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用法学习: 1. 葡萄酒: Let's pause right here so I can share a pro tip that I picked up from Wine for Dummies by Ed McCarthy and Mary Ewing-Mulligan (a must-read for wine neophytes 新人, 新手 ( [ˈniəˌfaɪt] someone who is just learning to do something and does not have much experience or skill. )). The best way to wrap your taste buds around these four descriptors is to make yourself a strong cup of tea. Sip it black, without anything added. That's what something very tannic ( tannin [ˈtænɪn] I. a substance in wine that gives it a slightly bitter taste. II. a yellow-brown substance from trees and plants used in making leather. ) will taste like (i.e. bitter). Now, add a squeeze of lemon juice and taste it. That's acidity joining the party. Combined with the tannic taste, it should taste astringent([əˈstrɪndʒənt] I. an astringent remark is one that criticizes someone severely. Astringent means forceful and critical. His astringent prose appealed to many. II. 收敛剂. medical an astringent substance or liquid makes your skin drier or helps to stop a cut from bleeding. An astringent is a liquid that you put on your skin to make it less oily or to make cuts stop bleeding. Astringent is also an adjective. ...an astringent lotion. III. an astringent taste is one that is strong and bitter. If something has an astringent taste, it is sharp or bitter. The fruit has a tart and astringent flavour. Astringency is a feature of a very large number of herbs. ). Now, stir in some sugar for some sweetness. This mellows everything out to make it taste soft. 2. 女星谈片场骚扰: Parker said that once the actor had been warned, the environment on set still wasn't ideal but at least she felt safer and was no longer subjected to crude jokes. "It wasn't perfectly pleasant but I didn't have to be coy anymore and I didn't have to dread a potential conversation," she said. "I didn't have to listen to jokes about me or my figure or what people thought they could talk me into doing. All these men and, that just stopped. "The nature of the person who I felt was really the instigator, this was a grown man, a very big movie star and, you know, he was baked, meaning his personality, it was cooked 定型的," she added. "He was a formed person and that wasn't going to change. But I felt certainly better and safer, like I could finish what I had agreed to do." The actress then lamented that despite pulling rank on set — she has been an executive producer on many projects, including SATC and on her current HBO series Divorce — she never felt she could speak out for fear of being powerless. "I think no matter how evolved or how modern I thought I was... I didn't feel entirely in a position — no matter what my role was on set — I didn't feel as powerful as the man who was behaving inappropriately, which... strikes me as just stunning to say out loud, because there were plenty of occasions where it was happening and I was in a different position and I was as powerful. I mean, I had every right to say, 'This is inappropriate.'"

Line of duty Season 5: 1. At your home, our search team made a discovery under your floorboards, submitted in evidence as item JLM-5. JLM-5 can be viewed in image 11 and image 12. Used banknotes in the sum of £25,000. How do you account for 怎么解释 this finding(account for I. 占比. If a particular thing accounts for a part or proportion of something, that part or proportion consists of that thing, or is used or produced by it. Computers account for 5% of the country's commercial electricity consumption. II. 解释. If something accounts for a particular fact or situation, it causes or explains it. Now, the gene they discovered today doesn't account for all those cases. III. 说得清. 解释的清. If you can account for something, you can explain it or give the necessary information about it. How do you account for the company's alarmingly high staff turnover? He said only 200 of the train's 600 passengers had been accounted for 了解详细信息. IV. 负责任. 承担责任. If someone has to account for an action or policy, they are responsible for it, and may be required to explain it to other people or be punished if it fails. The President and the President alone must account for his government's reforms. V. If a sum of money is accounted for in a budget, it has been included in that budget for a particular purpose. The really heavy redundancy costs have been accounted for 费用包括了. VI. If you account for an enemy or opponent, you kill, destroy, or beat them. In the first ten days of May our squadron accounted for at least seven enemy aircraft. In the final they accounted for Brentford by three goals to two. ), Mr Malhotra? Mr Malhotra, have you been receiving bribes from an organised crime group as an inducement 报酬 [ɪnˈdusmənt] ( If someone is offered an inducement to do something, they are given or promised gifts or benefits in order to persuade them to do it. something that persuades someone to do something. a financial inducement 酬劳, 贿赂 to join the company. They offer every inducement to foreign businesses to invest in their states. Various inducements are offered to encourage employees to wear safety clothing. ) to disclose sensitive information regarding police operations, specifically with respect to transport ED-905? No comment. OK, Mr Malhotra, whichever way you want to play this, it makes no odds to ( make no odds mainly UK informal to not be important, or to not change a situation or result. used to say that what someone does or what happens is not important  Pay me now or later – it makes no odds. I don't mind whether you come or not - it makes no odds to me. ) me. I've consulted with the Crown Prosecutor in respect of conspiracy to commit robbery and malfeasance ( malfeasance = misfeasance = nonfeasance [ˌmælˈfiz(ə)ns] illegal actions. Misfeasance, nonfeasance and malfeasance are types of failure to discharge public obligations 履行公职, 履行公共职责 ( I. [transitive] [usually passive] to be officially allowed or forced to leave an institution such as a hospital, a prison, or the army. When someone is discharged from hospital, prison, or one of the armed services, they are officially allowed to leave, or told that they must leave. He has a broken nose but may be discharged today. You are being discharged on medical grounds. Five days later Henry discharged himself from hospital. He was given a conditional discharge and ordered to pay compensation. The child was taken to the hospital but was later discharged. discharge someone from something: After he was discharged from the army, he had intended to return to the world of teaching. a. if someone who has been accused of a crime is discharged, they are judged to be not guilty and officially allowed to leave prison or a court of law. Baker was discharged after the evidence against her was found to be flawed. b. to allow or force someone to leave an official job or position. Judge Richard Groves discharged the jury after it had reached a verdict. Mr. Givens was discharged from the committee and replaced by Mr. Benton. II. [intransitive/transitive] to allow liquid or gas to leave a place, especially when this has harmful effects. Many cities discharge 排污, 排放 their sewage into the ocean without treating it at all. The mercury had been discharged from a local chemical plant. If something is discharged from inside a place, it comes out. The resulting salty water will be discharged at sea. The bird had trouble breathing and was discharging blood from the nostrils. III. [transitive] formal 履行义务. 尽职尽责. 履行责任. to do everything that needs to be done to perform a duty or responsibility. If someone discharges their duties or responsibilities, they do everything that needs to be done in order to complete them. ...the quiet competence with which he discharged his many college duties. discharge a contract: The vast majority of contracts are discharged by performance. IV. [transitive] formal to fire a weapon. V. [transitive] formal to pay what you owe to someone. discharge a debt: If someone discharges a debt, they pay it. The goods will be sold for a fraction of their value in order to discharge the debt. He died owing the bank $10,000, and his widow was unable to discharge 偿还债务 the debt. VI. [intransitive/transitive] physics if something discharges electricity, or if electricity is discharged, it flows out of that thing. ) existing by common law, custom or statute. The Carta de Logu caused Eleanor of Arborea to be remembered as one of the first lawmakers to set up the crime of misfeasance.) in a public office. And I'm satisfied she'll agree that the threshold has been reached to charge you with these offences. Also, given the loss of life, I will be seeking authority to charge you with conspiracy to murder. And as you may know, if convicted, conspiracy to murder carries a life sentence. 