用法学习: 1. not know the first thing about something to know nothing about a subject: I'm afraid I don't know the first thing about car engines. square the circle If you say that someone squares the circle, you mean that they bring together two things which are normally thought to be so different that they cannot exist together. He has squared the circle of keeping the City happy and doing something to improve business cash flow. 'Nirvana' squared the circle by making a record that was pop and rock at the same time. Russia's membership was out of the question. It did not fit into any imagined future scenarios for the main Western security organisation. Yet Russia outside NATO could be a big problem as well. The Bush team left Washington without any strategies on how to square this circle. 2. shadowboxing I. the act of fighting an imaginary enemy by hitting the air with your hands: He displayed little fatigue in his workout, which started with shadowboxing in front of a mirror. Do something as simple as jumping jacks or shadowboxing. II. the act of pretending to argue about or deal with a problem, often to avoid dealing with the most important problem: All this may be political shadowboxing, but it will make it more difficult to reach agreement on important legislation. chase shadows I. mainly UK to try to achieve or find something that is impossible or does not exist: Weary officials tell them there is no big hidden secret to discover and they are chasing shadows. Trying to get hold of everyone involved can feel like chasing shadows. II. sports UK specialized to try unsuccessfully to catch or compete with another person or team who is much faster or better than you: This was a lively display from City that left West Ham chasing shadows. He managed one meaningful attack, a right hook to the head in the opening round, but thereafter he was chasing shadows. spread your wings 自由翱翔, 展翅翱翔, 展翅飞翔 to use your abilities for the first time in your life to do new and exciting things: She'd been working for the same company for 15 years and it was time to leave and spread her wings. to become more independent and confident : to try doing new things College gave her a chance to spread her wings. 3. under the auspices [ˈɔːspɪs] of someone/something = under someone's auspices with the protection or support of someone or something, especially an organization: Financial aid is being provided to the country under the auspices of the International Monetary Fund. If something is done under the auspices of a particular person or organization, or under someone's auspices, it is done with their support and approval. Referees were also brought under the auspices of a special commission. ...a peace conference under United Nations auspices.
Midsomer Murders Season 20, Episode 2: 1. How small is an atom? Very. Leo, how small? Really rather titchy [ˈtɪtʃi]. What are you playing at ( play at I. [disapproval] engage in something without proper seriousness or understanding. If you say that someone is playing at something, you disapprove of the fact that they are doing it casually and not very seriously. She's only playing at being an actress - she's going off to law school next year. We were still playing at war 只是玩一玩, 玩票 – dropping leaflets instead of bombs. "it would be wrong to assume that he is simply playing at 游戏 politics". II. 耍的是什么把戏, 玩得哪一招. used to convey one's irritation at someone's actions or one's failure to understand their motives. If you do not know what someone is playing at, you do not understand what they are doing or what they are trying to achieve. She began to wonder what he was playing at. 'What do you think you're playing at?' he said. 'I can't sell this.' "what on earth do you think you're playing at?" III. If someone, especially a child, plays at being someone or doing something, they pretend to be that person or do that thing as a game. Ed played at being a pirate. )? We can do some more on a walk ( go on a walk 走路锻炼 VS go for a walk 走路做其他事(欣赏风景, 想心事): My preference is to use "go on a walk" when the walk itself, the exercise, is the primary goal of the activity. I prefer to say "go for a walk" when the exercise is secondary to something else, like conversation with a companion or enjoying the sights of nature. I would "go on a walk in the mountains", but "go for a walk to the shops". ). Time to make your mom proud. 2. Circulus? It's an IQ society. A membership club for people of high intelligence. It was founded here in the village. They use the school during the holidays. Maybe we should join, sir. I'm a bit of a legend at pub quizzes. Unbeatable. Really? Circulus exams are a little more demanding 费时费力的, 要求高的 ( I. People who are demanding 事多的, 高要求的 are not easily satisfied or pleased. Ricky was a very demanding child. Her boss was very demanding but appreciative of Christina's talents. II. 花费精力的. A demanding job or task requires a lot of your time, energy, or attention. needing a lot of attention, effort, or time. She's a very demanding child. He found he could no longer cope with his demanding job. It is a demanding role and she needs to work hard at it. a demanding job/task. I'm trying to learn English, and I find it very demanding. undemanding not needing a lot of time, energy, or attention: He is quiet and undemanding. a relatively undemanding job. ) than a pub quiz, Winter. 3. You know it's a waste of time, don't you? There are those who thought... who think differently. Test me. Latin name for small coppers. 4. Eddie, will you never learn? I just did, I have learned. I've learned so much my head's gonna explode. 5. Who in their right mind chooses to be surrounded by death? What about Mr. Sidana? Popped his clogs ( pop one's clogs If you say that someone has popped their clogs, you mean that they have died. I think I'll leave all my money to charity when I pop my clogs. clog I. When something clogs a hole or place, it blocks it so that nothing can pass through. Dirt clogs the pores, causing spots. The traffic clogged the Thames bridges. ...a clogged drain. The streets were clogged with people. to (cause something to) become blocked or filled so that movement or activity is difficult: be clogged with The roads are clogged with holiday traffic. clog up Eating too much fat causes your arteries to clog up. clog something up Leaves are clogging up the drain. Toilet paper had clogged the toilet. A stream of busses clogged the main street. II. 木屐. Clogs are heavy leather or wooden shoes with thick wooden soles. ). Any idea how he popped them? An earth auger ( I. a hand tool with a bit shaped like a corkscrew, for boring holes in wood. II. a larger tool of the same kind for boring holes in the ground. wiki: An auger is a drilling device or drill bit that normally includes a rotating helical screw blade that acts as a screw conveyor to remove the drilled-out material. ) drill bit powered through the pericardial cavity might have had something to do with it. Pre-porridge 早饭前. Paint's still slightly tacky ( tacky 粘粘的, 沾手的, 粘手的 Of a substance, slightly sticky. sticky; (especially of paint or glue) not completely dry I left a fingerprint in the tacky paint. This paint isn't dry yet; it's still a bit tacky. ). Painted pre-porridge presumably. 6. This might've been useful. Ethyl acetate. He was asphyxiated. It's used in killing jars ( A killing jar or killing bottle is a device used by entomologists to kill captured insects quickly and with minimum damage. The jar typically contains plaster of Paris on the bottom to absorb a killing fluid. The killing fluid evaporates into the air and gasses the insect. Typically only adult hard bodied insects are killed in a killing jar; other insects require different methods of killing. Plaster of paris, quick-setting gypsum plaster consisting of a fine white powder, which hardens when moistened and allowed to dry. ). That's what you keep butterflies in. You douse a bit cotton ball and drop it in there, too. It kills without marking ( I. 