20、stand somebody up放某人鸽子不是让某人站起来。eg:I can't believe that he just stood you up !我不敢相信他竟然放你鸽子!
21、Is tomorrow OK for you? 你明方便吗?这是中文的表达,老外会说:Is tomorrow OK with you?OK for you等同于good for you,表示对某人有好处。而with you则表示“对于你而言”
22、I’m not comfortable或 I feel bad.我不舒服这二句都是中式英语:正确表达:I don't feel very well.或 I don't feel very goodI don't feel well/good today because I drank too much last night.我今天感觉不太舒服,昨天喝得太多了。
I’m not comfortable指某件事或是某个情况,让你感到不自在、不安或者很尴尬。I feel really uncomfortable sitting next to that man.我坐在那个男人的旁边,我感觉很不安、很尴尬。
“I feel bad”指因为犯了个错误而感觉对不住别人
23. “What's your job?”虽然说法没问题,但歪果仁很少怎么说。一般会说 “What do you do?”
可以回答:That must be exciting”之类的。
24. What's your hobby?你有什么爱好?虽然说法没问题,但美国人通常会说:What do you do in your free time? What do you do for fun?
25. Where were we?不是我们在哪里?聊天时,如中途有事出去了,回来就可以问:Where were we? 刚聊到哪儿了?
26. I second that.表达同意的说法,意思同 I agree。
26. Will do你答应帮别人时可以说will do.eg: Could you wake me when you get up?No problem, will do.
27. What if... ? 很有礼貌的建议别人去做另一件事情What if we went to this other restaurant instead?还有一个类似的How about if ...?
28、kick ass (butt)了不起,踢屁股“kick ass” 除了字面上的「踢屁股」外, 还有「厉害、打败」的意思eg: A: Wow, you fixed my computer in less than 10 minutes. You’re good.哇! 你不到十分钟就把我的计算机修好了呀! 你很棒!B: Yep. I just kick ass.的! 我就是厉害!
29. XYZ 检查你的拉链 X代表check, Y 是 Your, Z 就是 Zipper。“XYZ” 是 “Check your zipper.” 的意思。Hey, man. XYZ.老兄啊! 检查一下你的拉炼吧。
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