WORDS AND USAGE

　　Spree (noun)

　　●A spell or sustained period of unrestrained activity of a particular kind.（狂热，无节制的行为）

　　Examples:　　

　　1.Twenty people were shot dead in the city, making it the worst killing spree since the riots.　　

　　2.We became friends, and went on a shopping spree in Oxford Street.

　　Go from bad to worse (idiom)

　　●To become more unpleasant, unacceptable, or difficult than a situation already was.

（愈来愈糟，每况愈下）

Examples:　　

　　1.Under the new management things have gone from bad to worse.　　

　　2.If these new laws are passed, the homelessness crisis will go from bad to worse.

　　Not scruple to do sth (phrase)

　　●To be willing to do something even though it may be wrong or may upset people.

（毫无顾忌，不顾一切）

　　Examples:　　

　　1.They did not scruple to bomb innocent civilians.　　

　　2.He wouldn't scruple to cheat his own mother if there was money in it for him.

　　In the hands of sb, in sb's hands (idiom)

　　●Controlled or owned by someone.

　　（由…所控制／掌握／拥有）

　　Examples:　　

　　1.A large percentage of the nation's wealth is in the hands of a very, very few people.　　

　　2.It was to discourage concentration of property in the hands of a few great landowners.

　　Sell like hot cakes (idiom)

　　●To be sold very fast.（热销，畅销）

　　Examples:　　

　　1.The new computer game is apparently selling like hot cakes.　　

　　2.I'm told that tickets for the annual dinner dance are selling like hot cakes.