标记. Markings are coloured lines, shapes, or patterns on the surface of something, which help to identify it. a mark that makes it possible to recognize something: The army said the relief flight would be too dangerous as none of its helicopters had Red Cross markings. A plane with Danish markings was over-flying his vessel. The animal may have some white markings. II. the activity of checking, correcting, and giving a mark to students' written work: I couldn't go out with the others because I had a pile of marking to do. III. 贴身跟战术 the action of staying close to an opposing player in order to stop them from playing the ball: Effective marking is often the key to a team's success. ). I had no idea you were an expert. Did it in Biology. Should we call it one-nil to me? We did the one where you take a dead frog, stick electrodes in it and make his legs kick. Weird things, butterflies, according to my fella. Nature's proof of reincarnation. 7. Mahesh went collecting in the meadows and... I was at an editorial meeting. I edit 编辑 the local newspaper. We have an office in Newton Magna. So what brought you home? Grady Palmerston rang, he said that Mahesh hadn't turned up to invigilate 监考 (invigilator 监考人) ( = proctor in US) ( Someone who invigilates an examination supervises the people who are taking it in order to ensure that it starts and finishes at the correct time, and that there is no cheating. to watch people taking an exam in order to check that they do not cheat: Miss Jekyll will be invigilating (your chemistry exam) today. I've taught sixth formers and invigilated exams. ...an exam invigilator. proctor [ˈprɒktə] I. a member of the teaching staff of any of certain universities having the duties of enforcing discipline. II. (in a college or university) a supervisor or monitor who invigilates examinations, enforces discipline, etc. a person whose job is to watch people taking an exam in order to check that they do not cheat: If you need more paper, please ask the proctor. Students must be supervised by one proctor for every 25 test takers. verb. to invigilate (an examination). to watch people taking an exam in order to check that they do not cheat: Miss Jekyll will be proctoring today. He proctored our final. ). 8. Your husband wasn't the only person interested in butterflies. We saw a young woman in the village. Penny Kingdom. Biology teacher. She runs a lepidoptery group ( lepidoptery = lepidopterology, lepidopterist [ˌlɛpɪˈdɒpt(ə)rɪst] the scientific study of butterflies and moths (= flying insects with large wings): His passion for lepidoptery led him to create a number of butterfly houses in Britain and abroad. She was fascinated by lepidopterology and was often to be seen in a field with her butterfly net. ). Was your husband a part of that? No. He kept his hobby to himself. 9. Who will you get to replace Mahesh? If I knew that I wouldn't have asked for the list, Celeste. Find Luke, it's time he pulled his finger out( pull/get one's finger out If you tell someone to pull their finger out or to get their finger out, you are telling them rudely that you want them to start doing some work or making an effort. to start working hard, especially after a period of low activity: She's really going to have to pull her finger out if she wants to finish before Friday. Isn't it about time that you pulled your finger out? ). 9. Quite a detective finding me here. Your directions were good 你给的方向很好. Mr. Sidana was your boss, wasn't he? I gather he wasn't a member of your butterfly group? He liked to trap, kill and pin butterflies. We believed butterflies are better alive than dead. I gather some are missing. Yeah, some Small Coppers. They normally thrive in this area, but this year none, not one. I think someone's poisoning the land with pesticides. And why would someone do that? Because people in Little Crosby don't care about the environment. They're only interested in someones like you. Not a fan of Circulus, then? It's everything I hate. What it represents. It's divisive, it's aloof, it's a clique, it's a cult. Yeah, but apart from that. You wouldn't happen to know anything about anti-Circulus leaflets, would you? Who else was a member of your butterfly group? You said we. Me and Luke Fawcett, mainly. He's an English teacher. Well, was. He lives in a caravan in the next meadow. 10. Do you have any idea why someone might want to kill Mr. Sidana? Nope. Mahesh was too ineffectual( If someone or something is ineffectual, they fail to do what they are expected to do or are trying to do. not skilled at achieving, or not able to produce, good results: an ineffectual leader. ineffectual at 无能为力的 The teachers were ineffectual at maintaining discipline. The mayor had become ineffectual in the struggle to clamp down on drugs. ...the well-meaning but ineffectual jobs programs of the past. Her voice trailed off ineffectually.) to have enemies. Perhaps he wasn't the ultimate target. I've seen the leaflets. Oh, ignorant nonsense. We're the perfect meritocracy [ˌmɛrɪˈtɒkrəsi] with a global membership. The people who wish us to fail are barely capable of committing pen to paper, let alone murder. You see murder as a feat of intelligence, do you, Mr. Palmerston? I see this one as irrelevant. I should look closer to home if I were you. Would you now? Why? I own the Courier. I brought Anika out of premature retirement Mahesh was... spitting about it. Preferred his wife at home cooking. Are you suggesting Anika Sidana killed her husband? I'm saying Mahesh was dull enough to drive anyone crazy. 11. Miss Kingdom didn't see eye-to-eye with 互相看不上, 看不对眼 the victim, neither did English teacher Luke Fawcett. According to Penny, he was sacked and now lives in a caravan close to Troy Vale. Where the victim went butterfly collecting this morning. 12. There was a man pacing 踱步, 走来走去的 nervously outside. That'll be Carlton. Leo's father. 13. Luke, Grady needs you. Mahesh has been killed. Well why does that mean that Grady needs me? He's got you. But, you're a member, I'm not. Right, there is that (there's that 那是一点, 说的也是, 说得很对, 那倒也是 What you just said is indeed true. A: "Why are you passing on the promotion? Are you reluctant to take on more responsibility?" B: "There's that, but I'm also not sure I want to stay with the company any longer." there is that said when agreeing with something: 'Flying is quick, but it’s very expensive.' 'Yes, there is that."). 14. And if you are planning a barbecue this weekend I would hold fire( = hang fire If you hold fire in a situation, you delay before taking action. Ideally we would settle the matter now, but I think we should hang fire until the general situation becomes clearer. Their plan was to hold fire until they could appoint someone on a permanent basis.) for awhile. The whole of the region will be covered in cloud for the next couple of days. 15. How did it go? Did you answer every question? It was fine, yeah. What came up? Science, maps and hurricanes. 16. On the exam documentation he was named as invigilator, and yet Mr. Palmerson stood in for him. Inspector Poulsen is a very fine detective. 16. Why did he sack you Because he was a slave to the national curriculum. I believe in freedom of expression and not limiting peoples to pedantic rules and out-modish ( modish [moʊdɪʃ] Something that is modish is fashionable. ...a short checklist of much that is modish at the moment. ...modish young women from London society.) principles. You seem to get on okay here. Yes, well... times change 时代会变的. 17. I have to focus on Leo. The boy, he needs air. Not Circulus. Noticeably our money. Grady's being a pain. Could I get an advance? 18. How did you find the general knowledge? Oh, so-so, and you? It was tough. I really need to shine tomorrow. Although math has never been my strong suit. Well, and neither has lateral thinking. I mean, how are you supposed to prepare for that? Practice. 19. Listen, you're in a room and there are two ways out. One is engulfed in flames, the other one is full of lions that haven't eaten for two months. Which way do you go? Engulfed in flames. Yes. Oh, that's not good, is it? No. Mind... Neither are hungry lions. I know, is there a trap door(I. 