tidy up:收拾,整理
e.g. You'd better tidy up before the guests arrive.
客人们到达前,你最好先把东西整理一下。
e.g. He began to tidy up his desk and finish off the week' s work.
他开始整理书桌,结束一周的工作。
slip away:悄然逝去,悄悄溜走
e.g.She contrived to slip away unobserved in the dusk of the afternoon.
她计划乘黄昏时候人不知鬼不觉地溜走。
e.g.I let the day slip away without doing anything at all.
那一天我什么事情也没做,就让日子白白溜过去了。
at one time or another:曾经
e.g.Most of my friends have cheated on tests in school at one time or another.
我的大多数朋友在学校测验时都作过一两次弊。
e.g.All five permanent members have exercised the veto right at one time or another.
所有五个常任理事国都曾经行使过否决权。
for the first time:首次,第一次
e.g.For the first time I felt repentance and sorrow.
我第一次感到后悔,感到难过。
e.g.Not for the first time Royce was surprised by the old man's perception.
罗伊斯对这个老头的洞察力感到吃惊已不是第一次了。