用法学习: 1. Sheldon: Oh, no, I should apologize. Uh, I never realized to what extent our friendship was a burden to you. Leonard: That is not fair. I complain about what a burden it is at least once a month. Sheldon: Oh, no, no, let's not sugarcoat this. You find me finicky (finicky [ˈfɪnɪki] I. 吹毛求疵的. 挑剔的. liking things only when they are correct in every detail. Some children are finicky eaters. II. 难以取悦的. 难讨好的. more complicated than necessary and difficult to deal with. If you say that someone is finicky, you mean that they are worried about small details and are difficult to please. [disapproval] Even the most finicky eater will find something appetizing here. ), pedantic ( [pɪˈdæntɪk or pəˈdæntɪk] adj 较真, 抠字眼, 钻牛角尖, 教条主义的, 吹毛求疵的, 拘泥于形式的, 孔乙己似的, 迂腐的, 书呆子气的. 学究似的 giving too much importance to details and formal rules, especially of grammar. If you think someone is pedantic, you mean that they are too concerned with unimportant details or traditional rules, especially in connection with academic subjects. caring too much about unimportant rules or details and not enough about understanding or appreciating a subject: Professor Harris had a narrow, pedantic approach to history that put us to sleep. His lecture was so pedantic and uninteresting. pedant [ˈped(ə)nt] someone who gives too much importance to details and formal rules, especially of grammar. If you say that someone is a pedant, you mean that they are too concerned with unimportant details or traditional rules, especially in connection with academic subjects. I am no pedant and avoid being dogmatic concerning English grammar and expression. pedantry [ˈped(ə)ntri] the behaviour of someone who gives too much importance to details and formal rules, especially of grammar. didactic [daɪˈdæktɪk] 爱教育人的, 爱教训人的, 好为人师的, 说教的 adj. intended to teach, particularly in having moral instruction as an ulterior motive. intended to teach something, especially a moral lesson. "a didactic novel that set out to expose social injustice". II. behaving like a teacher, often in a way that is annoying. in the manner of a teacher, particularly so as to appear patronizing. "his tone ranged from didactic to backslapping". backslapping 表示支持, 鼓励, 赞扬 praise or friendly support expressed in a very enthusiastic way. Backslapping is noisy, cheerful behavior which people use in order to show affection or appreciation to each other. backslap (transitive) informal to slap (someone) on the back in congratulation It was poor taste to applaud and backslap a tackle which left an opponent injured. didactic VS pedantic: Is pedantic an insult? While didactic can have a neutral meaning, pedantic is almost always an insult. It typically describes an irritating person who is eager to correct small errors others make, or who wants everyone to know just how much of an expert they are, especially in some narrow or boring subject matter. Both words relate to teaching, but didactic teaches a lesson and pedantic just shows off the facts. Didactic describes anything that tries to teach a lesson, sometimes a moral one. People don't always want a lesson. Didactic comes from the Greek didaktikos for "apt at teaching." Although being didactic is perfect for a teacher, it can be annoying when movies and books get into teacher mode. "Being Here is tough to absorb in one take, and it borders on being too didactic." (New York Times). "It's not didactic or propagandistic in its approach, but it's honest. It makes you want to know more. It makes you want to get involved." (Washington Post). Didactic also refers to a method of teaching that involves repetition: "This is unnecessarily repeated, but fortunately such didactic intrusions are kept to a minimum 最低程度." (Los Angeles Times). The word pedantic is from the Italian pedante for "teacher." What a coincidence. Teachers aren't usually pedantic, but sticklers are. Pedantic music snobs list twenty bands from Iceland that you have to go listen to now. Pedantic grammar nerds say to never split an infinitive. Pedantic is not a compliment. Check out these examples: "Tristram Shandy makes fun of nearly everything, but especially the pompous and pedantic." (Slate) "I know that some readers may find my language-stickler columns pedantic, or, even worse, tedious." (The Guardian). "Readers responded: They found this arbitrary, arrogant, pedantic and just plain wrong." (Washington Post). It's cool if a teacher leads a didactic discussion on Hamlet, but it's not cool if the teacher's pet takes over with a pedantic rant about how it should always be referred to as The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark. ) and annoying. Penny: No, he doesn't. Leonard: I actually have used those exact words before. In that order. Sheldon: Well, Leonard, I think it's high time you and I address the tweepadock in the room. Leonard: The what? Sheldon: Amy? Amy: Please leave me out of this 别把我卷进来. 