none too: (在形容词或副词前) 不太；一点都不

The service in this restaurant is none too fast. 这家旅馆的服务一点效率都没有。

anything but: ①除---之外什么都(此处的but等于except)②决不(=not at all)

I eat anything but (except) fish. 除了鱼，我什么都吃。

She is anything but a good cook. 她决不是个好厨师。(即：除了好厨师，她什么都是。)

anything of: ①(疑问句/条件句)一点点；②(否定句)一点也(没有)

Is he anything of a poet? 他有一点点诗人的样子吗？

I haven’t seen anything of him lately. 最近我没有见过他。

for anything: (否定句)(给什么都)不，决不

I won’t go there for anything. 我决不去那里。

or anything: (意味着还有其他的可能性)

If Bernard wants to call me or anything, I’ll be here all day.

如果伯纳德要找我或什么的，我整天都会在这儿。

if anything: 若有任何不同的话

If anything, my new job is harder than my old one.

要说有什么不同的话，我的新工作反而比旧工作要难些。

or something: 或什么的(表示说话者不能肯定)

She is a stewardess or something. 她是空姐或什么的。

something like: 有点像，大约

An airship is shaped something like a cigar. 飞船的形状有点像雪茄。

something of a...: 多少有点，有几分像，略懂

he’s something of a book collector. 他有几分像书籍收藏家。

something to / in: (叙述等)有些道理

There’s something to / in what you say; I’ll take your advice.

你说的有些道理，我会接受你的建议

have / be something to do with: 与……有关

I think Guy Fawkes had / was something to do with a plan to blow up the bridge.

我想盖佛克跟图谋炸毁桥梁有关。

nothing but (= none but = only): 仅仅，只不过

We could see nothing but fog. 除了雾之外我们什么也看不见。

for nothing: ①免费的； ②徒劳的； ③无缘无故的

She got the ticket for nothing. 她免费得到那张票。

All our preparation for nothing! No one’s even come to the party.

我们为宴会所作的准备都白费了! 连一个人都没来。

They quarreled for nothing. 他们无缘无故地争吵。

make nothing of: (常和can一起用)不理解；不重视,轻视 (= think nothing of)

I could make nothing of the passage. 我不理解这篇文章。

He makes / thinks nothing of working ten hours a day. 他不在乎一天工作十小时。

to say nothing of: 更不用说(= not to mention / without mentioning)

Three people were badly hurt, to say nothing of damage to the building.

三个人受了重伤，建筑物的损害更不用说了。

have nothing to do with: 与……无关

I have nothing to do with the accident. 我与这场事故无关。

nothing if not: 格外地；非常地 (= very / much / extremely)

He was nothing if not clever. (= He was very clever.) 他格外聪明。

nothing of: 无……的部分；无……的气质

There was nothing of the lady in her behavior. 她的举止根本没有淑女的气质。