The Office-S04E02

PDA: public display of affection

consensual 自愿的

discreet 慎重

roll up the memo real tight ???

live in infamy: widely used by the media to refer to any moment of supreme disgrace or evil.

chime out: Mind your damn business. "Chime out, bro!"

I don't see it.

I don't see that happening: This means "I don't think it's going to happen." You use this when someone suggests that something will happen, but you don't believe it. This is a slightly casual phrase.

office mattress: The person in the office that everybody sleeps with (or on). It’s not a surprise to me. Pam -is- the office mattress.

off the market: to stop from being sold The toy was taken off the market for safety reasons.

can you make that straighter

blow up balloons: "Blow up a balloon" means to inflate a balloon - to blow some air into it. "Burst a balloon" means to make the balloon explode. "Blow a balloon" means to blow air onto the outside of the balloon

feral barn cat 野生谷仓猫

facial hair: a growth of hair on a man's chin, cheeks, or upper lip. "men with lots of facial hair"

whoosh: move or cause to move quickly or suddenly with a rushing sound. "a train whooshed by"

kinky: 1. involving or given to unusual sexual behavior. 2. having kinks or twists. "long and kinky hair"

swing that way: To be homosexual.

I don't swing that way: I am not that sexuality. Mostly said as in I am not homosexual. Man: Want to go out to dinner sometime? Man: Sorry I dont swing that way, I'm straight. Man: Oh ok, no problem.

snap at someone: to speak sharply or angrily to someone. (Based on snap at someone or something.) Don't snap at me.

ogre 食人魔

streamlining: make (an organization or system) more efficient and effective by employing faster or simpler working methods.

centerpiece 核心

interface 界面

overhaul 翻修

stick around: remain in or near a place. "I'd like to stick around and watch the game"

hit the ground: Seize an opportunity; begin at full speed. For example, As soon as the front office gave its approval for the new department, we hit the ground running. The origin of this term is disputed.

cool beans: used to express approval or delight. "Your favorite character is Sophie? Cool beans"

cut-off: 1. a point or level that is a designated limit of something. "1 p.m. is the cutoff for being out of the woods" 2. an act of stopping or interrupting the supply or provision of something. "a cutoff of aid would be a disaster"

grim reaper: a personification of death in the form of a cloaked skeleton wielding a large scythe. "he met the Grim Reaper a decade later"

vis-à-vis: /ˌvēzəˈvē/ 1. in relation to; with regard to. "many agencies now have a unit to deal with women's needs vis-à-vis employment" 2. in a position facing a specified or implied subject. "he was there vis-à-vis with Miss Arundel"

make strides: make good progress

playbook 剧本

cauliflower 花椰菜

testical 证词的

twerp: a silly or annoying person.

agility 敏捷

squeeze out: to force (someone or something) out of a position, place, etc. Big stores have squeezed out a lot of the smaller locally owned shops.

He's a snake: Snake can be slang for a person who acts in a deceitful, underhanded, or backstabbing way.

get hit with an ageism suit

ageism: 年龄歧视

force out: the putout of a base runner who is forced to go to the next base.

back off: 1. draw back from action or confrontation. "they backed off from fundamental reform of the system" 2. withdraw a claim or assertion in the face of opposition. "she has backed off on her earlier threat to shut down operations"

fart: 1. an emission of gas from the anus. 2. a boring or contemptible person. "he was such an old fart"

stagger off: to move or cause (someone) to move unsteadily from side to side. [no object] The drunk staggered away/off. She staggered over to the sofa.

bag of bones: an emaciated person or animal. "the pony is just a bag of bones"

throw someone out of ancient butt ???

putter around: to spend time in a relaxed way doing small jobs and other things that are not very important. I didn't do much last weekend. I just puttered around. He spent his vacation puttering around the house/garden.

bracket 托架

Rotary Club: an international service organization whose stated purpose is to bring together business and professional leaders in order to provide humanitarian service and to advance goodwill and peace around the world. It is a non-political and non-religious organization open to all.

stiff 僵硬

repulsive: arousing intense distaste or disgust. "a repulsive smell"

ticket back into their lives ???

peanut brittle 花生脆

macadamia 夏威夷果，澳洲坚果

ace grade ???

quest ???

godspeed: an expression of good wishes to a person starting a journey. "she wished him godspeed"

body shop: a garage where repairs to the bodies of vehicles are carried out.

hood: a covering for the head and neck with an opening for the face, typically forming part of a coat or sweatshirt.

pain in the ass: an annoying or tedious person or thing.

mock-up: a model or replica of a machine or structure, used for instructional or experimental purposes. 小样

state- of-the-art: the most recent stage in the development of a product, incorporating the newest ideas and the most up-to-date features. 尖端技术

up and running: (especially of a computer system) in operation; functioning. "the new computer is up and running"

throw (oneself) at (someone or something): 1. To apply or give all of one's time, energy, and effort to something.With the way he's been throwing himself at his work lately, I just hope he doesn't get burned out.After widespread outcry, the company began throwing workers at their customer support division to regain the public's favor.

2. To vie for someone's attention or affection, especially in a romantic or sexual capacity.He couldn't walk into a bar without dozens of fans throwing themselves at him.By the end of the date he was practically throwing himself at me, but I told him I needed to get to bed early for an important meeting in the morning.

bear right/left: to turn towards the right or left When you reach the fork in the trail

hoop up with: Going out on the town and spending money on fun, drinks, women, clubs, cars ect. and holding nothing back.

make the U-turn： a turn made by a car in order to go back in the direction from which it has come: It is illegal to do/make a U-turn on a motorway. mainly disapproving. a complete change from one opinion or plan of action to an opposite one: The prime minister did/made a quick U-turn in response to all the adverse publicity.

leech 水蛭

take a stand： Adopt a firm position about an issue, as in She was more than willing to take a stand on abortion rights. This idiom alludes to the military sense of stand, “hold one's ground against an enemy.”

leave the premises

off the premises: away from or outside of a building or the area of land that it is on Police escorted her off the premises. The printing of the books is done off the premises.

on the premises: inside a building or on the area of land that it is on The hotel has a restaurant on the premises.

bill somebody: to send someone a bill for something Please bill me for the books. 

Game, set, match: Used to indicate that a person has definitively beaten the opposition in a given situation. Derived from the game of tennis in which the winner of a match is the player who wins two out of three (for women) or three out of five (for men) sets; each set is made up of a number of games. Thus, the final winning shot is the one that wins the player the point that wins the game that wins the set that wins the match. "When the prosecutor pulled out the security cam photo showing Darryn in the convenience store with the gun, they had him game, set, match."

meteoric 流星的

give somebody a noogie

noogie: (plural noogies) (slang) An act of putting a person in a headlock and rubbing one's knuckles on the other person's head, often a playful gesture of affection when done lightly.