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英人說謝謝 Ta, Cool, Merci 逐漸取代 Thank you
Tabula rasa
姊弟戀：tadpoling (n.)
Q：在 Taipei’s goal: zero accidents (or accident) on the road. 這句中，zero 後面的名詞要用單數還是複數呢?
Q：「做決定」的英文是 take a decision 還是 make a decision 呢?
要就要，不要拉倒；要就要，不要就算了：take it or leave it (v.)
Take place, occur
Take the bull by the horns, grab the bull by the horns
Take the cake
Take the Fifth, plead the Fifth
Take to the cleaners
Talk is cheap
Talk of the town
Talk the talk … walk the walk
撂狠話：talk tough (v.)
Tall 還是 high 呢？
Taller than I 還是 Taller than me 呢？
躺平：tang ping or lying flat (n.)
一竿子打翻一船人：tar (somebody) with the same brush (v.)
Tasteful, tasteless, tasty, distasteful (adjs.)
Tautology, pleonasm, redundancy
Teach school
教你幾招：teach you a thing or two (v.)
Teacher’s pet
Teen, adolescent, juvenile, teenager, young adult
Q：如何正確書寫電話號碼呢? 多年前，區碼都是放在括弧內，但現在並非全然如此。問題是，正確的寫法為何? 是 nnn-nnn-nnnn? 還是 nnn nnn-nnnn? 或是其他寫法呢?
Tell it to the marines
就是說嘛：Tell me about it.
Thank you 和 thanks 的用法
Thank you, thanks, many thanks, etc.
可以接 that 子句當受詞的動詞
先行詞為人 + 事物時，關代要用 that
一個句子使用了 11 個 that，其中 7 個還連在一起，但它仍有意義且語法正確
雙重所有格結構：That + 名詞 + of + one’s own
That river is very dangerous to swim in.
Q：在 That’s a five hundred dollar/dollars dress. 這句中，dollar 要用單數還是複數?
That’s an edgy new restaurant.
Q：在「the + 比較級…，the + 比較級…」這句型中，”the” 應該不是定冠詞吧!? 若不是，它們是什麼詞類呢?
The apple of one’s eye
心肝寶貝；掌上明珠：the apple of someone’s eye (n.)
The basketball team comprises ten players.
The birds and the bees
The blind leading the blind
Q：請問 The book is sold well. 這句對嗎?
Q：如果我們說 the both of us 而非 both of us，這樣可以嗎?
The city of Taipei
Q：在 The clothes I liked were much more expensive than my old ones. 這句中，如果省略 ones，它是否還合乎文法呢?
The coast is clear
Q：The conditions to lend books should be changed. 這句可否轉換為關係子句? 若可以，要如何轉換?
Q：”the creation of man” 是「創造人」還是「人的創造」?
Q：The criminal possessed three guns. 為何不能改成被動態的 Three guns were possessed by the criminal. 呢?
The customer is always right
當魔鬼與上帝可以劃上等號時
Q：在 The dishes in the sink need washing/need to be washed as soon as possible. 這句中，need washing 和 need to be washed 的意思有何不同?
The dog lay at its owner’s feet.
Q：國內不少人使用的 Yxxxx!字典有 “The dollar has gone down against the yen, therefore Japanese goods are more expensive for Americans.” 這樣一個例句。但這句對嗎?
Q：The driver of the red car was just starting the car when a black one came up very quickly. 這句中的過去進行式 “was starting” 表示什麼意義?
The end justifies the means
The face that launched a thousand ships
大事不好了；代誌大條了：the fat is in the fire
Q：The ground is soaking wet because it has been raining all night. 這句中的 soaking 是形容詞還是副詞呢?
Q：一本修辭書籍說，在 The house was set on fire and seriously damaged last night, but the perpetrator was unknown. 這句中，第二個 was 不可省略。但根據文法規則，這個 was 不是可以省略嗎?
Q：在 The house which Allen lives in is the oldest in the community. 這句中，which 是否可以用 where 來代替呢?
The jury is out
Q：我們經常聽到「左岸咖啡館」，這是指著名的巴黎塞納河左岸拉丁區的咖啡館。請問英文的 the left/right bank of a river 有沒有固定的分法，因為左岸或右岸似乎會隨我們面對之方向的不同而有所不同!?
The lesser of two evils
The likes of, the like of
Q：如果句子的最後一個字是有句點的縮寫字，那麼要怎樣標示標點符號來表示句子的結束呢? 下面哪一句才正確： (1) The meeting ended at 10:05 p.m. (2) The meeting ended at 10:05 p.m..
The nature of the beast
Q：The pen is 0.065 meter(s) in length. 這句中的 meter 要用單數還是複數?
照片沒有本人好看：The picture certainly/surely doesn’t flatter you.
Q：The project begins in two more weeks. 可以寫成 The project will begin in two more weeks. 嗎?
