◆on second thoughts 经再三考虑之后

　　◆See through识破：看穿

　　We saw through his superficial charm.

　　我们很清楚他的表面功夫

　　◆at one time 过去一度, 以前曾经

　　◆behind the times (思想,看法)落后于时代

　　You're behind the times. 你落伍了.

　　◆behind time (=late) 迟到, 晚点 (没有the)

　　The train is ten minutes behind time.

　　◆for the time being (=temporarily)暂时

　　For the time being, you will have to share this room with another person.

　　◆in time 及时、最后，终于

　　In time they came to accept the harsh facts.

　　他们最终承认了严酷的事实

　　We came to the meeting just in time.

　　◆on time (=punctually) 准时

　　The train arrived on time.

　　◆at no time 无论何时也不…

　　At no time did they try to persuade me to suppress the information.

　　◆in no time (=very quickly) 立即,马上

　　If you weren't here, she would get rid of me in no time.

　　◆at times (=occasionally) 间或, 时常

　　Life can be a real bastard at times.

　　◆at all times (=always) 始终, 总是

　　The centre is staffed at all times.

　　◆at a time 一次, 每次; 同时

　　Do you sometimes find that you are doing very little physical exercise for several weeks at a time?

　　◆on top of 在…上面 熟练掌握, 高兴之极

　　Two months before she gave birth to Jason she left work feeling on top of the world.

　　◆in total (=all have been added up) 总计

　　I was with my husband for eight years in total.

　　◆be in touch with 与…有接触, 有联系

　　I'm definitely going to get in touch with these people.

　　◆be out of touch with 与…没有联系=have no contact with

　　I have been out of touch with Susan for about one year.

　　◆trust to sth. 把…委托给

　　Trust to destiny. 相信命运

　　◆in truth 事实上, 实在 ＝in fact

　　You say in truth in order to indicate that you are giving your honest opinion about something.

　　◆by turns 轮换地(One after another; alternately)

　　We clean the classroom by turns.

　　我们轮流打扫教室

　　◆in turn 反过来=on the contrary

　　Theory is based on practice and in turn serves practice.

　　◆be typical of 是…的特点

　　A composition typical of the baroque巴洛克式的, period.