Day 14
Chapter 8-9
Thoughts
Summary
words & expressions
tour of duty
case in point
cross fingers
cross your fingers
used to say that you hope something will happen in the way you want
She hung the washing out, then crossed her fingers for a dry day.
The exam’s at two. Will you keep your fingers crossed for me?
原文參考:
Three days later, in Kwaj, SpaceX’s engineers fueled up the Falcon 1 and crossed their fingers.
push forward
push yourself forward phrasal verb
British English to try to make other people notice you
Rupert was a quiet type, not one to push himself forward.
原文參考:
A traditional aerospace company would not have wanted the added risk, but Musk insisted that SpaceX