隐藏的门, 暗门. a hinged or removable panel in a floor, ceiling, or roof. a small door in a ceiling or floor: There's a trapdoor into the attic. II. a feature or defect of a computer system which allows surreptitious unauthorized access to data. )? Oh, I'm afraid not. I give up. You go towards the lions because if they haven't eaten for two months, they're already dead. Oh, that is good, that is very good. And if you don't get in, you might try a bribe. From what I've heard, it wouldn't be the first. Yeah, I have heard that some people pay for advanced knowledge of the questions. Who did you hear this from? Mostly people who didn't get in. 20. How well did you know Mr. Sidana? Well, not very. Not really at all. I just run my B and B and do a bit of cabbing on the side. Oh, our paths never crossed. 21. At work today of all days? Oh, I had to get out the house. It's too many consoling 安慰的, 慰问的 phone calls. Earlier you told us you were here when Grady Palmerston rang. 22. A bit unseemly 缺德的, 不仗义的, 不道德的( If you say that someone's behaviour is unseemly, you disapprove of it because it is not polite or not suitable for a particular situation or occasion. not seemly (= socially suitable and polite) unseemly language. unseemly haste. unseemly behavior. It would be unseemly for judges to receive pay increases when others are struggling. ...unseemly drinking, brawling and gambling.), isn't it? Commissioning ( I. To send or officially charge someone or some group to do something. James Bond was commissioned with recovering the secret documents. to formally choose someone to do a special piece of work, or to formally ask for a special piece of work from someone: The newspaper commissioned a series of articles on the worst excesses of the fashion industry. She's commissioned an artist to paint her portrait. II. (transitive) To place an order for (often a piece of art). a request to do a special piece of work: She received a commission to paint the governor's portrait. She's just got a commission to paint Sir Ellis Pike's wife. do a commission Do you do commissions? take a commission She doesn't take commissions. He commissioned a replica of the Mona Lisa for his living room, but the painter gave up after six months. accept/get/receive a commission When he was 19, he got a commission to write an orchestra piece. III (transitive, especially of a ship or boat) To put into active service. The aircraft carrier was commissioned in 1944, during WWII. IV. to give someone the official authority to be an officer in the armed forces: be commissioned as Grandfather was commissioned as Group Captain in the RAF just before the war. noun. I. a group of people who have been formally chosen to discover information about a problem or examine the reasons why the problem exists: commission on a commission on alcohol abuse/racial tension. set up a commission The government has set up a commission to investigate the problem of inner city violence. establish a commission The premier said he would establish a commission to investigate the scandal. appoint/create/establish/set up a commission Congress appointed a commission to investigate the causes of the financial crisis. II. a payment to someone who sells homes, products, investments, etc., which is directly related to the amount they sell, or the practice of receiving these payments: make/pay/receive a commission, The airline agreed to pay travel agents a 3% commission. His monthly salary, which is based on commissions, has dropped from about $7,000 to $1,000. be on commission People often work harder when they're on commission. ) an obituary so soon? I didn't. It just arrived, it doesn't say who from. What it does say is exactly how your husband was killed. Hoist onto a wall, drilled like one of his butterflies. Why send an uncomissioned obituary flaunting the fact that you know what happened? To show off? 23. Can I please just reach for my warrant card ( A warrant card 警察证 is proof of identification and authority carried by police officers and some other law enforcement officers including immigration officers and Approved Mental Health Professionals. The term is normally used only within the United Kingdom and in current and former Commonwealth countries. Warrant cards generally include a photograph of the holder as well as the holder's name, rank, warrant number and a holographic emblem to mark authenticity. The warrant number is equivalent to a badge number in other police services; it is a unique identifier unlike a collar number (sometimes displayed on the uniform) which may change when transferring between departments or changing rank. A warrant card is sometimes displayed alongside a badge showing the service to which the officer belongs, but is increasingly commonly displayed on one ID card, with the force coat of arms printed on it. The text on a warrant card usually indicates that the holder is granted authority by a specific official to perform the functions of the office held, and may also indicate training to a particular level. In the UK, police personnel authorized to carry firearms may have an endorsement on their warrant card to that effect. )? Hold it to the side, my central vision's smashed. Peripheral, okay? Oh, why didn't you just say that? Well, you didn't give me a chance. Do you normally greet your visitors with a shotgun? I thought you were an intruder. Someone keeps trespassing. 24. I need time. You don't have any. Your tardiness 延迟不交, 迟迟不缴费 rules Leo out of contention for membership. The rules explicitly state all application fees have to be cleared through the Circulus account before the exams begin. Why are you doing this? You know Leo would be an asset to the organization. Like Jane was. Even if you did stop her from being in charge of social events. She wasn't well. I know! And I'm still paying for that. I can get you the money. How much do you want? Are you trying to bribe me? I'm trying to appeal to your better nature ( appeal to somebody's better nature/sense of justice etc to try to persuade someone to do something by reminding them that it is a good or fair thing to do. You could always try appealing to his better nature. A person's better nature is the more honourable or moral side of their character. the more virtuous, amiable, or kindly instincts of a person. ). Assuming you've got one. 25. Why not tell me all this earlier? 'Cause it's not official police business. I've taken leave to pursue the matter privately. You know Grady Palmerston used to have business interests in Denmark? Yes, I know. Does he know why you're here? No. I have a different surname to my father. You said there were two reasons why you came here. What's the other one? My father died last month. I'm sorry to hear that. My mother died when I was quite small, so me and my father were very close. He had been ill for some time... but... grief is strange. Comes at you from odd angles. I thought I was fine about his death, but then I read his notebooks. And now I feel compelled to find out what happened to Anders. 26. I'll need to take your drill tool for forensic analysis. It might've been used in a crime. Well, if it was, someone took it. Perhaps that's who I've been hearing. Does anyone else have access to it? Carlton. Carlton Scott. Works for me. When he turns up. I'll need his details. 27. After tomorrow's exam I'll be marking at Grady Palmerston's. I can be your mole. You will be nothing of the sort! Palmerston is the suspect in a murder investigation. 28. The earth auger at Borrowdale Farm is being confirmed as the murder weapon. Ginny Welton's prints are on it. So either she's the culprit, or the murderer stole the equipment and wiped it on return. How far is her farm from the Sidana's house? Same side of the village. The farmland's been in her family for generations and includes the meadow. She employs a land surveyor Carlton Scott. His son's applying to Circulus. And his wife passed away. Oh, and guess what. His fingerprints match the partial one found at the break-in. How come we've got his fingerprints? He's got form six months ago. Verbal assault at a school prize giving 颁奖仪式. I'll speak to him, you speak to Penny Kingdom. The motorbike registration you clocked( I. 