用法学习: 1. visceral 发自内心的, 不受理智控制的. 生理性的 I. based on deep feeling and emotional reactions rather than on reason or thought. Visceral feelings are feelings that you feel very deeply and find it difficult to control or ignore, and that are not the result of thought. I never overcame a visceral antipathy for the monarchy. ...the sheer visceral joy of being alive. visceral hatred/excitement 发自内心的. His approach to acting is visceral rather than intellectual. II. based on emotional reactions rather than on reason or thought: He has a visceral feel for our problems. A visceral reaction is a powerful physical response that happens automatically without conscious control. It can occur when we perceive something as threatening, dangerous, joyous, or any other strong emotion. It can even include bodily responses like increased heart rate, sweating, shaking, and muscle tension.
Midsomer Murders Season 20, Episode 1: 1. No attendance 没人出席 from the Oxford branch. Very disappointing. It's their loss. Yes, well, I shall be e-mailing their president on Monday. 2. Two halves of Old Badger Botherer please. Coming up. There's no notes, I'm afraid. Free samples from your other site. It's good stuff. That's an entirely separate event. Their craft beer ( Draught [drɑːft] or [dræft] beer (=draft beer) 生啤, also spelt draft, is beer served from a cask or keg rather than from a bottle or can. Draught beer served from a pressurised keg is also known as keg beer. Craft beer 精酿啤酒 is a beer that has been made by craft breweries, which typically produce smaller amounts of beer, than larger "macro" breweries, and are often independently owned. Such breweries are generally perceived and marketed as emphasising enthusiasm, new flavours, and varied brewing techniques. Real ale is the name coined by the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) for beer that is "brewed from traditional ingredients, matured by secondary fermentation in the container from which it is dispensed, and served without the use of extraneous carbon dioxide". keg VS cask: In brewing parlance, a keg is different from a cask. A cask has a tap hole near the edge of the top, and a spile hole on the side used for conditioning the unfiltered and unpasteurised beer. A keg has a single opening in the centre of the top to which a flow pipe is attached. In East Asian countries, such as China and Japan, the term "draft beer" applied to canned or bottled beer indicates that the beer is not pasteurised (though it may be filtered), giving it a fresher taste but shorter shelf-life than conventional packaged beers. ) has to be given away. This is real ale. I always thought real ale and craft beer were the same thing. 3. Okay, so this is probably my favorite place in the world. I love experimenting with ( experiment noun. [ɪkˈspɛrɪm(ə)nt] verb. [ɪkˈspɛrɪmɛnt] noun. I. An experiment is a scientific test which is done in order to discover what happens to something in particular conditions. He carried out a series of experiments on the properties of plants. ...a proposed new law on animal experiments. This question can be answered only by experiment. II. An experiment is the trying out of a new idea or method in order to see what it is like and what effects it has. As an experiment, we bought Ted a watch. ...the country's five year experiment in democracy. She needs plenty of room for experiment in her life. verb. I. If you experiment with something or experiment on it, you do a scientific test on it in order to discover what happens to it in particular conditions. In 1857 Mendel started experimenting with peas in his monastery garden. The scientists have already experimented at each other's test sites. ...the ethical aspects of animal experimentation. When the experimenters repeated the tests, they observed an opposite effect. experiment with The school is experimenting with new teaching methods. experiment on Experimenting on mice can give us an idea of the effect of the disease in humans. II. To experiment means to try out a new idea or method to see what it is like and what effects it has. ...if you like cooking and have the time to experiment. He believes that students should be encouraged to experiment with bold ideas. Decentralization and experimentation must be encouraged. ) new flavors down here, perfecting a recipe. I know Emani said earlier that we've thrown a lot of hops ( hops the dried fruits of a climbing plant, used to give a bitter flavour to beer: Almost 80% of the nation's hops are grown in this area. be a short hop informal