Episode 1 1.death wish 2.under cook 3.grab ass 4.basil[＇bæzl]n.basil (the leaves are green and fragrant, used for cooking) 5.stomach is upset Stomach upset 6. Some commonly used make-up English are: make-up cosmetics, concealer concealer, foundation, pressed powder, loose powder, brow powder, brow pencil, brow pencil, liquid eye liner, eye liner, eye liner, eye shadow, mascara, lip liner, lip gloss, blush, nail polish weird out=weird is an adjective that means "weird, weird". For example: such a weird person. Weird somebody out is a verb phrase that means "to make people feel puzzled, uncomfortable". For example: He says if I go see his experiment tomorrow it might weird you out. He says if I go see his experiment tomorrow, you'll be depressed eligible bachelor "Intimacy"; it literally means "to hook up, to hook", for example: I hooked up the gun which had dropped in the well. This table was hand-carved. Hand engraving from scratch = starting from scratch, starting from scratch is equivalent to from the beginning, which means "starting from scratch, starting from scratch", especially when there is no external help or favorable conditions. The muffins she baked from scratch in the clip means that Brie's muffins are made by themselves from the kneading of the dough to the baking in the oven, including the decorations such as fruit or icing added after baking. If it is a semi-finished cake bought from the supermarket, it cannot be said to be baked from scratch if it is baked in the oven at home. Different verbs or verb-object structures can be added before from scratch to express "do different things from scratch", such as start from scratch means "start from scratch"; bake a cake from scratch means "bake a cake yourself"; learn English from scratch means "Learn English from scratch, etc." decent = decent, decent decent is an adjective, and the modifier means "decent, decent, decent". For example, decent life means "a decent life"; a decent explanation means "a decent explanation"; and a decent meal "a decent meal" in the fragment. Decent is used to describe people and means "decent, well-behaved". For example: The jury will see what a decent guy he is. The phrase do the decent thing means "being aware of current affairs, doing what (does not want to do but) should do". For example: He should do the decent thing and resign. He should resign in a timely manner dignify=praise as fresh as paint=spirited The phrase as fresh as paint means "fresh, full of energy". Imagine that a house must be new, beautiful and shiny when it has just been painted, then the phrase is used to describe people who are in high spirits and high spirits doing drugs carton = cardboard carton is a noun, esp. "Cartons, plastic boxes for food or liquids". For example, a carton of orange juice refers to "a box of orange juice"; a two-pint carton of milk refers to "a box of two pints of milk". In the dialogue, drink milk out of the carton refers to "drinking boxed milk" convertible=convertible car work into= (subtly) Mentioning work into in... Structure, which means "interspersing, augmenting, (subtly) referring to" The speaker worked his new book into his talk. hectic = hectic hectic is an adjective meaning "busy, excited" act up = trick up act up in dialogue means "naughty, mischievous" skeleton in the cupboard/closet The meaning of the phrase scandal comes from an allusion: Once upon a time, people I feel that there are too many troubles in the world, and I doubt whether there is a truly carefree person in the world. After much searching, they finally found a woman whose life seemed to be very happy. The woman answered all the questions perfectly, but then she led the crowd to her house, opened the cupboard, and there was a skeleton hidden inside. She told everyone that it was the skeleton of her former lover. Her husband killed her lover in a duel, hid the skeleton in a cupboard, and asked her to kiss it every night. It turns out that this "happy" woman also has a difficult scripture to read, but she has never told outsiders. The skeleton in her cupboard has gradually become synonymous with "family ugliness". There is also a saying that in the past, rich people murdered a person and hid the skeleton in a closet so that outsiders would not know. Since then, the skeleton in the closet has become the family's secret. Later, this phrase was used to refer to a family skeleton that was impossible or unwilling to publicize. It was abbreviated as family skeleton late = late late = both an adjective and an adverb, meaning "late, late" lay claim to = announcing possession or ownership late wife late In this phrase, claim is a noun, which means "the right to have or claim...". It is a countable noun and is often used with the preposition on or to, for example: The bank has a claim on/to their house and land. Own their house and land Episode 2 1.freak out 2.white gold platinum3.step back means "back, step back", for example: They stepped back politely to let the ladies pass. They stepped back