Her good temperament wasn't bred in the bone， but was cultivated by her own effort.
她的很好的气质不是与生俱来的，而是她自己努力培养的。
temperament [tempr?m?nt]气质，性情，性格
②cast a bone between离间
To get what she wanted she even tried to cast a bone between her parents and her sister.
为了得到她想要的，她不惜试着去离间父母和姐姐。
③a bone of content争执所在
Can you tell me a bone of content between them
你能告诉我他们之间的争执所在吗？
Daily Conversation日常会话
A：Do you see the old woman over there
你看到那边的老妇人了吗？
B：Yes， so
是啊，怎样？
A：She often casts a bone between her son and her daughter-in -law.
她经常挑拨儿子和媳妇。
B：I really can't understand why some old people always do such things like that.
我真的不明白为什么一些老人喜欢做那样的事情。
Notes：
daughter-in -law儿媳妇儿
bottom底部，最下部，末端，根底，原因
Useful Phrases实用短语
①at the bottom本质上，实际上
At the bottom they make no difference.
它们在本质上没什么区别。
②get to the bottom of弄清……的真相
She sweared to her mother she must get to the bottom of the murder.
她对母亲发誓一定查清谋杀的真相。
③the bottom drops out of sth.（某行业）产品滞销，暴跌
The bottom has dropped out of the travel market.
旅游市场出现了萧条景象。
④bottom up干杯！
Daily Conversation日常会话
A：The murder has happened for a week， but the police still can't get to the bottom of the fact.
那场谋杀已经发生有一周了，但是警察仍没弄清谋杀的真相。
B：Yes， everyone in this town is scared that the murderer will come back to kill another person.
是啊，这个镇上的每个人都担心那个杀人犯会再回来去杀其他的人。
A：I guess he won't come back again as there're so many policemen here everyday.
我猜他不会再回来了，每天镇上有那么多的警察。
Notes：
1. (be) scared to害怕，吓得要命
2. come back回来，重新流行，突然想起
break裂，碎，弄坏，损坏
Useful Phrases实用短语
①break away逃脱
The criminal broke from the prison last night.
昨夜，那个罪犯越狱了。
②break down出故障，坏掉，被搞垮，垮掉
Her health has broken down under the pressure of work.
她因工作压力身体垮掉了。
③break up解散，打碎，驱散，结束
His girlfriend broke up with him this morning.
他的女朋友今早和他分手了。
Daily Conversation日常会话
A：Oh， my God， the machine has broken down.
哦，天哪，机器出故障了。
B：What How can it have some trouble at this monent
什么？它怎么可以这时候出故障？
A：What a pity！ We can't finish our work today once again.
真遗憾！我们今天又完成不成工作了。
B：Maybe our boss will fire us tomorrow.
也许明天我们的老板就会开除我们了。
A：God bless us.
上帝保佑我们。
Notes：
1. What a pity！太可惜了，真遗憾
2. once more再一次
brush
刷子，刷状物，画笔，刷，小冲突，
遭遇战
Useful Phrases实用短语
①brush aside漠视，不顾
How can she brush aside the others'feelings
她怎么能无视别人的感受？
②brush off刷去，拂去，拒绝，抛弃
She brushed off her memories with her ex-boyfriend sorrowly.
ex-boyfriend前男友
她痛苦地刷去她与前男友的记忆。
③brush up擦亮，刷新，温习，复习
Tom insisted on brushing up his courses every night before the SAT was coming.
在高考来临之前汤姆每晚都坚持复习功课。
SAT=Scholastic Assessment Test美国高考
Daily Conversation日常会话
A：No chinese person can brush off that disgrace history.
没有一个中国人能洗刷掉那段屈辱的历史。
B：Yes， it's true， especially the old generation.
是的，这是事实啊。尤其是老一辈人。
A：When ever I watch the documentary film about that history， I'll have more hatred for the aggressors.
每当我看关于那段历史的纪录片时，我就更加地憎恨侵略者们。
Notes：
1. disgrace [dis'gres] n / v. 丢脸，耻辱，不光彩
2. documentary film纪录片，文献片
3. aggressor [?'gres?] n. 侵略者，挑衅者
bucket水桶，吊桶，骑马飞奔
Useful Phrases实用短语
①a drop in the bucket沧海一粟
We're just like a drop in the bucket among the universe.
在宇宙中间我们就像沧海一粟。
②give sb. the bucket解雇某人
He was negligent of his duty， so the boss decided to give him the bucket.
由于他玩忽职守，老板决定解雇他。
negligent [neglidз?nt] adj. 疏忽的，造成过失的
③kick the bucket死掉
He kicked the bucket in his prison break.
他在越狱时死掉了。
Daily Conversation日常会话
Mary：
Haven't seen Jack for a long time. Why didn't he come to company
玛丽：很久没看到杰克了，他为什么都没有来公司啊？
Jane：
Are you kidding Everyone knows that he has been gaven the bucket for serval days.
简：你不是开玩笑吧？所有人都知道他已经被解雇几天了。
Mary：Oh， really
玛丽：哦，是吗？
Jane：
His mistake made our company lost a lot of money， so our boss fired him immediately.
简：他的失误让公司损失很多钱，所以老板当即就把他解雇了。