1. put someone up
给某人提供临时住宿

◆ Can you put me up for a few days?
你能安排我临时住几天吗？


2. take someone up on something
接受建议、邀请

◆ I might take you up on that.
我可能会接受你的邀请/建议。

也可以用这个表达来接受某人的打赌挑战。

◆ He bet me twenty bucks that I couldn’t get a perfect score, and I took him up on it.
他赌20块我考不好，我决定跟他赌一把。


3. keep one’s options open
等待中，尚未做决定。

◆ I want to keep my options open, so I didn’t sign the contract yet.
我想再等等看，所以还没签合同。


4. You might want to…(do something)
建议某人做某事的礼貌说法。

◆ Honey, you might want to trim that beard.
亲爱的，你是不是该刮刮胡子啦……


5. You don’t want to…
告诫对方不要做某事。

◆ You don’t want to rush things.
不要操之过急。


6. catch up with (someone)
朋友之间彼此了解近况

◆ It was so lovely catching up with you.
能和你聊聊近况真的很开心。