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1
：
bummed; chilled
out
bummed
或者
bummed out,
意思是不高兴，烦恼；
chill
或者
chill out,
意思是休息，放松，或者玩。
I'm really bummed that I have to get up
so early! I'm also bummed out that Dr.
Johnson is teaching this class. I've
heard she's really tough.
If
I
got
turned
down
for
a
date
I'd
be
bummed.
I'm
also
bummed
that
summer
vacation is over.
Here I used bummed and bummed out. They
both mean to be unhappy or upset.
I'm
ready
to
chill
for
the
rest
of
the
morning.
I
haven't
had
a
chance
to
chill
out
these last few days,
getting ready for school and all.
I
like to chill out at the cafe with a book
sometimes. And I know that you like to
chill at the museum.
Have
fun chilling tonight!
Chill or chill
out here means to relax.
2
：
ditch; to hit
the spot
To ditch
表示要离开某个人，
因为你不想跟他在一起了；
或表示要马上离开一
个
不想再呆的地方
;
To hit the spot
是感到过隐，觉得很痛快。
Hey, can we ditch the library now?
To ditch
work.(
不想干活了
)
To
ditch the meeting.(
不想去开会
)
You can also say: to ditch the
concert.(
不想去音乐会
)
To ditch my friend.
(
和朋友约好了，可是不想去了
)
To ditch means to quickly leave a place
you no longer want to be.
If we want to
get away from someone you could say,
to
leave someone behind.
For example, if you are hungry and go
eat you could say,
spot.
A
hot bath would hit the spot.
Hit the
spot means to satisfy one's need.
3
：
big
gun; to quarterback
big
guns
，意思是大人物，对决策有重大影响的人；
to
quarterback
，意思是主持会议，或总管项目。
Ah, I've got a meeting with
the big guns this afternoon. They want to talk to
me
about continuing to work here after
graduation.
Yes, a
president's advisors are big guns. But it can also
be used in sports. In soccer the
stars
of a team are the big guns.
It's an
expression that can be used to describe powerful
people.
This
is the conference room.
We had a
meeting here yesterday
on our
plan
for
a
new building. The project
leader quarterbacked the meeting.
The
company's big gun quarterbacked the meeting about
their revenue report.
Oh,
yeah, I'm sure soon I'll be quarterbacking every
meeting and every project.
To
quarterback is business someone is responsible
for a group working on a
new project
that individual is quarterbacking the
team.
Quarterback here is a
verb, meaning to lead.
4
：
broke; lame
broke
在这里的意思是没有钱了
;
lame,
意思是无聊，没有意思，或者是不合适的。
Your sister spent all her
money to buy a computer, so she is now broke too.
Seriously, after buying these tickets I
really am broke!
Here broke means to
have no money.
Do you know why I didn't want to come
to the show? Because I think musicals are
lame.
Saturday morning
classes are lame!
I told our professor
that my dog ate my homework. Yes, I agree, that
was a lame
excuse.
Ok, but
don't give me any lame excuses next time I want to
do something!
When you say something is
lame you mean that it is silly or it is
uninteresting.
5
：
shot; damage
Shot
是指什么东西坏了，或者人体的某个部位受伤了；
damage
是指为某样东西，或某个交易付
的钱。
I think my
engine is shot. This is not good.
Yes, if you hurt your knee, you can
say: My knee is shot, or if you hurt your
shoulder,
you can say: My shoulder is
shot.
Let's go rent a car. I don't want
our whole day to be shot.
Here shot
means something is broken.
You can say
almost anything is shot.
Yeah, I'm glad too, but the damage for
renting the car is pretty bad.
When you
pay for dinner at a restaurant, you can ask:
What's the damage?
I know
the damage for your new computer was pretty bad.
The word damage does mean that, but
damage here means the amount of money
needed to pay for something.
We usually say the damage is bad or not
bad.
6
：
drag; trip
drag
，意思是没意思，枯燥；
<
/p>
trip
，意思是与众不同，别出心裁，但是含有褒意。
I hate
going to the museum on such a nice day, it's such
a drag.
As another example, we could
also call our professor Dr. Smith a drag.
To call something a drag means it is
tiresome.
Actually, I really enjoyed the
photography exhibit. I thought it was a trip.
Well,
look
at
that
guy
over
there,
sitting
on
the
bench.
