whiff (of sth)

一点儿气味;一股气味:

He caught a whiff of perfume as he leaned towardsher.

他倚向她时闻到一股香水味。

inhale sth

吸入;吸气

Local residents needed hospital treatment after inhaling fumes from the fire.

当地居民吸入了大火的浓烟,需要入院治疗。

date back (to...); date from...

追溯到;始于;自…至今:

The college dates back to medieval times.

这所学院创办于中世纪。

get up; get sb up

(使)起床

He always gets up early.

他一向起得早。

be meant to be sth

被普遍认为是:

This restaurant is meant to be excellent.

都说这家饭店很棒。

get on to sth

开始讨论,转而谈论(新课题):

It's time we got on to the question of costs.

我们该讨论成本问题了。