小心；注意眼前危險
寫作用途
used to warn someone about immediate danger
Look out! A loose sign on the wall is falling.
小心！牆上一塊鬆動的招牌正在掉落。
寫作技巧
Look out can stand alone as an urgent spoken warning. Use look out for before a named danger, but do not use this conversational warning as neutral narration.
順便補充或轉換話題
寫作用途
used to add related information during a conversation
By the way, our meeting has moved to the library.
順便說一下，我們的會議已改到圖書館舉行。
寫作技巧
By the way is a casual transition for a side point or topic change. It suits conversation and friendly messages better than formal argument writing.
打電話給某人
寫作用途
call someone by telephone, especially in informal conversation
Give me a ring when you arrive at the station.
你抵達車站時，打個電話給我。
寫作技巧
Give someone a ring is informal and means to telephone that person. Put the person between give and a ring; use call in more formal communication.
插話；打斷談話
寫作用途
interrupt someone who is already speaking
I apologized for breaking in before Elena finished her explanation.
我在 Elena 解釋完之前插了話，因此向她道歉。
寫作技巧
In this lesson, break in means to interrupt spoken interaction. It can sound critical, so show the timing or the speaker's response instead of using it as a vague judgment.
突然插嘴；打斷別人
寫作用途
begin speaking suddenly while another person is talking
Noah cut in while I was explaining the schedule change.
我正在說明行程變更時，Noah 突然插了嘴。
寫作技巧
Cut in often emphasizes a sudden interruption and may express annoyance. In this lesson, it concerns speech; meanings involving traffic or joining an activity are excluded.
準時
寫作用途
at the planned or required time
Despite the heavy rain, Mei arrived on time for rehearsal.
儘管下著大雨，Mei 仍準時抵達排練現場。
寫作技巧
On time means at the scheduled time without being late. Contrast it with in time, which means early enough before a deadline or event.
已起床；醒著
寫作用途
be awake and no longer in bed
Lena was up by six to prepare for the school trip.
Lena 六點前已經起床，準備參加校外教學。
寫作技巧
Be up describes the state of being awake and out of bed. Get up describes the action of leaving bed; use by plus a time for the latest time that someone should be up.