to be a short distance, especially by plane: Rio to São Paulo is just a short hop by plane. hop I. to go somewhere quickly or to get into or out of a vehicle quickly: We hopped over to Bruges for the weekend. I hopped on the bus at the traffic lights. catch someone on the hop to do something when someone is not ready for it and is not able to deal with it: I'm afraid you've caught me on the hop - I wasn't expecting you until next week. a hop, skip, and a jump 闪展腾挪 I. a series of short, quick jumping movements: Then it is time to race down, which you have to do in a hop, skip, and a jump because the path is so steep. He usually does an uncoordinated little hop, skip, and a jump of joy after he scores. II. a very short distance: We're just a hop, skip, and a jump away. Orlando is a hop, skip, and a jump from Puerto Rico. III. a situation that is very close to achieving something or very similar to something: From there, it is a hop, skip and a jump to killing people who don't have a good quality of life. ) at our latest beer, but it's actually the timing of the hops that makes all the difference. 4. Well, I need to speak to her. Yeah well, she's out of it, so I think you should wait 'til tomorrow. I've seen what's in the brew room. She will speak to me now. 5. They were doing a free beer tasting. I wouldn't sample 尝, 试喝 their current batch, sir. 6. It's not just a drowning. Looks like he's been boiled to death. It's a kettle vat, apparently. It was on its boil cycle overnight. Perhaps he was drunk, toppled in. I wondered that, but then we found drops of blood down there, and the lady that found him said that the hatch on the vat had been pulled closed. Somebody shut him in there and let him boil. 7. One of the monks who lived here was accused of poisoning people with his beer. They boiled him alive in his own cauldron ( = caldron 大铁锅: a large pot (kettle) for cooking or boiling over an open fire, with a lid and frequently with an arc-shaped hanger and/or integral handles or feet.) and he cursed the place. Legend has it that anyone who drinks beer here will come to a bad end. Did you seriously just use the phrase legend has it? Whoever did this has gone to lot of trouble to mimic that legend. 8. He's a nasty, petty, sexist little man. He kept us out of his good beer guide. He scheduled his Real-Ale Festival to clash 冲突 with our launch and he used his position on the council to stop us from expanding the brewery. That's a very long way from murder. 9. You are Cam's replacement, aren't you? Fleur Perkins. I don't know who Cam is, but he or she obviously wasn't good on boundaries. This is my time to do my job, and I won't be whipped up into hasty conclusions( whip something up 卷起, 掀起, 翻滚, 翻起 I. to encourage or cause people to have strong feelings about something. She criticized the organization for trying to whip up anti-immigrant prejudice. He was trying to whip up some enthusiasm for the project. If someone whips up an emotion, especially a dangerous one such as hatred, or if they whip people up into an emotional state, they deliberately cause and encourage people to feel that emotion. He accused politicians of whipping up anti-foreign sentiments in order to win right-wing votes. Joe McCarthy whipped up Americans into a frenzy of anti-Communist activity in the Fifties. II. to make food or a meal very quickly and easily: He whipped up a really good dinner. I have just enough time to whip up an omelette. III. If a force such as the wind whips up dust or water, it makes it rise up. In 1346 a hurricane whipped up the sea 卷起 to destroy the town. ...clouds of smoke and sand whipped up by a strong wind. ). I wasn't trying to whip you up. I'm just after a rough estimate. Then you can have one this afternoon. We'll be into dental record territory for the formal ID, I can tell you that much. Boiled human flesh isn't something I work with every day. So, I'll need to consult a specialist and possibly a cookbook. 10. I was up early for my training. I'm a fitness instructor, you see. Mainly chair-based movements for the over 60s. Now I'm not usually superstitious, but as soon as I saw him, I thought, well, I knew they were tempting fate 找事, 找麻烦, making fun of Brother Jozef like that. She came round to help us with the clearing, and then we could have a lie in ( lie-in I. 