Street Talk 1 书籍 - 更近距离的观察：第9课

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to {not} [know|recognize] {sb} from Adam [短语]

to fail to recognize someone as one has never met them or knows nothing about them

Ex: She claims to be a distant relative , but I do n't know her from Adam .

charley-horse [名词]

肌肉痉挛

dick [名词]

侦探

every Tom, Dick, and Harry [短语]

all of the ordinary people

Ex:

fanny [名词]

屁股

Ex: After sitting all day , his fanny was sore from the hard chair .

坐了一整天后，他的屁股因为硬椅子而疼痛。

to on the fritz [短语]

to be malfunctioning or not working properly

Ex: My computer is on the fritz , and I ca n't seem to fix it .

guy [名词]

家伙

Ex: That guy over there is my math tutor .

那边的那个家伙是我的数学家教。

jack of all trades [短语]

a person who is competent in many different tasks

Ex: John is a real jack of all trades ; he can fix the plumbing , repair the roof , and even bake delicious cakes .

Joe [名词]

乔

joe blow [名词]

普通人

john [名词]

妓女的顾客

to [slip] {sb} a Mickey (Finn|) [短语]

to secretly put a drug in a person's drink in order to make them unconscious

Ex:

to [have|know] {sth} down pat [短语]

to know something so perfectly that one can do it at anytime without having to focus or think

Ex: She knows the piano piece down pat ; she can play it flawlessly .

to [rob] Peter (to|and) [pay] Paul [短语]

to take from one source or person in order to fulfill an obligation or debt to another source or person, often resulting in a cycle of borrowing or rearranging debts without actually resolving the underlying financial issue

Ex: He 's robbing Peter to pay Paul by using his credit card to cover his rent .

to peter out [动词]

逐渐消失

Ex:

抗议活动一开始很强烈，但当支持减弱时逐渐消失了。

randy [形容词]

性欲旺盛的

roger [感叹词]

收到，正朝北拦截逃犯。

Ex:

收到，我们将调整我们的方法。

uncle sam [名词]

山姆大叔

lazy susan [名词]

转盘

doubting Thomas [名词]

怀疑的多马

Ex:

他真是个怀疑的多马；直到看到官方公告，他才会相信音乐会被取消了。

tomfoolery [名词]

愚蠢行为

peeping Tom [短语]

a person who secretly watches others without consent, often for sexual gratification

Ex:

willy-nilly [副词]

不管愿意不愿意

Ex: He had to move out willy-nilly when the building was sold .

当大楼被卖掉时，他不得不不管愿意与否搬出去。

Street Talk 1 书籍
第一课	第2课	更近距离的观察：第2课	第三课
更近距离的观察：第3课	更近距离观察2：第3课	第4课	更近距离的观察：第4课
第5课	第6课	更近距离的观察：第6课	第7课
更近距离的观察：第7课	第8课	更近距离的观察：第8课	更近距离观察2：第8课
第9课	更近距离的观察：第9课	第10课	更近距离的观察：第10课