2. Howard: Okay, well, I've been reading up on all the side effects 副作用 you can get from oestrogen ( [ˈiːstrədʒ(ə)n] = estrogen 雌激素, 雌性激素, 雌性荷尔蒙 a hormone produced in a woman's body that makes her develop typical female sexual features and prepares her body for having a baby. collagen [ˈkɑlədʒən] 胶原蛋白 a type of protein that is often used in skin cream and in plastic surgery because it makes skin look younger. androgen [ˈændrədʒən] 雄性荷尔蒙 any of several steroids, produced as hormones by the testes or made synthetically, that promote development of male sexual organs and male secondary sexual characteristics. androgyne [ˈændrəˌdʒaɪn] 雌雄莫辩, 雌雄同体的人 someone who is androgynous (= neither clearly male or clearly female). He was an androgyne often mistaken for a girl by strangers. androgynous [ænˈdrɒdʒənəs] 雌雄同体的 I. an androgynous person is neither clearly male nor clearly female. II. biology an androgynous animal or plant has both male and female parts. ), and, I need you to be honest with me. Do my boobs look bigger to you? Raj: Well, it's kind of hard to tell. Howard: Come on, Raj, it's a yes or no question. Raj: I'm not sure. Um, wait. Jump up and down, let's see if they jiggle 大奶子晃的眼晕, 乳房晃晕了, 晃来晃去, 晃一下([intransitive] to move slightly up and down or from side to side more than one time. A nerve jiggled at the corner of his mouth. a. [transitive] to make something move in this way. If the toilet won't flush, just jiggle the handle a little. jiggle TV a term coined by NBC executive Paul Klein to criticize ABC's television production and marketing strategy for using female television celebrities moving in loose clothing or underwear in a way in which their breasts or buttocks could be seen to move or "jiggle". Charlie's Angels was the ultimate Jiggle Television.). Uh, no, I, I still can't tell, uh, oh, you know what? Okay, uh, give me some of this. 3. off-the-books 不入账, 不记账的 used to describe a payment that is not officially recorded, so that no tax is paid on it: Off-the-books payment of wages in cash still happens in some small businesses. come to the boil 群声鼎沸, 开始沸腾起来, 群情激奋 I. if a liquid comes to the boil, it starts to boil. She waited for the water to come to the boil. II. if a situation or feeling comes to the boil, it starts to become more serious or dangerous. Political tensions are once again coming to the boil. 名人一夜情: It wasn't exactly a meeting of the minds(a meeting of minds a situation in which people have the same opinions or ideas. a situation when two or more people have the same opinions about something. Meeting of the minds (also referred to as mutual agreement, mutual assent or consensus ad idem) is a phrase in contract law used to describe the intentions of the parties forming the contract. In particular, it refers to the situation where there is a common understanding in the formation of the contract. Formation of a contract is initiated with a proposal or offer. This condition or element is considered a requirement to the formation of a contract in some jurisdictions.). Neither saw it as long-term, but there was chemistry there. Mel thought Zac had an amazing body. a dog's dinner (or breakfast) a poor piece of work; a mess. something that is messy or bungled. "we made a real dog's breakfast of it". I thought I could trust Jim to finish the business proposal, but he made a dog's dinner of the whole thing! I didn't have the heart 没胆给你说, 不敢跟你说 to tell you that. 4. A US television channel has rushed to the defence of one of its reporters after a Twitter post showing Mike Seidel "bracing for his life 弯腰弓背" ( brace (oneself) for (something) To physically or mentally prepare oneself for something, typically something that is imminent, in an attempt to limit any adverse impact. I braced myself for that big bump by holding onto the seat in front of me. I had braced myself for rejection, so hearing that I'd gotten the promotion was a very pleasant surprise! ) against strong winds, while two others walked idly by 闲庭信步似的, 悠闲地(stand/sit idly by 事不关己的 to see something bad happening without trying to prevent it. The government was accused of standing idly by while unemployment soared. idle I. without any real purpose or reason. She sat in the waiting room, flicking idly through a magazine. II. without doing anything. I lay idly on the rocks.), went viral. Video footage posted by a Twitter user shows Mr Seidel, a meteorologist who has worked for The Weather Channel since 1992, broadcasting from Wilmington in North Carolina, which was being battered by the since-downgraded Hurricane Florence. Mr Seidel appears to physically brace himself against the dangerous winds, which he describes as "about as nasty as it's been", and sways back and forth while holding the microphone. The drama of the scene is lessened, however, when the camera pans out and two people walk effortlessly past in the background. "So dramatic 太多戏了. 