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: \* X8 A' \5 Q. T9 V如果想和老外交流，口语还是有帮助的，不然别人哈哈大笑，而你摸不着头脑，很尴尬的
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美国口语俚语（1）
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Don’t forget to clock in,otherwise you won’t get paid.
2 u7 S; k) k" O% e) ^) N3 K 别忘了打卡，否则领不到钱。
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2. come on to 对...轻薄；吃豆腐
7 Z1 M3 u' G5 O Tanya slapped Bill after he came on to her.
2 w7 A1 e0 P+ t5 q1 r/ c Tanya在Bill对她轻薄之后打了他一巴掌。
% i6 L5 ~# k! Z3 ^ 3. come easily 易如反掌
6 ~7 t9 I2 e& b6 c6 d+ G8 _% l# T( h Languages come easily to some people.
. ` Q$ a/ W0 p* J% D, @3 Q 语言学习对有些人来说易如反掌。
) Q" e1 H) w3 f 4. don’t have a cow别大惊小怪
* T& z+ k" I) @ Don’t have a cow! I’ll pay for the damages.
" C# B8 D' W5 U, @ 别大惊小怪的！我会赔偿损失的。
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5. push around 欺骗
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Don’t try to push me around!
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别想耍我！
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& \# c% D' T7 i5 E3 T4 y7 C0 g8 @& l- K3 _ 1. keep one’s shirt on保持冷静
- l! ]+ c! a F Keep your shirt on. He didn’t mean to offend you. That’s just the
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way he talks.
% x) R, P3 w* ]0 Y% W8 u- o 保持冷静。那只是他说话的惯常方式，他并非有意要冒犯你。
+ c# q" r' s$ C! X; B1 o* _% ~8 Z 2. cool it冷静一点
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Cool it. You are making me mad.
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冷静一点。你快把我逼疯了。
* b, @8 U- c. X' S+ ^6 P 3. joy ride兜风
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Let’s go for a joy ride.
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让我们去兜兜风。
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4. rap说唱乐
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Do you like rap music? I have trouble understanding the words.
6 |! k$ V7 x1 A o% U% ` 你喜欢说唱音乐吗？我听不太懂其中的歌词。
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美国口语俚语（3）
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1. go up in smoke成为泡影
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Peter’s vacation plans went up in smoke when a crisis arose in the office.
/ k! B8 y p( ^. t+ y 办公室出了问题，peter的假期泡汤了。
5 O* i0 k+ \* } 2. hit the road上路
3 l3 _, y! A" X3 b' x0 i, ]% l We should probably hit the road. It’s going to take us two hours to get home.
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我们可能该上路了吧？到家的两个小时呢！
! @# U3 l; y# |" [" }; @ 3. shape up表现良好，乖
- A0 a2 c" N1 L. J P8 k/ T1 p( ` You’d better shape up if you want to stay on.
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如果你还想留下来的话最好乖一点儿。
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4. scare the shit out of someone吓死某人了
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Don’t sneak up behind me like that. You scared the shit out of me.
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不要那样从后面突然吓我。你吓死我了。
' W' Q9 P3 ]8 S: a 5. pull strings运用关系 （源于“拉木偶的线”）
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He pulled some strings and managed to get us front row seats for the concert.
% X" B J' _8 X; Y3 y5 T2 d 他运用关系替我们拿到音乐会前排的位子。
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2 T. A: S0 B* ^$ N1 Q' t 美国口语俚语（4）
7 [* D+ y6 s! { 1. come again 再说一遍
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Come again? I didn’t quite understand what you said.
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再说一遍好吗？你刚说的话我不明白。
6 u- H- `( T* T 2. come clean 全盘托出，招供
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The criminal decided to come clean.
/ R2 H/ {0 ^9 N# l 罪犯决定供出事实。
; j# R0 L# {7 | F$ C- A 3. spring for 请客
$ ~, a& q, A" x3 z4 n9 @ w n- t. a Let me spring for dinner.
1 `( A" I3 m) A) R/ g2 H6 s 我来请客吃饭吧。
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4. spill the beans 泄漏秘密
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) z0 U" C" D' z5 a 别说漏了嘴，这可是个秘密哦！
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5. stick in the mud 保守的人
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Cathy is such a stick in the mud. She never wants to try anything
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new.
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Cathy真保守，她从不想尝试新事物。
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美国口语俚语（5）
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I have to go to the john. Wait for me in the car.
, m7 Y1 q6 e0 Z& W; F1 m3 L: w' c 我要去厕所。在车里等我一下。
0 |% O9 Z' \6 z 2. keep in line管束
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He needs to be kept in line. He’s too wild.
8 E( s2 m( w3 k+ g 他太野了，要好好管束一下。
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" c8 l% q, B9 y; H0 m- p 5. red-letter day大日子
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This is a red-letter day for Susan. She made her first sale to a very
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important client.
( f3 m6 O' _; a2 n5 C4 l) B 今天是susan的大日子。她和一个非常重要的客户做成了第一笔生意。
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美国口语俚语（6）
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1. fishy 可疑的
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His story sounds fishy. We should see if it’s really true.
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他的故事听起来可疑。我们应该看看到底是不是真的。
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2. flip out 乐死了
t. B' ^0 {# S: x" R5 y Chris flipped out when I told him that we won the game.
" r* D1 E/ i# q& M1 f9 g1 X% V+ B5 ` 我告诉克里斯我们赢了比赛时，他乐歪了。
$ _% X3 [9 A4 z8 n1 k 3. fix someone up 撮合某人
' _- W! J! V; S, u- H" z. z ^- q# c I think Xixi and Macaulay would make a perfect couple. Let’s fix them
! O( q. O" n& K. N up. (Haha,just kidding
5 w- f- Y, U( T+ |; W1 h! w 我想习习和macaulay会是理想的一对，我们来撮合他们吧。（呵，开个玩
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笑，习习和macaulay不会生气吧？：）
+ k( l+ Z+ v1 q9 n/ F8 C- Y 4. take a shine to 有好感
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He really likes you. There are very few people he takes a shine to
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, p( P2 m" S2 H/ F 他真的喜欢你。他很少对人一见面就有好感的。
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5. third wheel 累赘，电灯泡
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You two go on ahead. I don’t want to be a third wheel.
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你们两个去好了，我不想当电灯泡。
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% r1 X2 O: K8 ~" \1 k0 P! Q 美国口语俚语（7）
* d4 N7 L/ U- y! p2 E 1. ripoff 骗人的东西
3 T4 t% n" \ {1 L5 N7 ` What a ripoff! The new car I bought doesn’t work!
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真是个骗人货！我买的新车启动不了！
/ w/ V5 R8 a" h: N) g 2. rock the boat 找麻烦
1 n1 x( t, @8 ~3 g/ b, r5 ] Don’t rock the boat! Things are fine just the way they are.
* j& f. @ L9 e6 A 别找麻烦了，事情这样就够好了。
8 A% v# e8 g, M ^ 3. blow it 搞砸了，弄坏了
; F. }6 L# D% z) J. Z5 U I blew it on that last exam.
& Q, r* k$ q& C# { 我上次考试靠砸了。
0 R o4 F% k( g7 _ 4. in hot water 有麻烦
6 _* ?- K; ~& Q; p- u He is in hot water with his girlfriend recently.
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近段时间他跟女友的关系有点僵。
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