用法学习: 1. put two and two together informal to guess the truth about a situation from what you have seen or heard: "How did you know they were having an affair?" "I'd seen them out together a couple of times so I just put two and two together.". go out on a limb (idiomatic) I. To take a risk. He doesn't want to go out on a limb, but he really should give it a try sometime. II. 大胆猜测 to hazard a guess. I'm going to go out on a limb here. You're together? god/heaven forbid 遭天谴的 (idiomatic) (subjunctive) Don't let it be. To say that one hopes that something does not happen. May God prevent something from happening or being the case. For example, God forbid that they actually encounter a bear, or Heaven forbid that the tornado pulls off the roof. This term, in which heaven also stands for "God," does not necessarily imply a belief in God's direct intervention but merely expresses a strong wish. outgun 装备更精良 I. [usually passive] to have more guns and other weapons than someone who you are fighting. to be more heavily armed than, to have more firepower than . II. to defeat someone in a game or competition. acquiescent [ˈækwi:ˌɛsənt] I. Someone who is acquiescent is ready to agree to do what someone wants, or to accept what they do. willing to acquiesce, accept or agree to something without objection, protest or resistance. 听话的. 顺从的. willing to do what other people want: She has a very acquiescent nature. Perhaps you are too acquiescent. II. resting satisfied or submissive; disposed tacitly to submit; assentive; as, an acquiescent policy. 2. The merger between Pearson and Darby International is now complete and Harvey, stinging from Jessica's refusal to make him a named partner, begins plotting with Darby to take her down 下台, 干掉. This leads to a battle between Mike and Harvey, compiled with a collusion claim between the two by the SEC, a team led by Sean Cahill who are determined to defeat Pearson Specter under direct orders from Eric Woodall. snitch (rat on someone, rat someone out 告发, dob someone in) I. [intransitive] showing disapproval to tell someone about something wrong that someone else has done. (slang, transitive) To contact or cooperate with the police for any reason. to secretly tell someone in authority that someone else has done something bad, often in order to cause trouble: He snitched to my boss that I'd been making long-distance calls at work! She's always snitching on someone. II. [transitive] to take something you are not allowed to have. informal to steal something: "Where did you get that money?" "I snitched it from my dad when he wasn't looking.". n. 告发者, 告密者. 卖友求荣者. showing disapproval a person who tells someone in authority about something wrong you have done. This word shows that you dislike people who do this. An informer, usually one who betrays his group. Don't worry, no one's gonna label you a snitch. tattle-tale = telltale 打小报告者 n. showing disapproval a child who tells an adult about something bad that another child has done. adj. telltale signs of something are obvious signs that it exists or it has happened. dobber = dibber dobber (澳洲用语) 揭发, 告密 informant; from dob meaning to inform on. a tell-tale; a 'whistleblower'. The saying "(Dibber) dobbers wear nappies." is commonly used by children. 3. thread I. A theme or idea. All of these essays have a common thread. I've lost the thread of what you're saying. 故事主线. 线索. 关联. an idea or condition that exists in all the different parts of something and that connects them. a common/connecting thread: There is a common thread running through all the problems. II. A screw thread. 螺丝扣. 螺纹. III. A sequence of connections. I like a bit of thread. I don't like shows that end itself in each episode. lose the thread I. to stop concentrating so that you do not understand what someone is saying. More than once she lost the thread and had to ask them to speak more slowly. II. to stop concentrating and forget what you intended to say next. lose the plot I. (idiomatic) To cease to behave in a consistent and/or rational manner. to start behaving in a strange or silly way. Tony's put everything in the wrong place – he's losing the plot. II. (idiomatic) To lose sight of an important objective or principle; to act contrarily to one's own interests through concentrating on relatively unimportant matters. to no longer be able to act normally or understand what is happening. to no longer understand a situation or know how to deal with it. I'm sorry, I'm losing the plot – can you explain again? I can't believe Stuart did that - he must be losing the plot. FIGJAM: opinion of themselves, supposedly an abbreviation of "fuck, I'm good, just ask me". 4. Images of the elderly man weeping on the pavement and being helped to his feet 搀起来, 拉起来, 扶起来 by a policeman and another man dressed in a suit went summed up the pain being felt by ordinary Greeks as their country crumbles. 'Seeing those photos, it really hit me... I got very emotional,' Mr Koufos told Daily Mail Australia, adding that at first he was unaware Mr Chatzifotiadis was an old family friend. 'It's an amazing and rare chance to really help someone... we have been told exactly where he lives in the village. My mum (who still lives in Greece) got really emotional when she saw the story, so did I... it motivated me to do something.
