Desperate Housewives S01E13 Part01
You shouldn’t listen to women that has just had her heart broken. （定语从句）
Go down the drain / has gone in vain
Throw a tantrum
Knock it off / I’m not fooling
Child discipline:
Wipe/slap/scrub/smack that smirks off one’s face:
Smile/smirk/smug:
Straight:
Helpful / bright / affectionate / considerate
To one’s way of thinking = to my perspective / in my opinion /
Considerate of others: 对别人的体贴
Creature: 生物
扩大范围 以突出强调程度
Julie is strictly prohibited to have a school yard crush / puppy love with teenage boys, especially trouble kids like Zach.
Have an argument/ row（英）/dispute
Chill: cool
I have no intensions of doing sth:
At one fling：一鼓作气
Freaking out：气极败坏的
Just so we’re clear：
There’s also a look (that) parents of not-so-well behaved children give to parents like Susan.
Club：遭罪母亲俱乐部
Suburbia is a place filled with responsible people trying to live responsible lives. Of course, even the most responsible（转折+最高级） among us has mistakes in their past. Mistakes they’d like to forget, mistakes that sometimes come back to haunt them.
Martha kept a journal. Every drab event of her drab life meticulously documented.
Implications: 后续的影响
The main of a specific scenario:
向女士介绍男士
向长辈介绍晚辈 把不那么重要的介绍给相对较为重要的。
向上级介绍下级
客户 同事 （先把同事介绍给客户）
Business Etiquette
Helen has got leverage, and it is clearly that she’s a bossy type woman.
I was wondering perhaps/ if……
Decline / turn down / refuse…
Statutory: [‘stætʃətri] [‘stætʃətɔːri]
Literally speaking, scientifically speaking, theoretically speaking, technically speaking
If you could just convincing him that he’s making a big mistake……I would be really appreciated.
Make a clean break: 一刀两断
THERE’S GOD COP AND BAD COP.
Fall apart: to lose control of your emotions (anything that is intangible), and become unable to deal with a difficult situation.
I’ll see what I can do. / I’ll think about it.
Scooch:（轻挪） Scooter （电瓶车）
Strangle：勒死、让某人窒息
In the first place：一开始、起初
Wander around: 逗留、闲逛
Get right on sth：我马上处理、我马上办
Wandering salesman：到处晃荡的销售员
Bored to tears: 无聊得要命、无聊透顶
Don’t take it personally: 并非针对谁，别往心里去；不要对号入座，不要把不该扣的帽子往身上扣
Too … to… 强调句型
Knock yourself out…/ knock it off
Force of habit:
It has been instilled in my brain.
激将法：
He pull it off：
四大红线
- Religious belief
- Sexism
- Race discrimination
- Sexual orientation
Division of asset：财产分割
I am gonna go out and find the most vindictive lawyer I can find, and together we are going to eviscerate you. I am gonna take away your money,
your family and your dignity.
Primary residence:
Upper middle class
Membership: it determines your social class and your friend circle.
Integral: 必须的，构成整体不可或缺的
Talk sth over: (深入仔细的交流，通常需要双方充分交换意见和建议)
Lawyer —-> Vulture
After some initial hesitation,
Major concern / top priority. / Core interest
Proposed settlement: settle sth through an agreement. (协议、方案书)
Father of the boy: Feel sb up
Mother of the girl: getting groped.
Get out of hand：不在掌握范围之内
Supervisor:
I wanted to wait till it was official.
Pump: 灌药
Blow somebody’s brains out:
Checklist:
Must-meet list:
Mitt: 手套/ baseball
Tag out: tap a runner with the ball in order to remove them from the field and end the play.
Work out sth: 把什么事办成
Straight sth out: 把什么事捋顺
Sort sth out：把什么事归整好
Hammer out: 敲定
Are you ladies decent?
Have you guys finished dressing up?
Minor details.
Overheads: 管理费用、企业一般费用
Making out:
Timeshare:
Make concessions / compromise
Level the playing field:
A state in which conditions in a competition or situation are fair for everyone.
We’re even.
Way up the balance.
You can’t always tip the scale in your favor,
Dopey: 无精打采的、昏昏欲睡的
Susan is eavesdropping
Breath some fresh air
Foreshadow:
Stance：立场
She had a hunch that Rex and her will become an item.
Justified a perfectionist’s way of thinking.
That I don’t know.