The
long
hair
and
wild
clothes. I really like
his outfit, so I would call him a trip.
I would also call our
photography class professor a style is a trip.
The word trip does mean travel, but
here it means something that is unusual, in a
good way.
7
：
choke;
money
To
choke
是糟糕，失败的意思；
m
oney
是保持高水平，非常棒的意思
.
Well, I think New York is
going to lose. Knowing them, they are going to
choke.
In fact, I choked on a test last
week.
Here, choke means to fail under
pressure.
Washington is
going to win. Michael Jordan will make the last
shot. He is money.
For example, this
pizza we are eating is money.
Do you
think the coffee shop we like to go to is
money?
Here money means that
someone performs consistently at a high level.
You can also call things money.
8
：
hang out; hard-
headed
hang
out
，意思是等一等，或跟朋友一起玩；
hard headed
，
意思是
:
顽固，固执。
I'm not ready yet. Just
hang out for a minute.
You and I hang
out a lot.
Do you mind if some of my
other friends hang out with us?
Hang
out means to pass time while you're waiting.
It can also mean to spend time with
your friends.
Are you calling me hard headed?
Hard headed does mean stubborn.
Hard headed is only an
adjetive to describe people.
9
：
all-nighter;
cram
all-nighter,
意思是开夜车；
cram,
这是指中学生或大学生在考试前临时抱佛脚。
Let's get out
of here. In fact, I've got a lot of studying to
do. I'm going to need to
pull an all-
nighter.
You
wouldn't
have
to
pull
an
all-nighter
because
you
have
been
studying
all
semester.
I perform better on tests
when I cram.
Well, everyone's
different. Cramming works for me.
I'm going to do a lot of studying at
the last minute, that's what it means to cram.
It's only used to describe studying for
a test, usually college or high-school level.
10
：
drained;
wired
drained
，意思是非常累；
wired
，意思是精力充沛
.
You are full of
energy. But I'm drained, I'm going to sleep.
For example, if a couple fight all the
time, they would be emotionally tired, which
you can also call drained.
You don't even seem drained after the
mid-terms.
Drained, it means exhausted.
The word can be used two ways. To be
physically drained and emotionally drained.
I
don't think I will be nearly as wired as you are.
Ok,
your
participation
in
the
college's
meetings
and
being
involved
in
those
decisions means you
are wired into the discussion.
The
word
wired
has
a
couple
of
meanings.
One
means
to
be
energetic
and
the
other means to have nervous energy.
Wired
also
means
to
be
connected
to
something,
such
as
being
wired
into
the
Internet, or being wired into a
discussion.
11
：
kick back;
one-track mind
kick back,
当
kickback
作为一
个词的时候，意思是贪污受贿；当
kick back
用作
kick
和
bac
k
两个字的
时候，意思是休息，和某人一起玩
;
one track
mind
，意思是脑子里光想一件事。
It's a good
time to just kick back and relax.
Last
weekend we were in New York and kicked back with
your friends, remember?
Yeah, that
company executive got a kickback.
It means to relax with
friend.
It can be used that
way as well when one person pays someone else in
return for a
job or a contract.
When
you
mean
corruption,
kickback
is
one
word.
When
it
means
to
relax,
kick
back is two words.
Geez, you have such a one track mind
sometimes.
One track mind
means you are only thinking about one thing all
the time.
12.
13
：
keep cool;
screw up
keep
cool
，意思是：冷静一些，别太激动；
screw up
，
意思是把事情弄糟了。
Yeah, they really need to keep cool out
there.
Keep cool means to calm
down
。
Yeah, they have really
managed to screw up this game.
I screw
up on tests all the time.
He screwed up
at work.(
工作没有做好
)
I screw up all the
time.(
和别人的关系搞不好
)
14
：
pig out; big
mouth
pig
out
，就是吃很多东西的意思；
big mouth
，就是多嘴的人。
Ok, well. It was a great
meal, we all pigged out.
When you use
it in the past tense, pig out should be pigged
out.
Pig out means to eat a
large amount of food.
You
have such a big mouth!
Well, don't
worry about it. I tend to pig out and you're a big
mouth. Everyone has
their faults.
A big mouth means someone who talks a
lot about other people's business!
15
：
what's up; no
brainer
what's
up
，这是一个用来打招呼的通俗说法
;
no
brainer
，意思是某件事很容易，
不用动脑子就能做成。
What's up is really a common greeting.
