(1)东西，(事)物(object;sth that is not living)[C]：the best～最好的东西;a terrible/wonderful～可怕/美好的东西;There wasn't a～to eat. 没有一样可吃的东西。understand/remember one～明白/记住一件事;many sweet～s 许多甜食;a～of the past 落伍或过时的东西;

(2)任务;事业;行动;事情(task or deed;any fact，quality，idea，etc that one can think of or refer to)[C]：a difficult～一项艰难的任务;the next～下一步;the general/usual/common～一般/通常/一般的做法; be a wonderful/terrible～ 是美妙的东西/可怕的事;do a boring/wrong/stupid/strange～做令人厌烦/错/傻/莫名其妙的事;deal with this～promptly 立即处理此事;many/a lot of sweet～s on one's mind 某人脑海里浮现的许多/许多甜蜜的事情;great～s 轰轰烈烈的事业;be on to a good～日子混得不错;It's a good～(that)... 幸亏(还好)…… do one's own～随心所欲;first～s first 要紧的事先干;one～after another 接二连三地发生事;what with one～and another 由于事物缠身;a close/near～死里逃生，千钧一发;

(3)最合适，最重要的事物(exactly what is needed or suitable)[sing，the～]：(holiday/weekend) be just the～for sb(假日/周末)是某人最需要的;say the right/nasty～说话得体/不得体;

(4)主题;情况(piece of information;matter of concern)[C]：the main～主题;tell sb a～or two about the project 告诉某人一些有关这个计划的情况;ask sb about another～问某人另一件事;

(5) 1)个人的所有物，服装(possessions;belongings)[pl]：swimming～s 游泳用品;put one's～s on 穿戴好衣服帽子;pack one's～s for a journey 收拾好旅行用的东西;put one's～s in the closet 把自己的东西放进壁橱里; 2)工(用)具(equipment needed for an activity or a special purpose)[pl]：fishing/painting～s 钓鱼/绘画的工具;the tea/the breakfast～s 茶具/早餐用的餐具;3)形势，情况(general state of affairs)[pl]：T～s are getting/going worse (better). 形势越来越糟(好)。T～s are improving. 情况正在改善。think～s over 把情况仔细考虑一下;Don't take～s so seriously. 别把事情看得这么严重。be seeing～s 产生幻觉;all～s considered 就整个情况而言;as～s stand 在目前形势下;

for one thing 首先：She can't help us;for one～she has a child to look after，and for another she lives far away. 她帮不了我们;首先她要照顾小孩，另外，她住得也很远。

have a thing about sb/sth 特别喜欢/厌恶：She has got a～about spiders. 她特别厌恶蜘蛛。She has a～about men in uniform. 她对穿制服的男人有好感(反感)。

know a thing or two 懂行：Bob knows a～or two about sailing. 鲍勃对航海很懂行。

make a thing of sth 大惊小怪，小题大作：Don't make a～of leaving early. It's not important. 不要对早走那么大惊小怪，那不是什么大不了的事。

taking one thing with another 通盘考虑：Well，taking one～with another，that sort of life is not so bad. 全盘考虑起来，那种生活还不错。