2. The UCO recruited 招募 him and then she never told anyone. Maybe she had to find an informant as part of ingratiating herself into the OCG([disapproval] If someone tries to ingratiate themselves with you, they do things to try and make you like them. Many politicians are trying to ingratiate themselves with her. ). Giving up Malhotra risked blowing her cover. If she'd reported Malhotra, three coppers wouldn't be in the morgue right now. No, this UCO, she's crossed the line. Powell stonewalled ( to refuse to give information. If you say that someone stonewalls, you disapprove of them because they delay giving a clear answer or making a clear decision, often because there is something that they want to hide or avoid doing. The administration is just stonewalling in an attempt to hide their political embarrassment. He did his best this week to stonewall questions and to block even the most modest proposals. After 18 days of stonewalling, he at last came out and faced the issue. The President was criticized for stonewalling legitimate questions.) us. Let's see if Malhotra's more forthcoming. 3. UCO - undercover operative 卧底: A method used by law enforcement and intelligence agencies. They wear civilian clothes that fit in to avoid detection or identification as a law enforcement officer. CHIS - covert human intelligence source. A person who establishes or maintains a personal or other relationship with another person for the covert purpose of facilitating anything that: A. covertly uses such a relationship to obtain information or to provide access to any information to another person; or B. covertly discloses information obtained by the use of such a relationship or as a consequence of the existence of such a relationship. 4. The OCG (Orgnised Crime Group) didn't look into a crystal ball 不是瞎猜的, 是有根据的 ( crystal ball If you say that someone, especially an expert, looks into a crystal ball, you mean that they are trying to predict the future. Crystal balls are traditionally used by fortune-tellers. Looking into the crystal ball, it's safe to say that interest rates will rise next year. Local economists have looked into their crystal balls and seen something rather nasty. Remember that these are only guidelines: I don't have a crystal ball. ). The hijack required inside information. Anyone spared immediately becomes a person of interest. And I'm not telling you anything you don't already know, Sarge. The lorry driver got away without so much as a scratch. We've learned he didn't get told the itinerary till a few minutes before you all set off, and there's no activity on his phone. I never said a word to anyone outside the chain of command about ED-905. 5. The convoy was transporting drugs from Eastfield Depot to the incineration ( incinerate [ɪnˈsɪnəˌreɪt] to burn something completely. ) facility. The firearms and balaclavas all fit with the established OCG activity. The transport contained heroin with a street value of ten million. Now the drugs themselves were code number ED-905, originally seized about 18 months ago. So the chances are the OCG that paid for it in the first place wanted it back, or maybe a rival OCG did. Either way, ED-905's back in the hands of organised crime. 5. Management of Police Information exists for a reason. When you encountered the MOPI Notice, you set off an electronic tripwire(I. a piece of wire that is attached to something such as a gun or a camera and operates it when someone touches or pulls the wire. II. a hidden piece of wire that is stretched just above the ground so that someone will fall over it. ). I was prepared to overlook that. And then when your office requested a meeting, I thought it best to consult with Superintendent Hastings. They are my best team. They'll get to the root of anything. The root being what, sir? Access to certain case files has been restricted due to their sensitivity. I'm not at liberty to disclose the details, not even to Superintendent Hastings. He's here to assure you that there is nothing unlawful going on. AC-12 have stumbled on an extremely sensitive undercover operation. Is there a UCO embedded in 打入内部, 安插眼线 the OCG that carried out the heroin hijack? As a former UCO yourself, DI Fleming, you know I can't confirm or deny. I'm a bit baffled here because I've no idea what this place is or what you do. I've been brought in from an outside force to lead on a specific operation, authorised at the highest level, and we've done a good job of keeping it hidden. Till now. Three police officers were killed in that hijack. I can assure you our UCO has not been authorised to encourage, enable or commit criminal offences. Nonetheless, you might want to extract your officer and submit some evidence against the murderers. Our operation's at a critical stage. Best served by 最好是 leaving our asset in place. Ma'am, did your UCO provide intelligence that facilitated arrests following the betting shop robbery? As I said, AC-12 have stumbled on an undercover operation. And now I need you all to stumble away. 6. What the hell are you playing at 你是想干什么, not keeping me informed? Sir, it's my job as DI to take on responsibility. I wanted to know we were definitely onto something before I came knocking at your door. Sir, an undercover officer involved in the hijack had a duty to warn their Covert Ops Manager officers were in danger. Same goes for identifying the betting-shop robber. Maybe she couldn't make contact without breaking cover 泄露 (blow one's cover 暴露身份). She? You think the UCO's the nominal, the one that saved Cafferty's life? Makes sense, sir. She couldn't stop the hijack but the best she could do was limit the loss of life. 7. Sarge, re the nominal (I. You use nominal to indicate that someone or something is supposed to have a particular identity or status, but in reality does not have it. As he was still not allowed to run a company, his partner became its nominal head. I was brought up a nominal Christian. The Sultan was still nominally the Chief of Staff. ...South Africa's nominally independent homeland of Transkei. Nominally she is the king's prisoner. II. A nominal price or sum of money 象征性的费用 is very small in comparison with the real cost or value of the thing that is being bought or sold. Transportation can be provided for a nominal sum.a nominal fee/charge/cost. I am prepared to sell my shares at a nominal price. All the ferries carry bicycles free or for a nominal charge. III. In economics, the nominal value, rate, or level of something is the one expressed in terms of current prices or figures, without taking into account general changes in prices that take place over time. the nominal amount or value of something is its official amount or value and not the real one. shares with a nominal value of £1,000. Inflation would be lower and so nominal rates would be rather more attractive in real terms. In 1990 personal incomes grew a nominal 6.8 per cent. nominal damages a very small, symbolic amount of money given as compensation to someone who has won a legal case but did not suffer significant loss or damage As a result, the claimants were only awarded nominal damages. Rated voltage 标称范围 is the voltage that the manufacturer specifies for a device or a piece of equipment to operate within. If you look on your phone charger it probably says something to the effect of "Input: 100–250 VAC". That's the rated voltage for that particular phone charger. Nominal voltage 标称电压 is the generic operating parameters for a given electrical system. For instance, the nominal voltage where you are might be 120 V (or 250 V, etc.) This is not to be confused with the actual or measured voltage which might measure 119 V (or 117 V, 122 V, 115 V, etc.) depending on location, design of the system, load imposed on the system, time of day, etc. Average voltage is the mean voltage over time. It could be an integer of dubious value or it could have some worth. Take the case of an unfortunate individual who is electrocuted by grabbing onto a live conductor. He may have never had any measurable electricity induced into his body prior to that unfortunate incident, but that instantaneous shock in the last seconds of life still killed him. In this case, the average voltage over his life is meaningless. On the other hand, if I am operating a solar array I care about the average voltage generated per hour (or per minute) in calculating the efficacy of my system.), I think I might've got something. Oh, sorry, Maneet. A betting shop robbery three months ago. Armed men wearing dark balaclavas. A female accomplice diverted staff by claiming her baby had stopped breathing. The baby turned out to be a doll. Is there a description of the nominal? 