1. You better not break ranks.

你最好不要拆大家的台。

2. I was very dejected.

我沮丧极了。

3. I only received the results at the eleventh hour.

在最后关头我才收到了成绩。

4. You laid it on with a trowel.

你太会拍马屁了吧。

5. There’s safety in numbers.

人多安全。

6. She started to launch a charm offensive.

她开始施展魅力攻势。

7. Don’t let success go to your head.

不要让胜利冲昏了头脑。

8. Stop shedding crocodile tears.

别假惺惺的。

9. That’s a special pleading.

那是强词夺理。

10. Don’t be such an ostrich¹.

不要逃避现实。