The proof is in the pudding
Q：在 The rapid spread of disease in this area was ascribed to poor sanitation. 這句中，disease 不是應該用複數 diseases 嗎?
接下來的事你 (們) 都知道了：The rest is history.
Q：”the rise to power of the Chinese Communist Party” 的意思是不是「中共權力的興起」?
The road is quite clean/clear.
The $64,000 question
Q：在 The software development plan is described in this chapter (for related information, see the references cited in section 2.3.3). 這句中，句末標點符號 (句點) 是位在括弧內還是括弧外呢?
會吵的小孩有糖吃：The squeaky wheel gets the grease.
The tail wagging the dog
Q：有人將 The value of moral education cannot be overemphasized. 這句譯為「德育之價值不能太重視」，從中文的意思來看，這句的翻譯一定有問題，但看英文字面的意思又沒錯，這到底是那裡出了問題呢?
想抓住男人的心，先抓住男人的胃：The way to a man’s heart is through his stomach.
The whole nine yards
人生勝利組：the whole package (n.)
窮忙族：the working poor (n.)
The world is one’s oyster
The worm has turned 的意思與用法｜英文慣用語解析
Q: 如何表達 there is/are 及 something/somebody 等不定代名詞的附加問句?
Q：在 There is a vacancy for a computer programmer in most every company. 這句中，most 是否為 almost 之誤?
Q：在 There is no student but likes her. 這句中，but 是何種詞類，而整句的意思為何?
There are fewer trains on Mondays.
天涯何處無芳草：There are plenty of fish in the sea.
回不去了：There can be no going back.
Therein 內含 10 個單字
(做某事) 看時間和場合；(做某事) 分清楚時間和場合：There’s a time and a place (for something).
There’s no time like the present
Q：There’s three books on the desk. 這句對嗎？
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They, their 和 themselves 都可用作單數
Thighbrow
Thingamabob, thingamajig, thingummy, thingy
Q：根據文法，think, believe 等動詞後面若接否定的名詞子句，則該子句的 “not” 要移到 think, believe 等的前面，但 I think we cannot be too careful in choosing friends. 這句卻沒有將 cannot 的 not 移到前面，變成 I don’t think we can be…。這句是不是錯了?
Think outside the box
Q：”this kind of dog” 和 “this kind of dogs” 何者正確呢？
「thorn in the flesh」意思是什麼？用法、起源與例句完整解析
Those who 的句型
三分鐘熱度：3-minute passion (n.)
Three sheets to the wind
潑冷水；澆冷水：throw cold water on something (v.)
Throw good money after bad
隨口說出的話；脫口而出的話：throwaway remark (n.)
Till the cows come home
Tilt at windmills
Time heals all wounds
穿越劇：time travel TV series (n.)
Time waits for no man
Q：頭銜、稱號或職稱何時大寫、何時小寫、何時縮寫、何時不縮寫呢?
Q：報章雜誌名稱和文學作品名稱的大小寫是否有規則可循? 譬如說，美國以前有個電視節目叫做 “This Is Your Life”，為何它的每個字的第一個字母都大寫，而美國著名恐怖小說作家 Stephen King 的著作 “Riding the Bullet”，則有的大寫有的小寫呢?
Q：To be considered ASI, a model would need to excel beyond human ability at a range of tasks at a very high level. 這句中的 To be considered ASI 是哪一句的減化呢?
Q：”To be out is in.” 這句是什麼意思?
To say the least, to say the least of it
To the victor belong the spoils
Tolerance, tolerant
Tombstoning
Q：ton 和 tonne 之間有何不同呢?
英文中最難的繞口令
Q：”too much” 和 “much too” 要怎麼用呢? He is too much intelligent. 是什麼意思呢?
Q：too much of a good thing 是什麼意思呢?
無否定意義的 too…to
美國十大常用俚語：Top 10 Popular Slang Terms in U.S.
Tortuous, torturous (adjs.)
Tourist trap
北港香爐：town bicycle (n.)
排毒 – toxic asset relief
小狼狗：toy boy (n.)
轉折詞後面須有逗點，但前面絕不可有逗點
Transport (n., v.), transportation (n.)
Travel, journey, trip, tour, voyage (nn.)
吃螺絲：trip over one’s own tongue (v.)
Trump card
「Turnabout is fair play」是什麼意思？深入解析這句英語諺語的用法與起源
倒胃口：turn-off (n.)
24/7
2010 怎發音 BBC 唸 twenty-ten
Twiddle one’s thumbs
Twitter 太火紅牛津英語大辭典破例納入 tweet
Q：下面那一種寫法才正確還是兩者都可以：two and one-half inches 或 two-and-one-half inches?
Q：two o’clock 中的 o’ 是什麼的縮寫呢? 另外，字前後的撇號 (如 ’cause, goin’) 又代表什麼呢?
Two wrongs don’t make a right
劈腿：two-time (v.)

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