睡懒觉. a time when you stay in bed later than usual in the morning: I'm not working tomorrow so I can have a bit of a lie-in. The next morning there was no time for a lie-in. II. an occasion when people lie down somewhere, especially in a public place, and refuse to move as a protest about something: Activists in Evanston held a lie-in as part of a nationwide statement against gun violence. The student organizing the lie-in is doing so in memory of her friend who was killed.). That's what I've just said. No, it isn't. You're telling him some fairy story. He just needs the facts, Mum. And I'm giving him the facts. Patronizing sod. He cursed this place. 11. He's led what you might call a colorful life. He was part of an east end gang in the 60s. Very nasty lot. 12. You answered their questions, yeah? You kept it together. Then it's gonna be okay. The police are everywhere. It's finished 玩蛋了. You don't know that. She has ruined everything. 13. Take a look at this. Looks like this was broken quite recently, but when I ran the address, nothing came up. So, he had a break-in but didn't report it? 14. I met the guy who lives here, Adam someone, at a bar last night. Ended up staying. I'm married with a kid. I can't afford to get mixed up in anything. 15. Look, my family think 以为 I'm away for a conference. I need to know they're not gonna get a knock on the door. The more you cooperate, the less chance there is of that happening. 16. Blood found under those steps is a match for your victim. An altercation, then? Possibly. He's in such a state, it's hard to tell. 17. You've got the look of a fainter about you. Tell me now and I'll get you a chair. I'm fine, thank you. Death was caused by scalding. The epidermis and dermis have split, leading to the breakdown of subcutaneous fat. Essentially, he's a piece of boiled meat. It's only his clothes holding him together. 18. You've got to stop doing this. It's my weekend. It's not a case of whose weekend it is. I don't want my kids around a crime scene. 19. He won't tell me anything. It's not like you to be coy 扭扭捏捏的不是你啊. Why won't you tell us what she's like? Because you can find out for yourselves 你可以自己看啊. 20. If he's aggressive, you need to think about castration. Oh, but he's not aggressive. We've had him for a year and he's never... There are all sorts of health benefits. 21. No family, no evidence of a serious relationship. He was everyone's acquaintance, nobody's friend. Clearly made an impression on our killer. Someone was willing to inflict massive pain on him. To echo the Brother Jozef legend. I have to assume so for now. Have you run a check on Kwame Asante? I'm not buying his one night stand story. Me neither, but nothing came back. No previous 前科. We did find the guy on the answer phone, though. He's a journalist. Adam called him to say that he had a story, but wouldn't give him any details. They were due to meet yesterday morning for Adam to bring evidence. Our ghostwriter was selling a story. A secret about one of his clients? I also tracked down some of Keith Grundy's old gang, but none of them would admit to having contact with him ( in concert (with somebody) a. formal people who do something in concert do it together after having agreed on it Britain has to pursue policies in concert with other EU members. It appeared that both the accused were acting in concert in the attack upon the deceased. b. playing or singing at a concert They're appearing in concert tonight at the Royal Concert Hall.). Of course they won't. 22. He showed me the first draft. All very distasteful. My father is a leading light ( leading light 最重要的任务, 关键人物 an important and respected person in a group or organization. If you say that someone is a leading light in an organization, campaign, or community, you mean that they are one of the most important, active, enthusiastic, and successful people in it. Some leading lights are saying that they would be prepared to do anything. A leading light in/of the art world, she was a close friend of the director.) to the prison reform movement. That's what Mr. Osoba was employed to write about, but instead, it's for the most salacious details of his criminal past, almost reveling in it. It's your father's memoir. Surely, the emphasis is up to him. A book is an immortal thing. It could damage my family for generations. A book is an immortal thing. It could damage my family for generations. My son Toby is on track for a top university. He's ambitious. How would it look for him if some grubby tabloid digs this up in years to come? When I met you at the beer festival, you were very hostile towards the Causton Abbey Brewery. They make tasteless pop ( pop I. (countable) A loud, sharp sound, as of a cork coming out of a bottle. Listen