1)fritter away：浪费
2)knock it off：住口；别闹了
3 )wimp out：退缩
4)gourmet：美食家
5)rein in：reduce；take control of 减少；控制
The council wants to rein in its spending on sports facilities.
6)a slap on the wrist：a mild punishment for a crime or some offence轻微处罚
7)throw some book at sb.：punish sb. as severely as possible 严惩；给...以最严厉的惩罚
8)is not all that ：just a little 不是那么；只是有点儿
9)jog the memory：
If something or someone jogs your memory, they cause you to suddenly remember something that you had forgotten. 唤起某人的记忆
Police have planned a reconstruction of the crime tomorrow in the hope that this will jog the memory of passersby.
警方已计划明天再现犯罪过程，希望以此唤起过路人的记忆。
10)get cracking：work fast； start working hard 开始工作；大干
11)back to square one：back to the beginning 从头再来
12)the state of play：the current situation 当前情况
I HAVE spent a lot of time IN my current occupation but it does not seem TO HAVE PROSPECTS FOR me but rather IT SHOWS the LOW cost fallacy in terms of the state of play in my city. So, I think i WILL go back to square one and enter a university TO GET a new occupation.
13)last ditch(last-ditch effort)：最后手段；最后防线
14)square up：a)square up to：stand against 坚决面对对We have to square up to the problem.我们得正视这个问题。
b)square up with：to make payments even 清账
15)hang on (someone's) lips：洗耳恭听
To listen very closely, intently, or with obsequious attention to what someone is saying. I'm all ears.
The politician was so charismatic that he had even his detractors hanging on his lips.
这位政治家很有魅力，连他的诋毁者都在洗耳恭听。