Today’s catch (2007-11-14) -butterflies in your stomach

To have (get) butterflies in your stomach  means to feel very nervous about doing something.

For example, before taking a job interview you might feel nervous and say, “I have butterflies in my stomach.” A student who always feels nervous about giving an oral presentation to his classmates gets butterflies in his stomach.

Today’s catch (2007-09-23) -cut the crap

cut the crap:

废话少说!

直接进入主题。

crap:废话

Today’s catch (2007-09-23) -give sb a taste of one’s own medicine

give sb a taste of one’s own medicine:

以其人之道还治其人之身

Today’s catch (2007-10-30) -In spades

肯定的,坦率的

这个spade是黑桃的意思,在打牌的时候拿到黑桃的牌属于好牌,容易赢:-)

Today’s catch (2007-10-30) -Break a leg

祝好运!good luck!

Today’s catch (2007-10-04) -with flying colors

with flying colors:

出色地

He passed the exam with flying colors.

Today’s catch (2007-10-04) -blend in

blend in:

融入(集体),合群

注意这里的in是adverb。

He blended in with the crowd very soon.

也可以用blend into

Today’s catch(2007-10-03) square away

square away:

摆平

If you square something or someone away, you deal with them so that the situation is satisfactory.

e.g.

Negotiators have already squared away a lot of the agreements that will be signed at the Earth Summit.
谈判代表已经达成了大量的共识,并将在地球峰会上签署。

WordNet - to Find the net/relationship of words

You can visit WordNet online or download the software from Download Page.

It is useful to find a synonym, if you think the word you are using is so plain and you want to switch to another one with the same inherent meaning:-)

For WordNet online, you can only search synonym, but you can find synonyms,antonyms,derivationally related forms,hypernyms,hyponyms,domain,etc using the standalone software.
It’s really wonderful!

Today’s catch (2007-09-23) -By no means

By no means:

决不,并没有

These phrases is very good, but they are by no means the only ones of the best ones.

这些词组很棒,但是他们绝不是绝无仅有的。(潜台词:还有许许多多这类的词组,通常用来表达谦虚)