to the pop of a champagne cork. II. (uncountable, regional, Midwestern US, Canada, Inland North, Midlands, Northwestern US, Western Pennsylvania, Northern England) An effervescent or fizzy drink 汽水, most frequently nonalcoholic; soda pop. Lunch was sandwiches and a bottle of pop. III. (countable, regional, Midwestern US, Inland North, Northwestern US, Canada, Western Pennsylvania) A bottle, can, or serving of effervescent or fizzy drink, most frequently nonalcoholic; a soda pop. Go in the store and buy us three pops. IV. A pop shot: a quick, possibly unaimed, shot with a firearm. The man with the gun took a pop at the rabbit. V. (colloquial, in the phrase "a pop") A quantity dispensed; a portion; apiece. They cost 50 pence a pop. VI. Something that stands out or is distinctive to the mind or senses. a white dress with a pop of red. a pop of vanilla flavour. apiece I. 每人份的. If people have a particular number of things apiece, they have that number each. He and I had two fish apiece. The winners got $23,250 apiece. II. 单价. If a number of similar things are for sale at a certain price apiece, that is the price for each one of them. Entire roast chickens were sixty cents apiece. They got just 35 shares apiece. The contracts were valued at $300,000 to $400,000 apiece. ) and call it beer and expect you to drink it off a packing crate they're calling a table. The owner thinks that Adam's murder was an attempt to discredit them. That's preposterous. I've opposed them, certainly, but only within the letter of the law ( the letter of the law 法律范围内 If you say that someone keeps to the letter of the law, you mean that they act according to what is actually written in the law, rather than according to the general principles of it, especially when you disapprove of this. They had stuck to the letter of the law and in my view they should be ashamed. the exact words of the law and not its more important general meaning: She abided by the letter of the law, but not the spirit of the law. I suppose that his application is valid according to the letter of the law. The letter of the law prohibits jaywalking, but few police officers will ticket jaywalkers. I believe that we must follow the letter of the law strictly if we want to be equitable. ). 23. That's my Ophelia. Stratford 1978. And here you see my Lady MacBeth. Would I have seen you in anything on the TV? I prefer the stage. So much more creative freedom, although I'm preparing a new role at the moment, Lady Bracknell and the director's told me there's a film adaptation in the offing( If you say that something is in the offing, you mean that it is likely to happen soon. going to happen soon: With an election in the offing, the mayor is getting nervous. A general amnesty for political prisoners may be in the offing. ). 24. Had you had any contact with Adam since he wrote your memoir? Not at all. That's what made him such a good ghost. He knew when to disappear. And besides, it was my book. He was just an editor. How does confidentiality work with these things? If Adam discovered something during the writing process that you didn't want made public? Well, then it wouldn't go in. My gosh, you're after a motive. You are aware of Brother Jozef's curse? I was going to have a sage cleansing ritual, just in case. I'm sure that won't be necessary. Oh, don't you dismiss it so lightly 不当一回事. 25. His car was found parked at a local suicide spot. They never found a body or a note. Was declared dead 18 months later with an open verdict ( open verdict 死因不明 a verdict of a coroner's jury affirming the occurrence of a suspicious death but not specifying the cause.). He's been living under a false identity. 26. It was all Adam's idea. We were in so much debt. Our relationship had broken down. We needed a way out. So you reported him missing, played the grieving husband and collected the life insurance. His plan to come back to life would have destroyed your new family. It's much more convenient for you if he's dead, isn't it? 27. You said you weren't anywhere near the abbey on Saturday night, but we've got a witness who saw you on the grounds at 10:30. What I said, in fact, was that I hadn't attended the launch. I was simply outside the abbey to monitor things. To monitor what, precisely? You saw for yourself our real ale festival had a very disappointing turnout. I suspected some of our members might have betrayed us. Now, assuming you're finished, I'm late for a meeting. 