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1. We have the necessary tools in hand.
我们手边有各式工具可使用。
2. We have the problem in hand.
问题已在我们掌握中。
Joe's Date-(乔的约会)
A：And then we went to a dance after dinner, and after the third dance she tells me that she's practically engaged to some G.I. who's overseas.
那样，晚饭后我们去跳舞，跳完第三只舞她告诉我，其实她已经同一位海外的大兵订婚了。
B：So?
这没什么。
A：What do you mean by "so"? You don't accept dates if you're practically engaged.
你说"这没什么"是什么意思？既然你已订婚，就不应再接受约会。
B：Why not? You only asked her for a date, not for her hand in marriage.There's nothing wrong in going out with a friend from the office.
为什么不可以？你只不过是请她赴约会，又不是向她求婚。同办公室的一位朋友出去玩玩并没有什么不对。
A：I know, but it makes me mad.
我知道，不过这使我很恼火。
B：They're all engaged, and they never tell you before you ask them out.
她们都订婚了，而如果你不问她们，她们从不告诉你。
洗衣服务
A：What are your rates of laundry service?
洗衣服务怎么收费？
B：There's a rate chart in your folder in the dresser drawer, sir.
在您的梳妆台抽屉里有价格表，先生。
A：I see. Well, would you please send someone to Room 528 to pick up some laundry for me?
我知道了。请派人来528房间好吗？我有衣服要洗。
B：Yes, sir. I'll send someone immediately.
好的，先生。我立即派人去。 ……
A：I'd like to have these clothes washed.
我想把这些衣服洗一下。
B：Could you please fill out the laundry form?
请填一下这张洗衣表好吗？
A：OK. By the way, I'd like my silk shirt to be handwashed. Please use cold water, then it doesn't shrink.
好的。我希望我的丝绸衬衣用手洗。请用冷水。那样它就不会缩水了。
B：By hand in cold water. I see.
手洗，用冷水。我明白。
A：I need them to be washed right away. Can you have them finished by tomorrow morning?
我需要快点洗出来。明天早晨怎么样？
B：Sorry, it won't be possible. It's already 10 o'clock. I'm afraid it's too late for today's laundry.Tomorrow afternoon is the soonest.
对不起，这不可能。现在已经10点了。恐怕赶不上今天的洗衣时间了。最快也得明天下午。
A：Oh, no! I have a date at 11:00 tomorrow.
我的天！我明天11点有个约会。
B：We have a special three-hour service. We will deliver it within 3 hours, but it is 35% extra charge.
我们有一个3小时特殊服务。3个小时内我们能将洗好的衣服给您送去，不过要加收35%的费用。
A：I guess that will have to do.
好象也没有什么其他好办法了。
1. 在进行中,待办理：in front of 面对,在......前 | in half 成两半 | in hand 在进行中,待办理
2. 在掌握中,在控制中：in general / / 通常,大体上 | in hand / / 在掌握中,在控制中 | in honour of / / 为纪念,向...表示敬意
3. (工作等)在进行中;在控制中：hand in hand 手拉手;密切关联地,同时并进地 | in hand (工作等)在进行中;在控制中 | on hand 在手边,在近处
4. 现有在手头;在进行中：in half 成两半 | in hand 现有在手头;在进行中 | in itself 本质上,就其本身而言
1. The business model during that period attempted to get the upper hand in competition through the growth of liability.
2. in hand
2. Buyers need to hand over their ID cards and driving licenses, while their details and those of sellers will also be recorded in the dealer's computer.
3. Farmers were having to harvest crops which fell over in the storms by hand, then reseeding fields.
4. He started skateboarding in 1989 with a skateboard his father made by hand.
5. The village has 151 wells dug by hand by several generations over a hundred years in the quest for water.
6. They do most of the work by hand, often at home or in small village workshops.
7. in hand
7. Most buildings in that region are small farmhouses made by hand from mud and stone.
8. in hand的解释
8. I just help them by instinct when I discover passengers in need of a helping hand on their way home.
9. in hand
9. Hu will hand Bush a silk edition of the book produced by the State Council Information Office's foreign language press in Beijing.
10. He blogged his actions and deepest thoughts in real time, using a cellphone that seemed glued to his hand.
adv
1. under control
e.g. the riots were in hand