8. Any leads you can give us tracing this woman, Vihaan, that would allow us to show the court you've assisted our inquiry. Shorten my sentence, yeah? More like shorten my life expectancy. Vihaan, this is an urgent investigation seeking hardened criminals. Three police officers murdered in cold blood. We need to find these criminals and put them behind bars. If you know names and you aren't giving them to us, this is only going to get worse for you, Vihaan. We're throwing you a lifeline 给你一线生机 here, mate. I know what you're up to. Don't act like I don't. 9. Sorry, Sarge, have you got a minute? Yeah. We've been checking out officers that were aware of transport ED-905. As per instructions, I've been searching for officers with any kind of disciplinary record. Vihaan Malhotra. Civilian Administrator. He's one of the staff involved in organising the processing and disposal of controlled substances. Repeated minor disciplinary offences, mainly for poor time keeping 不守时 and irregularities with expenses 费用不对账, 对不上账. So, what's the problem? His name came up early on. I showed the file to Maneet. I'm not sure why she didn't think it was worth investigating. She knows what she's doing. Sorry. You're right. 10. They're on the move, John, but they've upped security 加强了安保. How much? Four escort vehicles, 12 AFOs. We're outnumbered. Maybe we should call it off. No. We'll just have to cope. 11. It's called Operation Pear Tree. Our brief was to embed 安插, 植入 an undercover officer within an organised crime group. Now we're getting somewhere. So here's a simple question. Are you in contact with your UCO or aren't you? Now listen, Alison. I didn't float up the Lagan on a bubble ( It basically means I'm not naive or green enough to believe that load of all nonsense. The Lagan is a river that flows through Belfast and the phrase, rather oddly, means I didn't arrive here sealed off from the rest of the world (in a bubble) so I do have some common sense and smarts. I'll admit it's an odd idiom that doesn’t really make sense if you've never heard it before but it's roughly the same as: I didn't come down in the last shower, or I'm not as green as I'm cabbage looking. ). 12. And Ulster actor Adrian Dunbar - who plays top cop Ted Hastings - even dropped in a Belfastism as he grilled 拷问, 逼问, 追问 a colleague over( pump someone for something 套情报, 逼问情报, 逼问信息, 套取信息 Inf. to try to get information about something out of someone. The representative of the other company pumped Harry for information, but he refused to say anything. Are you trying to pump me for company secrets? Sheldon: Sorry, badgering me ( badger [ˈbædʒə(r)] 逼问, 穷追不舍, 问个不停 to try to make someone do something by asking them many times. They keep badgering me to take them to the show. ) won't work. What you should have said is, It's pointless to keep this a secret because Penny will tell us. put through the wringer (run through the wringer, put through the mangle) 严刑拷问, 刑讯逼供, 经历考验, 审讯逼问 (idiomatic) To interrogate or scrutinize closely; to subject to some trial or ordeal. They really put each candidate through the wringer before choosing one to hire. to make someone have a very difficult or unpleasant experience. Usage notes: In the past, a wringer was a machine used for pressing water out of clothes. They really put me through the wringer in my interview. pry something out of someone 逼问出, 撬开嘴 to get information from someone with a lot of effort or difficulty. We managed to pry the secret code out of him.  But Mr Sattler pressed the point 追问, 硬逼, 逼迫, 紧逼, 进逼, 逼问( push the point to keep trying to make someone accept your opinion in a way that they think is annoying. She decided not to push the point any further, could see he had switched off. If the customer pushes the point, he fights back. press: to try to make someone accept something such as an opinion or a claim. press a point: She gave no answer, so I didn't press the point. press a claim: The young Duke of Normandy continued to press his claim to the English throne. press a case: He was in Washington today to press the case for reforming tax laws. press/ drive/ ram home make clear by special emphasis and try to convince somebody of something; "drive home a point or an argument"; "I'm trying to drive home these basic ideas". press something home = press home something I. to push something completely into its correct place. II. to repeat or explain something carefully so that you are certain someone understands it completely. The mayor's office is expected to press home its opposition to the budget proposals. press home your advantage 把优势发挥到极致 to make full use of an advantage that you have over someone. ). "You can confirm that he's not?" he asked.  Don't sweat it! (American, informal) 不用担心, 别着急 something that you say in order to tell someone not to worry. Don't sweat it! We've got plenty of time to get there before the show starts. sweat I. to produce liquid on the surface of your skin when you are hot, nervous, or sick. She could feel the palms of her hands sweating. sweat profusely (=sweat a lot): The actors sweated profusely under the spotlights. II. to feel very nervous or worried Don't tell him straightaway – let him sweat 着会儿急, 着急, 紧张, 冒汗 for a while. a. informal to worry too much about something in particular. There's no need to sweat all the details. sweat the small stuff to worry about trivial things Are you a micromanager or a master of strategy who doesn't sweat the small stuff? III. The secret police sweated the suspected spy for hours. The police sweated the information out of the suspect. in a cold sweat/in a sweat 一身冷汗 If someone is in a cold sweat or in a sweat, they feel frightened or embarrassed. The very thought brought me out in a cold sweat. sweat it out If someone sweats it out, they remain in a difficult situation until it improves or ends, because they cannot do anything about it. We know it is going to be tough and we're prepared to sweat it out. no sweat If a person says no sweat when you ask them about something or ask them to do something, they mean that it is not a problem or that it can be done quickly or easily. 'Many thanks.'—'No sweat. Anything else?'. = no problem [informal], it's nothing, you're welcome, it's a pleasure. to sweat blood If you say that someone sweats blood trying to do something, you are emphasizing that they try very hard to do it. I had to sweat blood for an M.A. blood, sweat, and tears If you refer to something as involving blood, sweat, and tears, you mean that it is a very hard thing to do and requires a lot of effort. Why do apparently sane people go through all the blood, sweat, tears and heartache involved in getting a PhD? ) what she knew about an undercover operation. "I didn't float up the Lagan in a bubble: are you or aren't you?" Dunbar asked as the female officer quailed ([kweɪl] to be very afraid, often so afraid that your body shakes slightly. ) before him. 13. We crossed you, Jane, but it weren't my idea. My family. They're safe. No-one's planning to finish the job on you 回来干掉你. I'm here to talk business 谈公事. No. No. I've done my bit. Lovely husband. Lovely kids. Their safety was your first thought, but there's other ways that you could lose them, Jane as we both know. 14. Is he bent? Far as I can remember, couldn't be straighter 腐败掉了 ( clean ). You did the right thing, lads. We already fell for it once with Maneet. We're not the mugs they think we are. 15. I'm just glad me and Mark are making a go of things again and I can be a proper mum 好好当一个妈妈, 当一个称职的妈妈, 当一个好妈妈. 16. Sorry, the hospital's rubbish at notifying people. He's checking. I just need to carry out an assessment to make sure everything's in place with her mobility, dressings, medication, etc. That's fine. Jane's still in a bit of pain. It'd be good if you could see her. Standing by. Maybe I should try again tomorrow. It's all good. 17. All I'm saying is he's anti-corruption, same as us. Should we consider the lengths he might be forced to - to maintain his cover? Sure. For about two seconds. Long way north. I'm surprised it hasn't given you a nosebleed ( give someone a bloody nose (idiomatic) To defeat or frustrate someone, but without doing any permanent damage.). I didn't get no biscuits in ( risk it to get the biscuit not to get anything without taking a chance. In other words: no risk, no reward. I won't make it to the finish, I don't wanna even try. Look on the bright side dawg, let's risk it to get the biscuit. it's no biscuit No problem, that could be a problem, that will take some time. it's no biscuit, (that shouldn't be a problem to solve your football management issues). that (really) takes the biscuit/cake UK informal (US that takes the cake) You say that something or someone (really) takes the biscuit when it or they have done something that you find extremely annoying or surprising: And you say she's opening your letters now? Oh, that really takes the biscuit!). 