太戏多了!" said Twitter user @gourdnibler in a post. "Dude from the weather channel bracing for his life, as 2 dudes just stroll past [sic]. #HurricaneFlorence." Other Twitter users followed the mocking chorus, with many saying he deserves an Oscar for his performance and suspecting the drama of the scene was at least in part fabricated. "It's important to note that the two individuals in the background are walking on concrete, and Mike Seidel is trying to maintain his footing 立足 on wet grass, after reporting on-air until 1am this morning and is undoubtedly exhausted," the network said. The scene the dedicated reporter set looked pretty wild, except for one small hitch — while Mr Seidel looked like he could barely keep himself upright 站直 in the wind, two blokes meandered easily ( meander [miˈændər] I. a river or road that meanders follows a path with a lot of turns and curves. II. to move slowly without a particular direction or purpose in mind. meander along/through/about: Visitors can meander through 100,000 square feet of exhibit space. ) behind him, enjoying their casual conversation. If the catastrophic weather conditions raged on around them, the two men were unfazed 镇定自若. The deadly storm made landfall on the east coast of the US on Friday bringing with it "biblical" flooding on what's been described as a "thousand-year rain event." power trip (power tripper) n. Slang A sustained and often aggressive exercise of power over others in order to boost one's stature or feelings of self-worth. a self-aggrandizing action undertaken simply for the pleasure of exercising control over other people. "He was giving orders, and people were taking them. He was on a power trip" (Nelson DeMille). grandiose [ˈɡrændiˌoʊs] 庄严肃穆的. 一本正经的. I. designed to look very impressive, but really looking artificial or silly. a grandiose building. II. intended to achieve something important or difficult, but unlikely to be successful because of not being sensible. grandiose illusions about wielding power. If you describe something as grandiose, you mean it is bigger or more elaborate than necessary. [disapproval] Not one of Kim's grandiose plans 庞大计划 has even begun. off-kilter = out of kilter not aligned or balanced. unconventional or eccentric. slightly strange or crazy, or not right in some way. If something or someone is out of kilter or off kilter, they are not completely right. Things are really out of kilter in our relationship. Ignoring feelings of tiredness knocks our body clocks out of kilter. I'm a bit off-kilter at the moment. "an off-kilter comedy about living in mud". The paintings were slightly off-kilter. her off-kilter sense of humour. Sandilands doesn't understand why Henderson and the KIIS crew were so worried because he told them a while back that he was taking new medication and would be off-kilter until his body adjusts. "I told everyone a couple of weeks ago it will make me funny for a couple of weeks and then they all forgot about that," he revealed. "Did you hear that [executive producer] Bruno and Jackie just appeared at my house?" he asked Ryan. "On Friday, at midday, dinging on the bell, apparently. I was at the doctors, I wasn't even there. She just appeared without even a text, showed up like an intervention.".
American Vandal: 1. A woman strikes a nine-pointed star piñata at a celebration. A piñata ([pɪnˈjɑːtə]) is a container often made of papier-mâché, pottery, or cloth; it is decorated, and filled with small toys or candy, or both, and then broken as part of a ceremony or celebration. Piñatas are commonly associated with Mexico. Today, the piñata is still part of Mexican culture, the cultures of other countries in Latin America, as well as the United States, but it has mostly lost its religious character 失去了宗教色彩, 宗教含义. While the religious significance has been mostly lost, the ceremony that occurs with it has remained mostly intact. Piñatas remain most popular during Las Posadas with birthday parties coming in second. Each participant, usually a child, will have a turn at hitting the piñata, which is hung from above on a string. The participant is blindfolded, given a wooden stick, and then spun a number of times. As the participants works to hit the piñata, another moves it to make it harder to hit. There is a time limit to any one person's attempts, which is marked out by the singing of a traditional song. Piñatas were traditionally made with a clay pot base and many artisans make a living selling just the pot for people to decorate as they wish. However, clay pot piñatas have mostly been replaced by those made with cardboard and paper mache, usually fashioned over balloons. 