"suck" 是「差勁」的意思。 "That movie sucks." 是「那部電影真是糟透了」的意思。
8. catch some Zs 小睡一下
A: Excuse me. I have to catch some Zs.
A: 抱歉! 我想小睡一下。
B: I thought you just woke up. Sleepy head.
B: 我以為你才剛睡醒。愛(ài)睡蟲(chóng)。
漫畫(huà)里的人睡覺(jué), 不是都畫(huà)"Z,Z,Z..."來(lái)表示嗎? 這里的 "catch some Zs" 就是這樣來(lái)的。"I have to catch some Zs." 也可以說(shuō)"I have to take a nap." 或 "I need to snooze."。
A: It would be so cool if I can win this contest. I don't think I'm good enough, though.
A: 要是我可以贏了這項(xiàng)比賽的話會(huì)有多好。但我不認(rèn)為自己夠好。
B: Give it a shot! You'll never know.
B: 試試看啊! 沒(méi)試怎么會(huì)知道!
"cool" 是「很棒」的意思。 "You'll never know." 是「你不知道(會(huì)怎么樣」的意思。
13. Got you! (騙、嚇...)到你了吧!
A: My sister just now called and said she's moving in with us.
A: 我姐姐剛剛打電話來(lái), 說(shuō)她要搬進(jìn)來(lái)跟我們一塊兒住。
B: What?
B: 什么!
A: Got you!
A: 上當(dāng)了吧!
"Get you" 是「(騙、嚇、捉弄...)到你了吧!」的意思。油畫(huà)班上有一個(gè)同學(xué)有一次想捉弄我。趁我正要把畫(huà)具收到柜子里時(shí)忽然把柜子的門關(guān)起來(lái), 想趁機(jī)把我的手夾住。 結(jié)果我閃得快, 使他的惡計(jì)失敗。我便哈哈的對(duì)他說(shuō):"Haha.. You didn't get me."。
14. no-brainer 不必花腦筋的事物
A: How do you use this program? It looks quite complicated.
A: 你怎么樣用這個(gè)軟件呢? 看起來(lái)蠻復(fù)雜的。
B: No. Looks can be deceiving. This thing is actually a no-brainer. Let me show you.
"Looks can be deceiving." 是「外表有時(shí)是會(huì)騙人的」的意思。也許你的競(jìng)爭(zhēng)對(duì)方把自己抬高, 表現(xiàn)出很厲害的樣子, 你的朋友就可以說(shuō)"Looks can be deceiving. He may be just a paper tiger."來(lái)安慰你。
【哈哈!paper tiger可是我們偉大領(lǐng)袖毛主席的專利啊!cty2k】
15. work one's butt off 很努力地(做一件事)
A: I can't believe all my work is gone just like this. I've worked my butt off on this all day.
第一次聽(tīng)到老美這樣對(duì)我說(shuō)時(shí), 我才剛來(lái)美國(guó)一個(gè)月。我到修車廠提領(lǐng)我的車的時(shí)候, 付完修車費(fèi)后, 老板對(duì)我說(shuō)"O.K. You're all set."。結(jié)果一臉狐疑地看著他說(shuō)"Pardon?"。老板便微笑的向我解釋那是表示我的車已經(jīng)都修好了, 我已經(jīng)一切都完成了。有時(shí), 你到超市買東西, 買完要付帳時(shí), 店員也會(huì)對(duì)你說(shuō)"Are you all set?"。意思是問(wèn)你是否想買的東西都找到了。
"paper work" 是指像「契約」、「證明」等等之類的文書(shū)表格。
22. dirty work 卑鄙的工作; 討厭的工作
A: All right. You go ahead and sign this paper and I'll do the dirty work.
B: It's kind of dead. Maybe you want to add more graphics to jazz it up.
B: 有點(diǎn)悶。也許你可以加點(diǎn)圖讓它變得生動(dòng)有趣些。
"jazz (something) up" 是使一件原本可能有點(diǎn)沉悶的事變得有趣些。好比有人在一個(gè)冗長(zhǎng)的會(huì)議里作些說(shuō)些笑話之類的事, 企圖讓大家從昏迷中醒來(lái), 就可以說(shuō)"He tried to jazz the meeting up."
28. My hands are tied 我無(wú)能為力
A: Mr. Chapman, can I hand in my homework next time. I left it at home.
A: Chapman 先生, 我能不能下次再交作業(yè)呢? 我把功課忘在家里了。
B: All of the scores must be given to the office by Friday, so you must have your homework today. It is a school rule and there is nothing I can do. My hands are tied!.