第二页:巧学口语
1. spill the beans: 泄密,说漏嘴
2. tramp: 妓女,tramp还可以指流浪汉,或者徒步旅行
She wants to go for a tramp in the country.(她想去乡间远足。)
3. really something: 了不起
His cooking is really something to write home about.(他的烹调技术确实了不起。)
4. But that was then: 但那是很久以前的事了。
5. I don't deserve him: 我不值得他这样。
He didn't really deserve (that) she should be so kind to him.(他确实不值得她对他那么好。)
6. bawl-bag: 爱哭鬼,bawl在这里的意思是嚎啕大哭,比如:a bawling baby(大声啼哭的婴儿)
此外bawl还可以表示大叫大喊;大声叫嚷
You know how I hate people who bawl all the time.(你知道我就看不惯那种成天嚷嚷嚷的人。)