18.  I've been an undercover officer myself, so I do understand the stresses your husband's under. We need to form a picture of his current state of mind. I can't help you. I haven't heard from him. Don't expect to neither. Why do you say that? Ask her. She was undercover. Perfect job for a selfish arsehole that don't give a toss about his own family. John's done undercover operations before. What's different about this one, do you think? I'll tell you what's different. Nothing. He gets to run around like he's single again, and I'm left with a house to run and two kids to bring up. You've come hoping I can help you find him? I don't want to find him. 19. Operation Pear Tree files show that DS Corbett has been out of contact with his COM and Cover Officer for nearly three months. In that time, he's believed to have actively participated in criminal offences, namely the hijack of Seized Goods Transport ED905, the murder of three AFOs, the attempted murder of a fourth and possibly even the death of Maneet Bindra. This is an image of the vehicle used to abduct Maneet, captured by a member of the public who witnessed the incident. Now, using ANPR, we've been able to track the vehicle heading towards Edge Park, but the trail 踪迹, 轨迹 ran out, leaving us unable to determine the vehicle's destination. But from the same set of images, we were able to capture a clear image of one of Maneet's abductors. Recognition software gives a 90% likelihood 可能性 the subject is Lee Banks, a career criminal with numerous convictions for violence. One of Banks's known associates is Robert Denmoor. Forensic evidence linked Denmoor to OCG interference into Operation Trapdoor, led by DCI Roz Huntley in 2017. You'll all recall that Denmoor was shot dead in this building by the gaffer. What all this means is there's a proven association between Corbett's OCG and the network of corrupt officers we've been investigating all these years. And is there anything in the files that might suggest why Corbett's gone rogue? We've been looking specifically at the time leading up to the point where Corbett ceased contact with his COM. The entries have been redacted from the files. 19. Superintendent Hastings? DCI Mark Moffatt. Well, retired DCI. Sorry to ambush 堵截, 堵住, 堵你, 冷不防的来访 you like this. You're not an easy man to find. Oh, yeah, Roz Huntley's Fed Rep. Listen, mate, it's been a long day. Yeah. Let me just spit it out and then you can tell me to sling my hook ( leave; go away. ). Since retiring, I've joined a mate's property development business, and one of our new projects is in the Republic of Ireland, the Kettle Bell Complex. I'd rather not discuss that. We've taken over redevelopment, and our terms of business include compensating the original investors. I've got the right man? You were one of the unlucky ones? Yeah. Maybe I can take you for a drink? Yeah, wait there. I'll be right back. 20. Tatleen, the, er the Red Notice that we served on Maneet Bindra, has it been actioned yet? No, sir. Her Fed Rep launched an appeal and we were just Yes. Yes. Rescind 收回, 撤销, 撤回 ( [rɪˈsɪnd] to state officially that something such as a law or an agreement has ended and no longer has legal authority. ) it. I shall talk to DCC Wise and remind her that Maneet Bindra was still a serving AC-12 officer at the time of her murder. She died in the line of duty. 21. So where's DS John Corbett in all this? Nowhere. He's still a mystery. Was it really necessary to leave her body down at the harbour? Could have just dumped it in the landfill. The police would have been none the wiser. Now here's what I don't understand. We've netted gear worth ten million quid, we've put a rival unit out of business and no bastard's even picked up the phone. Now, we've got a good thing going on here with this unit, Lise. With a bit more support from above, we could do some serious business. The boys have fallen for all this cos you've got brains. But you're what? Less than a year in. I've earned my place 挣来的地位. I follow orders. That's the way you do business. In case you haven't noticed, Lise, we don't do a nine to five, and we don't work in some shitty little office waiting for some idiot boss to tell you what to do, hoping you get thrown a crumb 给点好处 every now and again. I've had my fill of that ( have/get (one's) fill (of something) 够了, 挣够了, 满足了 To have, consume, or experience as much (of something) as one desires or is able to. Often used in the present perfect tense ("have had one's fill"). Make sure you have your fill of cake—we made plenty for everyone! I've had my fill of people giving me advice about my love life. Janet: "Would you like any more of this curry?" Mark: "No, thank you, I've had my fill."). Money, power, respect, that's what I'm in this for. And I reckon you are, too. 22. We've seized automatic rifles from the police. They've already been processed through ballistics, so if they're used, they'll just be traced straight back to the police lab, nowhere else. We're tooled up 万事俱备, 工具齐备, ready for a raid. 23. You were John Corbett's covert-ops manager (COM) 接头人. I was. Communications between yourself and Corbett dried up about three months ago. Why was that? John does things his own way. He wasn't too happy how the operation was being led. What specifically was he unhappy about? Why you asking? It's all in the files. That's the point, Ma'am, it isn't. Maybe we shouldn't be having this conversation. Inspector, this is a lawful inquiry, it's your duty to cooperate. Why were you reassigned? Powell's version 用...的话说, 照...的意思, ...的说法, I'd mismanaged John. Failed to keep him onside. This is your chance to put the record straight. John thought Pear Tree was showing signs of mission drift 背离主旨, 偏离目标. I agreed with him. Drifting how? Our brief was to identify high-level links between organised crime and corrupt police officers. Instead, Powell was pushing us in the direction of low-level targets. What was discussed in your last communications with Corbett? John planned to climb up through the ranks of the OCG. He's a bright bloke, a natural leader. He reckoned that was the only way of making contact with the highest echelon ( [ˈeʃəˌlɑn] I. one of the levels of status or authority in an organization, or the people in that level. upper/lower echelons: the upper echelons of power. II. an arrangement of soldiers, ships, or aircraft in which each one is slightly to the right or left of the one in front. ) of corrupt officers. And then Powell vetoed the plan? That's when John threw his toys and we lost contact. Right. So, was there ever any intel from Corbett on high-ranking, corrupt officers? He believed he was on to the top man. Who? It was just a codename. Didn't even think it was real. 24. You tried to make contact with the OCG. The boys ID'd you. They reckon you're as straight as an arrow. I am. Yeah, me, too. I'm doing me job. I'm investigating high-level connections between organised crime and corrupt police officers. These stunts, they've just been to get attention. And I've finally got access to the top man. H? I dunno yet. Contact's via a computer link. No voice, just text. But if I can get hold of that computer, we stand a chance of tracing him. Why are you telling me all this? I'm carrying all this on me own here, mate. I need support. I get nothing off Powell. She's so scared about what I'll find out. She just wants me chasing small fry. Small fry like Malhotra? Keeping that to yourself, got three coppers killed! Look, if I'd given up Malhotra, the OCG would've known straight off the bat they had a rat 内奸. I'm after the big fish. Then come back in, work with us. Look, don't you get it? That's what they want! If I come in, they'll charge me or pension me off before I get a chance to crack the case. What they want? Who's they? The people who don't want the truth coming out. They give you a job and then the first thing they do is cut your balls off. You've got people killed. Coppers