2012-07-04

decriminalisation
legalising certain drugs

a straight talker
a person who speaks honestly and simply

a heroin overdose

think tank
=>a group of experts brought together, usually by a government, to develop ideas on a particular subject and to make suggestions for action
research organisation which makes recommendations to the government

deliberate
=> (often of something bad) intentional or planned
a deliberate attack/insult/lie
We made a deliberate decision to live apart(分居) for a while.
=>describes a movement, action or thought which is done carefully without hurrying
From her slow, deliberate speech I guessed she must be drunk.

deliberately
=> intentionally
I'm sure he says these things deliberately to annoy me.
=>slowly and carefully
Calmly and deliberately, she poured petrol over the car and set it alight.

to have a crack at it
to have a crack at something means to have a go or to try something.

correspondent 通讯记者；通信者

Be off to somewhere
Today we're off to the theatre

Be off to do sth
I'm off to see the president.
我这就去见经理

insider

skin the cat
=>Term refers to a task which has several ways by which it can be completed. Often used in the expression "there are many ways to skin the cat" or by using "skin this cat" in place of "skin the cat."