I’ve been imagining what it would be like in this university. It makes me kinda anxious!
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-I just kept imaging what it would be like at this university. It makes me kinda anxious!
-What have you got to be anxious about?
-What if I can't adapt to the dorm life?Or what if my roommate and I don't get along?
-Don't worry about it, sweetie. Trust me. Life there is full of passion and vigor! I've been there! You're gonna make tons of new friends!
-Thanks mom. You always know how to cheer me up!
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Sometimes I like to close my eyes and imagine what it'd be like when summer does come.
does+动词 表强调
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What have sb got to do sth?
What have you got to lose? 没什么会让你失败。
have go to=have to
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What if
What if the train is late?
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adapt to sth
It took me a while to adapt to the new job.
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get along
A and B get along = A get along with B
My roommate and I really get along.
I really get along with my roommate.
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Trust me.
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passion 激情，热情
vigor 精力，活力
be full of
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I've been there.
我全都知道，我理解你的感受。
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tons of 许多，一大堆
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cheer up
She was sick, so I sent her flowers to cheer her up.
Cheer up, better times may be ahead. 打起精神来，好日子也许还在后头呢。
Pull yourself together, Teddy.
pull yourself together = pull it together 振作点，打起精神
Buck up. It's gonna be fun. 打起精神。这会很有趣的。
buck 马共背跳跃
buck up 打起精神
buck sb up 使某人振作起来
All right, look alive. 好，打起精神。
look alive 打起精神
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I'm getting rid of her.
get rid of sb/sth
Let's get rid of that broken chair.
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Listen, as much as you're my go-to girl on college advice...
听着，尽管你是我上大学的核心军师...
as much as - although 尽管
As much as I respect him, I still have to disagree with him on this point.
尽管我很尊敬他，但我还是无法赞同这个观点。
go-to （为解决某个问题或做某件事情的）必须的（人）
He was the company's go-to guy for the new ideas.
他是公司里新点子的必找之人。
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Here is the thing. I had a similar experience with a roommate.
have a similar experience
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She was the annoying little know-it-all who totally go on my nerves.
她是个讨人厌的“百事通”，老把我惹毛。
annoying 讨厌的
know-it-all 无所不知的人，百事通
nerve 神经
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...in her own way, put me on a pedestal.
in one's own way
pedestal 柱子或雕像的底座，基座
put sb on a pedestal 非常敬慕某人，把某人当作偶像崇拜
Since childhood, I put my own parents on a pedestal. I felt they could do no wrong.
从童年起，我就把自己的父母当作偶像崇拜，觉得他们做的一切都是对的。
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It's not the worst thing to have your own personal cheerleader.
拥有一个你自己的啦啦队长并不是坏事。
cheerleader 啦啦队队长，鼓励者
It's not the worst thing to do sth.
It's not the worst thing to lose the game.
比赛失败并不是坏事。
It is not the worst thing to stay up all night working. To make it worse, I forgot to save the files after finishing the work.
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