2. spectrum I. The spectrum is the range of different colours which is produced when light passes through a glass prism or through a drop of water. A rainbow shows the colours in the spectrum. II. A spectrum is a range of a particular type of thing. She'd seen his moods range across the emotional spectrum. Politicians across the political spectrum have denounced the act. The term 'special needs' covers a wide spectrum of problems. III. A spectrum is a range of light waves or radio waves within particular frequencies. ...from X-rays right through the spectrum down to radio waves. ...the individual colours within the light spectrum. ...the ultraviolet spectra of hot stars. on the spectrum affected by the mental condition of autism (= a condition that limits development of social and communication skills), which has a wide range of effects and degrees of seriousness: The article describes a mother's experience of living with a child on the spectrum. Don't you find that annoying? That the kids throw fruit at you? Absolutely not. I enjoy it. The idea that I should care what a bunch of kids at my school think about me is preposterous ([prɪˈpɑst(ə)rəs] extremely unreasonable or silly. The whole idea is preposterous.). Bullying requires an unwilling participant. Two-fruit combo. Do I seem unwilling? Maybe one or two of the videos, out of context, might appear to be bullying. You can't throw a watermelon at me. But in general, I love being the Fruit Ninja, I love making the videos. It's fun. It's a creative outlet(I. a store or place where a particular product is sold. Most of their sales are through traditional retail outlets. II. 发泄渠道. a way of expressing strong feelings that you would normally not express. Many young people find music their best outlet for creative expression. III. cul-de-sac = dead end. No Outlet. 死胡同 No outlet 无出口 means that it is the entrance to a network of roads from which there is no other exit. It isn't technically a dead end, because there are other roads, but there is no other exit to a main street. Think of a small housing development with one way in and one way out, that would be the proper place for a no outlet sign.). [Kevin] I'm friends with the people who I make them with. [Molly] He doesn't think he's being bullied, he thinks he's pretty cool. Kevin's weird, but he's not, like, on the spectrum or anything. [man] He's just weird on purpose 故意的. [man] Kevin likes the attention. That's why he acts the way he does. 3. He confessed to each crime, [woman] but he didn't know any of the details. Like, the cops definitely fed all the lines to him 教给他怎么说. [woman] How is that a legal confession of guilt? [man] It's just how it's done. [man] It's a pig pile ( pig pile I. (US colloquial, transitive) A disorderly pile of people formed by jumping upon a victim. To cause a group of people to lie in a pile upon another, originally as a punishment to the victim on the bottom. II. (US colloquial, transitive, intransitive) To jump into such a pile. III. (figuratively, US colloquial, transitive, intransitive) To act similarly with regard to residential density: to live or cause to live in high-density settlements. ). [man] You know, you stack on the facts until the truth climbs out. 4. Skip Day (also called Ditch Day, Senior Ditch Day, Cut Day or Senior Skip Day) is a tradition in some American schools where the majority of the senior class skips school. It is commonly held the Monday following Senior Prom or another large event. School administration reactions can vary greatly in response to Senior Skip Day. Some schools openly encourage the practice, helping the students pick a day to take off and advising teachers not to schedule quizzes or exams on the given skip day. Other schools, however, may severely punish students for willfully being absent from school to the extent of assigning detention, suspending students, or even going so far as to provide a failing grade or withdrawing a college recommendation. There is no generally agreed upon beginning to this unofficial tradition, but the practice has been in effect since at least the 1970s. Kevin and Tanner always made fun of Skip Day. They called it "Skip Chromosome 染色体 Day. " So when Skip Day rolled around this year Kevin was really surprised to see that Tanner was not in school. This is the best Skip Day yet! Yeah, bro! Guys, shh! The cops are here! Tanner was convinced that I called the authorities. You resent your classmates. Don't you, Kevin? Yeah, you even went as far as to 竟然, 甚至会 call the police to get a Skip Day party canceled, didn't you? I did not call the police. But Tanner refused to believe me. He drove to my house, so angry, yelling at me. He accused me of being jealous. I wasn't there, but Tanner told me that things got really heated. He said that they'd never