※ win sb sth （帶雙賓語）

eg：The advertisement wins the company huge sums of money.

win sb’s approval / trust / heart / independence

贏得支持/信任/芳心/獨立

※ add color to 為了…添加色彩

eg：Humor invariable adds color to communication.

幽默總是為交流添加了歡樂的色彩。

add to sth 加重（to make sth such as a feeling or quality stronger）

eg：Our explanation seemed only to add to his anger.

似乎我們的理解越發使他生氣。

eg：Her eccentricity adds to her charm.她的古怪更增添了她的魅力。

add up to總計

eg：The total fee adds up to as much as ＄5000.

總費用高達5000塊錢。

★ Up to the time of his death, Richard Colson was one of the most notable figures in our town.

理查.科爾森生前是我們鎮上最有名望的人之一。

※ Up to the time of his death……

※ up to 直到…之前

up to the war

up till

eg：The Cox brothers kept the secret up to the time of his death.

up to sth（doing）（to be good enough to reach a standard）

eg：He isn’t up to his new job.他不勝任新工作。

※ the most notable figures 最有名望的人

notable ＋ 人 ＝ famous

notable ＋ 物 ＝ remarkable

notable discovery 了不起的發現

★ He was a shrewd and wealthy business-man, but the ordinary town-folk hardly knew anything about this side of his life. 他是個精明能幹、有錢的商人，但鎮上大部分人對他生活中的這一個方面幾乎一無所知。

※ shrewd ：successful in business and politics canny：clever, careful , not easily deceived 精明，不易上當的

a canny old lady

cunning：good at deceiving 奸詐、狡猾的

a cunning fox

★ He was known to us all as Dickie and his eccentricity had become legendary long before he died.

大家都管他叫迪基。早在他去世前很久，他的古怪行為就成了傳奇故事了。

※ be known to us all as…被大家叫做…

eg：He was known to us all as a walking encyclopedia and it had won him love and respect long before he died.

早在他生前，我們就稱他做活百科全書，並且為他贏得了尊重與愛戴。

★ Dickie disliked snobs(勢利小人) intensely.

迪基痛恨勢利小人。