among 'em. I've got to keep me cover! I'm embedded with hardened criminals. How else do you expect me to convince them I'm one of their own? You've crossed a line. You've gone rogue! Yeah, that's what they want you to believe! They again! Who's they?! Powell! The chiefs! Your boss! Hastings? Open your eyes, mate. Hastings shot dead one of the OCG. A dozen AFOs had weapons on him. You seriously telling me they couldn't have brought him in for questioning? And Hastings, he doesn't get reprimanded. The chief gives him a pat on the back! What the hell's going on there?! Look, listen to me, mate, I'm just trying to get to the truth. The top brass, they don't want me to succeed. But there's a bent copper running organised crime, I'm sure of it. Pull me in and he'll slip through the net 漏网之鱼. Steve, if you're as straight as they say you are, lad, you'll help me. Help you how? Investigate the intel I pass to you. You killed Maneet and three AFOs! Not me, mate. They got themselves killed. You could have stopped it! The AFOs in the last hijack, they were all straight. Fellas like you and me, just trying to get the job done. But the first lot, Cafferty's team, they were all bent! We checked out Cafferty, she was clean! Everything I've said's the God's honest truth, and I'll prove it. But that depends if you've got the guts to listen. Or are you just another lapdog for Hastings and the rest of them? Thanks for coming. I was worried that you mightn't. Looking you in the eye, least I could do. 24. I trust Cafferty as far as I could throw her, but this is to flush her out. If you smell a rat, do anything necessary. Anything? Fill your boots (fill one's boots 多多益善, 尽管拿, 随便拿 to take or do as much of something as one wants. to take as much as you want of something: The information service is available to all and really useful - fill your boots. Stock analysts implored clients to fill their boots, arguing there would possibly never be a cheaper buying opportunity. ). 25. So, how come the police knew he was there in the first place?! Maybe they still had their suspicions about Cafferty. They must have kept surveillance 监视 on the house. Bollocks! No, we've got a rat. Get out there and find out who's grassed (grass verb. If you say that one person grasses on another, the first person tells the police or other authorities about something criminal or wrong which the second person has done. [British, informal, disapproval] His sister wants him to grass on the members of his own gang. He was repeatedly attacked by other inmates, who accused him of grassing. How many of them are going to grass up their own kids to the police? noun. 通风报信的人. 内线. A grass is someone who tells the police or other authorities about criminal activities that they know about. [British, informal, disapproval])! 26. Hey! That's not a word we throw around 老那么说. This unit used to be run by Tommy Hunter. Before your time 在你之前. Tommy got immunity, witness protection, the works. We still got to him. That's what happens to a rat. I'm alone. Don't worry, mate, I know how to make sure of that. Did it all work out how I told you? Look, don't take the piss, mate, it did, didn't it?! I'd never get an honest copper killed, mate. The bent ones, they deserve it. They're vermin ( [ˈvɜrmɪn] I. small animals or insects that cause damage or disease. II. offensive extremely annoying, unpleasant, or dangerous people. ), the lot of them. Right to the top. Maneet wasn't bent, she was trying to do the right thing. I'm doing the right thing! I'm doing more right than anyone! Look, if it wasn't for me, they'd all go free, H included! Think, mate. Maneet didn't reach out to you or anyone else. She never told you what she was up to. And why was that? Because Hastings forced her out, and you lot backed him! Look, she's dead just as much because of you! Now, put it right, mate. Yeah? Do this for her. We'll go after the bent bastards, whatever it takes. But once you're in, there's no turning back. 27.  I never would've guessed we'd get so much out of watching Cafferty. Yeah. I've been developing a CHIS 发展一个内线, 线人 who hears things about the OCG. I wasn't sure if it was going to pan out or not. Someone I should know about? No. Low level. Definitely not something to bother a DI about. Hm. Just the way I like it. 28. God knows how they got them. They were going to show my husband. Everyone in my phone contacts, the parents at my kids' school. And to stop them distributing the photos? They wanted information on police operations. Little things at first and then it got bigger. Bigger as in the Transport of Seized Goods ED-905? Yes. So, how did that work, then? They already knew about the shipment from another source, a civilian administrator who organised the transport. And then they put pressure on me to rearrange the work schedules so that it would be my team responsible for escorting the transport lorry. Yeah, which got three innocent members of your team killed. They weren't innocent. What, they were in on it, too? Kevin and Ray were on the take 收受贿赂, 拿钱. Carl had a taste for prostitutes. We thought we were just going to get minor injuries. Tied up and The OCG crossed us ( cross I. 反对. 拒绝. to oppose someone, or to disagree with them. If you cross someone who is likely to get angry, you oppose them or refuse to do what they want. If you ever cross him, forget it, you're finished. No one ever dared cross him. go against someone, insult someone. To defy, challenge, or frustrate one. Don't cross that guy if you want a job in publishing—he's a celebrated editor. Stephen has crossed me up so many times I just can't trust him anymore. 惹恼. People are afraid to cross Phil because he has a violent temper. cross that bridge when I come to it. II. [transitive] biology 杂交. to combine one breed of animal with another, or to mix one type of plant with another, in order to produce an animal or plant that is genetically different from both parents. cross something with something: a domestic dog crossed with a wolf. III. to go from one side of something such as a road or river to the other. She wanted to be sure the children had crossed the road safely. Wait until there is no traffic and it's safe to cross. a. to go from one side of something such as a room or enclosed area to the other. A tall woman was crossing the room toward me. cross to: He crossed to the window and closed the curtains. b. to go from one side of a border or line that separates places to the other. It was dark when we crossed the French border. cross into: Refugees had been crossing into Albania all day. IV. If someone or something crosses a limit or boundary, for example the limit of acceptable behaviour, they go beyond it. I normally never write into magazines but Mr Stubbs has finally crossed the line. Candidates must get 5 per cent of the vote to continue. Many will fail to cross that threshold. V. If an expression crosses someone's face, it appears briefly on their face. Berg tilts his head and a mischievous look crosses his face. A faint smile crossed his lips. noun. If you describe something as a cross that someone has to bear, you mean it is a problem or disadvantage which they have to deal with or bear. Two young men perishing in such circumstances is a hard cross to bear for each family. II. 介于两者之间. 杂种. 杂交. Something that is a cross between two things is neither one thing nor the other, but a mixture of both. 'Ha!' It was a cross between a laugh and a bark. It was a lovely dog. It was a cross between a collie and a golden retriever. III. In some team sports such as football and hockey, a cross is the passing of the ball from the side of the field to a player in the centre, usually in front of the goal. He hit an accurate cross to Groves. to cross your mind If you say that an idea or possibility never crossed your mind, you mean that you did not think of it. It had never crossed his mind that there might be a problem. The possibility of failure did cross my mind. people's paths cross = cross sb's path If you cross someone's path or if your paths cross, you meet them by chance. It was highly unlikely that their paths would cross again. ). They obviously didn't trust us to keep quiet during the investigation that was bound to follow. While I was off sick, I was still talking to other AFOs. Everyone was rattled after ED-905, so there was a lot of talk. I found out about the transport and the OCG sent someone masquerading as a nurse to blackmail me into revealing the details. They didn't just have the affair to threaten me with, they had the fact I'd been complicit 从犯 in the first hijack.

