be honest with
对...说老实话, 同...规规矩矩来往
be quite honest about it
老实说(常用作插入语)

Honest wages for an honest day's work.

一天的诚实劳动所获的公平报酬

 

None but the brave deserve the fair.
[谚]英雄才能配美人。
brave it
大摇大摆; 满不在乎
brave it out
拼命干到底

The headmaster wanted to seee little Tom about his minstake; so he had to brave it out.

校长要找小汤姆谈谈他所犯的错误,于是他不得不硬着头皮去了。

get wise to
明白…的诡计 (= be wise to)
none the wiser
还是不明白
put wise
（与to连用）使…明白过来
     

come down handsome
慷概解囊[资助]
do the handsome
慷概解囊[资助]
do the handsome  by sb.
厚待某人, 慷慨资助某人
do the handsome thing by sb.
厚待某人, 慷慨资助某人
H-is as  handsome does.
[谚]品德优美才是真美。
H-is that handsome does.
[谚]品德优美才是真美。

smart off       无礼没有礼貌地说话或行动

right smart   很多许多，一个很大的数量

Like courting the prettiest girl in school, the chase requires smarts(Jackie MacMullan)

“就象追求学校里最漂亮的女孩需要智慧和技巧，打猎也是这样的”(杰奇·麦克马兰)

 

argue about/on/over
辩论[争论]某事

I argued with her for a long time, but she refused to listen to reason.

我和她辩论了好久, 但她还是不听。

 

This is the only practicable solution imaginable.
这是唯一想得出的切实可行的解决办法。

 

classical scientific ideas
传统科学观念
a classical education
人文科学教育

Einstein's new theory on optics changed classical scientific ideas about light.

爱因斯坦新的光学理论改变了人们对光的传统科学概念。

be intended to (do)
 是用来
be intended to be
规定为, 确定为
it is intended that
企图, 意图是
intend for
打算供...使用; 打算送给
打算使...成为; 想让...从事某事

I proposed to speak for an hour.
我想讲一小时。

 

stand corrected
接受指正； 承认有错（通常用于第一人称）
certified correct
证明无误
verified correct
核对无误
correct for
做...的校正
correct sb. for sth.
因某事而惩戒某人

Please correct this mistake.请改正这个错误。