(1) be across to 是……的责任（或任务）
1. It is across to you.
这是你的事了。
2. I've finished the drafting of our plan, and the proof-reading is across to you.
我已完成我们计划的草拟任务，校核就是你的事了。
(2) act and deed 字据；有约束力的契约
I deliver this as my act and deed.
立此字据（字据签名前用语）。
(3) act out(1. perform 2. carry out) 1.表演 2.实行
1.Everybody laughed when he acted out the role of a thief.
当他表演小偷时，人们哄堂大笑。
2. We must act out the regulation to the letters.
我们必须一丝不苟地实行这些规章制度。
(4) act up(1.go wrong 2.make trouble) 1.出毛病 2.捣蛋
1.The car is acting up again.
这汽车又出毛 了。
2.If you're going o act up,you can't go to Grandma's.
你要是胡闹，就不让你到外婆家去。
(5) act up to(do according to） 遵照（原则等）办事；履行（诺言等）
1.We've been acting up to the principles.
我们一直按照原则办事。
2.Once you make a promise, you'll have to act up to it.
一旦做出允诺，就要履行诺言。
(6) read the Riot Act（向闹事的群众)宣读“取缔闹事法”（勒令散去）；（谑）（对吵闹的小孩）加以训斥；提出警告
(7) Riot Act ——取缔闹事法(1715年英王乔治一世所须布的法令）
1. Here, you children, your father has already read the Riot Act. So off you go to bed at once.
喂，孩子们；“爸爸向你们提出警告了，赶快去睡觉吧。
2. She really read him the Riot Act when he broke the window.
他在打玻窗户时被地狠狠地训斥了一顿。
(8) Actions speak louder than words. 行动胜于语官。
(9) as old as Adam 很古很古的；陈年老账，早已过时的
The news is as old as Adam.
这新闻平已过时了。
(10) add fuel to the flames 火上浇油
He is in a mood now, and it'll be like adding fuel to flames if you tell him the bad news now.
他现在心情不好，如果你现在告诉他这坏消息就等于火上浇油。
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