28. Had you met him before that? No, he'd seen one of my flyers. Stick 'em through 塞门缝里 all the doors around here. Very enterprising. Saving for university? Yes, that's the plan. Was this already broken 窗户破了? I don't think so. But then we never looked 'round this room properly. 29. This woman showed up, having a go at him. Did you recognize her? Yeah, it was one of the sisters from the brewery. I dunno which one, but she sounded drunk. And what was she saying? Well, he sent me to look at the garden, so I didn't hear much, but she was properly laying into him ( lay into someone to attack someone physically, or to criticize someone in an angry way. To lay into someone or something means to start attacking or criticizing them. She used to lay into Gareth about how much he spent. In the middle of the meeting she suddenly laid into him for no apparent reason. ). Sounded like she was giving him the sack. I never should have employed him in the first place. The book was months behind schedule. I needed someone passionate or someone who liked beer, at least. 30. Adam was teetotal 不沾酒, 滴酒不沾 all his life, so why would a non-drinker take beer from a brewery? I dunno. Think about what we do know. Adam was due to meet a journalist and he promised him evidence, so maybe that's what he was doing in the brew room. Maybe these beers are the evidence. He had cheap ale in his fridge, didn't he? If we test these against the cheap stuff from Adam's fridge, I bet one of them will be a match. I can see a newspaper buying that. Local brewery bottles up cut price 廉价的, 低价的 ale and sells it on as the posh stuff. Question is, did the brewery know that Adam was on to them? We didn't want to do it, but Russell managed to stall our planning commission and we just couldn't expand production in time to meet our orders. So, you made up the difference with cut-price beer? 31. In an audio file obtained by this newspaper, Ms. Reynolds, 68, said that only blind ambition 野心 ( Ambition is defined as a strong desire to achieve a goal. But there is a dangerous form of ambition called blind ambition, which is one of the sources of all the environmental problems we are witnessing today. Without ambition, we don't have the energy or motivation to keep going to achieve our dreams. However, that doesn't mean we should harm others or engage in immoral practices to obtain our desires. This is what blind ambition does. Blind ambition literally blinds you from the consequences of your actions. Someone with this ambition will not care about morals (or even laws) or how they treat others because it is all for the sake of their dreams and goals. This is the form of ambition that is harmful and gives ambition, in general, a bad name. Blind ambition leads companies to violate laws, leaders to harass or take advantage of employees, and allows governments to make policies against their planet and people. Sometimes blind ambition can run ahead of itself, then people feel disappointed that they didn't get there quickly enough. ) or actually being blind could explain Jemima's decision to marry such an unfortunate looking man. Charlie. I assume they don't mention where they got this audio file? Just says a person trusted by Sylvia Reynolds. Well, it has to be Adam, surely. He told Kwame he didn't have any money, but he had leverage. Perhaps this was it. So, he gets the dirt on people. Sylvia's comments, their beer scam and then what? Blackmail? Or go straight to the press. It's the ultimate ghost writing sin, isn't it? Selling off secrets to the highest bidder. So why is one of the Sylvia tapes missing? Look, it goes from volume 16, 12th of May straight to volume 18. Presumably that's the one with the character assassination. Maybe Adam hid it somewhere for insurance 以求保险? 32. Adam, when I tell you to be careful, you should listen. Charlie, he was a terrible listener. Nasty business 龌龊事, that, eh? We need to know if Adam made contact with that informant. I'll put a call into Wandsworth. Find out who Keith Grundy was sharing a cell with. Do it on the way. We need to speak to Sylvia Reynolds. 33. Oh, it was the wine talking 醉话. Pinot always makes me so indiscreet. But you did make these comments to Adam on tape? And he promised he'd keep it to himself. He's made me look dreadful. People will forget about it soon enough. Well, Jemima's husband won't forget and he's the one that cast me in my new role. He called this morning. It seems my services as Lady Bracknell are no longer required. The recording Adam made of your conversation has gone missing. Would you know anything about that? I assume he gave it to whichever gutter 下三滥的 journalist ( gutter I. 