把值得记住的表达，慢慢收集。

近乎；接近（某种状态或程度）

Calling the sample size conclusive would border on exaggeration.

两者都；两者中的双方

Both of the proposed routes pass through the park, but only one avoids the steep hill.

我们两个人都；我们俩

Both of us arrived early, so we helped the librarian set up the reading room.

最重要的事实；归根结底；关键结论；最重要的一点

The bottom line is that the project needs one more month of funding.

从挫折中恢复；重新振作

The local shop can bounce back after a difficult winter by welcoming new customers.

从床上跳下来

At the sudden alarm, the child bounced off the bed and hurried to the window.

困住；限制……的行动

Delivery trucks could box in the van and block the loading bay.

吹嘘；炫耀

Even though she won the award, Nia never brags about her achievements at work.

分岔；从主线延伸出去

After the stone bridge, the coastal path will branch off toward the lighthouse.

拓展到新的领域或活动

The small bakery plans to branch out into catering next year.

全新的；崭新的

They bought a brand new sofa after measuring the living room twice.

赖以谋生的主要工作或收入来源；基本业务

For the small repair shop, restoring old radios remained its bread and butter even as it began selling new speakers.

脱离；摆脱

The smaller team chose to break away and build its own service.

出故障；失灵；（过程）中断；出故障；失去控制；分解

The presence of redundancy in language is perhaps best observed when the communication process breaks down.

收支平衡；不盈不亏

The bookstore must sell forty copies to break even on the event.

停下来去……；暂停以便……

The crew broke for lunch as soon as the rain stopped.

打破；摆脱（惯例或传统）

The director broke from tradition by casting newcomers in the lead roles.

闯入；非法进入；非法闯入；破门而入

Someone tried to break in while the family was away.

闯入；强行进入；打入；进入（市场或行业）

Someone broke into the storage room overnight, so the building manager called the police.

中断；突然停止

The two sides may break off talks if the deadline passes.

突然发生；爆发；爆发；突然发生（战争、骚乱等）

A small fire broke out in the bakery after closing, but the alarm brought the night manager back in time.

打破僵局；打破初见时的拘谨

He's a deal-maker who can break the ice with Justice Department negotiators and settle the antitrust case.

率先报道一则新闻；独家披露消息

The reporter broke the story after verifying the documents with two independent sources.

突破；克服障碍

With better data, the team can break through the technical barrier.

分手；结束恋爱关系；分手；结束关系；结束关系；解散

They broke up after realizing they wanted different things, but they stayed on friendly terms.

与……分手

After months of arguing about where to live, they decided to break up with each other and move on.

打破；不再遵循（传统、惯例或旧做法）

The new policy breaks with the company's long-standing practice of approving requests by email.

一大早；清早

Every market day, the baker arrives bright and early to prepare the first loaves.

非常擅长算术

Even as a child, Aisha was brilliant at sums and could calculate totals in her head.

带来；引起

This will bring about the greatest economic change of all in society: the elimination of retirement benefits.

随身带来；带着同行

Please bring along your notes so we can compare the two versions.

带回；使恢复；唤起回忆

The museum brought back its popular night tour after installing safer lights along the garden path.

降低；打倒；使倒下

The team brought down the old stage curtain carefully so the theater could replace its damaged track.

使真切意识到；让人深刻体会到

I want the photo to bring home how much the river has changed since our last visit.

带来；引入；赚得；请来；引入（某人参与）

The weekend market brought in enough money to fund new books for the community center.

把它带回来；归还它

Please bring it back to the front desk before the library closes.

提起这件事；把它拿出来

If the budget question comes up, bring it up before the group votes.

引起；导致

Too much late-night coffee can bring on a headache.

显露；激发出（某种特质）

A friendly challenge can bring out the best in the whole team.

使恢复知觉

The unconscious athlete was brought to before the ambulance arrived.

把……聚集在一起；促成……合作

The workshop will bring together residents and engineers to redesign the unsafe crossing.

提起；谈到（话题）；提起；提出（话题或问题）

Prudie recommends, by the way, that you not bring up this subject with your brothers.

不予理会；轻描淡写地打发

The manager chose to brush off the suggestion without considering its cost.

温习；重新熟悉

I need to brush up on my first-aid skills before the hiking trip.

把……预先纳入；内置

The schedule will build in two quiet hours for testing the new release.

逐步增强；积累

Daily practice can build up a beginner's confidence.

偶然遇见；偶然碰到

I bumped into my former piano teacher at the farmers' market while buying peaches.

被烧毁；烧成灰烬

A lightning strike can burn down a wooden shed in minutes.

消耗掉；通过活动释放（能量）

A brisk walk helps me burn off some extra energy.

因长期过劳而精疲力竭

If the team skips every break, its members may burn out before launch.