2019.9.16 | Day 6(Page101-125):
注意發(fā)音:girl,turn,learn
good/ɡ?d/ ,full/f?l/,fool/fu?l/? ? ?可發(fā)音為?
garage美音 /ɡ?'rɑ?/
除語調(diào)上揚,停頓,拉長元音都可讀出強(qiáng)調(diào)。
rule out=prohibit
stick my arms out to break my fall 防止摔得很重
see me humiliate/embarrass myself=put myself on the spot讓自己出丑/尷尬
I fired him on the spot. 當(dāng)場開除“就地正法”
chip 打破,弄缺 chip a tooth
chip in 插話谨垃;湊錢買
clip-on tie/earrings 夾上去的
have stage fright疚颊,panic attack,stomach jump 怯場,緊張
suck it up忍著蔚万,忍氣吞聲,逆來順受
...and the next thing you know,...
four beats to the bar 每小節(jié)四拍
hold sth over sb's head 威脅
the words TO the song 歌詞,dance TO the music 舞曲
tip off 給...提示/信息(tip n.貼士)
learn...the hard way吃了很多苦頭/費一番功夫园欣,明白/學(xué)會了...
be on and off 分分合合
cry(shout) out
If looks could kill,us trees would be dead. 眼神能殺人
in the first place當(dāng)初
more often than not 經(jīng)常
If one good thing came out of/in...(look on the bright side)從好的一面來看
and stuff like that等等=and whatnot
give me some big-brotherly advice
hook me up(with) 幫sb搞到sth休蟹,有應(yīng)必求沸枯,介紹兩人認(rèn)識,在一起
in a roll連續(xù)
喋喋不休,沒完沒了,叨叨個沒完:Don't get it started赂弓,or he'll never let me hear the end of that.
sth is basically ...kind of thing where.... 介紹sth
口語描述職業(yè)用 man,guy,dude:
Giving Tree guy绑榴,makeup guy/dude化妝師,camera guy攝影師盈魁,weatherman天氣預(yù)報員
yam山藥? sweetpotato紅薯;山芋;甘薯
It's no lie.不是瞎說翔怎,我不騙你
eat( that stuff) up 吃這一套,budge買帳,fall for輕信
tear open the gift/wrapping paper 撕開赤套,kick open the door 踢開
8*(讀by)10 picture
be in deep water遇到麻煩
pull it off 成功做成/做得到某事飘痛,轉(zhuǎn)移注意力
I can't pull it off.臣妾做不到啊。
送禮:
-You really shouldn't have.But I'm so glad you did.I just love it.=太客氣了容握,謝謝
-Just a little sth./ small token / small gesture.沒什么宣脉,小小心意,小意思剔氏,客氣客氣
-Oh,It's not necessary.
-No.It was nothing.
parents /'p?r?nt/eat /i?t/that stuff up
2019.9.17 | Day 7(Page126-150):
利用google image表情包學(xué)英文~
I didn't do a good job of hiding my disoppointment.
I didn't have the heart勇氣 to tell Dad that I kind of lost interest in...
do some reps(representative) 表示一下 意思意思
cost a (small) fortune/'f?rt??n/ 花了一大筆錢= cost you an arm and a leg
I ripped open the package and pulled out my present.
riptide激流
throw in the towel 放棄塑猖,破罐破摔(投降,我認(rèn)了谈跛,丟白毛巾)
count on you 靠你了
連讀motorcycle or something
It works like a charm.真管用羊苟。=do the trick
Let me fill you in. 我來給你說說
horse/mess/fuck/moon/fool/screw around 鬼混,瞎混,玩感憾,胡鬧
Stop horsing around.The bus will come any minute.
Dont be picky eaters.別挑食践险。
I'm no fool.我又不傻
He's no singer.他不是唱歌的料。
that thing
thank-yous
crank/churn/bang out大量產(chǎn)出
mind went blank
crack me up 逗得我發(fā)笑(嘴咧開)=cheer me up 使...振作吹菱,鼓勵
I tried to cash in on some of Rowley's new popularity,but it totally backfired. 沾光巍虫,蹭熱度mooch off啃老,蹭飯
發(fā)國難財:He's cashing in on the national calamity.
