1. The first year associate's primary job is to clock billable hours.
*primary [usually before noun]: main; most important; basic
synonym: prime
- The primary aim of this course is to improve your spoken English.
- Our primary concern must be the children.
- Good health care is of primary importance.
2. That's not to say that you're all underperforming.
*That's not to say... 这并不意味着……
*underperform: to not be as successful as was expected
3. Pardon to interruption, but someone's here to see Mrs. Florrick.
*pardon to interruption, but...
4. I will make up the time.
*make up the time （通过加班等把错过的时间补上）
5. I haven't been going (to school).
我已经很长时间没去上学了（注意时态中的隐含意思）
6. They blew you off.
*blow somebody off: to deliberately not meet somebody when you said you would
7. I've been meaning to call.
*have been meaning to do something 本想做……
8. Asked me to smooth the waters.
*smooth the waters
9. What's he being charged with?
*注意时态
10. The police allege that these two broke into a guest apartment owned by the Rankin family.
*allege: to state something as a fact but without giving proof
*注意此句中的被动用法