路边下水道. The gutter is the edge of a road next to the pavement, where rain water collects and flows away. It is supposed to be washed down the gutter and into the city's vast sewerage system. II. 疏通管道. 雨水管道. A gutter is a plastic or metal channel fixed to the lower edge of the roof of a building, which rain water drains into. Did you fix the gutter? III. If someone is in the gutter, they are very poor and live in a very bad way. Instead of ending up in jail or in the gutter he was remarkably successful. the gutter: the lowest level, especially of society: Born to a poverty-stricken family, she dragged herself out of the gutter to become a successful business owner. IV. a condition of very low moral standards: The campaign went right into the gutter once the candidates started debating. verb. If a flame gutters, it burns weakly and unsteadily. (of a flame or candle) to burn unevenly and weakly, especially before completely stopping burning: a guttering 燃烧不旺的, 爱烧不烧的 candle. The flames guttered. ...a guttering candle. gutter press = tabloid ( = in US scandal sheets 下流小报, 三流小报) [British, disapproval] You can refer to newspapers and magazines which print mainly stories about sex and crime as the gutter press. reporters or newspapers engaging in sensational journalism, especially accounts of the private lives of public figures. the type of newspapers that pay more attention to shocking stories about crime and sex than to serious matters "the kind of place that the gutter press likes to describe as a love nest 爱巢". The gutter press has held the royals up to ridicule. a newspaper or magazine giving prominence to scandalous stories or gossip. "she found herself written about in a notorious scandal sheet". ) bought the story. 34. It's a nice little earner you've got going, all these odd jobs 散工, 零星工作. Have you done some work for Sylvia Reynolds? Yes, I did her cellar. She said you did her garden. It were a deal for both. 35. You still chawing through the memoirs? I'm starting to see double 两眼模糊. Well, you can't expect yourself to read everything Adam's ever written. Besides, there's a little girl upstairs demanding a story. Apparently, Mummy just can't do the voices like Daddy can. 36. But Little Red Riding Hood didn't listen to her mother and strayed from the path. By the time she reached Grandma's house, darkness had fallen 夜幕已经降临. 36. How were things between you all? Civil 平和, 没什么大事的. What happened to your hands? You serious? I'm a builder. We pick up scratches. 37. They were sisters. They loved each other and they tore strips off each other ( to tear a strip off someone 斥责, 叱责 If you tear a strip off someone or if you tear them off a strip, you speak to them angrily and criticize them severely. to talk angrily to (someone who has done something wrong). To scold, upbraid, or rebuke someone very severely, as for an error or wrongdoing. The teacher really tore a strip off me for causing a disruption in class again. His dad tore him off a strip for denting the car. He heard Nora tearing a strip off an orderly for not returning the food bins to the kitchen soon enough. The police arrived to tear him off a strip.). They'd had a disagreement, though. They argued about the business all the time. 38. You've got recent bruising on the arms and legs, suggesting a struggle and on this particular occasion, the stench of alcohol isn't me. How long do you think she's been there, approximately? 39. These are drag marks 拖拽痕迹, aren't they? Yes and there's blood over there. I suspect she was killed nearby then dragged here. So somebody was making a point. She was deliberately left at the site where Brother Jozef was killed. 40. Perhaps we're looking for logic where there isn't any. Whoever did this is clearly unhinged. Or trying to appear unhinged. 41. I wanted to apologize for earlier. I was out of order ( I. 失礼, 不礼貌, 不可接受的. 不合理的. 