really fought like that before. And then, I guess Kevin just lost it. Finally, I had no choice but I had to kick him out of the band. 5. It's an annual planned event where students pitch in 凑钱, 凑份子 for an Airbnb and skip class to party, many of whom participate in a social activity called the Great American Challenge. It was kind of a shitshow, because half the party was doing the Great American Challenge, which is four teams of six. It's a race to finish a case of beer a full pizza, a handle 带柄的桶 of vodka(If you've ever heard someone refer to a "handle" of vodka or another alcoholic drink, you may have been confused. Although the name sounds strange, a "handle" is just a type of bottle. The term refers to a large bottle, either glass or plastic, that contains 1.75 liters -- 61.6 ounces, or nearly half a gallon -- of liquor. "Handle" isn't an official name for this type of bottle, but it is nonetheless widely used. The term probably originates from the fact that some of these large bottles are too bulky 大块, 太沉 for easy carrying. A full 1.75 liter bottle of vodka weighs nearly 6.25 pounds, making it a little unwieldy to carry by the neck. The handle, added for easy carrying, became the bottle's distinctive feature. If you've ever dabbled into hosting a rowdy get-together, you're probably no stranger to buying a handle of liquor. In fact, if you truly want to host the ultimate party, knowing the liquor-to-serving ratios in each handle of liquor is an absolute must. So, here are the facts. A handle of vodka (or a handle of alcohol generally, for that matter) holds 59.2 fluid ounces, or 1.75 liters, of liquid courage. But what does that mean for you and your party? Let's do the math: One shot of vodka is 1 ½ ounces, and most cocktails contain at least one shot. So inside that handle, you've got about 20 two-shot drinks, or 40 one-shot drinks. If you're throwing a super small party, one handle of liquor will suffice. Otherwise, you may need to step up your game. ), a full JUULpod. The big finisher 最后一关: five hundred-piece custom puzzle of Andrew Lundgarden's mom. Lundgarden's mom! The puzzle has to be last. And the pizza has to be sausage jalapeño. It's fucking impossible. Then three days later, they fight about Skip Day. And on the 19th, Kevin kicks Tanner out of the band. The very next day, Tanner finally goes to the police. Why? Because he got kicked out of the band on November 19th. Think he was butthurt 心怀不满, 愤愤不平(feeling hurt and offended without good reason. overly or unjustifiably offended or resentful. Overly annoyed or bothered by a perceived insult; needlessly offended. offended and upset, especially in a way that is silly or unreasonable: He gets all butthurt just because I defend my position. Don't get so butthurt; it was just a joke. "they're all butthurt that she released the album online first" They get all butthurt over one stupid cable reality show. n. a feeling of being hurt and offended that has no reasonable cause. The amount of butthurt in here is disappointing me.)? Yes, he was butthurt. Is that our best theory? I mean, yeah, that makes sense to me. I think it's clear that Tanner had an ax to grind 心里不满(I. To have a grievance with someone, especially where one feels the need to seek damaging retribution. II. 别有用心. A proposition or point of view to advocate, especially motivated by self-interest. to have a strong personal opinion about something that you want people to accept and that is the reason why you do something: Environmentalists have no political axe to grind - they just want to save the planet. If someone has an axe to grind, they are doing something for selfish reasons. [informal, disapproval] He seems like a decent bloke and I've got no axe to grind with him. [+ with]). Everything that he brought to the police comes with a huge grain of salt. I think that the police ran with Tanner's statements, looped in Mrs. Wexler, and forced Kevin's confession(loop in to keep someone informed of what is happening. Please loop me in on any developments.). That theory adds up to me. So you think Kevin's innocent? Yeah. You don't? No, I just I keep coming back to the horchata (Horchata ([ɔːrˈtʃɑːtə]), or orxata), is a name given to various plant milk beverages of similar taste and appearance. ). I don't buy his Sri Lankan cinnamon excuse. And this is just weird. Look at the Turd Burglar's Instagram, right? Uh-huh? Now, for every crime he'd post a warning days before. And an aftermath post right after. Just to let the school know that he was right under their noses the whole time before each shit attack occurs. Right. Now, November 30th and December 4th, we've got two warnings. Nothing after that. That was the last thing the Turd Burglar ever posted. Now, why? Think about that. I think it's because Kevin was already expelled, under