Desperate Housewives S01E11 Part01：绝望的主妇精学版S01E11第一部分课堂学习笔记Move on with one’s life：生命继续向前
End in/ end up with: 向…告终
Walk out on sb: 弃某人而去
Throw oneself at someone: 对某人投怀送抱
Get in over one’s heads: deeply involved in a difficult situation, you’re beyond the point of being able to control or cope any longer.
Keep one’s distance to sb:/ keep a wide berth to someone.
You should wear something that is less revealing.
Disparage / despise: 贬低、蔑视、鄙视、轻视 evasive 区间的概念
Cruel, offensive, downright mean.
Completely, totally, utterly, solely, thoroughly, entirely, absolutely, downright,
Mean:
贬义：刻簿的、对人不友好的；吝啬的、小气的
褒义：熟练的、出色的
中性：平均的、均等的
名词：目的、手段; 方式、方法
动词：意识着、注定怎么着
There nothing can’t be solved by a mean cup of tea. （Me before you）
We strive to find you the most effective means at the lowest cost.
Vanish：
- 对人，是指感官上体会不到了的消失。
- 对物，物种的消失
Weirdo / eccentric [ɪk’sentrɪk] ：怪人、性情反常的人
Family resemblance: 家族的相似性
英语谚语：
Apple from the tree: 有其母/父 必有其子/女
Let bygones be bygones. 好汉不提当年勇
Set out to do sth：打算做什么事，着手做什么事
Sludge: 工业废渣
Cut corners：偷工减料
Bottom of the barrel:
The point being:
We all have to take our lumps before we come into our own, makes getting there all the more sweet.
You know the drill:
It just takes a while to become apparent.
Hand out flyers：派发传单
I can only imagine：宾语从句
Intense bond：强烈的纽带
Connect at the prime level：
Feel the sensation:
Paramount importance.
That is when it dawned on me that…
She hated her sister’s guts.
Hate someone’s guts.
Get along well
Just so we’re clear
Wretched pig: an evil, unpleasant or annoying person.
It was in that moment that Edie finally saw the family resemblance.
It be…that/who:
The news spread like wildfire
The words echoed down WL until…
Gather / assemble/ call for
Come in sympathy.
Paul wants to learn about the newest development of this incident.
Jump on sth: push sth forward in a swiftly manner.
Time is of the essence：时不我待、刻不容缓
On behave of sb：我仅代表某人
Lay awake: stay up at night
Lay claim to sb/sth: 表达对某事或某人的所有权
E.G.: And she knew right then, neither she nor Edie would be laying claim to his heart any time soon.
Manage to do sth: 设法做成某事
Make sth all about someone: 以某人作为焦点
Creep：阴森恐怖的
Roach: 蟑螂
Release / discharged from hospital.
Recuperate: (恢复、复原)
Challenging someone’s authority:
Hold a grudge against sb: 保持对某人怀恨在心
See sb/sth through：
- 帮某人渡过难关 / 看穿某人
- 将什么事情进行到底
E.G.2：She promised to stand by him. Once you make that commitment, you have to see it through. （DH S03E05）
For all I care: used to say that you are not interested in or worried about what someone else is doing / 类似表达（once and for all.）
I wish I could：I’ll see what I can
Scare up the passport:
……no question, but…even more.
In that case/ if that’s the case/ in this/that regard
