Gossip Girl 219 英文筆記 - 青少年影集

[冷知識]

eastern block 東歐

Eurail pass 歐洲通票

pierogies http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierogi 波蘭的餃子

Rugby 英式橄欖球 比美式更暴力

Bluefly http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluefly

Polanski http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Polanski
他的dirty laundry是跟未成年少女發生關係 XDXD

d.u.i http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D.U.I.

[單字]

all the rage 非常流行
scarfs are still all the rage

take a hint. 領會暗示

skip out 偷偷溜走 缺席

bond with 聯系

got busted 被抓包了

put one's foot in one's mouth 出醜 說錯話

Blindside 攻擊無防備的一側;使不愉快地感到意外

Mansion n. 大廈; 公寓; 官邸

country club 城郊俱樂部 (附有網球場,高爾夫球場,游泳池的)

Medevac [美口]救傷直升機 【美】軍用直升機;傷兵撤退;傷兵撤退用直升機
○ Mayday n. 救難信號

Sheepishly adv. 怯懦地; 愚蠢地; 羞怯地

Lonesome adj. 寂寞的

Kidnapper n. 拐子; 綁匪

A pile of 一堆

Bad news 添麻煩的人; 危險人物;

go up in flames 消失;不成功

Secretary of state 【美】國務卿 (希拉蕊現在的職位 類似外交部長)

Governor 州長

Coal 煤[U]

knock the ball out of the park 打出全壘打
○ So I didn't exactly knock the essays out of the park.

by-product 副作用

Admirably adv. 可讚美地; 極好地

stand by someone幫助;與...合力;支持

up for 打算;被考慮
who's up for some touch football?

Overachiever 成就比預期大的人

Setback . 頓挫, 退步, 挫折

reminisce ?v. 追憶; 回想

up-front 公開的; 直言的; 坦率的; 無約束的
up-front with each other.

Tiff 小口角, 小爭吵 (為了買Tiffany所發生的爭吵)

back out 退出(協議、計劃等);取消 call off

sneak a peek at 偷看

little black book 花名冊 (女伴的住址或電話號碼簿)
black book 黑名單

yellow pages (美國電話簿)黃頁工商分類部分

on par ( with ) 同等同位 on a par with

Intimidate v. 威嚇; 脅迫

Fret 煩惱

Birthright n. 生來就有的權利

activist n. 激進主義份子, 行動主義者;

Misinform v. 告訴錯誤的消息 (mis + inform)

Regroup v. 重新組合; 重新編制

bid adieu 再見 so long / au revoir

Townhouse 聯排而建的市民城區房屋

small talk 閒談; 聊家常

Ballpark 【美】棒球場 , 約略估計的數目

in the same ballpark

rep tie 絲質領帶

http://askville.amazon.com/rep-refers-fabric-pattern-stripes/AnswerDetails.do?requestId=7079250&responseId=7081160
Rep 絲質的一種

clam up 停止講話;變為沈默;保持沈默

Maim v. 使殘廢, 使傷殘, 使不能工作

Attentive 殷勤的;體貼的[(+to)]

strong-willed 意志堅強的, 固執已見的

Aberration n. 過失, 犯規; 心理失常; 越軌; (ab + err)

Debase v. 貶低; 降低

tip off 向...透露消息

blue blood society 貴族血統; 貴族; 貴族階級

Stuffy 【口】沈悶的,乏味的 【口】古板的,保守的

Resurrection n. 復活, 恢復, 復興

bubble butt 大屁股

Crest 族徽 圖騰

As opposed to 而不是

hang-ups 心理障礙

Invigorating 爽


[句子]


why don't you drop by?

there's just a lot of stuff going on 發生了太多事

I can take a hint.

you're gonna skip out on ....

I was checking to see if ….

So we just need to give her some time to lick her wounds

I just want to thank you for handling this so gracefully

please tell me that I'm not putting an enormous foot in my mouth.

Unless he's armed with an engraved apology from my grandfather, I do not care.

they're making an effort

you've come this far

I would have been here sooner. I stopped to pick up a little something.

How thoughtful.

Seems to me your only problem is ….

Having the time of my life.

He's just using you to get at me.

I'd rather take carter's help.

I'm waiting to hear back from ….

you proved me wrong on that.

we agreed to be up-front with each other.

how am I gonna back out now?

don't fret. everyone loves you.

You waved the white flag so soon.

Victory never tasted so sweet.

But consider us even.

Please don't take that the wrong way.

you got that look on your face ; What look? I don't have a look.

It used to drive me nuts.

Is this a pep talk?

that was invigorating.

Ladies and gentlemen, may I have your attention, please?

I'm the one that wanted to open the door to the past.

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我想當一個壞人.

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