house arrest with an ankle monitor. That makes sense to me. It is odd that the Turd Burglar warned of a fourth crime that never occurred, and did so after Kevin was placed on house arrest. Could Sam be right? Was this Kevin's desperate attempt to make it seem like the Turd Burglar was still at large? So you think that Kevin McClain is the Turd Burglar? If we were placing bets with no hard evidence? I actually think the most damning piece of evidence against Kevin is the footage of the Brownout. Kevin was a victim of the Brownout. Was he? When I see this footage, right? Yeah? I see a lot of kids fighting to keep their shit in. Clenching. Right. But when I see Kevin, I see a lot of sweating, laboring 很努力, 很费劲的. What are you saying? I'm saying I think Kevin squeezed one out. You think he shit his own pants to look innocent? Yeah. Straining. Clenching. It's like a scared look. Straining. That's kind of a hard face 面无表情 ((of a person) showing no feeling or sympathy for other people. The bar was full of sullen men and hard-faced young women.). I don't know. I just did it for you. Look at his face and tell me that's the face of an innocent man. I couldn't dismiss anything Sam was saying. I couldn't tell you that Kevin wasn't straining. Forced confessions. Forced turds. It was a lot to digest. But fortunately, I did know one thing. It wasn't straining that got me interested in this case. 6. What do you want me to say? We want you to tell us the truth, Kevin. You spilled Brother Buckley's lemonade on purpose, didn't you? Yeah. Why? Because I didn't want him to poop himself. I didn't think his body could take it. Because you knew the lemonade's was tainted. Yes. And how did you know the lemonade was tainted? I was the one who did it. Because you put the laxatives in the lemonade. Yeah. 7. Our cafeteria splurges on Sri Lankan cinnamon. It is shockingly smooth and sweet, and when mixed with organic whole milk, as the Spaniards intended it, it's divine. And, yes, it is $1.25 more, and I think that's a fair markup 加价. 8. Well, I was with him that whole lunch, and we bought our lunch together like we always do. And normally we'd go right from the cashier straight to our table, but that day he goes all the way around the edge of the cafeteria, which I thought was odd 'cause he's really particular 斤斤计较的, 计较的 about his routine. Then I saw him bump into 撞上 Brother Buckley and spill 打翻, 撞翻 his lemonade. I couldn't really hear what was going on, but it seemed like Kevin was apologizing for not looking where he was going. But it didn't look like an accident to me. You think Kevin bumped into Brother Buckley intentionally? Yeah. Why? Because Brother Buckley's old. Like, old people die on the toilet all the time, and everybody knows that Brother Buckley's been having health issues, so. What was going to prevent Brother Buckley from just getting another lemonade? Well, because Kevin replaced it for him 买了杯新的. He did? But he didn't get the lemonade, he got the he got the horchata. And Kevin said that the horchata is better than lemonade, and that he wanted to get Buckley a treat because he felt bad, but, I mean, I thought that was weird. The horchata was a big deal to us. Why buy a horchata to replace a lemonade? It's $1.25 more. And who knows if Brother Buckley even liked horchata? A lot of people don't. I don't. Cinnamon and milk? As soon as Tanner told us about the horchata, we knew we were onto something. 8. golden goose 产金蛋的金母鸡, 会下蛋的鸡 (meal ticket) a continuing source of wealth or profit that may be exhausted if it is misused. something that gives you an advantage, especially a financial advantage. a goose in folklore that laid a golden egg a day until its greedy owner killed it in an attempt to get all the gold at once. "They were killing the golden goose of tourism". So if what Coach Devlin is saying is accurate, then DeMarcus has a rock-solid alibi for all three crimes. One that's corroborated by a faculty member. Of course Coach Devlin is DeMarcus' alibi. He's lying. DeMarcus is Coach Devlin's golden goose. I do not go to an academic institution with a basketball program. I attend a basketball business 篮球经济 with an academic facade. It's a bold accusation, but could there be truth in it? St. Bernardine does pull in 赚进很多钱 a lot of money from its basketball program, but would the administration actively cover for an athlete to save their revenue stream? All at the expense of a student like Kevin? Athletics are important at St. Bernardine, but you have to remember that athletics helps with donations, it helps with enrollment 有助于招生. We wouldn't have these great facilities here at St. Bernardine without the successful athletics program. But our curriculum is one of the toughest in the state. We have a saying. It's, "Greatness on the field, excellence in the classroom." 