and three is six. HjjpH^AAo o How
much is a thousand pounds in euros? — A0 Let
x be the sum of a and b. i£ x fj a jjp b Afno o
) o 15 linking verb [V-N] ~
everything, nothing, etc.
(to sb) used to say how important sth is to sb ( AAXt
AA^JltJc'14 ) : Money isn’t everything (= it is not the only important
thing). — ( AJiPt — SHW
)
0 o A thousand dollars is nothing to somebody as rich as he is.
A o ITiTOl Most idioms containing
be are at the entries for the nouns and adjectives in the idioms, for example be
the death of sb is at death. A be PiJ
J(P be the death of sb
/EiaJA death; A* the ,be-all and 'end-all (of sth) (informal) the
most important part; all that matters Her
career
is the be-all and
end-all of her existence.
—‘‘kOo
as/that was as sb/sth used to be called :
Jill Davis that was
(=
before her marriage) ( jiff ) AAA • ft 3t$r 0
the
front of the entrance! A A$ fE A W £ A D n ff! — see also go and do sth at go v. if it wasn’t/weren’t
for used
to say that sb/sth stopped sb/sth from happening ( & A/ ) ; ♦A:
If it weren’t
for you, I wouldn’t be
alive today. jlP^Ail#, f£AAA .leave/,let sb/sth
'be to
leave sb/sth alone without disturbing them or it [?!••• A; A/
:
Leave her be, she obviously doesn’t want to talk about it. fjftMMT, 0 Let
the poor
dog be (= don’t annoy it).
#1 il#3ftT (
'£ ) o -to-be (in compounds Wl'pi^)
future
his bride-to-be 0 mothers-to-be (= pregnant
women) l&MM ( )
m auxiliary verb
1
used with a past participle to form the passive (
killed in the war. Itk-AAii*/; ^ 1A 0
Where were they made? JikAiPMit'JiiifriJ? 0 The house was still
being built. A „ 0 You will be told what to do.
2
used with a present participle to form progressive tenses I
) : lam studying
Chinese. f>Xa 0
I’ll be seeing him soon. II 'A t% Jc JSL ?>J
flk T „ 0 What
have you been doing this
week? ft’ ;A
? 0 I’m always being criticized. & fk 31
#fc if „
3
used to make question tags (= short questions
added to the end of
statements) ( M A 5. ;lc j'pj AJ ) : You’re not hungry, are you?
$vAt&, BE ? o Ben’s
coming, isn’t he? Ale A, J|:AII? o The old theatre was pulled down, wasn’t it? % #F T , /j-
A ?
4
used to avoid repeating the full form of a
verb in the
passive or a progressive
tense ( ^ Stl iff jffi fr Bt A
A ) : Karen wasn’t
beaten in any of her games, but all the others were. A ffe A ft If if
f«I A IT {fi #r A^f&AO !Are you coming with
us?’ ‘No, I’m not. ’ fl] — &
A ^ ? ” “ A, Sc A
To”
5 ~ to do sth used to
say what must or should be done ( ) : I am to call them once
I reach the airport, —ftfcf#tT 0 You
are to report this to the police. 0
What is
to be done about this
problem? Al'nJ^P
6
~ to do sth used to say what is arranged to happen ( ^
A 3c j# $Jff'f ) : They are to be
married in
June. fMlit$jTAa fA£n
j#0 7 ~ to do sth used to
say what happened later ( ) : He
was to
regret that decision for the
rest of his life (= he did regret it). tb A^o
8 ~ not,
never,
etc. to be done used to say what could not or did not happen (
^AA) : Anna was nowhere to be found (= we could not find her
anywhere), ft f|j 31HP A 3\ A 0 0 He was
never to see his wife again (= although he did not know it would be so at
the time, he did not see her again).