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</p>9.不容易 no cinch.1 `7 s- s2 i0 i' i1 ` V) N
我是挣了钱，但这钱挣得太不容易了+ i: ^7 d; R* J" Z/ w
I know I’ve made some money, but it was no cinch to get it.8 x1 W" M2 ^6 c) @" F+ U
10.为难 be in a pickle
1 z$ v: u, I; f1 g7 W" q我真的很为难，我本应该给他买件皮衣，可我没有那么多的钱! j+ g q) u0 \1 q) b, A( Y
I’m really in a pickle. I’m supposed to buy him a fur coat, but I don’t have enough money for such an item.(pickle作“困境”解)! j' E. _ q/ Z; t- t& w
11.苦苦哀求 press one’s suit/ X, ]9 l9 \4 P' I. V4 F
她苦苦哀求丈夫再给她一次机会
% f+ H: ~3 T! c4 eShe pressed her suit and asked her husband to give her another chance.+ r$ g* F3 g, S+ v
(苦苦哀求：press one’s suit. suit 指“乞求或恳求”)
3 K9 ^6 F7 x$ i+ V, y2 C7 v- M12. 闲得无聊twiddle one’s thumbs+ F h! h P! @. R
这些娘们儿都闲得无聊,不是坐在那里说长道短，就是三五成群的谈论别人家的“丑闻”3 B9 M% f, R! w: W7 D! ^4 ~
These “old girls”network are twiddling their thumbs , sitting there either gossiping or forming into groups talking about other families’ “skeletons”; {4 y- f; [1 d
13.推卸责任 pass the buck
! B0 u1 ]/ B m+ b$ {7 _$ c( J. V当老板问起是谁把消息说出去的时候，他们两个人相互推卸责任。4 I- s- S+ ]" L& T
When the boss was asking who had disclosed the news ,the two of them began to pass the buck to each other.# S7 E! p5 s/ V9 ~' ~- R
14.承担后果 face the music
Q8 C6 A: I$ Z6 y1 s! a* U这件事是他们三个人一起干的，可是现在谁也不愿意承担后果
. `0 D4 l1 I" L: k8 ?& NIt was done by the three of them. But none of them want to face the music now.: S6 q+ a+ L+ m% Z9 B! u
15.真烦人a pill! b# H" C1 t; x$ z0 j5 l$ G
她真烦人，整天唠唠叨叨的+ W8 Z- V w U% ~
She’s really a pill, spending whole day harping and complaining. |
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