Let’s take it down a notch
Come on, coach. You gotta take that kid out.
Don’t be fooled by the
I was out of control (growing up)
They’re 0 and 6
I’m gonna give a speech.
You’re not giving the speech. We’re gonna be stuck with these people for the next five hours.
I’m just gonna say it. He needs to be checked by a specialist.
我就直说了吧
a doctor who knows more about one particular type of illness or treatment than other doctors
I might as well just call him not to come.
I’m bound to be a little surprised.
What did I tell you would happen if you (got him a gun)? Deal with this.
You have to follow through.
to do what needs to be done to complete something or make it successful
The project went wrong when the staff failed to follow through.
If you have followed through all the exercises in this book, you should be ready for the second year course.
What’s more important here, Dad?
(You can shoot him) afterwords.
This would have gone on forever.
Stop being so hard on Manny.
The only reason I’m hard on Manny is just because I don’t want to see him make a fool of himself.
That was very stupid of me, wasn’t it?
You’ll know better next time.
How awesome it would be to have a fake little brother who’s really my nephew.
I want you to just come straight out with it.
come straight to the point
beat about/around the bush: to avoid talking what is important
Quit beating around the bush and say what’s in your mind.
Dad is coming right behind.
Cam and I started feeling this longing for something more, like, maybe a baby.
- note to (= this is a message for)
- toughen him up
- be expecting a baby
- point out
- drop off some laundry
- announce himself
- tell sb off
- fawn over/on
- follow through
- take sth in (= to understand and remember new facts and information)
- put sth on (= to pretend to have a particular feeling, opinion, way of speaking etc especially in order to get attention)
- loose his grip on sth
- spritz (= to spray small amounts of a liquid on something)
- turn away
- bug
- look to (= 1. to pay attention to something, especially in order to improve it 2. to depend on someone to provide help, advice etc)
- stride briskly
- linger behind
- head off (= to leave to go to another place)
- meet up with (= to meet someone in order to do something together)
- pace off/out (= to measure a distance by walking across it with steps of equal length)
- train sth on/at sb/sth (= to aim something such as a gun or camera at someone or something)
- barrel (= to move very fast, especially in an uncontrolled way)
- tend to sb/sth (= to look after someone or something)
- ad-lib (= to say things that you have not prepared or planned when you are performing or giving a speech) [SYN] improvise
fawn over/on: to praise someone and be friendly to them in an insincere way, because you want them to like you or give you something
He then takes in the picture of Lily with the Twinkies.
I have to read the letter twice before I could take it all in.
It was an interesting exhibition, but there was too much to take in at once.
I never use a script; I just ad-lib the whole programme.
They all ad-lib greetings.
We must look to our defences.
We look to you for support.
They’re looking to the new manager to make the company profitable.
Phil starts to put on his intimidating face.
They all tried to put on a brave face.
Sheila’s not really that upset; she’s just putting it on.
The director paced out the length of the stage.
He begins to pace off steps away from the nervous Luke.
Claire barrels through Haley’s door
A vehicle barreled out of a shopping center and crashed into the side of (blindsided) my car.
Phil is tending to Luke’s injury,
- Bedside table
- Baby oil
- Banister
- Tie rack
- Cream puff
- specialist
- camcorder
- BB gun
- blow-up (= a sudden big argument or disagreement)
- a big emotional scene
- avoider
- avoidance issues
- physical confrontation
- a pair of ripped jeans
- mall walker
- mono
- coin-op car wash
- a pair of underwear
- air hockey table
- chest bump
- big news / announcement
- a surrogate mother
- a suicide mission
- display rack
- fist bump
- (give sb / get) the cold shoulder (= to behave in an unfriendly way towards someone that you know)
- flashbacks (= 1. a scene in a film, play, book etc that shows something that happened before that point in the story 2. a sudden very clear memory of something that happened to you in the past)
- cue (= an action or event that is a signal for something else to happen)
- busybody (= someone who is too interested in other people’s private activities)
- sneak preview of (= an occasion when you can see a film, play, product etc before it is shown to people in general)
It’s clear that Gloria is giving Jay a cold shoulder.
The events of the hero’s childhood are shown as a series of flashbacks.
I’m having flashbacks to when I told my family I was gay.
I’m having flashbacks of telling my family I was gay.
waiting for his cue to enter.
I love how you see me as some huge busybody.
hang on a second
That’s all I’m saying.
You’re with me on this, right?
