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A：What is wrong with you? Your face is swollen.
B：My jaw aches.I do not know why.
A：Let me see.No wonder it hurts.One of your teeth looks decayed.You had better see a dentist right away.
B：Do you think so？I have been putting it off.To tell the honest truth，dentists scared me.I get cold feet when i have to go to one.
A：Do not be foolish.You’d be better off seeing one.I will make an appointment for you
B：Okay.I might as well go.But find me one who does not hurt.
No wonder 难怪 it is not surprising
Eg：难怪你这么累.你今天走了十几里. No wonder you are tired.You walkedmore than ten miles today
Eg：难怪你找不到这本书，它掉到椅子背后了 No wonder you could not find the book.It had fallen behind the chair.
Right away 立刻 immediately /at once
Eg：我们最好马上出发，不然会迟到的 We had better leave right away，or we will arrive late.
Put off 推迟 postpone，delay
Eg：由于天气原因，我们只好把野餐推迟到下个星期 Because of the weather，we had to put
Our picnic off until next Sunday.
Eg：今天能做的的事切记不要推迟到明天.Never put off what you can do today till tomorrow.
Get cold feet 失掉勇气，临阵畏缩 become very caution：be afraid to do sth.
Eg： 约翰想向维拉求婚，可有临阵退宿了 John wanted to ask Vera to marry him，but he got cold feet.
Eg：戴安娜对即将到来的婚礼没有信心了 Diana got cold feet about her upcoming wedding.
Be better off 境况好些 be better on a long-term basis
Eg：我认为在这种大热天待在阴凉处要舒服些 I think we would be better off in the shade on this hot day.
Might as well 不防 it is a good idea to do sth although not of major importance.
Eg: 没有什么值得看的电视节目，我们不妨睡觉吧 There is nothing worth watching （on the television），so we might as well go to bed
Eg：这道甜食我还是不吃了吧 I might as well give the sweet course a miss