It's like saying,
It's
really only spoken language.
When
you
answer,you
can
explain
what's
going
on
in
your
life,
or
you
could
say
something as simple as:
Not much.
You stress too
much, this test will be a no brainer.
When the University gave you a
scholarship to come study here in New York, it was
a no brainer for you too.
No
brainer means something that reqires little or no
thought.
16
：
goof off; to
hit the sack
to goof
off
，意思是做一些无聊的事，开玩笑；
to hit the
sack
，这是指晚上上床睡觉。
Children or young people often goof
off. Do you remember when we were at the
movies and those high school students
threw candy at the screen, you could say they
were goofing off.
To tell
you the truth, when I went to the library in high
school with my roommates
we would
usually waste time and ended up goofing off.
To
goof
off
does
mean
that
I'm
acting
stupid
and
not
being
serious.
Goof
is
a
people use it a lot. It
is often used to
describe how young
people are
behaving.
Even though it's not that
late, I'm ready to hit the sack!
Ok,
now go hit the after tomorrow's test we will have
to study seriously for
next week's
test, no more goofing off.
It's usually
used to talk about going to bed at night, after a
long day at work or
school.
It's
a colloquial
saying.,which
means
to
go to bed. Sack, here means
bed, and hit
means going to.
17
：
to
bum; turn-off
to
bum
，意思是借钱或其他东西；
a
turn-off
，意思是让人讨厌的地方。
Well, you can order
whatever you want, but I need to bum a couple of
dollars, if
you don't mind.
If you feel cold at a friend's home and
you asked to bum a sweater, then you would
return it when you were going to leave.
Yes,
if
you
will
let
me
bum
a
couple
bucks
tonight,
I
promise
to
pay
you
back
tomorrow.
Don't use this
word for big things. For example, you would not
ask your friend,
I bum your
car?
gum or candy.
A girl I used to hang out with acted
the same way. Whenever a group of us went
out, she would always ask to bum money.
It got to be a real turn-off.
Your ex-
boyfriend always smoked cigarettes around you,
that was a real turn-off.
A girl I once
dated always interrupted me whenever I was
talking. That was a real
turn-off.
A turn-off is something that repels
someone.
18
：
lucky break;
mellow
lucky break
,
意思是意想不到的好运气；
mellow
意思是安静，平静。
I did much better than
I expected. It was
a
lucky break that I knew most of the
answers.
Well,
we
found
the
mellow
place
and
we
pay
half
price.
Really
a
lucky
break.
Worth celebrating
too.
Lucky
break
together
means
something
good
that
happens
that
you
were
not
expecting.
Yeah,
you're
right.
It'll
be
hard
for
us
to
have
a
conversation
here.
Let's
go
to
a
place that's more mellow.
I said that let's go to a place that's
more mellow, meaning someplace more calm
and relaxing.
You can use
the word mellow to describe a person too.
19
：
neat; sharp
neat
，意思是很好的主意，很好的计划；
sharp
，意思是一个人脑子很聪明。
< br>
I'm sure the lecture will be really
neat.
Neat, it's a word used here to
describe something that is good.
Neat
can be used to describe an idea, a concept.
Yeah, I really agree. The
speaker was really intelligent, you could say he
is sharp.
Sharp is an adjective that
can be used to describe a person who is really
smart.
It is not used to describe
things, only people. You could not call a
apartment sharp.
20
：
jerk; street
smart
jerk
就是很粗鲁，不顾别人的人；
street smart
就是知道在大城市生活该怎么处置一
些事情，应该如何应付各种不
同的情况。
People are usually a lot
more courteous. That one guy was a real jerk.
See that man across the street? The one
who's shouting and yelling at the little girl?
He must be a real jerk.
Jerk
is
someone
who
is
mean
and
inconsiderateBut
be
careful,
this
word
is
very
mean.
Well, I
grew up in the city. I guess you could say I'm
street smart.
Being street smart also
means you know how to be careful, for example, at
night
time.
It means I know
how city life operates, I know how to deal with
different situations.
21
：
hit; to roll
hit
，
这是指受欢迎的，人们喜欢的人或东西；
to roll
，
也就是开始准备做一件事。
Yeah, he's the hit of all these
parties.
