英语学习-索贝斯演讲学习摘要

roll around
( of time or event)happen
（时间）流逝,
happen regularly
Christmas rolled around again.
Will you still be here when spring rolls around?

do other chores
fix windchill

in the back of the car

hitch
暂时的故障，障碍，
After some technical hitches, the show finally got under way.

hitch up
She leapt from the car,hitched up her dress and sprinted down the road after him.
她从车上跳下来，提起连衣裙，对他一路紧追不放。

get under way
开始进行
Let us get under way,we are already late.

have the passenger seat
坐副驾驶座

Every puff of cigarete takes some number of minutes off of your life.

poke my head into the front of the car.

At two minutes per puff,you have taken nine years off your life.

conviction
判罪，定罪，证明有罪，深信，坚信，坚定，肯定
it is our firm conviction that a step forward has been taken.
我们坚信已经向前迈进了一步。

bluff
虚张声势，唬人，吹牛
The letter was a bluff.

bluff out
虚张声势

swashbuckling
有传奇历险情节的
He has not been the same swashbuckling player since suffering a knee injury.

be left high and dry孤立无援，处于困境

out of box开箱即用

on two counts在两个方面

however, that due to optimizations turned on in the release build, the instruction
pointer will sometimes be off by a few code lines, or even skip lines altogether
(as the optimizer did not generate code for them). This should not be a concern, if
it is, turn off optimizations

The article takes the form of a series of instructions, and pertinent information
about the steps involved are given as we go, in a loosely test-driven manner, as follows

be slated to
提名……作候选人；内定……的职务

He is slated for the office.
他被提名为该职位的候选人。
The delegation is slated to arrive next week.
代表团预定下周抵达。

At the time of writing, this is 1.9.45

rattle off [词典] 轻易地说出（或做到）;  
[例句]Asked what English he knew, Mr Semko rattled off 'One, two, three'
问他懂哪些英文词，塞姆科先生不假思索地回答：“一，二，三。

Throw/cast light on 使明白,阐明
cast light on 使……的真相大白
cast light upon 使明白,阐明

shine a light on
This can shine a light on what would be missing if the work was never performed

be more engaged  更加投入
be engaged with 忙于,从事
I will be engaged with a client this evening.

muddled糊涂的，困惑的，混乱的
I am afraid that i am a little muddled.I am not exactly sure where to begin.

be apt for 适合
be apt to 易于

obsession 痴迷，着魔，困扰，使...痴迷的人
pull off成功完成，做成（困难的事情），停靠

on a single charge加一次油
It can reach speeds of 40 knots,cruise comfortably for long periods at
25 knots and can travel 100 nautical miles on a single charge.crave for 渴望，渴求，渴望得到
 I also crave for the freedom you mentioned,but i have never experienced it.
 
be projected to 预计
 
 A company that is not sustainable will not be alive in five years.
He enjoys woring a way that benefits the world s waterway, and understands
that reducing pollutants is the wave of the future.