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Rescue
Language
notes:
1.
In winter and spring the skiers practically take over the
mountain and head in droves for the long and superb runs down
to the valley,...
Take over: assume the direction or control
of sth, in place of sb else.
e.g.
Larger companies are taking over smaller firms by buying their
shares. Head for: aim to
travel in the direction of (usu a place).
e.g.
The ship was heading for London.
In
droves: in large numbers.
e.g.
I had to shut the windows. The flies were coming in in droves.
2.
He's probably waiting for us now, at the bottom. Let's push
on.
Push on: continue; advance with determination;
hurry. e.g. We must push
on with the work if we are to finish it in time.
3.
Best thing we can now do is return to Vienna as fast as possible
and telephone him.
The best thing (to do): 最好的办法，上策
e.g. The best thing we can do now is (to) keep
silence.
Note: "to" here could be omitted.
4. I went back to my buddies, told them that I'd participate
in a mountain rescue, ...
Buddy: companion; partner.
5.
My words made a visible impression on them.
Make
an impression on: impress; affect in a particular way by one's
appearance or behavior.
e.g. What
I said made practically no impression on him.
6.
Fred escorted his two shivering party members to a nearby
inn while I and the remaining two literally ran to the gendarmerie
post.
Literally: actually; without exaggeration
or inaccuracy.
e.g. The city was literally
destroyed.
7. In the small lobby we quickly organized the search, of
which Herbert, the head of the mountain rescue team, took
charge, ...
Take charge of: assume the leadership of,
or responsibility for (sth developing or fixed).
e.g. The commander in chief told me that he wanted
me to take complete charge of the land battle.
8. I don't believe this either, because the descent was
teeming with skiers yesterday and no doubt someone would
have come to his aid, ...
Teem with: be full of.
e.g. The river teems with good fish.
9.
He was now breathing on his own and had a palpable, though
rapid, pulse.
On one's own: without help; by oneself; independently.
e.g.
He is working on his own.
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Language notes:
1. He'd had to fight for the privilege of my companion,
because my mother was still angry ...
Fight for: compete or struggle with (someone
or so9mething) to get (something or someone).
e.g. Every year I had to fight for an increase
in pay.
2. But as we were checking out of the lodge that morning it
began to snow, ...
Check out: pay one's bill before leaving,
as at a hotel, food shop, etc.
e.g. The last guests checked out of the hotel in
the morning.
3.
I stuck to him like white on rice and did what he did and
somehow made it to the bottom without sailing off a cliff.
Make it: succeed, be able to.
e.g. It's hard to make it to the top in show business.
4.
The trooper came up to our car and bent down to my father's
window.
Come up to: move near to.
e.g. Two
beggars came up to me with outstretched hands.
5.
We drove away from the resort, right up to the barricade.
Right
up: all along; all the way (to).
e.g. We
are ready to fight right up to the moment of complete victory.
6.
The lie of the road behind us had been marked by our own tracks,
but there were no tracks ahead of us.
Lie here refers to the location or
direction. e.g. the
lie of the land.
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