For instance, you can say
A hit TV
program.(
一个受欢迎的电视节目
)
is
a
word
used
to
describe
someone
or
something
that
makes
a
favorable
can also be called a hit.
Let's roll
？
I really do think it's time
to roll.
If
you're doing one thing, you can say
new.
22
：
couch potato;
nuts
couch
potato
，指那些常坐着看电视，吃零食的人；
nuts
，就是说一个人不正常，做的事很怪。
I want to drag him out to
do something. You know, he's such a couch potato.
But sometimes, after a really hard week
at school, I also just want to collapse and
be a couch potato.
Couch
potato is an expression used to describe someone
who sits in front of the TV
all the
time eating junk food, such as potato chips.
You know, some people think
I'm nuts to have a friend like Jon.
Jon
can be rude, and he also argues a lot. Sometimes
he does drive me nuts.
You know, my
mother used to make me clean my room every night
when I was in
high school and that
drove me nuts.
Nuts here means someone
who is crazy.
Drives somebody nuts
means to makes somebody crazy.
23
：
bomb; mess up
to bomb
，弄糟，搞砸。
to mess
up
就是做错了事，或者把什么东西弄坏了。
That play really bombed!
I think I just bombed my
history test. I don't think I'm going to pass.
I said I bombed my test, that means I
did very poorly, and probably will get a very
low mark.
Sometimes
we
might
say
a
movie
or
a
play
That
means
that
no
one
wanted to see it, and it probably lost
a lot of money.
Ack! They
messed up my order! There are onions on this
burger!
She messed up my bike.
Also,
24
：
take a hike;
to blow off
take a
hike
，意思是叫某人走开；
to
blow
off
，这是指取消约会，或者是不做自己不想做的事。
You
told
me
there's
that
one
guy
who
always
bothers
you
in
the
study
hall.
You
should tell him to take a hike.
For instance, when my friend kept
teasing me about the way I dressed the other
day, I told him to take a
hike.
Take a hike is to tell someone to
leave, or to tell someone to leave you alone.
Sometimes you can use
Bob and I did make plans to
go out last night. But he blew me off. He decided
to
go out with his girlfriend. It
wasn't the first time he blew me off.
When I was at a party last weekend,
Nancy acted like she didn't even know who I
was. I can say Nancy blew me off.
There are some things in life you just
shouldn't blow off.
To blow off means
to break off plans you had with someone.
If someone has been friendly to you in
the
past,
but he suddenly
seems to ignore
you, you can say that
person blew you off.
You can
also use this phrase to talk about things you blow
off, such as something
you don't want
to do.
25
：
cop; to freak
out
cop,
警察；
to freak
out
，非常紧张和激动。
Calm
down.
Just
find
a
parking
lot
and
stop
the
car.
The
cop
will
follow
us,
and
come over
to your window to talk to you.
Calm
down! Sometimes the cops stop people just to warn
them, not to give them a
ticket. You
weren't going very fast anyway.
When I say
particular.
The word
Call him
I told
you not to freak out. If a cop sees that you are
nervous, he will be even more
suspicious of you.
Actually,
I was the one who should have been freaking out! <
/p>
26
：
ace;
peanuts
大家可能还记得
Michael
这个美国学生以往几次考试都考糟了，
这一次情况可大
不相同。
今天他和他的中国同学李华约好了在图书馆见面。
李华会学到两个常用
语，一个是：
to ace
；另一个是：
peanuts
。
L:
嗨，
Michael
，今天考得怎么样？
M: Not bad! I aced today's history
test!
L:
你历史测验又考糟啦？那你还那么高兴！
M: No, Li Hua, I didn't bomb my test. I
said
L:
你考得很好，那太好了，
Michael
！最近你每天都到图书馆来念书，
我知道你
会考得比以前好的。你刚才用的是哪个字啊？
M: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and
you can add a
L:
噢，
在这里，
ace
是个动词，
过去时
就是在后面加一个字母
，
变成
了
aced
。
这个
字是不是和扑克牌里的那张牌
A
，或者叫
尖子
的那
张牌一样的呢？
M: That's
right. The
L:
对，在
玩扑克的时候
ace
往往是价值最高的一张牌，所以
ace
就是
指某件事<
/p>
做的很好。那
ace
作为动词还能用在什
么场合呢？
M: Usually we can use
tests. For example, I can say I aced my
last job interview.
