??1. i was like,”what?!”

(someone) was like…

表达人的一种反应，如说的话或思想活动。

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2. that takes guts!

(something) takes guts 做某事需要勇气。

guts本意是内脏，引申为胆量。

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3. all right, so much for that one.

so much for (something)

放弃做某件事或努力白费时经常说的话。

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4. we nailed it!

nailed it 圆满完成某件事，或说得完全正确。

kill it也可以指事情完成得出乎意料地好。

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5. i knew you’d give me a hard time about it!

give … a hard time about

跟某人过不去，嘲笑某人，为难某人

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6. i might be 90 years old, but i’m still young at heart!

might…but…

也许……但是……可以用来委婉地否定别人的观点。

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7. i couldn’t agree more.

couldn’t agree more 不能更同意，强烈同意对方的观点

couldn’t disagree more 强烈不同意

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8. just do it already!

just…already

赶紧做某事 一般是抱怨对方反应太满，表现不耐烦

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9. strangely enough, i just bought a bike.

strangely enough,…

遇到巧合或惊讶的事时的表达

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10. could you give me a few pointers?

give someone pointers

给某人一些建议

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11. yeah, it’s decent.

decent 不错，挺好的。

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12. who are you to talk>

who … to talk?

你没有资格发表意见或批评别人

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13. is it just me, or is it hot in here?

is it just me, or…?

委婉的抱怨：只有我一个人这么觉得么？

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14. did i leave my book at your place, by any chance?

by any chance

询问是否有某种可能

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15. the last thing i want is to hurt you.

the last thing i want is…

我最不愿意做的事情就是……

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16. are tomatoes still in season?

be in season

表示某种蔬果是当季的。

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也可以说it’s … season，到……的季节了。

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17. don’t get all impatient.

形容词前+ all，增强感情色彩，通常表达负面情绪。

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18. summer will be over before you know it.

before you know it

表示事情进展得非常快

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19. i’ve never gotten into baseball for some reason.

get into something

对某事感兴趣

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20. man, you’re on fire!

on fire

本意是“着火了”，引申表达某人的状态特别好。

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21. i report to john.

report to someone

向某人汇报，常用来说明某人的直接上司是谁

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22. i find it hard to relate to him sometimes.

relate to someone / something

理解、接受某人某事

23. you bet!

说明你完全同意对方的观点。

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24. good thinking, that would be great.

good thinking

好主意，跟good idea同义

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25. it’s way past your bedtime!

way past

way 相当于far，远远超过某个点

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26. what? that’s nuts!

nuts adj. 发疯的，发狂的

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27. that sucks!

(something) sucks

某事十分糟糕/让人失望

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28. so, what’s your story?

what’s someone’s story 常用来询问不太熟悉的人的信息

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29. i didn’t mean to walk in on you.

walk in on someone/something

走进某处打扰某人或某事

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30. he’s around fiftyish, i’d say.

口语中，在一个词后面加-ish，相当于在这个词前面加 a little bit/kind of，指大约有某种感觉、不确定有某种感觉。

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31. there’s not much to it.

某件事很容易

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32. all right, whatever. suit yourself.

suit yourself

随你便

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33. can you cc me and eddie when you send that?

cc carbon copy的缩写，指写邮件时用到的“抄送”

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34. i’m so out of it this morning.

someone is out of it 指某人不在状态

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35. there is a fine line between helping your kids with their homework and doing it for them.

there’s a fine line between…

两件事之间有微妙的差别

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36. you can tell that she’s had work done.

someone has had work done

某人做了整容手术

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37. i don’t know off the top of my head, but i’ll shoot them over to you this afternoon.

off the top of my head 当场想到，即兴讲出

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38. if you’re feeling under the weather, by all means go home and get some rest.

by all means 请务必、一定做某事

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39. can you please cut it out.

cut it out 停下，停止做某事

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40. let’s crack open the window, have some fresh air.

crack open the window 把窗户打开一条缝

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41. you’re gonna screw up that test.