卡戴珊家老大分手传闻： It has already been a trying time for 努力期 the couple, as Scott has continued to fight his alcohol demons. In fact, last year, Scott went so far as to say Kourtney had kept 'suckering him' into ( sucker sb into sth US informal to persuade someone to do something by deceiving them: [+ -ing verb] We were suckered into doing the job for free. ) having children. In an episode last season, Scott was seen reacting badly when Kourtney broke the news that she was expecting their third child together. 'You just keep suckering me into these kids. I can't handle all of this responsibility,' said the seemingly unimpressed self styled 'Lord Disick.'. Kourtney Kardashian has reportedly broken up with Scott Disick after he was snapped getting handsy with his ex. Multiple sources told People that Scott's relapse into substance abuse issues could be the catalyst for the split. "He's in a classic shame spiral 自责, 再犯( A shame spiral characterizes the loss of self-control over something that makes one feel worthless and pathetic. Due to these feelings of low self-worth and guilt, the action that triggered the shame spiral is repeated and the degradation of one's self continues. It is a cycle that repeats itself, bringing one down further as it repeats. Example triggers for shame spirals could be excesses of junk food, alcohol, meaningless sex, buying unnecessary gifts for oneself and the like. Out-of-shape Bob: "I had McDonalds for lunch today and now I am ordering myself a pizza. I am on a serious shame spiral. I hate myself. Ugh." Shopalholic Sue: "My rent check yesterday bounced but today there was this cute pair of shoes on sale and I had to buy them. How do I get out of this shame spiral?". A phenomenon that occurs when one is not only ashamed of something, but *ashamed* that one is ashamed, resulting in an endless decrease in self-confidence, and an exponential increase in self-loathing. Not only do I hate that I'm gay, but I hate that I hate that I'm gay! I'm caught in a fucking shame spiral! .) right now," a source told the publication. "He knows he's screwing up and he knows what he needs to do. "He has people telling him to go home and work things out, to stop his behaviour, to repent and to move forward. But he's not doing it." Scott's struggle to stay sober was highlighted in Keeping Up with the Kardashians. "Kourtney has always taken Scott back and been by his side, but now with three kids it has gotten old," a source said. "Kourtney has to do what's best for the kids.". 歌手被强行拉下舞台: Blur frontman Damon Albarn has had to be forcibly 强行 removed from a Denmark stage after playing a marathon five-hour set with no sign of stopping. The British pop singer, playing with his side project Africa Express, was still going at 4am on Saturday when security staff at Roskilde Festival intervened – but he didn't go down without a fight 乖乖听话的下去(If someone goes down without a fight, they surrender without putting up any resistance.). Taunting them with a cover of the Clash's 'Should I Stay or Should I Go?', he refused to leave the stage before encouraging the audience to ask for one more song. "You want more, we're going to give you more," Albarn declared, to the cheers and chanting of the crowd. But the organisers could not be swayed 不为所动, 无动于衷, sending two guards to dispose of the singer. They put Albarn's jacket over his shoulders and carried him off 抬下了舞台 the stage. 夏洛特公主christening(baptized): Wearing a retro pair of red shorts and clutching 拉着手 his father's hand before treating the crowds of well-wishers to a wave, one-year-old Prince George show 现身 at his sister Charlotte's christening on Sunday. And it seems that the royal tot, who turns two this month, has the midas touch after the embroidered smock ( a loose dress or blouse, with the upper part closely gathered in smocking. a loose garment worn over one's clothes to protect them. "an artist's smock". a long loose shirt worn over ordinary clothes to keep them clean. A smock-frock or smock is an outer garment traditionally worn by rural workers, especially shepherds and waggoners, in parts of England and Wales from the early eighteenth century. Today, the word smock refers to a loose overgarment worn to protect one's clothing, for instance by a painter. The traditional smock-frock is made of heavy linen or wool and varies from thigh-length to mid-calf length. Characteristic features of the smock-frock are fullness across the back, breast, and sleeves folded into "tubes" (narrow unpressed pleats) held in place and decorated by smocking, a type of surface embroidery in a honeycomb pattern across the pleats that controls the fullness while allowing a degree of stretch. Smocking, an embroidery technique in which the fabric is gathered, then embroidered with decorative stitches to hold the gathers in place. ) and bold shorts sold out within hours of him making an appearance. 'The shirt is hand smocked across the chest with a vintage-inspired design. Matching red shorts with button opening at the side - button onto the shirt for a formal look!'. For any little boys out there looking to emulate the royal style icon's look, the set is still available in sizes three and six months. It does, however, take six weeks to get your hands on one.