不合适的 If something someone says or does is out of order, it is unpleasant or not suitable and it is likely to upset or offend people. remarks or actions that are out of order are not acceptable under the rules: Proposals to amend the tax laws were ruled out of order by legal advisers. His behaviour in the meeting was out of order. II. not operating because it is broken: I'm afraid we have to walk up the stairs – the elevator is out of order. machines that are out of order are broken or not working correctly: All elevators in the building are currently out of order. ). Don't worry about it. Even so. Was there a rota like this for the night that Adam was killed? Yeah, it was on the door. I assumed you'd taken it for evidence. Who drew it up( draw up I. to prepare something, usually something official, in writing. to prepare something in writing, esp. plans or a formal document. to prepare something in writing, especially a plan or formal document: First, draw up a business plan outlining what you're going to do. Tell me, Erika, who writes up 制定的 the fitness rota? draw up a budget/contract/list 起草. The lawyers drew up a contract over the weekend. draw up a list 拟定一个列表 I've drawn up a list of candidates that I'd like to interview. Penny: All right. Can you please just go and we'll talk about this tomorrow? Leonard: I don't understand what you want. Penny: I'm trying to figure it out. Sheldon: You know what? If you'd like, I could whip up a quick relationship agreement. Well, I'm at a spa, I might as well do something relaxing. Leonard: Listen, we realized, that, uh, we're facing some new challenges as a married couple. Penny: Yeah. And there are a few things we need to stay on top of. So we thought it would useful, and I can't believe I'm about to say this, um. Leonard: Would you please help us make a relationship agreement? But one that's tailored to us, okay, we don't need a bathroom schedule. Penny: Although a rule about him texting me from in there might help with the romance. Leonard: What do you say? Sheldon: I get to write a contract? I say, let's get this party of the first part started. II. to move a chair near to someone or something: Draw up a chair, and I'll tell you all about it. III. to make yourself look bigger by standing straight with your shoulders back, usually to try to seem more important: Like a lot of short men, he tends to draw himself up 站直, 站得挺拔 to his full height in public. to make yourself stand straight with the shoulders back: She drew herself up like the Statue of Liberty and lifted an arm over her head. )? Emani did. 42. What's that cut on her arm? She had it bandaged under her clothes. Fresh bruises on her arms and legs plus older ones and several healed and semi-healed fractures, probably sustained in the last three or four years. So, what are we saying? There could be other explanations, but I'd say these injuries are consistent with long-term domestic abuse. I'd be speaking to her husband. 43. It's the only thing that I've ever been any good at, but Emani knew best. What do you mean? She could never let me have anything. Always had to bulldoze her way in. Did you have a row with your sister yesterday? I told her that I wished we'd never gone into business together and I meant it and I still mean it, but... She was my sister. What sort of a husband was Paul? Does he have a temper? If you're asking if he was violent, then the answer is no. There's plenty I could accuse him of, but being a wife beater is not one of 'em. He loved Emani. 44. Were you aware that Emani had a problem with alcohol? I thought that she probably did. It wasn't obvious, but my mum was an alcoholic, so I know the signs. And how were things between you and Emani? Not great. But she was married to the father of my kids, so we made it work. 45. I was there, but only briefly. I was forced to abandon things because... Oh, oh dear. I left because I heard a woman make noise. What sort of noise? I thought she was being amorous, but perhaps I was mistaken. Oh my God, Dad. 45. But look, whatever else happened up there last night, I'm sure we can come to some sort of arrangement in respect with Toby. I'd be careful where you're going with that. I'm simply saying he's not some yob. He's going to university. He's running his own business. Now that's right, isn't it, Toby? No job too big or small. Even stealing a tape to order ( do something to order If you do something to order, you do it whenever you are asked to do it. She now makes wonderful dried flower arrangements to order. Cars are stolen to order for clients. stealing to order, shoplifting to order: steal or shoplift something at the request of someone. ) for Sylvia Reynolds. Toby? I needed the money. What on Earth for? Because I'm not going to university. What are you going to do? I'm gettin' away from you! I've tried to tell you this, but you don't listen. How can you? Your head is so far up your own backside you can't hear when a woman's being murdered? 