screw up 把事情搞砸

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42. get over it!

get over it 指忘掉烦心事，相当于 forget about it

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43. i was on the verge of going to sleep at a point.

at a point / at some point 在某个时刻

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44. i wound up going over to james’s place.

wind up 结果，最终变成的样子

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45.i’m working the night shift tomorrow.

work… shift 上…班 work the night shift 上晚班

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46. they’ve been getting a bit of media attention lately.

get media attention 得到媒体的关注，

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47. i thought it was a really original take on the play.

a take on something 对某事物的见解、诠释

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48. go easy on me!

go easy on (someone) 手下留情

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49. just ease into it.

ease into it 慢慢来，一般用于劝别人放松心情

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50. i’m going to head off to bed.

head off to somewhere 指出发去某个地方

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51. you have to chill.

chill 放松

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52. would you happen to have a pen?

happen to do something

正好，恰好 一般用于委婉请求别人

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53. for the record he wasn’t agreed with that.

for the record 郑重说明

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54 just because i am fat doesn’t mean i’m slow.

just because … doesn’t mean…

虽然……但不代表……

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55. does anyone want to split with me?

split with someone =share with 与……分享

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56. are you seeing anyone?

seeing someone 与某人交往

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57. i’ll let it slide this time.

let it slide 放过某人，不追求某人的错误

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58. a woman wants a guy who she can click with.

click 一拍即合，有共鸣

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59. do i look presentable?

presentable 衣着得体

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60. you need to scale back.

scale back 缩减，使减少

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61. i beat you to it.

beat someone to it 比某人抢先一步做了某事

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62. jimmy stood me up last night.

stand someone up 放某人鸽子

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63. all i want to do is zone out in front of the tv.

zone out 放空，对周围浑然不觉

in the zone 精力集中，精神状态极佳

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64. without further ado, i would like to…

without further ado 闲话少说

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65. i’m sure we haven’t seen the last of him.

haven’t seen the last of 某事/人消失了，但你觉得ta还会卷土重来

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66. it will come to me.

it will come to someone 会想起来的

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67. we went out of our way to please the visitor.

go out of one’s way 费劲麻烦做某事

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68. hold on, just hear me out first.

hear someone out 听某人说完

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69. so do we have an agreement?

do we have an agreement 讨论的事情就这么定下了

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70. just a heads up.

a heads up 给某人提个醒，提前告知一声

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71. when’s it due?

due 交作业、付账单的最后期限

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72. well, what’s done is done!

what’s done is done 无法改变的事情，只能接受了

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73. can you put me up for a few days?

put someone up 给某人提供临时住宿

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74. i might take you up on that

take someone up on something 接受邀请/建议

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75. i’m keeping my options open.

keep one’s options open 尚未做决定

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76. you might want to reconsider it.

you might want to do something 建议某人做某事的礼貌说法

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77. we’ve just been catching up with each other.

catch up with someone 互通消息

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78. there is just on such thing as god.

there is just no such thing as…某种情况是不存在的

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79. i think you need to get your priorities straight.

get one’s priorities straight 分清主次

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80. to put it another way, i don’t like it.

to put it another way 换言之

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81. i get yelled at all the time.

get yelled at 受到批评、责骂

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82. i will check on jeff while he’s not feeling well.

check up/in on something /someone

查看某人/某事的情况

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83. it happens, don’t worry about it

it happens 糟糕的事情总在发生 用于安慰人

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84. it’s on me.

it’s on me 我来付账

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85. my computer is acting up again.

act up （疾病）发作；（机器）出毛病；（孩子）调皮捣蛋

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86. is that a thing?

?something is a thing 某事很出名/非常流行

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87. it doesn’t hurt to ask.

it doesn’t hurt to 做某事有百利而无一害

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88. i’m just looking.

be just looking 随便看看

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89. worn out.

wear out 穿坏，磨损；筋疲力尽

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90. it’s driving me crazy!

drive someone crazy 逼疯某人

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