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roadblock
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路障
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it takes the pressure off
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减壓
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i guess congratulations are in order
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等著祝賀你
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department head
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系主任
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anecdote
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奇聞軼事
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you should lead with that
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以此為開場白
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bring a date
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帶來女/男伴
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water molecules
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水分子
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egg proteins
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蛋白
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savor the day off
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享受休假
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a dozen should suffice
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一打就够了
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you wont get it right
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你肯定搞不對
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kowtow to mediocre minds
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屈服于平庸之流
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relay
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繼電器
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you're not leaving yourself enough space between cars
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保持車距
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let me do the math for you
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給你算算
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brake
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刹車
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pick up the refrigerated foods on the way out of the supermarket
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要結帳時才買冰櫃裏的食物
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they're shelved with the vegetables, but they're technically a fruit
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它們擺在蔬菜欄內，實際上却是種水果
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human body can only absorb so much
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人體隻能吸收這么多
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ingredient
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配料
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manganese
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錳
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buy in bulk
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大宗采購
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tampon
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衛生棉
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it doesn't spoil
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不會變質
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you're going to be needing them for 30 years
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go into menopause
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絕經
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significant savings
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省下大筆錢
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are you fairly regular
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經期正常
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scrambled egg
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炒蛋
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luminous
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發光的
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they're as good as they're ever going to be
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它們再好也就這樣拉
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thanks for coming on such short notice
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you did the right thing calling
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loom
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紡織機
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a serape is open at the sides, a poncho is closed
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毛毯不收邊，雨布收邊
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crabby
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暴躁的
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tell on me to ...
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向..打我的小報告
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he gets his temper from his father
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遺傳父親的脾氣
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lasik
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激光矯視手術
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fissionable material
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可裂變物質
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u dont feel any obligation to join in
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你沒必要一定跟著這么做
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holy spirit
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聖靈
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secret ingredient
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秘方
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lard
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猪油
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i'm jut doodling
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我只是在亂畫而已
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we're losing daylight
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要天黑了
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in our first encounter
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我們第一次見面時
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we havent been introduced
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我們還不認識
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shouldn't you be working
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你不該在工作么
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you showed a lot of courage today
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表現出勇氣
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platter
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拼盤
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statistically unlikely
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概率上不太可能
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settle for ..
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滿足于
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make it two
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我也要一個
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this is a distubing aberration
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一個煩擾的例外
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she lives across the hall from us
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i'm glad i ran into you
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太好了，正好碰到你
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string quartet
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絃樂四重奏
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cellist
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大提琴手
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they're uncomforatlbe sitting next to him
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we rehearse on Tuesday at your place
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周二在你家彩排
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hot zone
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危險區
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play cello
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彈大提琴
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advanced placement classes
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天才班
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an embarrassing failure
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尷尬的失敗
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was that supposed to be a secret
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she didnt take my order
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沒問我要點什麽餐
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neurotic
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緊張的
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this will be reflected in her tip
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an alternate and somewhat less likely interpretation is that ...
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另一個不太可能的解釋是..
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she could be offering consolation
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她也許是在安慰我
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i remain available
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依然單身
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the western hemisphere
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西半球
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follow that train of thought
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跟上你的思維
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i admire your fingering
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欣賞你的指法
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thanks for including me
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謝謝叫上我
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middle section
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中間一段（樂曲）
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just so we're clear, you understand that me hanging back to practice with you is a pretext for letting you know that ...
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我們得清楚，我留下陪你加練是一個鋪墊，爲了讓你知道..
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crude
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下流的
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double entendre
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雙關語
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impulsive
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沖動的
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pupils dilate
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瞳孔放大
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poppy seed
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罌粟殼
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a positive urine test for opiates
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鴉片鹼尿檢陽性反應
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there was no point in bringing it up
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不必說起
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be open to a sexual relationship
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im good to go
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準備好了
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i need your opinion on a matter of ...
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我需要你..方面的一點看法
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semiotics
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符號學
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linguistics
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語言學
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a branch of ...
