On April 9, 2021, in the last company of Queen Elizabeth, her husband Prince Philip passed away at Windsor Castle, and this royal wedding that has been watched for nearly a century has come to an end. Today, let's go back to the first episode of the first season of the British drama "The Crown", back to 1947, back to Prince Philip's oath to renounce the Greek throne, back to the "improper portal" wedding of the century, back to Elizabeth's crown Pei Shi, also returned to her father, George VI, the frail, shy but also dedicated king, the last days.
1. Chance would be a fine thing
It's a British English way of saying "I want to do the same, but I'm afraid I don't have the chance". Here Elizabeth says to her fiancé to have a good rest tonight, but it's impossible to rest at the last bachelor party before marriage, and it would be nice to be able to attend the wedding tomorrow ( no ).
-"You should relax a bit more." You should relax a bit more.
-"Chance would be a fine thing." I would.
2. Get back on one's feet
King George VI is recovering from a serious illness. Today is the first day of his return to work. His attendants help the king get back on his feet from preparing breakfast. It can express that a patient who has been in bed for a long time can finally get out of bed and move freely. It can also be extended to a person who has been depressed for a while to pull himself together and get back on his feet.
3. Count someone out
Count someone out is easy to understand, not counting someone in it, except for the meaning of being deliberately "excluded" by other political parties like Churchill, it can also simply mean that someone is not counted in, without subjective emotions .
- "Does anyone want to go to Tims after school?" Who wants to go to Tims after school?
- "Count me out — I've got homework." Don't count me in, I still have homework to do.
4. Cut through the jargon
Jargon is a term, meaning in jargon, such as medical jargon medical term. Cut through means to pass through. To "go through the terms" is to see through the terms.
5.Bounce back
Here comes another regrouped expression. Bounce itself means "bounce, rebound", and bounce back means "recovery". In addition to the "recovery" of the body and mind, it can also express the recovery of the environment, the economy, and so on.
China's economy starts to bounce back after the pandemic.
After the epidemic, China's economy began to recover.
6.Be up to something
This is a common and easy-to-use expression, up can express many meanings, such as the most common It's up to you up here means "depending on", but It's up to you to do it, up here means "by" ..responsible for, done by...", meaning "it's up to you to do this". The up in the film means "competent", where Churchill asked George VI: "Is Elizabeth competent?". up can also mean "busy", I'm up to business "I'm busy with business".
7.Break someone in to help someone adapt (new job, environment)
We can often see break in expressing breaking in, such as She wouldn't open the door so the police had to break in, or "interjection", such as: Sorry to break in, but your mom is calling. In addition to Break in It also means "to adapt to (a new job or environment)". Here, King George VI knows that he has little time left and wants to slowly "train" the future queen through a few diplomatic visits first.
8. Throw oneself into something
Throw-"to cast", oneself-"body" is also very vivid, it means to be enthusiastic about something.
He throw himself into his work once he came back from holiday.
As soon as the holidays are over, he devotes himself to his work
9.Fire away if you want to ask, just ask
Fire away has the meaning of "continuous shooting, firing", and it can also express "start asking questions." Generally, when one party in the conversation wants to make the atmosphere easier and let the other party open up, it can be said.
There is nobody here, fire away.
There's no one here, just say something.
10. Step into one's shoes to take over someone's job
Step into one's shoes doesn't mean standing in someone's shoes, it means taking over someone's job. Fill in one's shoes also has a similar meaning, and because he not only steps into, but can fill in (full of someone's shoes), that means can "take someone's post well"
Creation: Jing Bawu
Reviewer: Juliet
Typesetting: Wind
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