很多人在收到email习惯回覆”Well received with thanks”。
以为这样是「我收到了，谢谢」。加了一个well在receive之前，好像是表达感激并告诉对方，这信我已读过了。这句话在外国人看来并不是「已读」。
先来看看字典上的解释
before long和long before
This meeting will finish before very long. 比 very long还要之前，到底是久？还是不久？
答案是「很快」，可以用在未来和过去。
swing的用法
If you want an interview with Mr. Musk, I could probably swing it for you.
这裡的swing不是指摇摆，更不是高尔夫裡面的挥杆，而是安排manage to do something，更有种特别「安插、牵线」的意思、使什麽事成功。
三种half的用法
Half当形容词意思是「一半的、正中间的」，meet someone halfway意思是「妥协、让步」，你我各退一步，彼此妥协叫”meet each other halfway”。
然后的七种英文说法
然后无论在中文还是英文中都是使用率很高的词，英文中然后也有很多种说法，就像中文里我们可以使用接着、接下来、之后一样。
不要再只会说Then…Then…Then…了
no difference和no different的区别
no difference是名词短语, no different是形容词短语。
区别：1
2
3This candidate's agenda is no different from that one's.
There is no difference between the agenda of the two candidates.
Check短语的用法
在商业场合中”Check in with someone”指「向人报告，和人取得联繫并确认事情进展顺利」；在生活场合中，”Check in with someone”是「问候平安」。
Wall of Wall Street
In the 1640’s the Dutch inhabitants of New Amsterdam built a 12’ wall to keep the bad hombres out. In 1664 the British ignored the wall and took New Amsterdam by sea. It’s now called New York. They took down the wall and built a street. It’s called Wall Street.
How to cross-compile shadowsocks for Asus router in Ubuntu
Shadowsocks-libev is a lightweight secured SOCKS5 proxy for embedded devices and low-end boxes.
It’s a useful tool for peoples whose cannot access the website like Facebook, Twitter.
Usually, we run it on PC. It’s not environmentally friendly because the computer should power supply 24/7 whether we want to share the Shadowsocks proxy to friends.
To resolve this problem I prefer to run it on a router. In general, routers always running and more power efficient than a computer.
Today, I will show you how to build an arm version Shadowsocks for Asus router. Let’s go.
Important: Ubuntu 16.04 and basic Linux knowledge is necessary.