计速度. To measure the speed of. He was clocked at 155 miles per hour. II. (transitive, slang) To hit (someone) heavily. When the boxer let down his guard, his opponent clocked him III. (transitive, informal) To notice; to take notice of (someone or something). Clock the wheels on that car! IV. (transitive, informal, with as) To recognize; to assess. I'd already clocked her as someone who couldn't reliably be believed when she spoke. And now this too! V. (transitive, informal) To identify (someone) as having some attribute (for example, being trans or gay). Once my transformation was complete I considered moving to London, where I felt there was less chance of being clocked and a larger support network. VI. (Britain, slang) To falsify the reading of the odometer of a vehicle. I don't believe that car has done only 40,000 miles. It's been clocked. ), it's hers. 29. Sorry, we have to go, we've gotta be somewhere. Indeed you do. With me. To explain your verbal assault on Mahesh Sidana. Jane died after a short illness. I didn't cope very well and I thought the school could've done more. I objected to their everyone-deserves-a-prize principle. I happen to think the best people deserve them. Meaning Leo. He should've won every prize. But like I say, I wasn't coping. Why does Leo's progress matter so much to you? Jane was a clever one, a brilliant lawyer, who gave up her career to start a family. Leo was pretty much everything to her. Pretty much? She missed the stimulus 刺激 of her former life so she joined Circulus for the social side. She was keen for Leo to become a member. Look, can we cut to the chase? I gotta get Leo to this exam. So why did you break into his office? Cut to the chase enough for you? Mahesh was the treasurer. I've had cashflow issues. I realized the entrance fee 报名费 was gonna bounce. I figured it might become a problem. So you were robbing his study? I thought Mahesh kept records there. I wanted to find proof they took bribes. I wanted something over them in case it got ugly. 30. They like you. Whereas you try to run me over. You may begin. I know nothing about drills or meat hooks, I was looking for pesticides. In the dead of night 深夜里? Well, I went earlier but the old witch nearly caught me. She's behind the disappearance of the Small Coppers, I'm sure of it. 31. It's too well written for Celeste. So, I'm afraid I can't help you. It describes the exact manner of Mr. Sidana's death, information privy only to the police, Mrs. Sidana, and... The murderer, yes I get that. Quite a conundrum, isn't it? Nothing like a mystery to exercise the brain cells, is there? We need you to explain it. I don't need to explain anything, young man, that's your job. I'll let you puzzle it out. 32. Here in England we use the crime board as a place for evidential facts not... idle speculation. We do the same in Denmark. But you've moved Anika Sidana and Luke Fawcett side-by-side and written affair between them. Based on what? Your evidence. Her phone records. If you look over the last few weeks there's the same number ringing several times after one o'clock in the morning. Fleur told me this was, what was it? A booty call, love. What about you? One of two things. Not least ( not least 尤其是, 特别是 in particular; notably. You can use not least to emphasize a particularly important example or reason. Dieting can be bad for you, not least because it is a cause of stress. Everyone is more reluctant to travel these days, not least the Americans. "there is a great deal at stake, not least in relation to the environment". not the least used for emphasis with nouns: I haven't the least idea (= I do not know) who he was. She hasn't the least interest (= she has no interest) in the project. ) Grady Palmerston knows who you are. I know, I have to be careful. 33. Getting rid already? They've always creeped me out. They're very popular around here. Are the two of you involved? Is that where you really were yesterday morning? With him? Nobody likes admitting to infidelity. Do you think he could've killed your husband out of revenge? Our affair is his revenge. And you're okay with that? I'm not proud of it, but... Mahesh wasn't a particular imaginative man and Luke is... the opposite. And he was sacked over his approach to education? That's what they said, but who knows. Mahesh, Luke, Grady, they go back a long way. I'm a Circulus widow in more ways than one. 34. You're still here? Uh, yes, yes, I've familiarized myself with the answers and made a start. 35. All the questions low brow [braʊ]. Popular culture, bands, television. Questions Grady Palmerston wouldn't know the answers to. A victim of his lofty intelligence in the same way that Mahesh Sidana was made a victim of his obsession. Eddie was right about bribes. Palmerston kept a list of donations. 36. Did you husband know that Eddie Rowbotham thought bribes had been taken? Of course, he just told Eddie to shut up and concentrate on his tutorials. What tutorials? With Mahesh. Mr. Rowbotham said that he rarely crossed paths with Mr. Sidana. Rubbish, he'd been cramming with him for months. 37. I can't stand riddles. Apart from why you told me that you didn't know Mr. Sidana when you had tutorials with 上小课, 私教课 him( I. a period of study with a tutor involving one student or a small group. a period of study with a tutor and a small group of students: Students only have 8 hours of tutorials a week. II. a document or website on a computer that shows you how to use a product in a series of easy stages: An online tutorial for the program is available on our website. ). Because it stopped. Mahesh lost patience with me and he refused to tutor me anymore. Said I'd never pass in a month of Sundays ( a month of Sundays A long time. a long unspecified period I haven't talked to her in a month of Sundays. I haven't seen Barbara in a month of Sundays. This expression, which would literally mean thirty weeks, has been used hyperbolically since it was first recorded in 1832. One writer suggests it originally connoted a long dreary time, since games and other kinds of amusement used to be forbidden on Sunday.). 38. You went to see Grady Palmerston last night. What about? An administrative confusion. It's resolved now, we moved on. Like you said you did with Mahesh Sidana? Exactly. Didn't expect to see you in the enemy camp. This is my local. I'm not gonna sit at home because of that lot. Though I doubt I'll stay for the duration( for the duration for as long as something lasts: I guess we're stuck with each other for the duration (of the journey). They left the city for the countryside and stayed there for the duration of the war. He and his family were forced to stay in a single room for the duration of the holiday. We remained on the church steps for the duration of the service. The door's locked during the meeting? Well, I guess we're stuck here for the duration.). 39. So why is Penny here? It's her local. Crawling with people ( crawling with something/someone 爬满了 covered with or full of something. To include or be covered with swarms or large numbers of (something, especially insects or people); to have in great numbers or multitudes. The kitchen was crawling with cockroaches. The scene of the incident was crawling with reporters for days afterwards. The jungle was crawling with insects. The Internet is crawling with sports fans. [of a surface] covered with many people or members of a class of people moving about. The place was crawling with police and FBI agents. The city was crawling with tourists making it almost impossible to go from place to place. crawl to someone in the sense of fawn on I'd have to crawl to her to keep my job. crawl back (to someone) to admit that you were wrong and ask someone to forgive you or ask them for something that you were offered and refused in the past: come crawling back to Don't come crawling back to me when she throws you out come crawling back She told herself he needed a break and would soon come crawling back. come/go crawling to to go to (someone) for help or approval in a way that shows one is weak or sorry for what one has done. Don't come crawling to me for help later if you aren't going to listen to me now. He's gone crawling back to his old girlfriend. crawl (all) over each other Of a group or population of people, to be in fierce or eager competition with one another such that the individual's well-being, success, or survival becomes secondary to that of others. It's sad, really, how people crawl all over each other just to earn a little bit more money. Whenever a major disaster occurs, people crawl over each other 争先恐后, 你推我挤的 to secure food and shelter for themselves. ) she disapproves of? Strange, don't you think. 