1.? ? ? Words and phrases
1)? ? ? I thought about really letting Rowley have it for ratting me out like that, but then I realized something.
Rat out: to tell on someone
e.g.: I can’t believe that as my best friends, she would rat me out.
2)? ? ? But either my friend has gone deaf or he’s too busy kissing the other officers’ butts to notice me at the window.
Kiss sb’s butt: 拍馬屁
e.g.: The new mayor is just on duty, and he has got a lot of people following him and kiss his butt.
3)? ? ? After dinner tonight, I saw Rowley and Collin walking up the hill together, chumming it up.
Chum up: To be friendly with someone.
e.g.: My supervisor has chummed up to me recently, which makes me really uncomfortable as she used to be very meant to me.
4)? ? ? The best way to get back at Rowley was to get a new best friend of my own.
Get back at sb: take revenge on
e.g.: She did this to get back at me for what I said to her.
5)? ? ? Fregley’s one of these kids who’s not supposed to eat any sugar, so two minutes later, he was bouncing off the walls.
? ? ? ? ? ? ? Be bouncing off the walls: to be excited and full of nervous energy
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? e.g.: This guy got drunk. Let’s go before he was bouncing off the walls.
2.? ? ? Sentences
1)? ? ? I can’t believe Rowley went and backstabbed me like that.
e.g.: He is always against me, so it is not surprised to see that he backstabbed me like that.
2)? ? ? In fact, now that I think of it, Rowley has been totally giving me the cold shoulder lately.
e.g.: I had a fight with my husband a week ago. Now we are giving each other the cold shoulder.
3.? ? ? Dairy
Today is my husband’s birthday. It’s kind of weird this year. Usually, my mother in law will remember everybody’s birthday and give us a Hongbao early morning of our birthday. But, nobody mentioned his birthday today. So I just pretend I don’t know either and surprise him tonight. I prepared him a birthday cake and an expensive gift, Iphone 7 plus. As I am going to have a big favor to ask him, this will be a kiss his butt thing. That’s the marriage relationship. You need to flatter each other once in a while.
