这篇博客探讨了在大城市是否应该取消房地产中介的议题，提出了作为中介的角色变化。内容涉及经济术语如‘handover fist’（赚得盆满钵满）和‘top of the heap’（占据优势地位），同时也讨论了对未来的不确定性（hold in store）以及个人经历中受到的最严厉对待。文章还引用了表达信心和平衡被打破的短语，最后提及了哈佛大学的顶尖地位和关注他人的重要性。
1.Debate
Should we cancel real estate agencies in big cities these days?
Act as an intermediary
2.Conversation making
hand over fist:At a brisk pace or rate.
This doll is so popular that the manufacturer is making money hand over fist.
top of the heap:A position of total or complete superiority; a place or position above all others one is or was competing with.
The team managed to claw their way to the top of the heap, winning the championship against all odds.
second to none:The best; without rival.
Of course my daughter will go to Harvard—it’s second to none!
take note of:To become aware of, remember, focus on, or pay attention to someone or something.
I thought Sally would sure take note of me if I wore my new satin dress, but she didn’t even look my direction when
hold in store:To have awaiting one.
No one knows what the future holds in store. But we can try to prepare accordingly.
3.What’s the harshest treatment you have ever got from others? Do you think you deserve that?
4.Sentence Making
brim over with:to overflow with something
The basket was brimming over with flowers.
I was brimming with confidence after my recent success.
on the verge of:Closely approaching some action or outcome; very nearly at the point at which something will happen.
After weeks of failed experiments, I think we’re finally on the verge of a breakthrough.
throw off one’s balance:To make one unsteady, such that one may fall.
That dog threw me off balance when he knocked into my legs.
Jenny threw me off balance when she said she wanted to have a baby.
see eye to eye:To agree (with someone); to share the same position or opinion (as someone else).
His mother and I don’t see eye to eye about his decision to drop out of college.
in so many words:In the exact words stated.
In so many words, he told me I would be fired if it ever happened again.
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