46. Hey, they're a bit ornery with ( ornery [ˈɔːn(ə)ri] adj informal North American [US, informal, disapproval] bad-tempered or difficult to deal with. likely to get angry and argue with people. If you describe someone as ornery, you mean that they are bad-tempered, difficult, and often do things that are mean. The old lady was still being ornery, but at least she had consented to this visit. He's ornery and opinionated, but he doesn't lie. He had been in an ornery mood all day, arguing with everyone who got in his way. "an ornery old military man". vocabulary: To be ornery is to be grumpy and hard to please. Oscar the Grouch? Definitely ornery. The adjective ornery sprung up in the early 19th century when people started pronouncing ordinary with an accent. The root of ordinary is the Latin word for “order,” and if you disrupt the orderly existence of an ornery person, prepare to get yelled at. A person can have a consistently ornery personality, or maybe you’re feeling ornery today because you skipped breakfast. Some synonyms for ornery are cantankerous and crotchety, words that sound as grumpy as the people they describe. ) people they don't know and coppers they do. We need to ask you some... Yeah, Russell called. It wasn't the boy's fault. He was just messing about. So you admit that the equipment belongs to you? The entire operation is mine. My uncle showed me the place when I was a kid. Nobody else knows about it, and then, when I had my accident, I couldn't get down there anymore. Then when those posers took over the abbey, I asked Toby to shift the stuff. Turns out, he takes after his old granddad. I'm actually more interested in the human remains that were found down there. We believe they're male. Don't know what you're on about. A man's body was concealed down there in a place which by your own admission, nobody else knew existed. And you told a fellow prisoner that you knew where Charlie Allen was buried. 47. So what exactly was your involvement with the Kentons? I knew them, some of them. I was a gopher ( = gofer someone whose job is to be sent to get and carry things such as messages, drinks, etc. for other people in a company. a person whose job is to take messages or to collect and deliver things for other people), an errand boy 跑腿的. I used to pick up their kids from school. You were their babysitter? Well, I wanted to do more, but it never worked out. Listen, are we, we don't have to tell Toby about this, do we? Tell him what? That I was never part of the scene with the Kentons? He likes the stories, eh? 48. My agent thinks we can ride it out 挺过去(ride out
I. come safely through a dangerous or difficult situation. If a ship
rides out a period of bad weather, it continues to float during it,
without serious damage: The ship managed to ride out the storm. "the fleet had ridden out the storm". II. to continue to exist during a difficult situation and until it ends, without serious harm: Many companies did not manage to ride out the recession.
III. to stay and experience a difficult situation, rather than trying
to escape it. to deal with a difficult situation without being harmed by
it: Many small businesses are facing huge rent increases, and not all of them will ride it out. Some of the children have fears about riding out another storm. ride the storm/crisis out 成功渡过, 成功度过 to manage not to be destroyed, harmed, or permanently affected by the difficult situation you experience: The government seems confident that it will ride out the storm.), but... It's over. You knew it was coming. I beg your pardon? You knew that Adam was going to the press long before the story broke 这件事爆出来. Why else would you pay Toby Grundy to break into his house? I obviously don't know where you're getting this from. From Toby. He's confessed to stealing the recordings. Adam was blackmailing you, wasn't he? He said I could match whatever the newspaper was willing to pay or he'd sell it. I was all for paying. But I was persuaded not to. By Emani? We know she used to be your publicist. You called her the night before the story ran. Well, she said she could stop it. She gave me her word. But she didn't, did she? You must have been furious. It's an unfortunate situation, isn't it? Adam sold a story that threatened your career and Emani's bad advice let it happen. Now they're both dead. Oh that's rather dramatic. I wasn't even in Causton last night. He's a London cosmetic surgeon. And for the sake of discretion, he said he could see me in his office before it opened this morning. I stayed at the Langham overnight. And will the hotel confirm that? They know me there. I'm not vain 爱慕虚荣, you understand. But that article said I was 68. I've only just had my 62nd birthday.