40. I enjoyed tonight. More than I have for awhile. 41. Ah, she's gorgeous, isn't she? That's the rest of us done for 玩蛋了, 出局了, 没戏了 ( I. in a situation so bad that it is impossible to get out. "if the guard sees us, we're done for". II. in serious difficulty. to be about to die or suffer very much because of a serious difficulty or danger: We all thought we were done for when the boat started to sink. III. very tired: I'm really done for - I'm going to bed. ), isn't it? 42. Any differences I had with Grady were ideological and not psychopathic [ˌsʌɪkəˈpaθɪk]. I wouldn't kill over it. Grady Palmerston thought you would. He knew of your affair with Anika Sidana and thought you wanted revenge for your sacking. Well, the great Grady thought wrong 想错了. Mr. Fawcett, in the past 36 hours your lover's husband and the only obstacle to you taking over Circulus have both been killed. Maybe that just means I'm next. Why would you be next? Wouldn't have anything to do with trading secrets internationally, would it? That was nothing to do with me. You knew about it. And disapproved. Was Mahesh Sidana involved? He banked the money. Did you fall out with him as well? We had our issues. Can you account for your movements yesterday evening? I was here until I went to the pub. Much like the day before. I'm a creature of habit. Like seeing Mrs. Sidana. She didn't go straight to her house after your latest tryst. Perhaps you did. You followed Mahesh into his summer house. You could've done the same with Grady Palmerston. Trust me, I didn't. You're a hard man to trust 难以信任的人, 让人难以信任. Penny Kingdom thinks that you share her concern for the plight of the Small Coppers, when, in fact, you're hoarding them here. What's she gonna say when we tell her? She'll be gutted. It was her idea to hide them here in the first place. 43. You weren't looking for pesticides on her farm, were you? You were planting them. Your posters spread the word that a species has disappeared and then you were gonna mysteriously locate the pesticides on Mrs. Welton's farm that mighta killed them. Creating a public outcry 群情激奋, 引起众怒, 引起公愤. Quite the campaigner, aren't you? We've driven round the village, we found five. Not very many, is it? Grady ripped the others down. Tit-for-tat for me leafleting about ( leaflet 贴大字报 发传单 (flyer) distribute leaflets to (people or an area). to give out leaflets to people: They leafleted the area two weeks before the event. "tourists visiting the area are being leafleted". ) Circulus. He wasn't happy about me leafleting, he was flexing his muscles, that's all. You teach Set One Biology and the brilliant Leo Scott is down in Set Two with a different teacher. Why Biology's not his forte. 44. With your permission I would like to visit her. Of course. And take Winter, I gather she can get trigger-happy. Penny Kingdom said Grady Palmerston was trying to flex his muscles. She's not a member of Circulus so he couldn't get at her that way, but he did own a newspaper. 45. Was this relationship public knowledge? Mahesh was the only one that knew. So, Penny becomes a thorn in Circulus's side. She organized a petition putting pressure on Mahesh not to let the school be used for Circulus exams. It didn't work? Nearly did. Close enough for Grady to want vengeance. He twisted Mahesh's arm( twist someone's arm 说服 to persuade someone to do something they do not want to do. She had twisted his arm to get him to invite her: I didn't want to go but Linda twisted my arm.) to let her go by the end of the term. And your husband told Grady about Penny's affair with Carlton Scott. How did you find out? Grady could be vindictive. Treacherous teacher abused position to seduce grieving father. Was this going to run? 46. Your father was right. In the light of Grady's death there's no need to hide the truth. Anders uncovered that Grady was using Circulus as a front for introducing contacts and exchanging information all over Europe. Did Grady Palmerston kill Anders? Grady arranged for them to meet. They rowed... and he pushed him off the bridge. He admitted it and we all agreed to cover it up. Why? Oh, we were all implicated, we all know about the espionage. He said he'd take us all down with him. When your father suspected... I gave up Circulus altogether. Mahesh took a backseat and Luke disappeared into his own world. Other things ended as well. I want you to have this. He always hoped the two halves might rejoin 破镜重圆, 两个半块对得上. Perhaps now. 47. Grady was always banging on about how I don't fit in here. He was right, maybe I'm the problem. Trying to change people that don't want to be changed. Carlton Scott? Does it matter? It might matter very much. How strong were your feelings for each other? My feelings were very strong. And his? According to Leo they were. He said it was nice to do stuff and see his father smile again. Reborn, even. Grief comes at people from all angles. Did you tell Carlton about Grady's article? I left him a message, I had to warn him in case. 48. Meet me at Frampton Woods. There's a clearing 开阔地, 空地 in the middle. 48. What, you're saying Leo has something to do with this? Did it not occur to you what your actions were doing to him? What are you talking about? Your son suffered the trauma of losing his mother, but in the fallout from that there was a support system there for him. Someone who eased not just his pain, but yours ( He's not in her class and his father told me the school could've done more. Oh, the school did loads after Jane died. The school asked Penny to be there for Leo. She spent a lot of time with him. Organized a grief counselor, all of that. So what went wrong? It was more what went right. Carlton was grieving, he was lonely and vulnerable. Penny felt for him, he was attracted to her. They started a relationship. Until Carlton's grief turned to guilt and he ended it. ). I was Leo's friend, that's all. You were more than that, you were part of a family. And then you two were taken away and replaced by Circulus and intelligence. I thought that's what his mother would've wanted. She might've wanted an outlet 出口, 发泄渠道 for her son's emotions, too, don't you think? But you blocked that, you sent Leo down a different route entirely. Some butterfly effect. What happens to a caterpillar that can't be reborn? It eats itself and dies. 49. I stuck to the rules, I did what you wanted. I was biding my time ( bide (one's) time 静待时机, 等待时机 To delay some action until an ideal moment or situation reveals itself. I'm just biding my time in an office job until a tenure-track position opens up at one of the local colleges.) hoping you'd see Penny again. And protecting that possibility. 50. And you must come to Copenhagen soon so you can bring some more aperitifs ( An aperitif [əˈpɛrɪtiːf] 餐前酒 is an alcoholic drink that you have before a meal. an alcoholic drink, especially one that is drunk before a meal: Would you like an aperitif before dinner? ...a garden terrace where you can drink your aperitifs. digestifs [diːʒɛˈstiːf] 助消化的酒(餐前或者餐后喝) something, esp a drink, taken as an aid to digestion, either before or after a meal. ). I'll start lining my stomach ( line one's stomach 垫垫肚子 eat some food in preparation for a drinking session. it's always best to line the stomach before a night out. Cox had said in advance that we should go down the pub, so I resolved to line my stomach. I have a yoghurt at the start of the meal to line my stomach. line your pocket(s) to earn money using dishonest or illegal methods: Some of these lawyers are only interested in lining their pockets. Staff at the bank have apparently been lining their pockets with money from investors' accounts. ) immediately. 51. Eddie's a bonafide 真正的 [ˌbəʊnə ˈfʌɪdi] Circulus member now, you passed.