Kid's Nightmare About Man At His Window Proves To Be Real after prowler ( [ˈpraulə(r)] someone who goes around quietly and secretly looking for an opportunity to commit a crime, especially at night.) was caught on camera: From the boogie man 大坏人, 大坏蛋 ( Bogeyman (also spelled bogieman, boogeyman, or boogie man, and pronounced [buɡimæn] or [bouɡimæn]; see spelling differences) is a common allusion to a mythical creature in many cultures used by adults or older children to frighten bad children into good behavior. This monster has no specific appearance, and conceptions about it can vary drastically from household to household within the same community; in many cases, he has no set appearance 没有固定形象 in the mind of an adult or child, but is simply a non-specific embodiment of terror. Parents may tell their children that if they misbehave, the bogeyman will get them. Bogeymen may target a specific mischief—for instance, a bogeyman that punishes children who suck their thumbs—or general misbehaviour, depending on what purpose needs serving. In some cases, the bogeyman is a nickname for the devil. Bogeyman tales vary by region. The bogeyman is usually a masculine entity but can be any gender or simply androgynous.) to shadows in the closet, there are plenty of things that go bump in the night ( things that go bump in the night humorous used to describe anything unknown that might be frightening, especially a noise. Frightening imagined creatures; ghosts or other supernatural beings. Unexplained and frightening noises at night, regarded as being caused by ghosts. As a youngster I had a dreadful fear of ghost stories and things that go bump in the night. Meanwhile, professional ghost-finders are set to launch a three-day festival in York dedicated to the things that go bump in the night. You are thinking about things that go bump in the night and monsters under your bed and vampires peering at you through your window. ) when you're a kid. But one New Zealand family have learned that they're not always a figment of an overactive imagination 想象力过于丰富 ( a figment of your imagination 想象出来的 something imagined or created by your mind: The dinosaurs he said he saw were figments of his imagination. She put it down to his vivid imagination until he let out a 'gut-wrenching scream' from his bedroom at 5.30am last Friday. ). Melissa Rodrigues thought it was just a bad dream when her three-year-old son insisted there was a "man with a light" outside his window. However after three days of him repeating the same story, the children's author was woken to screaming. "At 5.30 in the morning he let out an absolutely gut-wrenching scream from his room. I knew something wasn't right," Rodrigues told Stuff.co.nz. Outside they discovered their gate had been left wide open with footprints visible in the frost. After contacting police, the family decided to set up a smartphone with the app, Salient Eye, as a CCTV in the garage window opposite their house. They then sent their son to spend the night at his grandmothers. That night Rodrigues and her husband waited to see if the stranger would return. At 4.40am, they were alerted to a stranger outside as the app began to email through photos. "It gave me the shock of a lifetime because, even though I was waiting for it, I wasn't expecting to see him," Rodrigues said. Calling police, the couple watched as the photos continued to come and police officers responded. According to Stuff.co.nz, a 15-year-old who was known to police has since been referred to youth services.