give someone a shout, sing out, check in with someone;

用法学习: 1. 交通问题: Traffic banked up 堆积 13 kilometres after M1 crash in Sydney's north. Traffic is queued more than 13 kilometres after a truck and car collided near Edgeworth David Avenue just before 7am. All lanes have recently reopened after emergency crews were on scene to clear the crash site and attend to a large glass spill across two southbound lanes. neglectable [nɪˈɡlɛktəbəl] I. that may be ignored or neglected. II. negligible, insignificant. negligible [ˈnɛɡlɪdʒɪb(ə)l] 无关大局的, 不足道的, 无足轻重的 adj so small or unimportant as to be not worth considering; insignificant. An amount or effect that is negligible is so small that it is not worth considering or worrying about. The pay that the soldiers received was negligible. Senior managers are convinced that the strike will have a negligible impact. "he said that the risks were negligible". belligerent [bəˈlɪdʒ(ə)rənt] 好斗的 I. A belligerent person is hostile and aggressive. ...the belligerent statements from both sides which have led to fears of war. He was almost back to his belligerent mood of twelve months ago. 'Why not?' he asked belligerently. He could be accused of passion, but never belligerence. II. The belligerents in a war are the countries or groups that are fighting each other. The belligerents 交战双方 were due, once again, to try to settle their differences. 2. Former Australian tennis player Sam Groth has doubled down on an explosive column that branded Serena Williams "an absolute disgrace" for how she reacted to Ashleigh Barty's new world No.1 ranking. Groth then referred to footage of Roger Federer seeking out 15-year-old star Coco Gauff for a handshake and some words of encouragement, saying that was the type of behaviour befitting 符合身份, 比较像, 更像, 更合适的 a tennis legend. He said that Williams had not entirely fulfilled her obligations towards the betterment of the sport, with her treatment of Barty the latest example. "I've always from the day I played her in Australia had a tremendous amount of respect for her game," Williams said, having played a fresh-faced Barty at the Australian Open in 2014. "I just thought she's just a beautiful player. She has great technique. I love that. "I'm really a technical player. I like when people have a beautiful game and they do the right techniques. It's so right up my alley. "I've seen her play a lot recently, too. Like I always say, she's just someone in the locker room that you just always root for. "But in general I have been watching her game because I know that she's a force to be reckoned with 不可忽视的新生代力量. So I've been watching a lot." 3. unvarnished [ʌnˈvɑːnɪʃt] adj I. not elaborated upon or glossed; plain and direct. expressed in a very direct way that gives the true facts the unvarnished truth 不加修饰的, 不加掩饰的. She told him the plain unvarnished truth. II. not covered with varnish (=a clear liquid for protecting wood). varnish noun. I. Varnish is an oily liquid which is painted onto wood or other material to give it a hard, clear, shiny surface. The varnish comes in six natural wood shades. II. The varnish on an object is the hard, clear, shiny surface that it has when it has been painted with varnish. He brought out the fiddle, its varnish cracked and blistered. Nail varnish = US nail polish 指甲油. verb. If you varnish something, you paint it with varnish. Varnish the table with two or three coats of water-based varnish. The floors have been varnished. ...the varnished floorboards. 英驻美大使memo遭泄露: The Foreign Office said the leak of the memos to the Mail on Sunday was "mischievous" but did not deny their accuracy. "We don't really believe this Administration is going to become substantially more normal; less dysfunctional; less unpredictable; less faction riven; less diplomatically clumsy and inept," Darroch wrote in one, according to the newspaper. A spokesman for the Foreign Office said the public would expect ambassadors "to provide ministers with an honest, unvarnished assessment of the politics in their country". "Their views are not necessarily the views of ministers or indeed the government. But we pay them to be candid," he said. "Our team in Washington have strong relations with the White House and no doubt these will withstand such mischievous behaviour." The Foreign Office later said a formal investigation into the leak would take place. The Ambassador's comments have also drawn criticism from conservatives in Britain. Among them, outspoken eurosceptic [jʊəroʊskeptɪk] (noun & adj. 反欧盟的. A Eurosceptic is someone, especially a politician, who is opposed to closer links between Britain and the European Union. ...Eurosceptic MPs.) and Trump supporter Nigel Farage called for Darroch to be sacked. "Kim Darroch is totally unsuitable for the job and the sooner he is gone the better," Farage tweeted. Sir Kim said it was "unlikely that US policy on Iran is going to become more coherent 连贯的, 一致的 any time soon" because "this is a divided administration".

 give someone a shout VS sing out VS check in with someone: give someone a shout 知会, 告诉一声, 打声招呼, 打个招呼, 跟我说, 叫一声, 喊一声, 招呼一声, 说一声 to go and tell someone something Give me a shout when it's ready. to go and tell someone something. to go and find someone and tell them something Give me a shout when you've finished in the bathroom. Give me a shout when you're ready to go. sing something out 大喊一声, 告知一下 to sing or announce something loudly. To shout or call loudly. If someone sings out something, they say it in a loud, cheerful voice. to shout or sing some words clearly and loudly 'Freeze!' a shrill voice sang out. 'See you,' Geoff sang out. The teacher sang the names out loud and clear. She sang out "The Star-Spangled Banner" in a loud voice. II. 说一声, 喊一声 叫一声. 叫我. 告诉我 to make known. Adler tried in a scholarly way to sing out the joys of studying philosophy. Sing out please, when you are ready. "Clearly I like you more than you like me." "I don't think you can put a number on one person likes another". check in with someone I. 表示关心, 查看一下 (verb) to talk to someone to let them know that you are okay. Teenager: Mom, I'm going camping for the weekend! I'll see you on Monday. Mom: Okay! Don't forget to check in with me. Give me a call! The travelling businessman checked in with his wife when he arrived at his hotel. Husband: Our son called today. Wife: From his European vacation? Husband: Yes. He was just checking in with us. Wife: Is he okay? Husband: He needs money. II. 告知一声. 告诉一声. 说一声. 打个招呼. 让...知道. to go to someone and indicate that one has arrived some place. Please check in with the desk clerk. haunt I. If something unpleasant haunts you, you keep thinking or worrying about it over a long period of time. The decision to leave her children now haunts her. He would always be haunted by that scene in Well Park. II. Something that haunts a person or organization regularly causes them problems over a long period of time. The stigma of being a bankrupt is likely to haunt him for the rest of his life. III. A ghost or spirit that haunts a place or a person regularly appears in the place, or is seen by the person and frightens them. His ghost is said to haunt some of the rooms, banging a toy drum. noun. 经常光顾的地方. A place that is the haunt of a particular person is one which they often visit because they enjoy going there. a place that someone visits often because they enjoy going there The Savoy soon became a favorite haunt of stage celebrities. The Channel Islands are a favourite summer haunt for UK and French tourists alike. a tall order 非易事 if something is a tall order it is very difficult. something very difficult that someone expects you to do To score four goals in one game is a tall order, even for him. Trying to restructure your negative ways of thinking may sound like a tall order, particularly if you feel so depressed that you cannot be bothered with anything. Financing your studies may be a tall order. kip 休息一下, 睡一觉 noun. Kip is sleep. Go get some kip. Mason went home for a couple of hours' kip. verb. If you kip somewhere, usually somewhere that is not your own home or bed, you sleep there. He moved from one friend's flat to another, first kipping on the floor of Theodore's studio. fight your corner = fight your corner/fight somebody's corner British English to defend something that you believe in by arguing. to try very hard to defend yourself in a discussion or argument, or to do this for someone else My line manager supports me, and says she's willing to fight my corner. You'll have to be prepared to fight your corner if you want them to extend the project. fag break (plural fag breaks) (Britain, slang) A brief cessation of work, activity etc. in order to have a cigarette. All I need is your backing 你的力挺, 你的支持. Are you a regular 常客?

