Put some teeth in your position when you speak to the teen-agers. （对青少年说话时，必须表明你认真的立� ＃㊣ have to put teeth in my conviction that capital punishment is wrong.（我坚信我的立场，死刑
Put some teeth in your position when you speak to the teen-agers.
（对青少年说话时，必须表明你认真的立场。）I have to put teeth in my conviction that capital punishment is wrong.（我坚信我的立场，死刑是错误的。）
（注：put teeth in 的後面多半跟 decision, position, stand, conviction 等单字，尤其 decision 最常用。）
15. to have a heart-to-heart talk：意思是诚恳的谈论（to discuss something sincerely）。
例如：Let's talk heart-to-heart about heart problem.（让我们诚恳地讨论有关心脏问题。）
Let's have a heart-to-heart talk about this topic.（让我们诚恳地讨论这个议题。）
I have had a heart-to-heart talk（或 conversation）with my department chairperson. （我与系主任有个真诚坦率的交谈）。（当形容词用。）
We had a nice heart-to-heart插入。.（我们有个倾心的交谈。）（当名词用）
（所以heart-to-heart 可当名词或形容词使用。）
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