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整理了四個跟book相關的英文用語: read, to read someone like a book, an open book, to be / stay in one's good books

read 看法，值得讀的書
opinion / view; adj+book that is interesting to read
With so many conflicting reports coming out of that country, what is your read on the real situation?
關於那個國家的報導有這麼多矛盾，你對真實的情況有何看法？

Not many writers can have such a detailed understanding of the mindset of those leaders. His latest book is a good read.
只有極少數作家能詳盡地洞悉那些領袖的心態，他最新著作是一本值得看的書。

to read someone like a book 清楚地了解某人的動機、思想等
to understand someone thoroughly
Don't be fooled by his tricks. He will come around eventually. I read him like a book.
不要被他的詭計騙倒，他最終會讓步的。我在太了解他的為人。

★Taylor Swift - Blank space有唱到 I could read you like a magazine 應該是改編自這句

Taylor Swift - Blank space

New money, suit and tie
I can read you like a magazine
Ain't it funny, rumors, lie
And I know you heard about me

So hey, let's be friends
I'm dying to see how this one ends
Grab your passport and my hand
I can make the bad guys good for a weekend

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an open book 胸無城府
sb/sth with nothing to hide 
There's nothing to explain. My life is an open book. Ask my boss, my workers, and my friends.
我沒有什麼事需要解釋，我胸無城府，我的老闆、同事和朋友都可以作證。

to be / stay in one's good books 得到 (某人) 的好感或讚許
to be held / remain in high regard by someone; to be well respected, appreciated
If I want to get ahead in this company, nothing matters more to me than staying in my manager's good books.
倘若我要在這間公司向上爬，沒有任何事比取得老闆的好感更重要。

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2020 Book 17 google解釋不了的英語