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第156集

1.Are you sure that's not wishful thinking? Wishing you'd made more out of yourself?

" wishful thinking " 如意算盘，痴心妄想，一相情愿，异想天开

例：Honey,I wish we could go there for vacation,but it's really just wishful thinking.We don't have enough time and money.

2. What a week it's been!I don't know about you,but I've been on pins and needles the whole time.

" on pins and needles " 如坐针毡

例：She's been in there for so long,I'm on pins and needles to find out if it's a boy or a girl.

3.We have had our close calls in the past.
   
" a close call " 侥幸的脱险，九死一生

例：Oh my,that was a close call,I almost got hit by that car!

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第157集

1. That old saying,how you always hurt the one you love.Well,it works both ways.

" works both ways "（在两个方面）双向的

例：I can do you a favor but this has to work both ways.You'll have to do me a favor in the future.

I can hear them on the hand radio,can they hear me?
No,it doesn't works both ways.

2. We have front row seats for this theater of mass destruction.

" mass destruction " 特别大的破坏，毁灭

例：Weapons of Mass Destruction are extremely dangerous.

3. Call me from the road if there's any snags.   
   
" snags " v. 挂住 扯住   n. 突发的事情

例：They were almost done building the new office tower but they hit a snag,they discovered an error in the building plans.
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第158集

1. You wanna see pain? Swing by First Methodist Tuesday nights.

" swing by " 顺便去做...

例：A: We're having a barbecue.Would you like to come?
B: I wish I could but I can't.
A: Why don't you swing by after work.
B: I'm going to swing by the hospital after work to visit my sick aunt.

2. My smoking doesn't go over at all.

" go over " 复习; 彻底的搜查; 很受欢迎

例：Ellen said she prepared her presentation for weeks,but it didn't really go over at all.

3. I make and I sell soap, the yardstick of civilization.    
   
" yardstick " 丈量、衡量的尺度

例：If we use total sales as the yardstick,I'd have to say that Duran is the best director of this year.
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第159集

1. Home was a condo on the 15th floor of a filing cabinet for widows and young professionals.

" condo(全写:condominium) "（小户型的）住房

例：Acturally,I just bought a new condo over on the west side of town.

Have you seen Duran's new condo?

2. Every time it rained,we had to kill the power.

" kill the power " 断电，关电

例：They have to kill the power in order to fix the electronical lines.

3. Skinny guys fight till they are burger.
   
" burger "（像肉泥）形容被打的很惨

例：I shouldn't have played soccer yesterday.I made burger out of my knee.

She really made burger out of me.
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第160集

1. Most of week,we were Ozzie and Harriet.

" Ozzie and Harriet " 完美的关系，完美的婚姻家庭

例：They've got a real Ozzie and Harriet lifestyle.

2. It was right in everyone's face.Tyler and I just made it visible.

" in one's face " 当...的面做...

例：I'd never say it in her face but her music is too cheesy.

He hit me in everyone's face which made me feel really embarrassed.

3. It was on the tip of everyone's tongue. Tyler and I just gave it a name.
   
" on the tip of one's tongue " 话到嘴边，差点就讲出来

例：Don't tell me the answer!It's just on the tip of my tongue!

What's her name?It's just on the tip of my tongue!