2）to exert oneself 尽力

前面以出现了不少种“尽力”的表达方法，归纳如下：

to do one’s best/utmost

to try one’s best /utmost

to make an effort

to do everything possible

to do everything possible

to employ all possible means

例句：

We hope you will do everything possible to expand business between us.

我们希望你尽一切可能扩大我们之间的贸易。

Manufactures are exerting themselves to step up production.

厂方正在竭尽全力加快生产。

Make a special effort, please, Timely delivery measn a lot to us.

请特别加一把劲吧。及时交体贴对我们关系可大了。

7. We’ll set about booking the shipping space immediately.

我们马上就着手订舱。

set about 着手/开始干某事

Let’s set about our discussion at once. We can’t afford to lose time.

我们立即开始讨论吧，我们时间很紧。

As soon as your L/C arrives we’ll set about making delivery of the goods.

你方信用证一到，我们就着手发运货物。

7．Please see that the L/C remains valid until the fifteenth day after date of sipment.

  请将信用证有效期保留到装船后第15天为止。

  valid a. 有效的  validity n.有效（期）

  The letter of credit is valid until August 31.

信用证有效期到8月31日截止。

We’d like your offer to remain valid for one week.

我们希望你们报盘的有效期保持一周。

After another week the credit will lose its validity.

再过一周，信用证便要失效了。

You must accept the offer within the validity. Otherwise we’ll withdraw it.

你必须在报盘有效期内接受此盘。否则我们将撤盘。

1.       Well, I’ll take a careful onto of what you say.

好的，我对此将给予注意。

take note(of) 注意到，留意

I have taken a carefully note of your suggestions and hope to give a detailed reply to each of them soon.

我已经注意到你的建议，并望不久可对每项建议给予详细答复。

Take note (of) what I say and please don’t forget it.

留意我说的话，请别忘了。

At the same time, we must take note of the fact that the quality of the goods is very uneven.

同时，我们必须指出，货物的质量很不稳定。