9. irredeemable [ˌɪrɪˈdiməb(ə)l] I. formal impossible to change or make better. irredeemable 无法赎罪的, 赎不完的罪 sinners. II. business an irredeemable debt can never be paid. a. irredeemable stock cannot be sold in return for money. So, do you mind telling me your story and exactly how you ended up here. Yeah, sure. I made a joke through Twitter to Jess Rodriguez and they kicked me out of the fucking school, Mr. Gesualdi, the computer teacher, knew it was me 'cause I did it from the computer lab, and ta-da, here I am, kicked out and livin' large(To have a lavish or overly extravagant lifestyle.). Once the fraudulent tweets were brought to the administration's attention, swift action 快速行动, 迅速反应 was taken against Grayson Wentz. He was expelled a week later What Grayson did was irredeemable, but it's exactly what Perry Coleman did to Paige Burton. People treated Sir Fuxalot like it was so funny. Hmm It just wasn't funny to me. Every day in the hallway, people are shouting, "When you gonna fuck the knight?" Or, "You really blow the Duxbury Dolphin?" It was humiliating. I go to the administration and I tell what Perry did and nothing happened. And I filed multiple complaints and Perry never even got questioned. Nobody cared. What happened to Perry? A pat on the back and a platitude about boys being boys(platitude 老生常谈的论调 something that has been said so often that it is not interesting anymore and shows a lack of imagination. A platitude is a statement which is considered meaningless and boring because it has been made many times before in similar situations. [disapproval] Why couldn't he say something original instead of spouting the same old platitudes? ...a stream of platitudes, outlining many problems but offering few solutions. The conversation between the two leaders went beyond platitudes and got into real issues.). See, that is the difference between being a star athlete and just your run-of-the-mill St. Bernardine student. If we could throw a ball through a hoop, perhaps it would be a different story. Bernardine is all about basketball. It's the lifeblood 生命源泉 of the school. DeMarcus Tillman can get away with murder. Guys like Kevin and me, well, we're easy scapegoats. That's why they end up at UCLA, and we end up with ankle bracelets, and a job at the fucking Kirkland Mall. Is there a double standard at St. Bernardine? Would the administration go as far as covering up a crime committed by their most valuable asset? Would they let an innocent man take the fall? 10. to walk between raindrops meaning to successfully maneuver between a barrage of dangers without sustaining damage. I always thought it meant he had some sort of divine protection. Kind of like saying he could walk on water. What is life like for someone like DeMarcus Tillman? Someone who's been larger-than-life since the day he was born. Someone who's been showered with praise and attention for as long as he can remember. Who is treated like he can do no wrong. Hello? As if his actions have no consequences. Someone who walks between the raindrops 百毒不侵, 不可战胜, 无往不胜. What does that do to you mentally? Would you feel untouchable? How far would you push your luck? Don't prod me. I'm sorry for being mean to you. I'm sensitive sometimes. You know what, if you need anything, let me know. I ain't going nowhere, Pete. If you were untouchable how bold would you be? 11. The grimace face([ˈɡrɪməs] 抽搐的脸 n & v. to make an ugly expression by twisting your face, for example because you are in pain or do not like something. If you grimace, you twist your face in an ugly way because you are annoyed, disgusted, or in pain. She started to sit up, grimaced, and sank back weakly against the pillow. [VERB] She grimaced at Cerezzi, then turned to Brenda.) felt like a huge break 很大的突破, an undeniable tie between DeMarcus and the Turd Burglar. But that same grimace face uncovered another fact. A fact that I had to admit through gritted teeth of my own 无奈承认. Yeah, I'll give you the grimace 这件事上算你说的对, but How do you explain the glitch? DeMarcus didn't have the glitch. In November of 2017, iPhone users experienced a glitch when updating to iOS 11.1. Well, there were, like, three weeks where it was super annoying. I had to restructure my sentences. I ended up talking in the third person like some kind of idiot. It was like we were all talking in robot code for a week. It was an issue specific to the keyboard. Uppercase I would be autocorrected to the letter A and a question mark in a box. For example, if you were texting a friend, "I was so drunk last night," it would read, "A? was so drunk last night. " This glitch caused a significant uproar in the iPhone community and even sparked a series of memes. We can see that on November 2nd, the Turd Burglar had the Apple iOS glitch, but DeMarcus didn't.