Midsomer Murders Season 20, Episode 3: 1. I'm covering for 替班 Benedict. Been down with chicken pox(be down with something affected by (an illness) She has been down with the flu for a week. come down with something to start to suffer from an illness, especially one that is not serious. to catch or show signs of an illness: I feel like I'm coming down with a cold. I think I'm coming down with flu. ). As have half the station, hence my being here. 2. Was anything else stolen or burned? Not a thing. And as any lawman worth their salt 称职的, 对得起工资的 will tell you, that's abnormal behavior. 3. Sorry, my friend. You're short 钱不够. But I washed 20 cars to buy this ticket. I'm sure Chipping didn't make his first million by giving things away. Hang on a minute, sir. I've got the right money 我够钱, 钱够. Darwin's the main reason this festival exists. His comeback tour comes at a price. 4. Lift, not drag 抬起来, 不要拖着走. Please, some respect. 5. I prayed you'd come out of retirement. I can't wait to see what your new creation is and I'm not the only one. I'll get cracking ( get cracking = get a wriggle/wiggle on 快点行动, 别墨迹, 赶紧的 informal act quickly and decisively. to start doing something quickly: Get cracking (= hurry), or we'll miss the train. get cracking on I'd better get cracking on the food for tonight. Mark, you'd better get cracking, the sooner the better. Vouchers must be redeemed before September 14th so you'd better get cracking to cash in. "most tickets have been snapped up 抢走, 抢票, so get cracking if you want one". Come on, better get a wiggle on it if you're gonna beat the traffic. ) on my report. 6. Like I said, this is my day off. It's from an Aequitas, sir. I'm afraid I'm not up to speed. The cult comic book artist and writer, sir. Publishes 50 copies a year. Only 50? Not exactly a publishing powerhouse. Well, actually, sir. Fewer copies is better. It makes them more sought after. And therefore more valuable? Not like a first issue 第一期的 Superman, but they do go for a decent sum. Especially if one's signed. 7. Your arthritis is getting worse. You need to see a specialist. Barrett? It's been two years, Zennia. How long can we keep this up 坚持( I. move or progress at the same rate as someone or something else. "often they had to pause to allow him to keep up". II. continue a course of action. to continue without stopping or changing, or to continue something without allowing it to stop or change: "keep up the good work". to not allow something that is good, strong, etc. to become less good, strong, etc.: Keep up the good work! to make something continue at its present level and not allow it to fall: You must eat to keep your strength up 保持体力. )? You said we'd wait no matter what. But there hasn't been one sign that she's gonna wake up. 8. Let the lad go. This is my collar ( collar I. informal 堵住. to find someone and stop them in order to talk to them. We decided to skip the meeting but she collared us in the hotel lobby. A reporter collared her on her way to the gym. I was collared by Pete as I was coming out of the meeting this morning. II. informal 逮住. 抓住. to catch or arrest someone such as a criminal: He is known as the detective who collared a serial killer. She was collared by the police at the airport. III. to get something for yourself: He somehow managed to collar all the credit for other people's work. The Treasury collars billions in tobacco duty every year. feel someone's collar (Britain, informal) To arrest someone. If you carry on like that, the law will soon be feeling your collar. Usage notes: Very commonly found in passive voice. John had his collar felt yesterday. loosen one's collar 松松领子 to unbutton the top button of one's shirt. ), Barnaby. Two things, Mr. Starling. One, being appointed sheriff doesn't grant you any judicial power whatsoever. And two, it's DCI Barnaby. 9. Mate, where you off to? She's awake. 10. Where's Juno? She's out on a call. Would you like to make an appointment? Tell her to come to the cottage. Two weeks Thursday looking good. 11. You were quick. I hope you haven't broken any speed limits 开车超速. Tell miss what you told me. I wanted a ticket to Darwin Chipping's lecture. The man's a ledge ( = lege: a legend; a person held in high regard. ), I had to be there. And stealing a ticket seemed perfectly reasonable? Well, they jacked the prices up. He's rolling out a new character. It's the first one in years. I can't miss that. Jerome writes and draws comics all day long. He's got real talent. Well, I'll turn him loose then( turn someone/something loose 放开, 释放 to free someone or something; to remove anything that limits the freedom of action of someone or something: He turned the horse loose in the field. The slaves were turned loose to make their own way in life. ). He can carry on stealing with my blessing. 12. Do we have an exact time of death? Give me strength ( give me strength 拜托, 真受不! used as an expression of exasperation or annoyance. something that you say when you find someone else's stupid behaviour or inability to do something annoying: Oh, give me strength! Do you want me to do it for you? ). We've only just got here. 13. I was out taking in the sights 欣赏风景(You claimed you were out seeing the sights.). Since it has changed its name, the festival seemed to be getting bigger every year. So, you didn't see anything out of the ordinary? Anyone lurking about or something? 14. What did you think of Francesca? She was one of the original supermodels. Though I'm not sure she ever quite stepped down off the catwalk, if you know what I mean. And you didn't like that about her? That came out wrong. Tim renamed the festival after her, so she was all right, I guess. Francon. Fran for his Aunt Francesca and con for Conrad, his father. He wanted to honor them both. The thing I don't get is how the killer knew that Francesca was coming out of her coma. Barrett had to cross to the other side of the green to get to Dr. Starling's surgery. Someone might have guessed why he was so excited. 15. Airway was blocked and she suffocated within two minutes. Two minutes? That would've felt like a lifetime to the killer. Quite a risk... considering the son could've burst back in at any moment. Assuming it wasn't Barrett himself. Any fingerprints on the plug of the life support machine? Wiped clean. Which implies the killer came in with the intention of turning it off. 16. Murray Eccbeer, he runs a bric-a-brac store dressed as a superhero. It takes all sorts. But this sort, according to Aequitas, is one humiliated and pitiable man 可怜人. 17. Are these your drawings? I hired Stella. She's very talented, not to mention cheap. But you said yourself, Francesca was becoming a burden. That's a lot of pressure on any couple, no matter how well-meaning they are. 18. I can always strengthen the medication 强效, 加强药效. I thought I wanted this. Convinced myself it would be better for everyone if Mom just... slipped away. But not like this. 19. I'm afraid we don't take walk-in patients. Good because I'm right as rain ( be as right as rain be perfectly fit and well. to feel healthy or well again: You just need a good night's sleep, and then you'll be right as rain again. "she'll be right as rain in a couple of days".). 20. I read the police report on your husband's murder and I know that you were the one who found him. But I was wondering how Francesca came to be involved. 