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Since childhood, I put my own parents on a pedestal. I felt they could do no wrong.
从童年起，我就把自己的父母当作偶像崇拜，觉得他们做的一切都是对的。
put sb on a pedestal 非常敬慕某人，把某人当作偶像崇拜
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Here is the thing. I had a similar experience with a roommate.
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It's not the worst thing to have your own personal cheerleader.
拥有一个你自己的啦啦队长并不是坏事。
It's not the worst thing to lose the game.
It is not the worst thing to stay up all night working. To make it worse, I forgot to save the files after finishing the work.
通宵工作并不是最糟糕的，更糟糕的是，工作完后我居然忘记保存文档了。
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She was this annoying little know-it-all who toally got on my nerves.
她是个讨人厌的“百事通”，老是把我惹毛。
annoying 讨厌的
know-it-all 无所不知的人，百事通
nerve 神经
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Listen, as much as you're my go-to girl on college advice..
as much as - although 尽管
As much as I respect him, I still have to disagree with him on this point.
尽管我很尊敬他，但是我还是无法赞同这个观点。
go-to （为解决某个问题或做某件事情的）必找的（人）
He was the company's go-to guy for new ideas.
他是公司里新点子的必找之人。
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All right, look alive.
好，打起精神。
alive 活着
look alive 打起精神
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Buck up. It's gonna be fun.
buck 马弓背跳跃
buck up 打起精神
buck sb up 使某人振作起来
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Pull yourself together, Teddy. Pull yourself together.
振作点，泰迪。打起精神来。
pull yourself together = pull it together 振作点，打起精神
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Thanks mom. You always know how to cheer me up!
cheer up 打起精神，加油
Cheer up, better times may be ahead.
打起精神来，好日子也许还在后头呢。
cheer sb up
She was sick, so I sent her flowers to cheer her up.
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Don't worry about it, sweetie. Trust me. Life there is full of passion and vigor! I've been there! You're gonna make tons of new friends!
别担心，亲爱的。相信我，大学生活可是很有激情和活力的，我当年就是那样。你会交到很多新朋友的。
I've been there.
我全知道，我理解你的感受。
make friends 交朋友
tons of 许多，一大堆
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What if I can't adapt to the dorm life? Or what if my roommate and I don't get along?
What if+从句
要是发生什么事，将会怎么样？
What if the train is late?
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What have you got to be anxious about?
have go to = have to 不得不
What have sb got to do?
是什么让某人不得不做？
What have you got to lose?
没有什么会让你失败。
be anxious about sth 为...而担忧，焦虑
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There's an imbalance. I'm just trying to remedy that.
最近收支失衡，我正在努力补救。
imbalance 不平衡，失调
an imbalance 收支不平衡
remedy 补救，改进
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If you could advance it for just...
如果你可以提前垫付...
advance v. 提前支付，预付
advance sth 预付某物
tuition n.学费
I'm willing to advance the money.我愿望提前支付。
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Any chance you could to it on credit?
你们能赊账吗？
on credit 赊账
I bought the car on credit.我赊购了一辆车。
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Put it on my tab.
记在我账上。
tab 待支付的账单，账款。
put it on my tab 记在我的账上，我付钱。
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I'm gonna pay you back with interest.
（我）会连本带利一起给你的。
pay you back
interest 利息
pay you back with interest 连本带息还你钱
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We‘re businesswomen, and we need to keep track of every penny.
keep track of every penny 记下每一分钱
businesswomen 商界女性
