经济学人下载:阁楼下的生活 仆人的自述

1.face to 面对

Get your ass of your office chair and get face to face.
从办公椅上抬起你得屁股，去与客户面对面交流。

They stumbled into a convenience store where stuart found himself face to face with a young and attractive clerk.
他们随便走入一家自助商店，在那里，斯图亚特突然发现自己与一个年轻的、很吸引人的女店员面对着面。

2.expect to 期许

Investors typically expect to be repaid more than they lend.
通常，投资者总是希望将来拿到的钱能多于借出去的钱。

Fewer than half of executives polled recently by fortune said they expect to increase their headcount in 2012.
近期接受《财富》杂志（Fortune）采访的公司高管中只有不到一半的人表示，2012年预计将扩大员工招聘。
3.as if 好像，似乎，仿佛

As if he were a rock star.
狂喜之情溢于言表，仿佛他是个摇滚巨星。

It's as if silicon valley entrepreneurs are from mars and wall street investors are from venus.
就好像硅谷创业者来自火星，而华尔街投资者来自金星。

4.manage to 管理

Moreover, if blackstone doesn't get michael's participation, how does it manage to get financing?
再者，如果黑石没有让迈克尔参与的话，那它是怎么设法融资的呢？

The rest of europe may well manage to muddle through.
而欧洲其余国家也许能很好地设法渡过此难关。