21. Knowing Francesca, she was probably trying to stop the burglar. I couldn't believe it when I saw her jewelry had been stolen. The burglar robbed her? She was coming for dinner, so she would've been glittering with gold. Never leave home looking ordinary, my sister-in-law used to say. Can you tell me about the blow to Francesca's head? 22. You know, I've got all these thoughts swirling around and I keep coming back to this one thing. My Mom was never keen on you. That's a little brisk ( I. A brisk activity or action is done quickly and in an energetic way. He set a brisk pace and we struggled to keep up. Taking a brisk walk can often induce a feeling of well-being. The horse broke into a brisk trot. Eve walked briskly down the corridor to her son's room. With determined briskness, Amy stood up and put their cups back on the tray. II. If trade or business is brisk, things are being sold very quickly and a lot of money is being made. Oil prices added over 2% in brisk trading yesterday. American manufacturing was doing brisk business last month. Vendors were doing a brisk trade in souvenirs. Its sales had been brisk since July. A trader said gold sold briskly on the local market. III. If the weather is brisk 清冷, it is cold and fresh. ...a typically brisk winter's day on the South Coast. The breeze was cool, brisk and invigorating. IV. Someone who is brisk behaves in a busy, confident way which shows that they want to get things done quickly. The Chief summoned me downstairs. He was brisk and businesslike. She is noted for her brisk handling of business. 'Anyhow,' she added briskly, 'it's none of my business.' He felt her familiar briskness, and he knew that it was all over. ). You came to see her a couple of years ago. It ended in shouting. I really don't recall. 23. How did Aequitas contact you? By phone. He, or she, uses a voice changer. But before you ask, the number was withheld. So Aequitas was in this cemetery. We need to get SOCO ( A scenes of crime officer) down here. Let's see if they can find any trace of our mystery comic creator. 24. This'll take me days. You have somewhere else to be? It's just I had hoped that I could nip out for a few hours tomorrow to go to the lecture. Well, this is a murder inquiry, Winter. Might as well bin this then. Well, let's not be too hasty. I hate to see things going to waste. 25. Sir, Barrett's solicitor just told me that the account his mother's will is to be paid into isn't the one that he shares with his wife. He's got a secret bank account. Mrs. Lounds, have you and your husband discussed his inheritance? She's not even in the ground 入土 yet. Interestingly enough, he has discussed it with his solicitor. And any money's due, may not be coming your way. What? I don't understand. What are you talking about? He has arranged to have them deposited into another account. 26. First the mother, now the son. Both surrounded by comics. As a betting woman, I always raise the stakes with a high pair. From what I can tell, the killer grabbed the victim from behind. Hold him back by the head exposing the jugular. And then it all got a bit Marie Antoinette. And again we were close by. Maybe you should arrest each other. Looks like he was printing a fresh copy. Barrett's arthritis must've made it incredibly painful to write and draw a comic. I've dabbled. Gave up. 27. I don't know how you can do that. Horses terrify me. I'm pretty sure you terrify them in that getup ( I. costume; outfit. the particular clothing, esp. when strange or unusual, that someone is wearing: He was in a weird getup with a red wig. Everyone will stare at you if you wear that getup. II. arrangement or format; style. the getup of a new cookbook. ). I'm after a favor, Isaac. 28. So, how long have you been a pathologist? I mean, it must get to you cutting up body after body. On the contrary. I can't get enough of it. It's the company more than anything. They're great listeners. I mean, there must be a shelf life (sell-by date). When you've seen too much. Don't worry about me, Winter. I drink embalming fluid. I'm going to be around for a long, long time. How's your Arabic? I'm a woman of many surprising skills, Winter, but being fluent in Arabic isn't one of them. If it is, it's for a three-year lease. Looks like he was planning on leaving the country. 29. Why this lad? Why him especially? Put it down to the mom in me, I guess. Couldn't pass the butter, could you? You got a ticket! How? I'm a man of great import ( of great significance or value. importance or meaning: little/no import Whether it is to be a "working" visit or an "official" visit is of little/no import. ). When I ask, I get. 30. Barrett's paid a deposit for a three-year lease on a flat in Cairo. It must be nice, the rent's pretty steep. The inheritance would've come in handy for that. Although Barrett didn't know that his mother was gonna get murdered. So he must've had some other way to make the money. Or he had help. I went to Egypt once on a school trip and guess what? I saw someone with the same currency right here in this village. It's not what you think. I'm sure it's exactly what we think. Barrett and I found each other at the wrong time. We should've met when we were both single, it just... It didn't fall that way( fall by the wayside 中道崩殂, 中途衰落, 半路失败 If someone falls by the wayside, they fail to finish an activity, and if something falls by the wayside, people stop doing it, making it, or using it: So why does one company survive a recession while its competitors fall by the wayside? ). Your pillow talk must've been interesting. What does that mean? With Barrett being Aequitas and knowing so much about everyone in this village. How did he come by this information, Mrs. Eccbeer? There are some things that we didn't share. He was particularly remorseless in the latest issue. Any idea what triggered that? Look... all I know, and I promise this is all I know, is that Barrett drew the latest comic to help buy a new life for us. So he kept one comic back while he stole and burned all of the others. The one remaining issue would make the comic worth a small fortune. He was gonna auction it privately... and then we would leave. 30. So now we've got Bluebell in the mix. Shunned lover. They would no longer have been running away to Egypt because Barrett would never leave his mother if she'd just woken up. 31. Look, here he is sinking his teeth into this character's neck. A character who appears twice. You see, here he is again humiliating Murray Eccbeer. We should find out who this mystery character is. I'm still leaning towards Zennia, the put-upon 热心肠被利用的 ( If you are put-upon, you are treated badly by someone who takes advantage of your willingness to help them. having to do more than is fair in order to allow other people to get what they want in a situation: I don't mind helping them, but I can't help feeling a little put upon. Volunteers from all walks of life are feeling put upon. ...his helpful, put-upon neighbour. ) daughter-in-law and now wronged wife. What if she lied and did know about Barrett's secret bank account? 32. It's for your dad more than anything. You know how desperate he is to be sheriff again and the last thing he needs are, whisperings 闲话 闲言碎语 about his family. I know how fond Timothy is of you, so... maybe keep him at arm's length for now. 33. Mr. Starling. How many more times? It's Sheriff Starling! At least it will be for the next few weeks. Then I'll be Mr. Star. It's so unedifying( unedifying adj (especially of an event taking place in public) distasteful; unpleasant. "the unedifying sight of the two leaders screeching conflicting proposals". unpleasant and causing people to feel no respect. not having the result of improving morality, intellect, etc We were treated to the unedifying spectacle of Congressmen fighting like children. edifying 积极向上的, 给人正面引导的 Anything edifying is enlightening. vocabulary: Edifying things uplift people intellectually or morally and help them learn. Good literature, art, and music are edifying. The original meaning of edify was "to build," and things that are edifying build up a person, especially in an intellectual or moral way. It's often used in the negative. If you say something is not edifying, you mean that it's unpleasant and unacceptable. Edifying applies to things that help you become a better person. A wise saying is edifying. A powerful documentary is edifying. The words of a good teacher are often edifying. Word definitions are definitely edifying! ). Sorry about that. I got a little emotional there. It's just that I'll be stepping down next month and letting someone else take over. I was under the impression that being sheriff meant a great deal to you. It does. Did. This village is really going to miss me. Only ask me what I've been doing while you've been stumbling around making very little progress. 