By cutting expenditure on health care, I feel we are taking a backward step to the bad old days. 我觉得削减医疗保健开支是一种倒退，会使我们回复到以前那种糟糕的状态。

They've made a real dog's breakfast of that display.

Could there have been a confusion of identities? 会不会是认错人了？

Keeping quiet turned out to be a serious error of judgment. 保持缄默证明是个严重的判断失误。

There are serious flaws in the way we train our teachers. 我们培训教师的方法有严重缺陷。

The President's hot mic moment defined his trip to South Korea.

The report contains several glaring inaccuracies. 该报告中有几处明显不够准确的陈述。

youthful indiscretions 青年人的轻率行为

The question is open to misconception. 这个问题容易被人误解。

Hundreds of children end up in hospital after some preventable mishap. 数以百计的儿童因发生了本可避免的小事故而住进医院。

Make sure there can be no misinterpretation of what was intended. 要确保对所计划的东西没有任何误解。

The attack was a case of mistaken identity.

There's been a misunderstanding: Mr Jones isn't expecting you until tomorrow. 有个误会：琼斯先生本来预计你明天来。

Employees were paid late due to an oversight in the accounting department. 由于会计部门的疏忽，雇员们的工资迟发了。

There's been a big screw-up with the mailing list – no one's received the invitations. 邮寄名单全乱套了，没人收到邀请函。

political/economic suicide 断送自己的政治/经济前途之举

I fell into the trap of putting work before family. 我误以为工作比家庭重要。

The figure of £10 million was a serious underestimate. 1,000万英镑这个数目是被大大低估了。