1.show off：炫耀
She is showing off her 5 carat diamond ring to her friends again.
她又在向朋友炫耀她那五克拉的钻戒了。
混淆短语：show one's true colors“现出原形，露出真本性
The man showed his true colors as soon as he inherited his father's wealth.
男子一继承父亲的财产，就露出了真面目。
2.show respect to：尊敬
Everyone in the company shows respect to Mr. Wang, the promoter fo the company.
公司里所有人都很敬重公司创始人王先生。
替换短语：look up to：尊重
Everyone in the company looks up to Mr. Wang, the promoter fo the company.
公司里所有人都很敬重公司创始人王先生。
3.shrink away：退缩
The scar on his face makes the children shrink away from him.
他脸上的疤使得孩子们不敢靠近他。
替换短语：move back：退缩
The scar on his face makes the children move back from him.
他脸上的疤使得孩子们不敢靠近他。
4.shut down：关闭
The airport will shut down for a week due to the rainstorm.
机场因暴风雨关闭一个星期。
混淆短语：shut up：闭嘴
The mother shuts her children up so that she could concentrate on her work.
母亲要她的孩子们闭嘴好让她能专心工作。
5.sing another song：改变作风
To their surprise, Mike sang another song this time to approve their proposal.
他们惊讶的是，迈克这次居然改变作风接受了他们的提案。
6.slow down：减速
You should slow down when drive in the neighborhood of a school.
在学校附近地区驾驶时，应减慢速度。
7.smooth over：（1）掩饰；（2）平息
（1）The man tried to smooth over his awkwardness when being aksed an embarrassing question.
当被问到一个令人为难的问题时，这个男人试图掩饰他的尴尬。
（2）The man tried to smooth over the disagreement between him and his wife by apologizing first.
男子试着先以道歉来平息他和太太之间的争执。
8.solution to：……的解决方法
Up to now， the team hasn't found a solution to the problem.
目前为止，该团队还没找到解决问题的方法。
9.speak the truth：说真话
The deponent took an oath to speak the truth.
证人发誓会说真话。
混淆短语：speak for oneself：为自己辩护，陈述自己的意见。
I don't know what other people think, but at least I can speak for myself.
我不知其他人怎么想的，但至少我能陈述自己的观点。
10.spill one's guts：告密
Jimmy is such a plague that he always spills other people's guts.
吉米真是个讨厌鬼，他老是告别人的密。