- I can't fix it unless you told me.
- fix it: <美口>处理
eg.
-I believe in the maxim(箴言) 'if it ain't broke, don't fix it'.
-My boss had a stock response — 'If it ain't broke, don't fix it!'
我上司总是这一句——“别没事找事！”
- I just sort of rolled out of bed. 我几乎是刚刚从床上爬起来
- sort of: 近似; 有那么点儿 = kind of
eg.
-I was feeling sort of tired from the trip to New York. - be rolled out of bed：从床上滚下来，就是形容刚刚起床
eg.
-With this great new informality(非正式/随意) at the workplace how do you avoid looking like you just rolled out of bed?
- Sorry, it scares easy. I didn't mean to disturb you.
- it scares easy 剧里是说: 我的狗子很容易被吓到。就是狗主人礼貌回应对方，如果你的狗子吠得吓到路人，你可以这样说缓解气氛。
- disturb 打扰
eg.
I hope I'm not disturbing you.
- I thought you were a lousy cook. Well, I order take-out.
- lousy /ˈlaʊ.zi/: very bad
eg.
-lousy food/service
-a lousy book
-I had a lousy weekend
- Yeah, it's sort of a new tradition. I'm working out the kinks.
- sort of: 这一类
eg.
-It is the last time I will take on this sort of work. - work out the kinks: solve small problems.
eg.
-I hadn’t played golf in about two months, so it felt good to get on the course and work out the kinks yesterday.
-It always takes a few months to work out the kinks when you move into a house with a new roommate.
- But only I'm going because you're gonna come down with something serious that require bed rest and fluids.
- come down with: to begin to have or suffer from (an illness).
eg.
-Thomas came down with chickenpox (水痘) at the weekend.
-I be afraid I be come down with a corona-virus.
- Susan was rekindling her love life.
- rekindling: 重新唤起
eg.
-The holiday was a last chance to rekindle their love.
- You can be homeless or you can be ungracious.
- ungracious /ʌnˈɡreɪʃəs/: (尤指对别人的善意)不客气的，失礼的.
eg.
-I was often rude and ungracious in refusing help.
- He was the most accomplished marriage counselor in the city. He had dealt with problems ranging from substance abuse, to infidelity, to domestic violence.
- accomplished: agj. 才华高的; 技艺高超的; 熟练的;
eg. She is an accomplished painter. - substance abuse: 药物滥用, 就是一个词组，记住就行了
- infidelity/ˌɪnfɪˈdeləti/：(夫妻或伴侣间的)不忠行为
eg. I divorced him for infidelity. - domestic violence: 家庭暴力
eg. Women are still the main victims of domestic violence.
- I'm not gonna tell you again, buckle up.
- buckle up: 扣上安全带
- license and registration, please.
- 没有好说的，就是你如果交通违规操作，警察就会来找你将这个话。
- No, I'm not dumping you. lately, you've been the only thing keeping me going.
- dumping sb/sth（注意不是饺子那个单词）： 抛弃,推卸 = get rid of
eg. He's got no right to keep dumping his problems on me.
- You've been spent most of the hour engaging in small talk.
- engage in (doing): 忙于
补：engage in politics 从政 - small talk: 寒暄; 闲谈; 聊天, 注意small的用法。