left-handed左撇子=lefthander,southpaw/'sa?θp?/
a bust/bomb不怎么樣鳍刷,掃興
The plan got busted.計劃泡湯了占遥。
got busted 干壞事被抓了
home economics 縫紉sew,做家務(wù)
primer book 入門書籍
數(shù)字:
English 101基礎(chǔ)英語
20/20 視力1.0
"catch-22 situation"的來歷:
來自Joseph Heller的著名小說《第二十二條軍規(guī)》输瓜。
Catch-22已作為一個獨立的單詞瓦胎,使用頻率極高。用來形容任何自相矛盾尤揣、不合邏輯的規(guī)定或條件所造成的無法擺脫的困境搔啊、難以逾越的障礙,表示人們處于左右為難的境地北戏,或者是一件事陷入了死循環(huán)负芋,或者跌進(jìn)邏輯陷阱等等。=paradox悖論
書中第二十二條軍規(guī)詳解:
1嗜愈、只有瘋子才能獲準(zhǔn)免于飛行旧蛾,但必須由本人提出申請。
buy you popularity蠕嫁,buy time爭取锨天,獲得,贏得
from scratch從零開始,空杯心態(tài) from zero to hero白手起家
To make a long story short,長話短說
趕工:crashing, expediting ,work against the clock
him:h弱讀
pretty 'good 相當(dāng)好
'pretty good 還行
must
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讀音:plus/pl?s/ \?pl?s\ love/l?v/? idea/a?'di?/ famous/'fe?m?s/
pick on 找茬=have a bone to pick with sb.: Bullies pick on younger children.
there are some openings on the Safety Patrols.~有開口(缺人剃毒,在招人)
be up for the job有資格/能勝任...
chin-up 引體向上 jumping jack開合跳
I didn't even have to lift a finger.輕而易舉病袄,不費吹灰之力=is no sweat=is a breeze(easy)=is a piece of cake
stand out in the freezing cold
perk福利,好處:free lunch/parking,bonus獎金
smell a little funny(weird)奇怪的味道 strange陌生的
身體不適:I feel a bit funny today.
sleep funny 落枕
ate up=spent:The whole trip ate up 45 minutes.
拉褲子:have an accident in one's pants=shit/crap/poop one's pants
pooped =exhausted筋疲力盡 =I really took my eyes off the ball.
Your fly is open. 褲子拉鏈沒拉~
When I say ...I'm not kidding./I mean it.我是認(rèn)真的搂赋。
slack off松懈,偷懶
wear a cast模具(打石膏)
tick off生氣,惹怒益缠;責(zé)罵厂镇,打記號
tick me off氣死我了,教訓(xùn)我 about...
diaper duty
psyched 高興的=glad
My goal is to get into the "Guinness吉尼斯 Book of World Records".
We've missed our once-in-a-lifetime window of opportunity.
The window of opportunity opens only once in a lifetime.
千載難逢的機(jī)遇=once in the blue moon:原來blue moon指的是在一個月里出現(xiàn)第二次全月左刽。這種現(xiàn)象是很少發(fā)生的捺信,每隔32個月才出現(xiàn)一次,所以美國人用once in a blue moon來形容很少發(fā)生的事情欠痴。
have a shot/chance at breaking the record
catch our breath 緩一緩
get a little free labor out of sb
Dad was already mad at me for tearing up the sod, so I knew I was in for it. 我就知道會有這么一天的迄靠!
I was in for it.必須承受(為此付出代價)
less than a minute=immediately
get a kick out of cameo客串? 從中取樂,以此為樂 ...激動/興奮/刺激/好笑/愉快 ,喜歡...對...感興趣(get a kick out of school)被開除
The things I get the most kick out of is doing comics.
get in an all-out fight全力以赴的
got ambushed from the street 遭伏擊
a hit-and-run 騙炮喇辽,砸/吃完就跑
hog獨占/霸占 it all to himself 占為己有/用
mic-hog麥霸
hogging bathroom 洗澡洗很長時間
attention/limelight hog 霸占關(guān)注掌挚,愛出風(fēng)頭
give him the axe解雇,炒魷魚 be axed from
dismiss 菩咨,fire 吠式,sack off,show sb. the door下逐客令抽米, lay off 裁員特占,get the boot ,get the heave-ho/'hi:v'h?u/拋棄扔掉云茸,kick sb. out是目,find a "better" job,lose one’s job标捺,get the pink slip在美國公司老板如果要解聘員工懊纳,就在員工的工資袋里加一張“粉紅紙條”,說明雇員被解雇的原因。
made sb. a celebrity
get in on...參與
left to be desired 有待提高,有很大提升空間
Don't throw in the towel when you hit the wall,You leave a lot to be desired.
hectic=busy
team up with=partner up with 組隊組團(tuán)
hit(come up against/run into) a wall 碰壁,遇到挫折/瓶頸
我覺得我的英語好像遇到了瓶頸卜壕。
I feel I kind of hit a wall with my English.
