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yping88

cloudynewlife 发表于 18-9-2013 11:35

                               
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看到这个帖子很长时间了 这几天终于从头细细看完 几位同学英文功底太深厚了 强烈请求坚持下去！！

除了动 ...

Your feedback works exactly as the guidance where this column should be heading for!

Thanks, @cloudynewlife

BTW, I like your profile picture, I wonder if that's Adele! She is one of my favorites!

MICHELLE07

yping88 发表于 19-9-2013 19:59

                               
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Doesn't hold water 毫无道理/根本站不住脚

Take somebody the wrong way  误解/错会某人

Hi yping, I hope you don't take me the wrong way.
I take the position of finance moderator just because I wish to support you better.
I promise I'll always be with you and wish you stay.

我这样运用你提供的那个词,合适吗?

yping88

[quote]MICHELLE07 脗路脗垄脗卤脙颅脙鈥溍兣

yping88

yping88 发表于 19-9-2013 20:44

                               
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[quote]MICHELLE07 脗路脗垄脗卤脙颅脙鈥溍兣

@MICHELLE07 @ubuntuhk

I just found out the above post had been messed up in a mysterious way, and I couldn't figure out what happened either!

Maybe I'll call for @ubuntuhk and say if he can retrieve this one for us!

Your assistance would be very much appreciated, Ubuntuhk!

MICHELLE07

yping88 发表于 20-9-2013 18:32

                               
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@MICHELLE07 @ubuntuhk

I just found out the above post had been messed up in a mysterious way,  ...

是很奇怪哦，等技术员帮我们看看吧

yping88

The following dialogue has been lingering on (徘徊) my mind ever since I started following Newozer's posts. It has been, therefore, inspired by @newozer and specially made to dedicate to him (谨以此献给他).

John: I couldn't help but announcing what a lucky guy I am to marry my LD. She is so wise that she always knows how to get me well under control in the marriage. She is not only a wonderful house-keeper, but also a fantastic cook who always brings the delicious foods to the table.

Friends: Wow, how blessed you are! But it sounds like your LD has covered every task in the house. What is your contribution in the family then?

John: Me? Oh, believe me! I work unbelievably harder than my LD in the house!

Friend: Oh, How so?

John: Well, I have to work around the clock coming up with something complimentary about her, and then keep her informed that her efforts have been recognized and appreciated. Usually, I don’t mind paying her all the compliments, but I have to think hard to bring them up in the natural and different styles. So that I can make them sound like just coming about by chance other than on purpose, and also sound interesting and creative rather than dull and boring. The hardest thing is when LD takes break from those tasks, I still have to compliment her. So, she can be well convinced that my sweet talks haven’t been only initiated either when I am hungry or when I need to ask a favor of her.

Friend: Oh, it sure sounds like a hard work. In that case, why don’t you just save yourself from all the hard mental work and share some house chore then?

John: Noooooo, the house chore is not what I major In! My specialty is doing the sweet talks and I am particularly cut out for it (有做这个的天赋)!

newozer

yping88 发表于 20-9-2013 20:05

                               
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The following dialogue has been lingering on (徘徊) my mind ever since I started following Newozer's ...

的确有那么一点点。。。俺滴风范。。。。。。

help555

好贴~~~

yping88

Get in somebody's face  碍眼/碍手碍脚的/让人讨厌/在人家脸前晃来晃去的，

Get out of somebody's face  远离某人的视线，不再碍手碍脚的，滚开点儿

Be on somebody's back  老是找某人的麻烦/老是追在某人背后，（干啥呀？）找事呗

Tech savvy 精通科技的

MICHELLE07

yping88 发表于 22-9-2013 20:00

                               
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Get in somebody's face  碍眼/碍手碍脚的/让人讨厌/在人家脸前晃来晃去的，

Get out of somebody' ...

back 怎么表达有支持的意思？

ubuntuhk

yping88 发表于 20-9-2013 18:32

                               
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@MICHELLE07 @ubuntuhk

I just found out the above post had been messed up in a mysterious way,  ...

yping88，sorry才看到这个帖子，我看到有一个帖子#783乱码了，你指的是这个中文乱码帖子吗？如果是乱码的话，恐怕比较难恢复。

yping88

My apology to you all for not getting back to you on time.

I accidentally left my status online when I wasn't really around. Now, I am on the mobile device, so I couldn't really get back to you all individually.

Yes, @MICHELLE07

BACK got STAND UP FOR component in it, but used as BACK SOMEBODY UP.

Hope I answered the question.

yping88

Thanks, @ubuntuhk  for your attention on my request.

I'll get back to you later on that tonight.

Gotta go now! Enjoy your day!

cloudynewlife

今天和同事讨论Adelaide的天气忽冷忽热 同事最后说 it will grow on you.  这句不太理解 是说 你会喜欢的？

yping88

Put someone on a guilt trip for doing something  让某人为做某事而感到内疚

Call it a quit 取消/停止

yping88

cloudynewlife 发表于 23-9-2013 14:06

                               
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今天和同事讨论Adelaide的天气忽冷忽热 同事最后说 it will grow on you.  这句不太理解 是说 你会喜欢的？

From the context, I guess it might make a bit more sense if we say 你慢慢会适应的

Please let me know if you think otherwise, @cloudynewlife

yping88

yping88 发表于 19-9-2013 20:44

                               
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[quote]MICHELLE07 脗路脗垄脗卤脙颅脙鈥溍兣

Dear @MICHELLE07

@ubuntuhk said this post couldn't be retrieved any more due to how it was changed. I would have no choice but let it go.

