
'block sth out'就是指忘掉,抹去不愉快的事情,記憶等.
To stop yourself from thinking about or remembering something unpleasant.
Over the years she had tried to block out that part of her life.
多年來她努力想把她生命中的那一段經歷從記憶中抹去.
odd:strange or unusual 奇怪的;怪異的;反常的
They're very odd people. 他們那些人都很古怪.
There's something odd about that man. 那個人有點兒怪.
It's most odd that(= very odd that)she hasn't written. 真怪了,她一直沒寫信.
Brigade: used, always with a word or phrase in front of it, to describe a group of people who share the same opinions or are similar in some other way (主張相同或其他某方面相似的)伙,幫,派
the anti-smoking brigade 反吸煙派
'Who are we dishing today?'中的dish是'閑聊,瞎聊'的意思.
They talked all day long, dishing their classmates.
他們聊了一整天,盡聊些他們的同班同學的事兒.
要表達"說某人閑話,揭某人短"這個意思,可以用'dish the dirt (on sb)'來表示.
When the newspaper offered her $10,000, she was only too happy to dish the dirt on her friends.
報紙出價1萬美元,這是她非常樂意揭朋友的短.
lasagna:(意大利式)鹵汁面條
Chemo:化療
Yum:味道好極了! 真好吃!