L22 By heart

Words & Expressions

*for days/weeks/years on end, for many days, weeks years etc without stopping

--Lately she stays in her house for days on end, goes out only to get food.

*line:words[countable]. 

a) a line of written words, for example in a poem or a document 

--He quoted a few lines from Shakespeare.

--Scroll down to line 29.

b) a remark 

--This was one of his favorite chat-up lines(=remark for impressing someone you want to attract).

c) [usually plural]words that someone has to learn and say as part of a play or performance

--Paul often messed up his lines.

--It always took me ages to learn my lines.

*much to somebody's something给某人带来很大的...

much to somebody’s surprise/embarrassment etc

--Much to the aristocrat's amusement 贵族感到可笑的是...

--Much to my relief, the conversation turned to another topic.

*by heart, when you know something by heart, you remember all of it exactly

--Actors have to learn their lines by heart.

*gaoler/warden 监狱长

Sentences

One would expect them(the actors) to know their parts by heart and never have cause to falter. 

Yet there is not always the case.情况并非总是如此。

Pronunciations

kiss/case: 注意/i/和/ei/的区别

aristocrat 英音[ˈærɪstəkræt]美音[əˈrɪstəkræt]

资产阶级bourgeois [ˌbʊrˈʒwɑ:]

无产阶级proletariate [proʊle'teərɪrt]