*I am a glass half full kind of person. 意指樂觀之人
*I am a glass half empty kind of person 意指悲觀之人
*I am as happy as a clam. 非常高興之意
*I am concerned about your safety/health.
*I am fit to be tied! 沒輒了(想不出辦法解決時可說)
*I am in between jobs. 目前待業中
*I am self employed. 自己開店當老闆
*I am so sorry to hear about that. My condolence, to you and your family.
- iced(冰過的) tea/coffee 冰茶/冰咖啡
- ideology 思想體系；意識形態
- iffy=uncertain, not sure
- ignite 點燃；激起
*I just snapped! 我受夠了
*I left my phone behind. 我忘了帶電話
- infuse into 注入；灌溉
- introvert 內向之人
*I never saw it coming (從沒想到) that Congress passed the terrible tax bill.
*I want my speech to hit close to home, so that people know I am in touch with their needs.
*I want to spend the rest of my life (in) teaching Chinese.
*I would like to make a toast to John & Mary.
*May they have a long and happy marriage.
*I'd like a tax refund on this.
*I'd like an east-facing room with a double bed.(雙人床)
- illuminate 照亮；啟發；使容光煥發
*I'll put you through. 轉接電話
*I'm all ears!
*I'm going bananas! 不順之時所發之語=I'm going crazy.=I'm going nuts.=I'm losing my mind.
- imminent 即將發生的
*I'm pulling my hair out. 因煩惱而抓頭髮(很困擾煩惱之意)
- immerse 沈浸；埋首於；深陷於
*She was immersed in her work. 她埋頭工作
*He was immersed in debts. 他負債累累
- impetus n. 推動；促進；衝力
- implicit 不言明的；內隱的
- imply 隱喻；隱含
- impulsive 易衝動的
- in between jobs 待業中
- incandescent 白熱的
- incidental=some simple things that are useful but not so important 附帶事件；雜項
- incite=cause, provoke
- inclement=unpleasantly cold, wet, etc. 天氣險惡的
be at the mercy of inclement weather 遇到無法控制的壞天氣
- incline v. 傾向於；n. 斜坡
*I am inclined to agree with you. 我同意你的看法
- inconspicuous=not easily seen or noticed 不顯著的
- incredible=extremely good, large, or great
- incredulous=unwilling to believe sth
- incumbent 現任的；現任者
- indict (起訴) sb for sth
- indispensable 必須的；不可少的
- indispensable=necessary 不可少的；必需的
- indulge 沈迷於
- indulge 沈迷於
*Some parents indulge their children.
- indulgent 溺愛放縱的
*She is indulgent to her grandchildren.
- inevitable=unavoidable 不可避免的
- infer=to form an opinion that sth is probably true because of the information that you have
- inflection 聲音轉調
- infringe 違反；侵害
- infringement 侵害；違反
*patent infringement 侵犯專利權
- infuriate 使生氣
- infuriating 令人大怒的
- ingrain 使根深蒂固
- inherent=intrinsic 內在的；固有的
*The problems you mention are inherent in the system.
- inside out 反面了；裡朝外
*He puts his shirt on inside out. =His shirt is inside out. 他襯衫穿反了
- insomnia 失眠
- inspire loads of (=tons of 許多) artists and writers
- instigate 慫恿；煽動
- instigate=to provoke anger or a fight 慫恿；唆使
- integer 整數
- integral 完整的；不可缺的；積分的；積分
- interfere (with) 妨礙；介入
- in the groove 處於最佳狀態
- intimate=private and personal
- intravenous infusion 靜脈注射
- intuition 直覺
- invert 使顛倒
- invoke 祈求；喚起；訴諸(=state sth)
- irritate=to make someone feel annoyed or impatient
- irritable 易怒的；皮膚過敏的
- irritable 易怒的；急躁的；皮膚過敏的
- irritation 惱怒；生氣；發炎疼痛
*It all boils down/comes down to sth 最後的結果是...
- itinerary=travel schedule 旅行計劃路線
*Leave your itinerary so that we can reach you in case of emergency.
*It just pushed me over the edge! 意指事情太多超過負荷
*It's as clear as a bell.
*It's crystal clear. 非常清楚
*It's driving me up the wall!
*I've kinda lost track myself.
- jack/jane of all trades=a person able to do a variety of different jobs, he/she is versatile in his/her job skills.
- jeopardize 危及
- juxtapose 將...並列
- khaki pants 卡其褲
- kick off=start officially
- kindle 點燃；激起熱情；發亮
*Her eyes kindled with joy.
- kitten heels 中低根高根鞋（3.5~5 cm)
- knee-high boots 長馬靴
- knotty=difficult
- lackluster 無光澤的；無生氣的
- lacto-ovo vegetarian 奶蛋素者
- lacto-vegetarian 奶素者
- ladybird 瓢蟲
- land a job=get a job
- landslide 山崩
- latter 後者(the second of two), or the last in a list just mentioned
- lavish=expensive and fancy 非常慷慨浪費的
- lax 鬆弛的
- layaway 分期付款購物方案
- lean on the backrest of the chair 靠在椅背上
- leave out 省去；遺漏
- let loose=relax
*Let me call IT to help you out.
*Please log out and back in, that might help.
- lethargy 疲倦(多指心情上的)；沒有力氣也沒有興趣做事
- levee 堤防；堤岸
- level off 成長停滯(=stop growing)
- lexical chuck 數個字連在一起的名詞或形容詞或片語
- light (up) a candle/match
- light bulb 電燈泡
*Like father, like son.
*Like father, like son. 有其父必有其子
- Like I said 如我先前說的=As I previously reported
- like-minded 看法相同的；志趣相近的
- liner note 唱片(封套)小冊子
- literal 照字面的；原義的
- live in the moment 活在當下
- loanword 外來語
- lock myself out (因忘了帶鑰匙)被鎖門
- lofty=idealistic
- lose one's cool <---> keep one's cool=calm down
- lose track of 迷失；失去...線索
- lost leader 以低於成本價銷售的商品(以此吸引更多客人上門)
- loveseat 兩人座沙發
- lucrative 賺錢的
- lumbar support 腰靠
- lush=luxurious
