2023-5-28

I was on the phone with sb. 我在和某人打电话
senior partner 高级合伙人
received accent 英式发音
know it off by heart 了然于心，熟知
biting 尖刻
【例句：She loves to make biting remarks. 她喜欢说尖刻的话/biting offensive jokes】
a spirited conversation/debate/reaction 激烈的谈话/辩论/反应
throw out my time 浪费我的时间
I'm more than delighted to do sth. 我更喜欢
I'm more than have you to take a break. 我更想让你们去休息一下
support network 社会支持网络
have a chance to do sth. 有可能xxx
halfway through 进行了一半
【例句：He was perhaps halfway through this process before he left. 在离任之前他差不多完成了这项工作的一半】
sleep crust/eye boogers/sleep 眼屎
I was bursting with plans. 我满脑子都是计划
Utter chaos. 乱死了
Pottier than me. 比我狂热
Your instinct is absolutely right. 你的直觉太准了
Hand on heart. 对天发誓
after a fashion 勉勉强强吧
I'm very galling. 真难过
All turned out rather nicely. 都解决了
pile them high 多给我几个（堆得高高的）
I like things as they are. 保持现状就好
peach fuzz 柔和桃
in my pits of despair 在绝望的深渊
an important juncture in a man's career 人生历程中的重要关头
at that juncture of my life 我人生的节点
fluid mechanics 流体力学
offer a way forward 提供前进的出路
span roughly 30 years of his thinking and writing 贯穿了他大概30年的思想和写作
cue stick 台球杆
solids 纯色球（1-8号）
stripes 半色球（9-15号）（球体有一圈白色，俗称花球）
Siddhartha Gautama 悉达多·乔达摩
Mahayana 大乘佛教
Theravada 小乘佛教
duhkha 苦
take account of 考虑到，把...计算在内