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at ease [ relaxed and comfortable ] 舒服；自在；不拘束

     I don’t feel at ease driving when there is lots of traffic.

       當交通繁忙時，我就不覺得開車愜意了。

     You can’t feel at ease with a toothache.

        在牙痛時，你不可能感覺舒服。

     I never feel completely at ease with him.

        【註】參見ill at ease

    . relax [r0}l$ks] v. 放鬆；鬆弛 toothache [}tuL`ek] n. 牙痛   ache [ek] n. 痛

at fault [ responsible for an error or failure; to blame ] 有過失；應受譴責

     In any automobile accident, it is almost always the car in back which is at fault.

        在每次車禍中，幾乎總是後面的車子有過失。

     When a marriage breaks up it is very hard to say who is at fault.

     The teacher was at fault for not telling the child’s parents.

    . fault [fClt ] n. 缺失；過錯   responsible [r0}spAnsDbDl ] adj.負責的；應負責的

     error [}GrQ ] n. 過失；錯誤   failure [}feljQ ] n.失敗

     automobile [}CtDmD`bil ] n. 汽車

* at first [ originally; in the beginning ] 起初

     At first she seemed to find English very difficult, but later she made very

     good progress.

       起初她似乎覺得英文很難，但後來卻進步神速。

     He didn’t like his job at first but later got used to it.

        一開始他不喜歡他的工作，但後來就逐漸習慣了。

   at full speed [ as fast as possible ] 全速地

     The motor was running at full speed.

        車子全速奔馳。

     John finished his running at full speed.

        約翰盡全速跑完賽跑。

    . motor [}motQ] n. 汽車

* at hand [ near; close by ] (時間) 近了；(空間) 在附近= close /near at hand

     With the holiday season at hand, everyone is very excited.

        當假期接近時，每個人都很興奮。

     She was at hand when he needed her.

        當他需要她時，她就在附近。

   Help is always at hand if you need it.

     I always keep my calculator close at hand.

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