6. The professor likes her because she knows how to please him.

教授喜歡她是因為她知道怎么討好他。

please在這里作動詞。表示使高興，討人喜歡的意思。

eg:That shopgirl is studious to please the customers.

那位女店員很想討好顧客。

7. She's very good at paying lip service.

她很會講一些言不由衷的好聽話。

pay lip service無誠意的贊美或尊敬等;施以口惠。

eg:Don't just pay lip service to what I ask of you.

對于我要求你做的事，別只是口頭敷衍。

8. Everyone in this company knows that he's trying to curry favor with the board of the directors.

公司里的每一個人都知道他想要巴結董事會。

curry favor with是討好；奉承；拍某人的馬屁的意思。

eg:He never tries to curry favor with those over him.

他從不去討好上司。

9. That guy is a real bootlicker.

那個家伙真是個馬屁精。

bootlicker表示拍馬屁的人。

eg:He is such a bootlicker

他真是一個馬屁精啊。

10. You want me to kiss his ass? Read my lips: No Way!

你要我拍他馬屁？仔細聽好：門兒都沒有！

kiss sb’s ass親某人的屁股，昨天的節目中出現的brown-noser就是kiss sb ass的后果。"kiss someone's feet" 「親某人的腳」 和 "lick someone's boots" 「舔某人的靴」等也都是蠻常用的,也有異曲同工之妙。

eg：Don't kiss me ass，even that I won't do this.

不要拍我的馬屁，即便這樣我也不會答應的。