121. Alicia, I know this has been hard on you, but you have to believe me.
* be hard on somebody/something: to be difficult for or unfair to somebody/something
- It's hard on people who don't have a car.
*believe somebody
122. You think I care about the small print in your employment contract?
*print: [uncountable] letters, words, numbers, etc. that have been printed onto paper
*employment contract
123. I was set up.
*set somebody up: (informal) to trick somebody, especially by making them appear guilty of something
124. Mom says you're on a case.
*work on a case
125. There was a rumor going around that something got buried, pitted.
*There is a rumor going around that
*get+过去分词表被动
*bury something: to ignore or hide a feeling, a mistake, etc.
*pit something: to make marks or holes on the surface of something
126. Hey, listen, thanks for playing the breadwinner for a while.
*thanks for doing something
*play the breadwinner
*for a while
127. The lawyers think the appellate court is going to hear my case.
*appellate court: a court in which people can appeal against decisions made in other courts of law 上诉法庭
*hear something: to listen to and judge a case in court
- The appeal was heard in private.
- Today the jury began to hear the evidence.
*case: [countable] a question to be decided in court 案子
- The case will be heard next week.
- a court case
- to win/lose a case
- When does her case come before the court?
128. If they overturn it, everything goes back to normal.
*go back to normal
*[transitive] overturn something: to officially decide that a legal decision, etc. is not correct, and to make it no longer valid
- to overturn a decision/conviction/verdict
- His sentence was overturned by the appeal court.
129. It's time.
时间到了
130. Look at the top corner.
*top corner