第一，迷你对话

A: Than you for lending me the book.

谢谢你借书给我。

B: Sure. But it's very difficult one, you need to have a dictionary at your elbow.

不用谢！但是这本书内容非常难，你得手边需要一本字典。

A: But I'm not used to looking up every new word when I'm reading a novel. I only look up the most necessary ones.

但是，我阅读书籍时，不习惯去查每一个新词，只查最必要的词语。

第二，地道表达

at one's elbow

1. 解词释义

At one's elbow的意思是：在手边，在身边，很近。

2. 拓展范例

E.g. Her mother was always at her elbow to help her.

她妈妈经常在她身边帮助她。

E.g. Mr. Chalfont felt scandal at his elbow.

查尔方特先生感到马上就要当场出丑。

E.g. The president's wife was always at his elbow whenever an important decision had to be taken.

凡要做出重大决定时，总统夫人总是不离左右，随时给他提出建议。

E.g. She stayed up all night writing the paper with a pot of coffee at her elbow.

她熬了一整夜写论文,身边放着一壶咖啡。

第三，好词妙语

be used to：习惯于做.....

E.g. She isn't used to living in the countryside now.

她不习惯在乡下生活。

look up a word：查字典

E.g. Go and get a dictionary and we'll look the word up.

去拿词典来, 我们查查这个字。

E.g. The primary meaning of the word isn't used now, but you can look it up in a big dictionary.

这个字的本义现在不用了,但你可以在大字典里查到。

E.g. When you do not understand a word, you can look it up in this dictionary.

当你不懂一个单词时,可以查这本词典。

E.g. How am I supposed to look up a word I don't know how to spell?

我怎么去查一个我不会拼的字？