1、stand in one’s way

【釋】阻礙, 妨礙

【例】Wait. I don’t want to be the one who stands in your way.

等下 我不能成為阻礙你前進的人。

2、go (a little) nutso

【釋】發瘋 生氣

【例】Although my dad’s gonna go a little nutso over losing his deposits.

不過我爸可能會大怒因為會損失他的婚宴押金。

3、There’s no way...

【釋】。。。肯定沒門,不可能。。。

【例】There’s no way he’s gonna let us postpone this wedding.

他不會讓我們推遲婚禮的。

4、screw sth. up

【釋】弄糟, 搞砸

【例】I screwed things up pretty good with Penny.

我把本來和penny進展很好的事情搞砸了。

5、bellyache

【釋】發牢騷, 抱怨

【例】Look at us, Leonard...engaging in the social convention of men bellyaching about their ol’ ladies.

看看我們,Leonard,兩個爺們抱怨他們的娘們,還真像那么回事.

6、embark on

【釋】開始或從事(尤指新的或難的事)

【例】Amy has embarked on a campaign to increase my feelings for her by making me happy.

Amy正在用一些伎倆，試圖通過取悅我 增加我對她的好感

7、got a hell of a lot of nerve

【釋】有勇氣，膽量做某事，厚臉皮做某事

【例】You’ve got a hell of a lot of nerve coming in here and demanding that we postpone this thing.

你他媽還真有臉到這來要求推遲結婚的日子

8、level with sb.

【釋】坦誠待人,說實話

【例】All right, look, I’m gonna level with you.I’m terrified about going into space.

好吧 我要和你說老實話,我很害怕到太空去

9、follow-up

【釋】后續工作

【例】Uh, follow-up. Are we still dating?

再問一個問題 我們還在戀愛中嗎?

10 for the record

【釋】聲明下

【例】For the record, not your worst opening line.

聲明下,這不是你最差的開場白.

11 a secondary use

【釋】第二功用

【例】But it also has an interesting secondary use.

不過它還有個有趣的第二功用.

12 so bottom line

【釋】總而言之

【例】so bottom line, mission’s been scrubbed.

總而言之,這次任務取消了.

13 in a really great place

【釋】狀態很好

【例】Look, we’re in a really great place right now,and I don’t want to do anythingthat will make stuff all weird again.

我們現在這個狀態真的很好,我不想做任何會讓我們的關系再變得怪怪的事.

14 a midnight madness sale

【釋】大甩賣

【例】The LEGO store is having a midnight madness sale.

LEGO(拼圖玩具)店還有甩賣.

15 right up there

【釋】差不多趕上了

【例】Well, that wasn’t as entertaining as when he rents bowling shoes,but it was right up there.

雖然比不上他租保齡球鞋那回有趣，不過快趕上了。

16.take...back

【釋】收回……

【例】take something like that back.

隨便收回這種話