L:
噢，一般都用在和测验考试之类的情况，你上次找工作去面谈谈
得很好也能
用
这个词。再说一遍你刚才说的那句话，好
吗？
M: I aced my
last job interview.
L:
你大概回答问题答得很好，所以老板就要你了。
M: That's right. Li Hua, if someone is
very good at something, we can call him an
L: I'm an ace at taking
tests,
你说我非常会考试！这也不见得，我考糊
的时候也
有的。不过，比你少一点就是了。
M: Yes, you're right!
L:
Michael,
借我
$$.75
买杯咖啡好吗？
M: Well,
okay. Li Hua, how much money do you earn as a
teaching assistant, if you
don't mind
my asking?
L:
你当然不在意你问我赚多少钱。
当助
教的工资很低，才
8
美元一
小时。
M: Eight
dollars? That's peanuts!
L: Peanuts?
Peanuts
不是花生吗？你是什么意思呀？
M: That's really not much! You only
make eight dollars an hour? Your wages are
very low, so I said that's
L:
原来你的意思是我的工资很低。你说的
< br>peanuts
是不是和我们吃的
花生一个
字吗？
M: That's right.
L:
< br>我在想另外找个工作呢。
我的同学王燕在图书馆工作，
一
个小时
就有十美元。
M: That's still peanuts compared with
the teaching assistants in other departments. I
make about 13 dollars an hour as a
graduate assistant.
L:
哟，
你一个小时赚
13
美元呐！
< br>
真不公平，
你赚那么多钱，
而
我
只赚
peanuts.
M: I don't see how you can live on so
little money.
L:
赚那么点钱是怎么过的日子呀？我还有奖学金呐，每个月给我四
百美元生活
费。
M: Too bad you don't really make
peanuts, at least you can eat those...
L:
你真想要我赚花生，靠吃花生过日子呀。
Michael,
你真废话！
M: I'm just
kidding!
今天李华学到两个常用语，一个是：
to
ace
，就是某件事做得很好，特别是象考
试之类的事；另一个
是：
peanuts
，这里不是指花生，而是指数量很小，价值
很
低。今天的
[
流行美语
]
就学习到这里，我们下次节目再见。
26
：
ace; peanuts
to
ace
，就是某件事做得很好，特别是象考试之类的事；
peanuts
，是指数量很小，价值很低。
I aced today's history
test!
For example, I can say I aced my
last job interview.
I can say, for
example, you are an ace at taking tests.
The
to do well.
Usually we can use
tests.
If someone is very good at
something, we can call him an
You
only
make
eight
dollars
an
hour?
Your
wages
are
very
low,
so
I
said
that's
That's
still
peanuts
compared
with
the
teaching
assistants
in
other
departments.
I
make about 13 dollars an
hour as a graduate assistant.
27
：
buck; whatever
buck
，这是指美元；
whatever
，这是表示说话的人对对方说的话很不以为然，就象中文
里说的
得了
吧
。
Don't worry about it! I'll buy you one.
It's only a few bucks.
And the other
day, I lent you a few bucks for lunch. And last
week, you borrowed
ten bucks so you
could buy a chemistry textbook, and...
Handsome?
Whatever! He's got to be over 50 years old now!
Whatever! Piers Brosnan is an old man
and he's getting fat. I couldn't possibly be
jealous of him.
I'm fat?
Whatever! This movie was a waste of seven bucks!
When someone says
just said
is nonsense.
28
：
rip off;
straight answer
to rip
off
，意思是受骗，上当；
straight
answer
，意思是坦率，老实的回答。
I bought a pair
of tennis shoes. When I bought them, I thought it
was a good deal,
but later I saw the
same pair at another store for much less. I got
ripped off.
If you buy
something and then find out that it is of poor
quality, you can also say
you were
ripped off.
I guess I'm not
the only one who got ripped off.
To be ripped off means to be cheated.
They
just
keep
telling
me
that
they
will
let
me
know
soon.
I
wish
the
company
would just give me a straight answer.
Do
you
still
want
to
come
over
to
my
messy
apartment?
Give
me
a
straight
answer.
If you
are looking for a straight answer, that means you
want someone to give you
a direct
answer and tell you the truth.
29
：
loser; to bug
loser
，指一个人老是不会做某件事；
to
bug
，意思是为了一件事老是去麻烦别人，让人讨厌。
I feel like such a loser. I
keep getting passed by little kids. They laugh at
me.