34. That's your wife's receptionist. I think I should be in on the bust, don't you? 35. Care to explain? I may have called around. The door was wide open. And that was after Barrett came in looking for Dr. Starling. A delivery of election leaflets had been packaged with my name on them by mistake. Thought I'd take them over to Zennia. And when you got there, was anyone in? Not that I noticed. Did you go into Francesca's room? No, I did not. 36. What do you make of this? Is this supposed to be me? I'll sue. Defamation of character. You said the election leaflets were put into the wrong package. That would imply that you had ordered something of your own. Yes, my leaflets. I'm running for sheriff as well. Sounds like quite a few people are keen on the post. Forgive me, but it is just a title and little else. Have you met the other candidates? Lord Argo will be spinning in his grave. He was the best sheriff this village ever had. It is my mission to reinstate his values. Do you leave flowers for Conrad Argo every week? Ms. Crane? Well, I'm the only one who does. Juno moved on far too quickly if you ask me. Lord Argo was barely cold before Isaac came trotting into her life. He took over his wife, moved into his house. He even took over Lord Argo's position as sheriff. Lord Argo was sheriff at the time of his murder? We lost one heck of a good man that night. 37. This sheriff business has got several people hot under the collar. Thought you said it was little more than a title. Someone really kill for it? 38. What does Stockholm Tar mean to you, Mr. Starling? It's for... It's for applying to horses' hooves. It covers the sole, protecting it from bacteria. Microscopic traces of the tar were found on Francesca. And just to make sure, we measured your horse's hooves. They match the outline of her skull fracture. 39. I'd had feelings for Juno for months. It got to the point where I sometimes trotted by her house hoping I might just bump into her. You are ridiculous. I'll tell my brother and he'll take great delight in ruining you. But you still stopped to remove Francesca's jewelry. Yes. Yes, I did. But you just told us you panicked and bolted from the scene. Well, I was hardly going to admit to thieving. 40. She's not answering her phone. Just give her some time, hmm? It's a lot to take in 一时难以接受. Barrett's arthritis. Long story short, he couldn't possibly have drawn the last Aequitas comic. He wouldn't have had full motor control. Not to the extent of drawing what we saw in the comics. All things considered 综合起来考虑, could Barrett have broken into the Argo house? The burglar used a sophisticated glass cutter. Chances are Barrett would've had great difficulty wielding it with any precision. So he would've needed an accomplice. 41. I don't believe you were given permission to use Francesca's likeness ( I. 肖像 a portrait or representation. A likeness of someone is a picture or sculpture of them. The museum displays wax likenesses of every U.S. president. "the only known likeness of Dorothy as a young woman". II. If you say that a picture of someone is a good likeness, you mean that it looks just like them. She says the artist's impression is an excellent likeness of her abductor. III. If two things or people have a likeness to each other, they are similar to each other. These myths have a startling likeness to one another. There might be a likeness between their features, but their eyes were totally dissimilar. ). It's not her. Where did you get that idea from? It clearly is, Mr. Chipping. I doubt there's a soul in this village who would dispute that. And half of whom were at your lecture. Oh, and by the way, I'm a big fan. Just thought I'd get that out of the way 先说出来( get something out of the way to finish something. used when a person needs to finish an unpleasant or slightly boring task first. It gives the sense of doing one thing first in order to be able to do what one truly desires. I would love to go see a movie with you, but I need to get my homework out of the way first. I like to get my homework out of the way on a Friday night so that I can enjoy the weekend. ). Five years in the creative wilderness. You must've been at your wit's end. Inspiration is its own master. What was it about Francesca's past that drew you to her? The partying with rock and film stars? The countless arrests? There must be enough material there for a hundred issues. Francesca was... different. She was larger than life. Imposing, dynamic. She oozed stardust. How could I not be inspired? But she had said no to you. And yet here you are revealing a new character based on her. You have to understand. I have worked for two solid years on this. I gave it my all. Besides, now she'll live on. I'm not convinced that will be much comfort to her. I fell in love with my new creation. That is not a crime. If we can place you at Francesca's bedside, or in Barrett's studio, then that definitely is a crime. 42. I told Dad to disappear. I'd do what I could. I was praying she'd be concussed( concuss I. 伤到大脑. to injure (the brain) by a violent blow, fall, etc. to give someone concussion. II. to shake violently; agitate; disturb. ). Maybe not even remember what really happened. I heard glass smashing so I had to be quick. I swear that's all I did. It was a lot more than that, Stella. You robbed a woman and left her to die. But why sell the jewelry in the village? That was asking for trouble, surely. I was gonna throw it in the river, but then. Yes? Tim needed money for the festival. It was dying on its feet( die on (something's) feet come to a sudden or premature end. To end abruptly. That great initiative died on its feet when not enough people showed interest in it. dead on one's feet very tired but still standing, working, etc. extremely tired. I'm usually dead on my feet at the end of the game. By the end of the day the workers were dead on their feet. ). Surely Conrad Argo had plenty of money. He was never keen on the comic thing. He said it was for freaks. Sir... I could hear everything you're saying. It was a bit muffled, but. So this is how Barrett got all of his ideas for his comics. No wonder he never got the aircon fixed when he could come down here and eavesdrop. When did he ask you to help him finish his latest comic? Barret was going to run away with Bluebell, but he just couldn't finish his last issue. Which he needed because he was going to sell it. Only after I burned all but one of them. So you even burgled your own house for Barrett. I'm intrigued, Stella. What do you get out of this? 43. There's one character in the comic that we don't recognize. The one that appears twice. It wasn't my best effort, but that's Lord Conrad Argo. 44. Murray told us that he wanted to make up for what Lord Argo did to him the previous time he ran for sheriff. Argo's a village hero. He's adored. Not according to this comic. Perhaps, two years ago, Murray took his revenge. 45. Do you know who I was once? Better than this, that's for sure. Had a beautiful wife, a great business plan, but then I went and ran for sheriff and he... He destroyed me. He got all my investors to back out. I lost my future and I probably lost Bluebell as well. He must've thought you were a credible rival. Not really. He did it because he could. But this doesn't tally with the man that we've heard about. I mean, Timothy partially renamed the festival in his father's honor. You say honor, I say he was mocking Conrad. That man hated the festival. 46. This boy wants to be a superhero to make his father proud of him and that's why he tries to fly. See, he's just about to land in a broken heap when his dad swoops through the air and catches him. It was his dad who was trying to protect him. And that's why he hid his superpowers, because he was scared that it might make his son feel even more worthless. 47. Just let it go, Mom. I can't carry this around any longer. I originally thought that renaming the festival was in honor of Conrad's memory. He hated it with a passion 厌恶至极. I worked so hard to get the festival going. He just laughed at me. He was always mocking me. The poker was in my hand before I even realized. But I didn't hurt anyone else.
