“首先”
first; firstly; imprimis; before everything; first and foremost; first of all;
first off; for a start; to begin with; in the first instance; chiefly;in the first place;
from the beginning; above all thing ; as a starter ; before all ; begin by ;
best of all ; for one thing ; from the very beginning ; before everything ;
primarily; of all things; primarily; to start with
“此外”
What is more；in addition ;besides ；equally important；on top of that ;moerover ;As well as ; in the next place ;on the side ; and then ;whereafter ;Whereupon; afterwards ; plus ;
in the meantime ; on top of that ;
“总之”
in a word；in conclusion；To sum up ；in short；In a nutshell[ˈnʌtʃel]；to summarize；
in a word；in brief ；In conclusion；In short；In summary；To sum up
Eventually；at length ;ultimately ;lastly ; by all accounts ; by and large ;but fairly speaking
“换言之”
that is (to say ) ; in other words; to put it anthor way ;
“在我看来”
In my opinion/esteem/view; I suppose / maintain that; As far as i'm concerned
As i see it; From where I stand; It seems to me that ; From my point of view;
It's my feeling that ...
“一方另一方”
支持：the affirmative /pro /“up”side ; be for sth
反对：the negative /con / “against”side ;be against sth
“对…有利”do a good turn ; be conduce to ; be conductive to ;contribute to (doing) sth “对…有害”a biability of ; be detrimental of ; do mischief to ;be harmful to
“努力做”go out of one’s way to do sth ; all one’s stride to do sth ; engulf oneself in ;
Do utmost as one can to do ; do one’s effort to do
他今天怎么了？他看着怒气冲冲的。
2. I'm a bit disappointed in John and David. It turned out they were only fair-weather friends。
我对约翰和大卫有点失望，原来他们不过是靠不住的酒肉朋友。
3. We don't have a snowball's chance of winning that contract!
我们根本就没有一点希望能签那份合同。
4. Don't worry about those two arguing. it's just a storm in a teacup。
不用为他俩的争执担心，他们不过是小题大做罢了。
5. The exam was a breeze。
这次考试真是太容易了。
6. We're snowed under at work。
我工作忙得不可开交。
7. They're blowing hot and cold over this issue. It's impossible to know what they want!
他们在这件事情上摇摆不定，根本不可能知道他们到底想要什么！
8. He's always working in his garden - come rain or shine。
他总在花园里干活，风雨无阻。
9. It's going to get very busy on Thursday. Today and tomorrow are just the lull before the storm。
我们周四会很忙的，今天和明天只是暴风雨来临之前暂时的宁静。
10. I don't want to spend this extra money. I'll save it up for a rainy day。
我不想把这些额外收入花掉，我打算存起来以备不时之需。
11. I'm going to see which way the wind blows before asking her about a raise。
我打算先观察一下形势，然后再提加薪的事。
12. You'll steal her thunder if you wear that dress tonight!
如果你今晚穿那条裙子，你会抢了她的风头的！
13. I'm feeling a bit under the weather at the moment。
我觉得不太舒服。
14. This recession is quite serious and it's becoming difficult to weather the storm。
这次经济衰退很严重，很难扛过去啊！
同时：
in one breath；。