I've always been kind of a loser at
sports.
I do have a lot of
friends. But if they could see how many times I
fell down today,
I'm sure they would
not want be friends with such a loser.
A loser means a failure.
You had been bugging me
about going skating for so long.
You
can say that something is bugging you, such as an
assignment that you haven't
been able
to finish or a problem that you cannot solve.
It really bugs me when Mary
interrupts me in the middle of a sentence.
It bugs me that you never listen to me.
Bugging means to bother or annoy
someone about something.
30
：
play hooky; to
snap
to play
hooky
就是逃学，或者装病不去上班；
to
snap
就是对某人嚷嚷，很生气地对某人说话。
Yes, I'm supposed to be in
class right now. But I didn't read the assignment
for class
today, and I just didn't feel
like going, so I decided to play hooky.
Why don't you call in to
work and tell them you're sick! You can also play
hooky
from work.
To play hooky means to skip class.
I'm sorry. I
didn't mean to snap at you. It's just that right
now I'm so stressed.
His
mother must have snapped at him when he broke
something at home.
To snap
at someone means to yell at someone or talk to
them in an angry way.
31
：
sketchy;
sucker
sketchy
，意思是一个人，或者是一个人
说的话不可信，值得怀疑；
sucker
，
指一个很轻信，很容易上当的人。
What? I don't believe her. That story
sounds sketchy.
That guy was very
sketchy. You have to be careful around sketchy
people like that.
Sketchy means
suspicious and cannot be trusted.
Sure, everyone is a sucker at one time
or another...
Your roommate is
a real sucker! She still believes your
story even after talking to
her
brother?
A sucker is someone who
believes people who lie to her, and can be easily
tricked .
32
：
fishy; to luck
out
fishy
，意思是怀疑对方不老实，有花招；
to luck
out
，这是指没有料到的运气。
She's not usually so nice.
Normally all she does is complain. I think there's
something
fishy going on.
You really have to be careful whenever
you feel something fishy.
There is
something fishy going on means there is something
suspicious going on.
You can say
something is fishy if you think someone is lying
about something.
Look, half
of the flights are canceled because of the snow,
but ours is still on time.
We really
lucked out.
I really lucked out on that
test last week. I didn't study very much for it,
but I still
knew all the answers on the
test.
33
：
wimps; guts
wimp
，意思是软弱，没骨气；
guts
，这是指有勇气。
Don't be such a wimp! You
have to talk to her, if you want to get a raise.
You were a wimp
when you crashed your bicycle. You
cried because you hurt your arm!
A wimp
is a weak person, a coward, or someone who can't
take pain.
Wow!
That's not bad Li Hua. It took a lot of guts to go
in there like that.
It took a lot of
guts for you to come to the U.S. by yourself.
34
：
nerd;
cheesy
nerd,
就是奇怪的意思；
Cheesy
就是很俗气，没有水平的意思。
As a matter of fact, when I was growing
up, a lot of kids called me a nerd because I
didn't fit in.
If someone is
always studying, or seems to know the answers to
everything, you can
call him a nerd.
How can those cheesy TV shows make you
cry? You're such a nerd.
If you call
someone a nerd, it means you think he is weird and
not cool.
I think the new
TV soap opera on Channel 6 is so cheesy. It is
fake and the things
they say on the
shows are so weird. I don't know why these shows
are so popular.
Don't
be
mad.
But
you
are
a
nerd.
No
one
cries
while
watching
these
cheesy
TV
shows
！
Cheesy
means
tacky
or
dumb.
It's
usually
used
to
describe
a
TV
show,
movie,
or
something someone
says.
35
：
wasted; to get
a kick out of something
wasted
，是指喝得大醉；
to get a kick out of
something
，就是为某件事感到很高兴。
Last night a friend and I
went out to a bar and got wasted, so I don't feel
very good
right now.
We were
so wasted that we couldn't even stand up straight.
It always seems like a lot of fun when
I get completely wasted, but the next day, I
regret it.
To get wasted
means to get very very drunk.
Don't speak so loudly. I still have a
headache. I think you get a kick out of watching
me suffer.
I'm
so
useless.
I
only
get
a
kick
out
of
doing
stupid
things,
like
getting
wasted
or
watching old cartoons.
You
really do get a kick out of tormenting me. I'll
never get wasted for the rest of
my
life. I promise.