 Unforgotten Season 3: 1. fete [feɪt] BRITISH a public function, typically held outdoors and organized to raise funds for a charity, including entertainment and the sale of goods and refreshments. A fete is an event that is usually held outdoors and includes competitions, entertainments, and the selling of used and home-made goods. "a church fete". verb. honour or entertain (someone) lavishly. "she was an instant celebrity, feted by the media". 2. In his cellar, behind a thousand boxes of junk, we found one of those old, like, money box type things. And when we got it open, we found these. A necklace, with hair still attached to the clasp(verb. I. 紧抱. If you clasp someone or something, you hold them tightly in your hands or arms. She clasped the children to her. He paced the corridor, hands clasped behind his back. With one last clasp of his hand, she left him and went to her usual chair. to hold someone or something tightly with your hand He clasped Lindsay’s hand tightly. clasp something to/over something: Rick had a handkerchief clasped to his nose to try to stop the bleeding. if you clasp your hands, or if they are clasped, you hold them together with the fingers of one hand in between the fingers of the other Porter clasped his hands behind his head and grinned. II. 夹紧. to fasten something that has a clasp. noun. 小夹子. A clasp is a small device that fastens something. a metal object used to fasten a piece of jewelry, bag, belt, etc. a black handbag with a brass clasp. ...the clasp of her handbag. [+ of]), a scrunchie 发箍 and a pair of knickers. 3. And my thinking was 我的想法是, you have a dead body in your boot, you might be driving a little faster than normal. So here is a copy of Tim Finch's driving license endorsements, going back 35 years. There's four speeding offences on there, which is kinda normal. Except for the date of the second one. Shit! The 3rd of January, 2000. That's the day after he got back to London. D'you know where he got it? Not yet. They're gonna get back to us. But that is a tickle ( I. When you tickle 挠痒痒, 瘙痒 someone, you move your fingers lightly over a sensitive part of their body, often in order to make them laugh. I was tickling him, and he was laughing and giggling. to move your fingers gently on someone’s skin in order to give them a pleasant feeling or to make them laugh The dog rolled over, waiting for his tummy to be tickled. II. If something tickles you or tickles, it causes an irritating feeling by lightly touching a part of your body. ...a yellow hat with a great feather that tickled her ear. A beard doesn't scratch, it just tickles. if something tickles you, it touches your skin gently and gives you a pleasant or slightly uncomfortable feeling Bubbles from the champagne were tickling her nose. My nose is tickling 痒痒的, I think I'm going to sneeze. III. If a fact or a situation tickles you, it amuses you or gives you pleasure. if something such as a remark or an idea tickles you, you think it is funny. It tickled him to think that she'd asked him for advice. a. if something tickles you, it makes you feel pleased. It always tickled her to get a card from them. It tickles me to see him riled. The story was really funny–it tickled me. They all sounded just as tickled. tickle (one's) fancy To be appealing or pleasant to someone; to be intriguing or of interest to someone. A: "Do you want to go to a movie later on?" B: "I don't know, there's nothing that really tickles my fancy in theaters right now." I'm not going to declare my major until I've had a couple years in college to see what ends up tickling my fancy. to be tickled pink If you are tickled pink, you are extremely pleased about something. 'I'm tickled pink,' said Jimmy after his wife gave birth. noun. I. a slightly sore feeling in your throat that makes you want to cough. II. an act of tickling someone. give someone a tickle: She gave him a little tickle under the chin. ). That's definitely a tickle. 3. Well, that was a great evening, thank you. I'd really like to do it again sometime. Yeah, me too. All right, this is me( this is us. 我到了, 我到站了(坐公交车), 到了我要去的楼层了(做电梯). 这是我家, 我到了. 我家在这儿. I. 我到站了. 我该下了. 我要下了. Used on the train (usually subway, metro, etc.) - when the train starts to pull off at your destination station, this is probably what you say to someone you're talking to to tell it "this is where I get off." A: So are you just visiting New York or you work... B: I'm sorry, but... this is me. I gotta go, nice meeting you, though. A: Well, okay. Hope to see you again soon. B: Ditto. II. When people are escorting you back to a place you need to go, this is something you can say to indicate that you have arrived. "So this is your house, huh?" "Yeh...THIS IS ME. Wanna see mah room?" "Woahs..!". 讨论: I found two examples of this kind in Harry Potter so far and in both cases, the speaker is Mr. Weasley and the listener is Harry. Does it add some nuance? Is it his habit of saying? (In a lift of the Ministry of Magic building. They reach their story.) "This is us, Harry," said Mr. Weasley, and they followed the witch out of the lift into a corridor lined with doors. "My office is on the other side of the floor." (Harry Potter 5 [US Version]: p.130-131). (They are looking for the camp site they booked in advance.) "Always the same," said Mr. Weasley, smiling. "We can't resist showing off when we get together. Ah, here we are, look, this is us." They had reached the very edge of the wood at the top of the field, (Harry Potter 4 [US Version]: p.79). It's commonly used when in a queue-like situation to show that it's our turn. In a lift, for example, when you arrive at your floor, it would be acceptable to say 'this is us'. In the second example, I would be more likely to say 'this is ours', but it's similar. The sites are allocated, so there's sort of a queue, but it's a stretch. You will commonly hear someone (in both North America and the UK) say "this is me" when either riding a bus with someone else or walking together. It means something like "this is my stop" or "this is where my path diverges from yours" or "we've reached my destination, so I'm stopping now". It's an idiom, which means it doesn't have to make sense. I hadn't heard "this is us" before, but to me it's just an obvious pluralization of "this is me." ). 4. Sorry, I meant I think you need to take a bit of a look at yourself, Cass. Oh, really, is that a dad lecture coming up, is it? Well, you clearly don't want me to be with Jenny. Not true. You clearly think she's trying to fleece (noun I. A sheep's fleece is the coat of wool that covers it. II. A fleece is the wool that is cut off one sheep in a single piece. III. Fleece is a soft warm artificial fabric. A fleece is also a jacket or other garment made from this fabric. verb. If you fleece someone, you get a lot of money from them by tricking them or charging them too much. She claims he fleeced her out of thousands of pounds.) me. Er, a little bit. And I'm guessing suggesting that I have dementia is just another way of trying to scupper ( To scupper a plan or attempt means to spoil 挫败, 毁掉 it completely. [mainly British, journalism] If Schneider had seen him that would have scuppered all his plans. If the Commission has its way, the entire deal will be scuppered. ) the relationship. But actually the problem is you. 5. Where was Hayley between leaving the pub at 12:10 and four or five? No, that feels wrong. Yeah, maybe. But not as wrong as all four men having clearly lied to us through their teeth 红口白牙的撒谎. So she could actually have left the pub earlier. At 11. Which means we now have four men, variously pissed, drugged up and possibly mentally unstable ( A stable job 固定工作, 稳定工作 is something that allows you to survive (pays your bills, provides food, covers rent, etc). It's predictable income and will continue to be predictable for years to come. Things have changed in the last couple of years and stable jobs do not mean the same for you as they did for your parents.), out somewhere in Middenham, at exactly the same time as Hayley. 6. My marriage ended early 2000. And because of some issues that I had at the time, my wife Laura, she felt it was damaging for Maya to be around that. And I'd run up some debts( run sth up 有贷在身 If you run up a debt, you do things that cause you to owe a large amount of money: She stayed two weeks at the hotel and ran up a bill that she couldn't pay. ). So I went from living in a nice house in Notting Hill to a one-bedroom flat in Acton and then a hostel and and then the streets. I have bipolar disorder, which was undiagnosed at the time, and so it was unmedicated 没有被医治, which meant that, you know, my behaviour was challenging. And as soon as I started costing my company money, it was inevitable I'd be asked to step down. And that was just not what she had married, an unemployed man who had mental health issues. So she asked me to leave. Maya wrote to tell me that Laura had died from breast cancer and to ask that I stay away from the funeral. I thought about writing back, and saying that I was better now, that I was a different person. And I am. But I think there comes a time when you have to accept how things have turned out 事情发展的结果. That life can sometimes simply be unfair. And to keep resisting that it takes so much energy, Mila. Energy that you need for the future. 