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WORDS AND USAGE

•Go all out (idiom) -

To use all your energy, strength, and determination in order to achieve something.(全力以赴,竭盡全力)

Examples:  

1.We're going all out for victory in this afternoon's game. 

2.Her company always went all out to make the customer happy.

•Break new (fresh) ground (idiom) –

To do something innovative which is considered an advance or positive benefit.(開闢新天地,取得新突破) 

Examples:  

1.The state is breaking new ground with its reforms. 

2.The company has been breaking new ground in researching a cure for the deadly disease.

•Take a turn for the better (idiom) -

To start to improve; to start to get well. (好轉,開始好起來)

Examples:  

1.She was very sick for a month; then suddenly she took a turn for the better. 

2.Things are taking a turn for the better at my store. I may make a profit this year. 

•Cloud over (phrasal verb) -

To become overcast, as of the sky; to be obscured by clouds. (陰雲密布,烏雲翻滾)

Examples:  

1.It's beginning to cloud over – we should go back now. 

2.Enjoy this sunshine while it lasts because the sky is supposed to cloud over this afternoon.

•Take to something like a duck to water (idiom) -

To learn a new activity very easily, as if you have been doing it for a very long time.(做…如魚得水,做…輕而易舉)

Examples:  

1.She'd never snowboarded before, but she took to it like a duck to water. 

2.Wong took to his bike like a duck to water. He was born to ride.

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