36
：
chip in; snail
mail
to chip in
，
意思是凑钱买什么东西，或者是凑钱付大家一起吃饭的钱
;
snail
mai
，这是指通过邮局寄的信。
My
mother
said
her
colleagues
always
chip
in
to
buy
gifts
to
celebrate
someone's
birthday or when
someone has a new baby.
Yes, the guys
and I usually each chip in a few dollars when we
go out for pizza on
Friday
nights
。
To chip
in, means to each contribute money to buy
something.
I
got
two
letters
today
from
a
couple
of
old
friends!
I
hardly
ever
get
snail
mail
anymore.
Everyone
is
so
busy
nowadays,
no
one
seems
to
have
time
to
write
snail
mail
anymore.
Only a
letter written to you by a friend or family member
can really be called
mail
37
：
uptight; to
get it
uptight
，也就是一个人显得很紧张。<
/p>
to get it, or don't get it
意思是懂某件事，或弄不懂某件事；
Oh come on! Don't be so uptight!
Everyone is having a good time except for you.
Hmm. Sometimes if I feel a bit uptight,
I have a few beers. That helps me relax.
Uptight means tense, irritable, or
unable to relax.
I tried to
teach my dog to sit ,but he doesn't get it.
If I tell you a joke, and you
understand it, you can say:
Get it
means understand.
38
：
flip out; off
my back
flip
out,
是指非常愤怒；
get
off one's back,
意思是少管闲事。
Last night they had their music turned
on so loud that I finally just flipped out and
went over and yelled at them.
People sometimes flip out because they
just can't stand something anymore.
To
flip out means to go crazy because you are very
angry about something.
She told me to get off her back,
because they were just having some friends over
and listening to some music.
I think I've got to talk to the
apartment company now. I don't care if that girl
told
me to get off her back.
To
off
my
back
means
to
leave
me
alone
or
stop
bugging
me
about
something.
39
：
veg out; in my
face
veg
out,
是说什么事也不做，完全轻松一下
;
in my
face
是一种咄咄逼人的态度或者个性。
Last night I just vegged
out in front of the TV all night.
I was
supposed to go out with some friends, but I was
too tired after being at work
all day.
That's why I ended up vegging out in front of the
TV all day.
To veg out means to sit
around and do nothing.
If you veg out
you usually do so at home. You may be reading,
listening to music,
watching TV or just
sitting there. Basically, your are not thinking of
anything very
complicated.
Usually, I do only have
to
work from Monday
through Friday. But
my
supervisor
has
really been in my face about getting this project
done.
He has an
It's
not
a
very
nice
thing
to
say
about
someone.
You
probably
shouldn't
tell
someone directly that
you think they have been in your face about
something.
40
：
to be into;
geek
to be into,
就是一个人对一件事物特别
有兴趣，也对那件事物特别懂。
geek
是说一个人只花时间在他发生浓厚兴趣的嗜好上，别的都不管不顾。
I really used to be into
comic books when I was a high school student.
You have been into calligraphy for a
long time, haven't you?
I can't put this comic book down. I am
such a comic book geek.
Geeks
are
not
usually
into
playing
sports.
They
like
things
like
comic
books,
computers, collecting
stamps, reading science fiction
books
。
Geeks
often put their hobbies before other things, such
as their social life, meeting
girls,
gaining a useful education.
A
is
soomeone
who
spends
all
of
their
time
with
their
special
interests
or
hobbies.
41
：
psycho; laid
back
psycho
，指的是一个人行为反常，爱发脾气；
laid
back
，就是个性比较随和的意思。
Well,
my last
boss
was a real psycho. One
time, I came to work one minute
late,
and he yelled at me in front of
everyone.
You can always ditch your
psycho roommate and find a new one.
Usually
we
just
call
someone
with
strange
behavior,
and
a
bad
unpredictable
temper, a
psycho.
Wanted: friendly,
laid back female roommate to share a two bedroom
apartment
。
You certainly
weren't very laid back when she tricked you on
April Fool's day.
Laid back describes
someone who does not get angry or excited easily.
42
：
take it easy;
to chew out
take it
easy
，意思是冷静下来，或者放轻松些
;
to chew
out
，意思是发脾气骂人。
Hey, hey, take it easy Li Hua! You
really scared that kid.
