self-contained	自给自足的
furious	very angry
hold good	仍然适用(有效)
let it all hang out	(俚)无拘无束
run riot	撒野，闹事
with one accord	一致地
an/one's Achilles's heel	致命弱点
sleep the sleep of the just	问心无愧
like grim death	坚定的；不懈的
at/behind the wheel (of sth.)	驾驶；控制
pay court to sb.	讨好；献殷勤
a flash in the pan	昙花一现
milk/suck sb./sth. dry	榨取
have/keep sb. on a string	操纵支配
fall between two stools	两头落空
dust sth. off	开始复习某事
all at once	突然
all of a sudden	突然；出乎意料地
as a whole	普遍说来
as regards	至于
as yet	到现在为止
at anyrate	不论如何
as to	至于，关于
at a distance	不近
at best	充其量
at large	充分透彻
at hand	将来
at length	终于
at once time	一度；以前
by nature	生性
cut in	插话
drop across	偶然遇上
eat away	侵蚀
fall through	化为泡影
for good	永远的
for my part	就我来说
get lost	滚开
go without saying	不用说
have on	看穿
in time	迟早，最后
high and low	到处
in no case	无论如何都不
in that case	加入是那样的话
keep an eye on	注意
let down	使失望