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..的（學術）分支
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on the doorknob
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門把上
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rack
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衣架
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we really shouldnt be standing here
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不該站在這裏
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book a cruise to the Aratic
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預訂去北極的旅行
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solar eclipse
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日食
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the dates just happened to coincide
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時間上完全是個巧合
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gangster
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黑幫
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i dont know what the protocol is here
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我不知這種情況下的標準做法是什麽
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refreshing beverage
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提神飲料
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message received
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收到消息了
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someone's tampered with my equations
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有人改動了我的公示
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the sign's been changed
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符號被改動了
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that fixes the problem i've been having
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正好解决了我的問題
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if you come up with an adjective, text me
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短信我如果你想出一個合適的形容詞
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inconsiderate
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不體諒的
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she's still going to be right
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她還是對的
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pretty, very ... there's really no objective scale for delineating variations of 'good'
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pretty,very..它們間幷無客觀的範圍來區分描述‘好’的變化程度
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i'm being ridiculous
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我真可笑
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i dont believe in luck
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不相信運氣
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i'm not going to pass that chance up for ...
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不會因..而錯過一個機會
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liquid nitrogen
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液氮
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a bowl of cheerios
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一碗穀物早餐
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the biochemistry of sex
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性的生物化學原理
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dopamine in our brains is released across synapses, causing pleasure
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腦中的多巴胺在神經鍵中釋放，造成快感
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electrode
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電極
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hypothalamus
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視丘
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you're smothering me
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你逼的我無法喘氣
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how did it get on the internet
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怎麽傳上網的
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that part is true
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那倒是真的
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misjudge the restaurant
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錯誤評判了這傢餐廳
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way ahead of you
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早想到了
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the name always confused me
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該名字從讓我困惑
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who do i speak to about permanently reserving this table
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要永久訂下著張台，我跟跟誰談
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psychiatrist
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心理醫師
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was that just a generic platitude
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只是种習慣性的說辭
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a surpasses b
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a強過b
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a single-decker hamburger
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單層漢堡
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why are you back from your date so early
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in show business
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娛樂業
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i have something to announce
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有事要宣布
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what's your announcement
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你要宣布什麽
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i wanted you to be among the first to know
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我想你們最先知道
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deprive me of the opportunity to share my news with my friends
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剝奪我和好友分享好消息的機會
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sincere
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由衷的
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it's rhetorical
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是個比喻
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they're interviewing me by phone from my office, regarding ...
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i was on the radio once
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上過電臺
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catchy
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拉風的
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Hindi
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印度語
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talking points for my interview
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訪談的談話要點
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the less educated in the audience
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教育程度更低的聽衆
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look this over and tell me what's unclear to you
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看一遍，然後告訴我哪里你不懂
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it required the completion of 100 units of grad work
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它需要脩滿100個學分
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just screwing with you
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耍你的
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settle down into a relationship
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展開戀情
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different how
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怎麽特別法
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saggy
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下垂的
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i'm holding out for some fantasy
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沉迷于一些幻想
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im interested in the person underneath
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在乎一個人的內心
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may i interject
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能插句話么
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i hear you fine
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我听你听的很清楚
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the Arctic Circle
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北極圈
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masturbatory fantasies
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手淫幻想
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shall we get started
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可以開始了么
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he played a joke on me
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他捉弄了我一下
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i fell on the floor
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我跌到地上了
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he got you, you can get him back
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你可以以牙還牙阿
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admit defeat
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認栽
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poison the water supply
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在水源投毒
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there are several toxic chemicals that'd be untraceable in an autopsy
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有幾種有毒化學物是屍檢查不出的
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that's the spirit
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精神不錯阿
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he's flatulent
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胃脹氣
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i've been talking some smack about you
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我說了你不少壞話
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i asked you what our relationship was going
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我讓你想想我們之間到底什麽關係
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we've only been on three dates
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我們只約會過三次
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dish soap
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洗碗劑
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you flatter me
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你過獎了
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low-tech
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低技術含量的
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the whoopee cushion
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放屁墊
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this is essentially why you have famine in India
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這就是印度有饑荒的根本原因
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you can join us for dinner
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we'd be suffocating
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我們會窒息而死
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great selection
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選擇很多
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