7. I was meant to have bought 我本来应该 the puddings and I forgot, so I legged it 步行到 to the corner shop and bought a load of Cornettos, which your ex wasn't too happy about. Anyway, I just wanted to check that you remembered it the same as I did 记忆是一致的. 8. So are you heading back down tonight or? No. No, no, my kids live with their mum in town, so I'm going to stick around, spend some time with them for a few days. Right. How old are they? 21 and 20. Ah, same as mine. Boys or? Two boys. Jinx(a force that brings bad luck that often affects someone or something. There seems to be a jinx on that family. a. [countable] someone or something that causes bad luck. You can call something or someone that is considered to be unlucky or to bring bad luck a jinx. He was beginning to think he was a jinx. ). Hm! Er, anyway, I better go and check into the hotel, so Go for it. And we will speak soon, I hope. Yeah, absolutely. John Thanks for that. That was great. Listen, er if you're at a loose end any evening(be at a loose end 闲得无事, 没什么事, 无所事事, 无聊了 informal (US also be at loose ends) to have nothing to do. If you are at a loose end, you are bored because you do not have anything to do and cannot think of anything that you want to do. In American English, you usually say that you are at loose ends. Adolescents are most likely to get into trouble when they're at a loose end. If you find yourself at a loose end, you could always clean the bathroom.), there's always a few of us at The Enterprise, if you fancy a drink. It's just opposite 就在对面. Yeah, great. Cheers. I might take you up on that ( take someone up on something to accept an offer or invitation from someone: I think I'll take him up on his offer of a free ticket. to accept an invitation or suggestion. take somebody up on an offer/promise/suggestion etc 接受邀请, 接受建议 I'll take you up on that offer of a drink, if it still stands.). Good. All right, see you.

 Stop Enabling Your Overly Dependent Adult Child 啃老族 (In psychotherapy and mental health, enabling has a positive sense of empowering individuals, or a negative sense of encouraging dysfunctional behavior. As a positive term, "enabling" is similar to empowerment, and describes patterns of interaction which allow individuals to develop and grow. These patterns may be on any scale, for example within the family, or in wider society as "enabling acts" designed to empower some group, or create a new authority for a (usually governmental) body. In a negative sense, "enabling" can describe dysfunctional behavior approaches that are intended to help resolve a specific problem but in fact may perpetuate or exacerbate the problem. A common theme of enabling in this latter sense is that third parties take responsibility or blame, or make accommodations for a person's harmful conduct (often with the best of intentions, or from fear or insecurity which inhibits action). The practical effect is that the person himself or herself does not have to do so, and is shielded from awareness of the harm it may do, and the need or pressure to change.): You see your son's phone number (from the line you are paying for) come up on your Caller ID. It is your day off from work and you planned to decompress. But it is, after all, your child, and you love him, so you accept the call. As you hear his voice, you have conflicting thoughts 心情矛盾 including, "What the heck is it now?" immediately followed by your guilt for being wary of, and anxious about, what your son is seeking. Your son goes on a 20-minute rant about how his former boss was a jerk and that he still can't find another job. He mentions that he has no money for his car payment. You start to explain that you have financial pressures too and he immediately says, "Fine, don't worry about me!" You then say, "Only this time," but you know your words have a hollow ring 空洞, since you've said this so many times before. So, with mixed emotions 心情复杂的, you agree to go by his apartment later to "loan" him money to pay his rent. As usual, he promises to pay you back, but you know that will never happen. You think about how this chaos is unsustainable (your son is 29) and wonder when he will ever learn to stand on his own two feet. Do You Enable? Enabling 惯着, 骄纵, is fixing problems for others and doing so in a way that interferes with growth and responsibility. Do you create an enabling dynamic for your adult child? If he, for example, buys a new audio system for his car instead of paying rent this would result in a consequence of losing an apartment. An enabler rushes in and removes the consequence, giving the adult child no reason or opportunity to learn a valuable lesson. Does helping your adult child tend to become a pattern of unhealthy rescuing? If you try to "save" your adult child every time he or she is in trouble, you may be making things worse in the long run. Do you struggle with knowing where to draw that fine (or not so fine) line between letting him learn how to stand on his own two feet and bailing him out? Parents, for sure, need to be thoughtful about how to assist their adult children without enabling them. Adult children who remain overly dependent on their parents often are allowed to get into this situation because their parents enable them, as discussed above. Perhaps this relationship dynamic stems from parents who want to be needed. Setting boundaries with your adult child can sometimes be the best thing to do, even when it is hard to say, "I am here to listen and here's what I can offer, but I also think you will feel better about yourself if you figure this out on your own." Whether you've got a 35-year-old daughter who keeps asking for money while falsely claiming she will pay you back, or a 25-year-old son who just can't keep a job, adult children who behave immaturely can be stressful. I have seen many sad stories in my office of families with children over 21 (in one case 44!) who still are overly dependent on their parents. It can be very challenging for parents to set limits with adult children whom have become overly dependent. The parents often feel drained and emotionally depleted. They want their child to be happy on his own, yet they live in fear of not doing enough to help their child get there. This is by no means an easy situation! In some cases these adult children may have significant mental health issues, including addictions, which need to be addressed. At the same time, mental health treatment does not have to be mutually exclusive from the adult child contributing to their recovery in any way they can. Too many times, however, I see parents overly rescuing their children from their problems. While it may feel good for parents to do this, the implicit (or even explicit) message to the child is, "You're not competent to make it on your own." Parents in this situation can help themselves to be mindful of enabling their child by being carefully considering the following questions: Does your child now act entitled to, and demand, things you once enjoyed giving—car privileges, gifts, perks at home, or rent money? Does it feel like you are living from crisis to crisis with your adult child? Do you sacrifice too much to meet your adult child's needs? Are you afraid of hurting your child? Are you feeling burdened, used, resentful, or burnt out? Encouraging Them to Live in Their Own Skin—Skin That's Also in The Game: As children either graduate or quit school, they need to increasingly have "skin in the game"(have skin in the game to be at risk financially because you have invested in something that you want to happen. to be directly involved in or affected by something, especially financially: If people have skin in the game, preventable costs fall. A debate has been rumbling over how to ensure that lenders have more skin in the game. You take more ownership of something when you have some skin in the game.) and strive toward being self-sufficient. This does not mean parents should abruptly put their adult child on the street. At the same time, the adult child needs to "own" his or her goals and plans to become self-reliant 自立的. Sometimes, crises occur that send children back home such as a bad breakup, problems at college, or health issues. This is acceptable as long as there is a plan in place for the adult child to become independent. Try not to be adversarial [ˌædvɜrˈseriəl] 敌对的 as you encourage your child to become more independent. The goal is to be supportive and understanding with a collaborative mindset. Be calm, firm, and non-controlling in your demeanor as you express these guiding expectations to motivate your adult child toward healthy independence.