politely to let the ladies pass. Let the ladies go by I thought you were a lousy cook. not good at cooking work out the kinks means "on a whim" I'll tell you what. Often used in colloquialism, meaning "so tell you so" come down with something serious that requires bed rest and fluids. And dripping come down with... here means "suffering from... sickness, contracting... sickness"; in addition, it also means "giving money, donating money". take a beating means "to be beaten, to be hit", which can refer to both a specific beating and an abstract sense of being hit, to fail, for example: He took a beating in the stock market. He suffered heavy losses in the stock market corner It itself means "corner". In this context, it should be expressed that Susan has Julie as her helper, so have someone in one's corner here means "someone is a helper, someone is helping". Third Episode 1.human remains 2.treat sb too bad 3.golden couple perfect match 4.be uncalled for= abrupt and rude 5.hard line means "hard line, hard line"; The phrase taking a moral hard line is a fixed usage here, meaning "severely reprimanded" given that = given that is often used to guide conditional adverbial clauses, meaning "considering, in view of". For example: Given that he was still a boy, I forgave him. Considering he was still a boy, I forgave him. Given that can also mean "if". For example: Given that he supports us, we'll win the election. If he supports us, we'll win the election bore sb.stiff" "bores sb.to death" "bores sb. You have been so desperate to land him husband and wife". For example: marital history marital history, counseling in marital problems marital counseling, marital status marital status ;resemble in means to resemble in a certain way, for example: An orange resembles a grapefruit. Oranges and grapefruit are very similar Episode 5 bat your eyes means "blink", bat your eyes and bat your eyelashes, both are idioms , which means "to wink", for example: Look at that girl. She's batting her eyes at us. Look at that girl, she is winking at us, nail down originally means "nail with nails", here is "Definitely, clearly" means hygienic[haI'dʒenIk]adj. Hygienic in disguise means "disguised, disguise" The cobbler is a spy in disguise. The cobbler is a spy in disguise. unannounced=unsaid infinite=infinite Infinite is both an adjective and a noun, meaning "infinite, infinite (of things), creator". As an adjective equivalent to endless or having no limits not much of a = not so good This is a fixed phrase that means "not so great, not great, not so great", for example: She is not much of a journalist. She is not a good reporter. It's not much of a day for a walk. Today's weather is not suitable for a walk. He's a good teacher but he's not much of a disciplinarian. He's a good teacher but he's not a good discipliner episode 6 cool it for a while cool it for a while that is overstating it overstating it the bottom line is ....the bottom line is that the verb corresponding to the shocked gambler of devastated collapse is gamble, which means "gambling, risking, and throwing a gamble", gamble something means "taking something as a bet, but not necessarily losing"; gamble away something means "taking a certain bluff = bluff bluff means "bluff (to achieve a purpose or find something)", at this time it is a transitive verb, which can be followed by a noun , pronoun, or structure used to bluff sb.into doing, meaning "to scare someone into doing something" I'm keeping my fingers crossed here. Pray for heavy lifting=hard or laborious work I believe that ship has sailed. be entitled to = have the right to be entitled to means "right, qualified", often followed by nouns, such as: They are entitled to first class travel. They are entitled to first class travel Let's take it outside open the skylight and speak brightly throw down = openly provocative, bold challenge throw down means "blatantly provocative, bold challenge, overthrow, throw away" take a slug to the heart showdown and do not give up Episode VII I can' They come to the baseball field to cheer for their varsity team in one's defense=defense of someone This phrase and a more common expression is in defense of somebody/something, which means "to defend someone or something, defend someone "act out" act out = "act out" refers to "extraordinary or bad behavior caused by suffering from painful emotions (such as fear or anger, etc.)