punch line(笑話的)包袱,梗
get bogged down 被拖延 =was holden back
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decent/'di?s(?)nt/? least relieve need
choice /t???s/? ? Mojito /m?(?)'hi?t??/ cocktail一種雞尾酒
意群的最后一個元音實詞重讀。
deceptively easy 看似簡單
got on a roll進(jìn)入狀態(tài)锐想,勢如破竹,才思泉涌,運氣/靈感正來(“在傳送帶上,根本停不下來”)
break a sweat出汗
play it cool淡定,瀟灑對待
play the game 遵守規(guī)則
Girls rule阱佛!China rules.很棒,牛B
He butchered it/screwed up. 他搞砸了戴而。
loudspeaker擴(kuò)音器,喇叭
report to my office
be shaken up 震驚,嚇到,受刺激
set the record straight 說明事實翩蘸,澄清真相所意,confess坦白,說實話
I was up all night tossing and turning over this...situation....想得輾轉(zhuǎn)反側(cè)(像攤煎餅一樣~...)
tosser亂丟垃圾的人
take one for the team 犧牲一人,成全大家
come clean with 坦白扶踊,承認(rèn)=own up to
take a nap 打盹
...situation/issue/thing/event/episode ...事件?
the morning-reading thing晨讀這件小事
every once in a while 偶爾=accidently
more often than not是不是泄鹏,經(jīng)常
effective immediately立即生效
? It doesn't take a...to...不是說非得是...才能...: It's easy to do or understand sth
It doesn't take a genius/detective/Sherlock/Conan/an Einstein to figure out that...很明顯
It doesn't take a Shakespear to write an artice like that.寫作不是非要寫出像莎士比亞一樣的作品。
It doesn't take a superman/hero to save the world.
source線人秧耗,告密者
rat/sell me out 告發(fā)我 (突然想到Harry Potter-3里的老鼠斑斑就是出賣了小天狼星的小矮星彼得~人物設(shè)定妙啊~)
Snitches get stitches.敢說出去就neng死你备籽。
backstab 陷害,背后捅刀子,出賣
get back at 分井,retaliate,revenge報復(fù)
reinstate 恢復(fù)職位
give a lecture
I'm your guy/man/person.(好朋友车猬,死黨,值得信賴的人尺锚,親信)我是你要找的人珠闰。我行,我可以。表忠心表支持:我聽你的,我支持你瘫辩。我隨叫隨到
football man喜歡足球的人(足球迷)
I'm my own man. 我自己拿主意,我自有主張(不要對我指指點點伏嗜。)
如果我沒記錯的話:
If my memory serves me right,...
If I recall correctly伐厌,...
chum 朋友 n./v.
There's no turning back.沒有回頭路了承绸。
There's no stopping it.
the turning point 轉(zhuǎn)折點
備胎spare tire:
a backup friend =a fallback guy =put on the back burner=3th wheel=5th wheel
給自己留條后路: fall back on,back up on
對sb很冷淡 give sb. a cold shoulder
the other girl/boy 第三者
pull the plug on...(拔插銷斷電)放棄,不再支持,停止終止
booger鼻屎 poop排便 potty chair小孩用的拉屎座椅,potty便壺
be potty about 著迷
mania ...熱
maniac /'me?n??k/ 狂人挣轨,瘋子=nuts
I started to get the feeling that sth. was wrong.
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car'toonist? ? country/'k?ntri/
“官宣”正式絕交
I'm better off without him.
提分手時:You'll be better off without me. = You deserve better.
dresses like a Pilgrim/clown/sb.
substitute八酒,subs代課老師
comic gold=funny有趣,有料刃唐,漫畫的黃金素材
news gold=headline 頭條
foil a plan/crime/plot 阻礙/挫敗
win in/by a landslide 壓倒性的勝利羞迷,完勝
a landslide victory
hocus-pocus 花招
screech :
剎車時,粉筆劃黑板時發(fā)出那個刺耳的聲音画饥,都可以用這個詞
The car screeched to a halt outside the hospital. 汽車嘎地在醫(yī)院外面停住衔瓮。
pile out 下車、散開
She parked the van, and the kids piled out.
The crowd piled out of the theater.
egg on 鼓動抖甘,慫恿(熟詞生義)
He hit the other boy again and again as his friends egged him on. 他在朋友的煽動下一次又一次地打了另一個男孩热鞍。
a good egg正人君子
與...有關(guān) have sth to do with it
itch for/to do極度渴望,盼望...
The general was longing/yearning/itching for a fight.
hold my fist攥緊拳頭
leprechaun 四葉草精靈(又丑又愛戲弄人) =obnoxious
the last thing I needed 我最不需要的
nasty=gross 討厭衔彻,煩人薇宠,惡心的
pull the pranks/jokes 開玩笑
You pull it off.=You made it.
pull the plug on 放棄
Maybe the Cheese grew legs and walked away.
egg sb on ...慫恿sb做某事
My friends egged me on to ask for the girl's number.
It took all my self-control to keep my mouth shut.
You put two and two together and figured out that...?很明顯
do the mess收拾爛攤子
once and for all 一勞永逸
But boy,was I wrong.=I was dead wrong.(倒裝表強(qiáng)調(diào)) 我真是大錯特錯!
He gets too big for his britches.他太自以為是艰额,太嘚瑟了澄港。