: to be in a position to be attacked or criticized
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7min

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