stand still 停滯不前 americans believe no one “stands still”！
stands idle 閑著 the room stands idle
stood ready 準備好they stood ready to move at short notice
stand firm 要堅定stand firm-don't let them tell you what to do
stand opposed反對，反抗they stand opposed to the new law
fall belind落后 fall behind in science
commit to 專心于
results in導致，結果是。their dispute resulted in war.
slave to sth被。。。所支配、 nothing but only 只不過是。。。
budget it預算 save it節省 waste it浪費 steal it 擠搶 kill it 消磨
cut it削減 account for it 對。。有責任，對。。。作出解釋。
charge for對。。收費 commitments 承諾 precious resource 珍貴的資源
acute 嚴重的，急劇性的，敏銳的。hourglass沙漏，水漏。replace取代
metaphor暗喻。run out of 用完 patience with 對、、有耐心。put sth.back 放回去。impression印象，感想。pressure壓力。
