接下帶領工作或團隊的責任
寫作用途
accept responsibility for directing a task or group
Rina took charge of the rehearsal when the teacher was delayed.
老師耽擱時，Rina 接手負責排練。
寫作技巧
Use take charge of when someone actively assumes responsibility and starts directing a task, team, or situation. Use took for the past.
在他人面臨質疑或反對時給予支持
寫作用途
support someone when they face doubt or opposition
My sister backed me up when I proposed the new route.
我提出新路線時，姊姊支持了我。
寫作技巧
Use back someone up for giving support in a disagreement or difficult decision. A pronoun must go between back and up.
正在做某件讓人好奇或起疑的事
寫作用途
be doing something, often in a secretive or unusual way
We wondered what Leo was up to behind the closed curtain.
我們想知道 Leo 在拉上的布幕後做什麼。
寫作技巧
Here, be up to something asks what activity someone is doing, often with curiosity or suspicion. This lesson does not teach ability or choice.
在做決定前仔細權衡各種選項
寫作用途
consider something carefully before making a decision
Tara thought over both offers before choosing the evening course.
Tara 仔細考慮兩個提議後，選了晚間課程。
寫作技巧
Use think over when a decision deserves careful consideration. Put an object pronoun in the middle: think it over.
振作起來或使某人心情變好
寫作用途
become happier or help someone feel happier
A kind note cheered Ben up after the difficult audition.
艱難的試演後，一張暖心便條讓 Ben 振作起來。
寫作技巧
Cheer up can be used without an object for becoming happier, or with a person for causing that change. Put a pronoun in the middle.
原本期待的計畫未能實現或成功
寫作用途
fail to happen or succeed as originally planned
Our weekend picnic fell through when the park closed unexpectedly.
公園突然關閉，使我們的週末野餐計畫落空。
寫作技巧
Use fall through with the plan, deal, or arrangement as the subject. The phrase is intransitive, so do not add an object after it.
因受傷害而向某人報復
寫作用途
harm someone in return for a wrong they caused
Mina refused to get even with the classmate who insulted her.
Mina 不願報復那位侮辱她的同學。
寫作技巧
Use get even with for revenge against a person. In mature conflict writing, contrast this reaction with a calmer or more constructive choice.