you can throw a baseball at 100 miles per hour, you'll make millions of dollars and kids will have your poster on their wall. But if you're the person who ends up curing cancer, you'll be lucky if you get a pat on the back.
jumbotron 转播电视
get back to you 回复你
because so far nobody's gotten back to me. 杳无音信
get back to you later/soon 晚点回复你
I will keep you posted/updated 有进展通知你
I’v been racking my brain trying to remember a time
wrack
racking my brain trying to do sth 绞尽脑汁
I landed a balled-up napkin in Justin
我把一个小纸团扔向Justin
twist
plaque 牌匾
(古装电影,衙门上的牌匾)
牙斑
she was my age 跟我一样年纪
she was my height 跟我一样高
run in our family 有家族基因
basketball skills run in our family
上梁不正下梁歪
他爷爷缺德,他爸爸缺德
疾病,
龙生龙,凤生凤
整个一家人共有的特点
He made it all the way to the state finals 他披荆斩棘最后进入总决赛
bug
nag
And once it's over, I can finally get Mom off my back with this sports stuff
拜托。。。控制
could you please get off my back? 你能不能别管我了,(这里倒不是埋怨你,宝贝你吃饭了,你多穿点,注意休息,宝贝)。Oh, please, get off my back, I am a grown up. 能别管了吗?我先是成年人了
off my back 不关你事;关你啥事
get off 滚犊子;none of your business
get off sb's case 别在这指指点点;指手画脚
get off my case 你别再没完没了的;天天就是各种PUA我;各种打击我 (有埋怨的语气)
meant
PE (通常读出来,Phys Ed, 否则说PE, 对方可能听不明白你指的是?或者说PE class)
Phys Ed 连读; 体育课
Physical Education 体育教育
PE class
needle 打气筒针头
打气筒 the pump
找不到适合打气筒的气针 I couldn't find the needle that went with the pump.
给车子打气
I need my car pumped up
put air in
I need to put air in 打气
put air in your car tires 给轮胎打气
I am so pumped 激动的
I am so excited enthusiastic about sth
my plan went out the window 我的计划泡汤了
半路杀出个程咬金
My plan went out the window
off the table 不在计划中; 没有在讨论中了
sorry, the offer is off the table 没有了
it's gone
A lots of plans went out of the window when COVID-19 broken out.
球衣
jersy
jersey
after that experience, I'm not exactly holding my breath 有经历过之后,我也没指望撒了
Don't hold your breath 不要太激动;不要期待太高
打预防针,别期待太高
carried away 有点飘的时候(当对方)
But Mom said the evaluators must've seen something special in me and that's why I made the cut.
potential
see sth special in me 看到潜力
what do you see in my course? 你为什么要上我的课?
你是怎么看上这个人的?
what do you see in her?
你看上她撒了? 看上她人还是钱了?看中他撒了?
I see something special in her.
I was off the hook for basketball. 我以为我肯定会被淘汰
脱离危险
get away with that
the coast was clear 危险解除
it is good to have a little toughness
and that's where Ruby Bird comes in
I want to improve my spoken language and that's where Eric comes in.
为什么找Eric, 因为我想提高我的口语
that is where XXX comes in 因为有。。。需求,才会怎么样
we were going to outwork everyone else in the league
league 联盟
the League of Legends 英雄联盟
out of my league 差得远;没资格
she is out of my league 她像个天仙,她太美了,我太配不上
she is too good for me.
it's way out of my league 和我的消费相差太多
the coffee is so expensive and it's way out of my league
there's flip side 反方面; 另一面;反过来的一面
Every kid dreams about hitting the big shot to win the game for their team, but there is flip side
有人想当英雄,赢得比赛,但凡事有两面,你最后要是没有得分,那你就是千古罪人啦
hit a big shot 有一个特别精彩的好球
a big shot 大人物
buzzer shot 绝杀球
buzzer beater shot 压哨球
a buzzer-beating shot
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