9. so as to (so as not to)

(1) 以便……；为了……
Every student is busy making notes so as to go over the text more easily.
The boy goes to bed early so as to get up early the next morning.

(2) 结果……以至
I will make everything ready so as not to keep you waiting.
我会将一切准备好，不让你等。
Don't speak loudly so as to disturb the others.
有时此句式也可表现为：so … as to
Don't speak so loudly as to disturb the others.

10. disturb [ dis`t[:b ] vt. 妨碍；

(1) 扰乱；滋扰
I am deeply disturbed to hear of my mother's illness.
This strike has disturbed the whole nation.

(2) 搞乱；妨碍
Don't disturb the papers on the desk.
The growing of the plants was disturbed for lack of water.

11. fierce [ fi[s ] a.

(1) unfriendly 不友好的
The fierce librarian was fired.
We are approaching that fierce mountain.
我们正接近那凶险的山峰。

(2) violent; cruel 猛烈的；残忍的
The baby was frightened by the fierce look on the man's face.
All the windows are broken by the fierce wind.

12. look over

(1) 整个看一遍
Will you please look over the paper before I hand it in?

(2) 从……上方看过去
He looked back over his shoulder and found nothing.

13. do with

(1) (与what连用) 用；利用
I don't know what to do with this dictionary.

(2) (与what连用) 对待；处理
What are we going to do with these old newspapers?

(3) 以……凑合着用
I can't find the pen, so I shall do with a pencil.

(4) (与 oneself 连用) 使忙碌；有效度过时间
On weekends many people don't know what to do with themselves.

14. the penny dropped: （英口）恍然大悟；突然明白

He stared at me for a long time and the penny dropped.
他盯着我看了很久，恍然大悟。

15. not enough money in it and too much of a nuisance: 在这上面挣不了多少钱，还很麻烦

"much of a" 了不起的；真正的
Although he is a singer, he is not much of an artist.
虽然他是个歌星，但算不上是一个艺术家。
I don't think he will have much of a future.