实用日常英语口语素材 （七）

From： Daily Easy English Expression 61-70

61

pushover 易于征服或控制的人

——Boss, can I go home early tonight?
——No. I need everyone here until we finish.
——Mr. Havencroft~ Could I have early? I want to buy a dress.
——Oh, Miss Tisdale. Of course you can. Buy a pretty dress, okay?
——Havencroft's such a pushover when it comes to women~

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62

on the edge ~ 在……的边缘，坐立不安

——What's wrong with you?
——I'm on the sdge, man. I'm gonna lose it.
——Why? What happened?
——Everything. My job. My girl. My future. I feel like I'm gonna explode~

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63

cushy 轻松的

——You don't work Mondays?
——I work. I just work from home.
——Wow! Your job's so cushy!
——I know! We do have lots of nice things.

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64

to home= to sharpen 打磨

——Go ahead. How will you start your speech?
——Well, okay: "Yo, what's up. ladies and gentlemen?"
——Yo? What's up? I think you need to home your communication skills.
——Oh, how about... "Check this out, ladies and gentlemen~"
——Come on! This is your grandmother's 70th birthday party speech.

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65

Don't chew with your mouth open

——What are you eating?
——Brownies.
——Gross! Don't chew with your mouth open.
——Then don't ask me questions when I'm eating.

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66

put up with 忍受，容忍

——I can't put up with this anymore.
——What? What's bothering you?
——The noise! The damn construction!
——They'll be here all week! You'll have to put up with it

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67

get the nod 得到许可

——I wanna start real English classes online.
——And charge money?
——Yes, but not a lot.
——You might wanna get the nod from your students first.
——Good idea.

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68

nuke it 用微波炉叮一下

——You should heat up that sandwich up before you eat it.
——I'll nuke it.
——No! That's bad. Just put it in the oven for 10 minutes.
——But I wanna eat now。

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69

hoopla 喧闹，好评

——So?
——Well, after all the hoopla, frankly, I'm quite disappointed.
——There was a lot of hoopla.
——But the food is nothing.
——I totally agree.

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70

to staighten out sth 整顿某事

——Professor Dick was so rude to me.
——He probably didn't kown you were a teacher.
——I'm really mad.
——I'll go talk to him and straighten this out. Don't worry.
——I won't be happy unless he apologizes.

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