I
hope you learn to take it easy and not get angry
at everyone.
Take it easy means you
need to calm down, not get too excited.
You really chewed that kid
out.
Don't chew me out! I was talking
about myself, not you.
If someone gets
angry and yells at you, and starts criticizing
your behavior, they are
chewing you
out.
43
：
rule; to blow
one's money on something
to
rule
，是很棒的意思
;
to
blow one's money on
something
，意思是把钱都浪费在了某样东西上。
Hey! You don't need to get
angry just because I rule at the pool table!
I am king of the pool table! I rule!
For instance, I can say
Sometimes we just say something or
someone rules without adding any other words.
When we say a person rules,
that means we think they are the best, or at least
that
they are impressive.
I just blew my money on playing pool
with them.
Like when we were at the
mall the other day, and you blew a whole week's
pay on
shoes.
I'll never
blow all of my money like that again. I am older
and wiser now.
44
：
big deal; to give it a shot
a big
deal
是指很重大，或者严重的事
;
give it a shot
指的是尽力去试。
Don't worry about it! You have to learn
this sooner or later. Give it a shot!
We might also say give it your best
shot.(
全力以赴去试一下
)
We say give a shot when we ask someone
to try something they are not sure they
can do.
Don't 's not a big
deal. The bumper just hit the parking meter.
It was a very big deal for Chinese
people when Beijing got the chance to host the
2008 Summer Olympics.
If
something is a big deal,it is very serious, or
very important to someone.
45
：
packed; hype
packed
，就是十分拥挤的意思
;
hype
就是指大家总是把一件事说的比实际情况还要好。
Yeah, it's really
packed today. I've never seen this many people
here.
Around Spring Festival, the buses
are packed as well, right?
Here we say
We usually use packed to describe a
small place full of people.
There was a lot of hype about Titanic,
but I don't think it was as good as the hype
said it would be.
I remember
hearing a lot of hype about the Forbidden City in
Beijing, but I didn't
think it was very
interesting.
Hype
means
a
lot
of
excitement
or
praise
about
something
that
you
might
hear
about before you see it.
46
：
no way; to bet
no way
表示不可能；
to bet
是确信的意思。
There is no way I'm
changing my plans.
-Hey, look, there's
a red car down the street. I bet that's Anna. -No
way.
No way means that
there is no way I will do that.
Sometimes no way also means that's not
true or absolutely not. It shows that you
disagree with something that somebody
said.
I bet you'll say it
is stupid no matter how good it really is. You
always say action
movies are stupid.
47
：
busted; creep
busted
，就是做坏事被抓到的意思
;
creep
，指的是一个人的行为举止鬼鬼祟祟。
The police just busted
someone for trying to steal my neighbor's car.
They busted the man who lives in the
apartment above mine!
The teacher
busted my classmate for cheating on the English
test.
Busted is the past tense of to
bust; it means to catch someone doing something
they
shouldn't be doing.
You
can say
He definitely
sounds like a creep to me.
A creep is
someone who looks and acts in a way that makes
people suspicious and
uncomfortable.
48
：
redneck; in
the sticks
redneck
是指乡下人
;
In the
sticks
则是指远离城市的农村地区。
Rednecks like life in the
countryside. They enjoy sports such as hunting or
fishing.
A redneck is
someone from the countryside who lives a country
lifestyle.
If you call someone a
redneck, it means you think that they are not very
cultured or
sophisticated.
Be careful how you use this word. Some
people might get angry if you call them a
redneck.
He
lives out in the sticks. There's nothing for me to
do out there.
Stick means a rural area,
far from a big city.
The phrase in the
sticks is not very polite. You shouldn't tell
someone that they live
in the sticks
unless you are just joking with them.
49
：
under the
weather.. to grab a bite to eat.
under
the weather
就是身体有点不舒服
;
grab a bite to
eat
，也就是随便到外面吃点快餐。
I am just a little under
the weather today, so I decided to take the rest
of the day
off and really rest.
Under the weather, it means
sick.
Usually when someone
says that they are under the weather, they mean
they feel
bad, but are not very sick.
Maybe this
weekend we can grab a bite to eat.
I don't always grab a bite to eat at
fast food places.
To be exact, it
means to find some quick and simple food, like
fast food.
50
：
piece of junk;
cheap
piece of
junk
就是指没用的废物；
cheap
指小气、不肯花钱。
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