." This is an intransitive verb phrase, followed by no object. I went and splurged a little. I spent a little bit of money I'm footing the entire bill to pay all the fees foot in colloquial means "pay, bear the cost" paranoid=similar Paranoid; paranoid; I've got it covered I've got root for = support root for (someone or something) can mean "support, sponsor, cheer or cheer for...", equivalent to encouragement or show support for eighth The set hit and run=statute of limitations is a fixed match, meaning "statute of limitations; statute of limitations" in one's possession means "owned by someone, owned by someone", for example: The car is in the mayor's possession .That car is used as a verb for all the mayor's keep low profile low-key spray, which means "spray". Combined with the context, it needs to be sprayed to kill small flying insects, so spray down here is "spray to kill... ..., spraying to kill..." means infestation[...Infe'steIʃn]n. (Pests, thieves, etc.) come again? say it one more time? priest aren' t you just a ball of fun you are so funny let's say=For example let's say is often used as an interjection, referring to "for example, let's assume", you can also omit "let's" and use "say" directly, such as Gabriel in a dialogue "So what happens if I repent, later, like, say, say, when I'm 75?" as El said Colloquially, pussy means "cat" and foot means "foot". pussyfoot means "to walk secretly and gently" like a cat, which can be extended to "to act cautiously or to be ambiguous because of fear or doubt without expressing a clear attitude", pussyfooter means "watcher" strip=commercial street stationery=letter paper stationery is an uncountable noun, which means "stationery, stationery (often with matching envelopes)", for example: a stationery store a stationery store; stationery items stationery; business stationery business stationery episode 9 seduce = seduce seduce sb to seduce someone runway model catwalk model have an affair with sb screw over with someone screw over high grade upscale high grade push around handcuff handcuffs be caught dead here means "make a fool of yourself", for example: I wouldn't be caught dead in that girlie shirt. I don't want to make a fool of myself in that sissy shirt. In addition, it also means "to be caught on the spot, to be caught straight" coma comatose we grounded him to ground him a basket case=depressed person a basket case if it refers to a person, it refers to a depressed person, because of nervousness , distraught, tired, or otherwise "lost the ability to think or act normally"; a basket case, if referring to something, such as a company or government, means "very badly, nearly failing," which in general can be translated as "Useless people, empty shelves" Rationalization=Rationalization is a noun, meaning "rationalization, theoretical explanation, rational state". Its root rational is both a noun and an adjective, meaning "reasonable". rationalization of industry/industrial rationalization refers to "industrial rationalization"; business rationalization refers to "management rationalization" To the police in bad shape in bad shape = in good shape, healthy, and in good shape. Susan said she was in bad shape at the time, which means she was in bad shape. in shape is a colloquial expression, meaning "in good condition, healthy, or in good shape" play the...card=playing...cards, resorting to...moves Here play the mom card is Julie accusing her mother that she has never been responsible for being a mother Responsibilities, but at this time, he took on the air of his mother and played his mother's authority. play the...card means "playing...cards, making...tricks". For example, play the human rights card and play the card of "human rights", take "human rights" as an example, give sb afternoon off, put someone on a half-day leave So, how' s Julie taking all of this? What does Julie think about this lean on = rely on here Susan used lean on to describe her former state, that is, she often relies on Julie to help her with daily chores, such as cleaning, paying utility bills, etc. . lean on means "depending on, relying on", and usually needs the support and encouragement of the other party overnight=suddenly impound= impound impound is a verb, which means "seize, confiscate", for example: If you leave your car there, the police will impound it. You park your car there and the police will seize it. The government is impounding it. ill-gotten gains : I could hardly scare up ten shillings. I could hardly scare up ten shillings. break = break, break is both a verb and a noun, meaning "break, break, breach a breach of trust overrate = overestimate overrate Obviously it is a compound word, over means "exceed", rate means "assessment, rating", overrate naturally means "overestimated..., overestimated..." spare key You've got me you ask Down with me you're not looking half bad Swell you! Nice you it' s cracked up to be as good as people say it episode 11 disparage = to disparage disparage is a transitive verb meaning "to despise, belittle, criticise, censure" downright = completely, completely the electricity went out comedown a cold get a cold, flip out, get out of control, go crazy, companionship, friendship, your bank accounts are frozen, bail = bail, bail, when used as a noun, means "bail, bail, bail" resemblance = similarities dawn on = begin to understand, gradually understand sth.dawn on somebody refers to someone "starting to understand..., getting to know...", this phrase has no passive voice. Another sentence pattern with the same meaning is It dawns/ed on sb.that..., for example: wretched=despicable