In my wild guess (胡乱猜测), maybe it had been hacked by @dcxg , who has been always on a campaign to stop me posting the Indian English.

So, I always get a hint that he has something to do with this hacking!

I'll make an enquiry into this matter, @dcxg

MICHELLE07

yping88 发表于 23-9-2013 16:49

                               
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Dear @MICHELLE07

@ubuntuhk said this post couldn't be retrieved any more due to how it was cha ...

哈哈哈哈！那个家伙嫉妒你写的那一段真情流露的美好文字了…
不过没关系，我读过，有印象，已经记在心里，不麻烦技术员了。

yping88

One of my patients got a visitor sitting in her bedside, I walked in introducing myself and asked him who he was.

He said: My name is John, Mary's son-in-law---Actually the best son-in-law!

Mary: Hmmm, I'm not so sure about that. I only got one child and have no other son-in-law to compare him with. Haaahaaa

After all the laughters, I said to John if I could check Mary's blood pressure.

John: Oh, why bother? I can tell you straight away her blood pressure will go right up!

Me: How so?

John: Because I am around and I am her headache!

浮云云艾米莉

hapless   \HAP-lus\   adjective
: having no luck : unfortunate

Examples:
The hapless cashier could not seem to get anything to work correctly that day.

"Texas batted around in the ninth against Los Angeles' hapless bullpen—with help from two more stolen bases." — From an Associated Press article by Greg Beacham, August 7, 2013

Did you know?
"Hapless" literally means what you'd expect it to mean: "without hap"—"hap" being another word for "fortune" or "luck." "Hap" derives from the Old Norse word for "good luck." ("Happen" and "happy" are also descendants of the same ancient root word.) English has several words to describe those lacking good fortune, including "ill-starred," "ill-fated," "unlucky," and "luckless," a word formed in parallel to "hapless" by adding the suffix "-less." "Ill-starred" suggests bringing calamity or the threat of a terrible fate ("the ill-starred year the Great Depression began"). "Ill-fated" refers only to being doomed ("the ill-fated voyage of the Titanic"). "Luckless" and "unlucky" usually apply to a person or thing notably or chronically unfortunate ("the luckless investor lost all her money" and "an unlucky man who failed at everything he tried").

ozgeelong

英语精英  都集合在这里啊  菜鸟也来关注了

ozgeelong

MICHELLE07 发表于 7-5-2013 21:52

                               
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再发一篇偏女性化的吧.

The Weekend - Breaking Up(分手) (C0281)

blind date 就理解成相亲啦 嘻嘻

ozgeelong

我决定拿个本子  专门学习这个版块的英语  老师们 你们多分享点好东西啊

MICHELLE07

EmilyS 发表于 24-9-2013 21:13

                               
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hapless   \HAP-lus\   adjective
: having no luck : unfortunate

艾米莉人气好旺啊，粉丝也带来了。
欢迎吉朗的朋友ozgeelong。
你以后上论坛跟着yping88就对啦

ozgeelong

MICHELLE07 发表于 24-9-2013 21:45

                               
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艾米莉人气好旺啊，粉丝也带来了。
欢迎吉朗的朋友ozgeelong。
你以后上论坛跟着yping88就对啦

哈哈 版主 我以后肯定跟贴  支持到底！ 每天还可以提高英语

yping88

MICHELLE07 发表于 24-9-2013 21:45

                               
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艾米莉人气好旺啊，粉丝也带来了。
欢迎吉朗的朋友ozgeelong。
你以后上论坛跟着yping88就对啦

Here you are, Michelle!

I just read your application post in Financial column today, I gotta admit that @MICHELLE07 You blew my mind by every topic you hosted.

You seem to be on top of every game, and what's more important is that you are passionate about what you do and you care!

You are the wonder that will take me forever to figure out, but I enjoy this privilege to explore this answer!

dorolam

有个鬼婆同事夸我说"You are a jem."解释给我听说是像珍宝一样。辞典里没有这个词，是澳洲俚语。

yping88

dorolam 发表于 24-9-2013 22:17

                               
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有个鬼婆同事夸我说"You are a jem."解释给我听说是像珍宝一样。辞典里没有这个词，是澳洲俚语。

I couldn't find YOU ARE A JEM either, but when I googled this expression, YOU ARE A GEM popped out and is given the same meaning your colleague was trying to put.

I wonder if that could be it!

BTW, @dorolam I bet you must enjoy a great reputation in your workplace and well respected for what you have done!

ozgeelong

newozer 发表于 7-5-2013 16:25

                               
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抢沙发
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
早知道不急着抢沙发了。。。 ...

Don’t get carried
away  这是不是走火的意思？

dorolam

yping88 发表于 24-9-2013 22:24

                               
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I couldn't find YOU ARE A JEM either, but when I googled this expression, YOU ARE A GEM popped o ...

Good on you! Yes, I guess you are right: gem instead of jem. Thank you for sharing.