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[ 2009 August 11. ]

make up one's mind (idiom) 下定決心, 拿定主意
EX: Have you made up your mind what to do yet?
      你已經拿定主意做什麼嗎?



set one's mind on sth (idiom) 下定決心在(某事)
EX: If he is set his mind on doing it, nothing will stop him.
      他一但下定決心去做，任何事情都擋不住他。



stack (v.) [stXk] 使成堆, 堆放
﹣to form or make into a neat pile
EX: They are specially packaged so that stack easily.
      他們經特別包裝，以使於堆放。

stack with (v.) 把(物)堆放在(某處), 堆滿
﹣to put piles of things on or in (a place)
EX: The floor was stacked with boxes.
      地板上堆滿了盒子。



paddle (v.) [‘pXdL] 用短槳划(小船, 尤指獨木舟); 涉水
﹣to move (a small light boat, esp. a canoe) through water, using on or more paddles.
EX: The young couple paddled a little boat leisurely on the river.
      那對年輕夫婦在河上悠閒地划著一條小船。
﹣to walk about in water only a few cantimetres.

paddle one;s own canoe (infml) 獨力追行, 自力更生
﹣to depend on oneself and no one else.



scramble (v.) [‘skrXmbL] 快速爬行, 匍匐前進, 攀登
﹣to more or climb quickly, esp. over a rough or steep surface.
EX: It's quite a scramble to get to the mountaintop.
      費盡攀登才能到達山頂。

work one's finguers to the bone (idiom) 拼命工作
﹣to work very hard.