wretched is an adjective that means "wicked, mean" Episode 12 fantasize=imagination, fantasy sweep (someone )off his/her feet=to make someone's heart get wind of=to hear could we do a rain check we cut a check=to write a check to someone we are on the clock we are in a hurry wine seller wine cellar cheer leader perky triumphantly pull the wool over one's eyes = deceive, deceive pull the wool over someone's eyes means "to make people believe in something that is not true". The phrase dates back to the days when men wore wigs, like those worn by judges in British courts today. The word wool is often used to refer to hair. If a person's wig is pulled to cover his eyes, he can't see anything, and he can't see the truth. So, pull the wool over someone' s eyes can be used to express "deceived, deceived" meaning full of crap means "full of nonsense, full of nonsense". Crap is a noun here, a usage of American slang for "nonsense, gibberish." For example: That's a lot of crap. your lunch hour is almost up this didn't cost me a dime. "Not uncommon, very common" surrender=surrender is both a noun and a verb, meaning "give up, surrender, surrender" and so on. The basic meaning of surrender is "surrender", which refers to being forced to submit or make concessions to the opponent or to be under the rule of others because of losing in the war, and it refers to unconditional surrender. It can also refer to "giving up, abandoning", that is, presenting what belongs to oneself to others. This term emphasizes both external pressure and surrender after resistance. The phrase surrender sth. means "to give up something"; surrender to sb./sth. means "to surrender, to surrender"; surrender oneself to sth. You are getting older You let those boys run wild Throw a party Is it beneath you or something? Do you think it lowers your identity or something chip in is a fixed phrase that means "donation" . The conversation is equivalent to "getting together", where everyone pools some money to buy a cake or similar gift for the birthday person and then shares it with everyone. inevitable = inevitable anguish = pain when used as a noun, anguish means "extreme mental pain or severe physical pain", uncountable, equivalent to pain, distress or sorrow "Watching, not participating directly" Episode 15 alibi alibi shrinking violet = shy person shrinking violet is an informal fixed phrase, shrinking is an adjective, meaning "cringe, hesitant, shrinking"; violet refers to "Violet". The plural form of shrinking violet is shrinking violets, which means "a shy person, a timid person" Episode 16 entrapment=sneak into means "(to) sneak into somewhere" The phrase sneak away/off means "sneak away" , equivalent to leave secretly lighten up=relax lighten up is a colloquial phrase, referring to "relax, don't be angry, don't worry, don't be so serious", equivalent to relax or ease down make out=intimacy stomp on=stomp on means "stomp on" , trample, stomp on" real estate I just stubbed my toe hit toe hit something episode 17 quality time prime time handicapped = crippled, physically handicapped compulsion = impulse create a Scary I'm not much fun today I'm not in the mood today be up to no good = naughty fixed phrase be up to no good means "naughty, doing bad things, malicious" Episode 20 crush means "crushing" ; crumpled; deformed", in American colloquial also "infatuated, infatuated; the object of infatuation" and other meanings. Therefore, the schoolyard crush here refers to "campus romance", and have a crush on someone means "fanatically in love with someone". The allusions of BIackmaiI In ancient times, farmers in Scotland had to pay protection fees to magistrates, otherwise the harvest of the fields would be will be destroyed. Blackmail originally refers to items paid by farmers. black means "evil, dishonest", and mail comes from Old Scots, meaning "rent, rent". By 1601, blackmail had spread to England, maintaining the original meaning, and gradually referring to anything that was asked and handed over, not limited to money or some kind of favor. By around 1880, blackmail had a verb usage, and the term blackmailer (blackmailer) was also derived. Now the word can refer to items handed over by extortion, or to the act of extortion predator = predator predator is a noun that means "predator", i.e. looking for someone who can take advantage of, control or harm others in some way. In the dialogue, Idi is called a predator, which means that in a relationship between the two sexes, Idi is often the one who actively attracts singles of the opposite sex, or actively seduces other people's boyfriends or husbands. Episode 22 get back together and reconcile come on to (with) sb. means "to flirt with someone, to strike up a conversation with someone", which is mostly used in spoken language; in addition, it also means "to someone emotionally", for example: Linda thinks you're coming on to her. Linda thinks you I have a crush on her. Sprinkle[＇sprIŋkl]n.
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