
real estate:房地产
mogul:电影业/传媒业/赌博业等的大亨
real estate agent: 房地产中介

divorce sb. 与某人离婚
divorce sth. from sth. 把…与…彻底分开
divorce oneself from sth.与…脱离
Our society has divorced itself from religion.
我们的社会已经脱离了宗教。

see you around:再见,后会有期

have sb. over:把某人请到家里来,邀请某人
类似的用法有:invite sb. to do sth. 邀请某人做某事。

teach sb. a lesson:教训某人

damn在这里为副词,表示“非常”,“很”的意思,damn all意为“丝毫不”
damn还有很多用法:
interjection(感叹词):该死,见鬼(表示很生气或失望);天啊(表示赞叹或惊奇);
adj. 该死的(表示对某人或某事生气);
v. damn it:他妈的!
damn you:你这个混蛋!
I'm damned if…(我)绝对不…(表示强烈的否定);
n. not give a damn about sb./sth. 对某人/某物毫不在乎;
be not worth a damn 毫无价值。

toddler:学步的孩子
toddler play class:亲子课

be supposed to do sth. 应该做某事。

take ( great )pride in doing sth. 做某事(很)光荣。
be proud of doing sth. 做某事感到自豪。

have fun:玩得开心

pick sb. up/pick up sb.开车接某人,当sb.用代词表示时,sb.只能放在pick up之间,如:pick me up,而pick up me则是错误用法,其他情况sb.置于pick与up的中间或者后面都可以;
pick sth. up:拾起某物;
pick oneself up:(跌倒或被击倒后)慢慢站起身。
John picked himself up and set off along the track.
约翰慢慢站起身,沿跑道跑起来。

be scared of sth. 害怕某物。
scare the life/living daylights/hell out of sb.(=scare sb. very much)把某人吓得魂不附体。
scare the pants off sb.(=scare sb. very much)把某人吓得屁滚尿流。

move on to:移到,逐步过渡到
这个短语在老师上课过程中会经常用到,例如:
Let's move on to the next topic.
接下来我们将进行下一个话题。

tamp: 夯实,填塞
tamp down:向下压紧,限制

zinger:精力充沛的人;击中要害的抨击,一语中的;风趣的话,讽刺的话。zinger为名词,在这里翻译成“够狠”非常贴切,看美剧时不仅可以了解相关文化,练习听力口语,还能提高翻译能力。

take off:离开;脱下;起飞;突然成功,飞黄腾达
In 1994,Tom met his wife and his career took off.

intellectual property:知识产权

eye candy:徒有其表的人,中看不中用的东西即我们常说的“花瓶”

make it:通常用于口语中,表示“及时赶到”,“获得成功”,“病痛好转”等意思

make up: 编造,构成,补足,补考,和好,配制(食物,药等),铺(床),化妆
Everyone gets a chance to make up tests.
每个人都有一次补考的机会。
They'll have to make up time lost during the strike.
他们将不得不补上因罢工失去的时间。
Prepare the souffle dish before making up the souffle mixture.
在配制蛋奶酥混合料之前先准备蛋奶酥烤盘。

show up:出席,领…上楼,突出
Please show me up.
请领我上楼。
The fingerprints on the glass show up in the sunlight.
在阳光下玻璃杯上的指纹显得更清楚了。
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