Betty: Good thing I just took a leak, or this could have gotten really ugly.

口語句型：Good thing that+從句。

Ps：此句型表示“事情好在......幸運的是......”，表示出一種幸運的意味。例如：

Good thing that you have finished with that worthless young man. 你同那個不值得結交的青年脫離關系是件好事。

Good thing that you broke up with your husband. 好在你和你的丈夫離了婚。

短語注釋：take a leak的意思是“小便，上廁所”。例如：

Can we stop at the next gas station? I need to take a leak. 我們可以在下-個加油站停一下車嗎？我要上一下廁所。

Pull over. I've got to take a leak. 停到路旁去好嗎？我要撒尿。

文法解析：or this could have gotten really ugly這個分句使用了虛擬語氣。是情態動詞can的虛擬語氣用法，could have done表示“在過去的時間里本可以做到的事情但是沒有做到”。例如：

I could have done better if I had been more careful. 如果我再仔細一點，我可能還考得好一些。

Betty:You moved out of my apartment two months ago, and you haven't paid any rent since?

短語注釋：move out of的意思是“搬出”。例如：

We shall move out of the town.We want to live a peaceful life. 我們將從城里搬走，我們想過一下清靜的日子。

I do not really feel inclined to move out of the house . 我并不真想搬出這房子。

此外，與之相關的一個短語可以表示“讓開，讓出道路”的意思。它是：move out of way。和get out of way意思相同。例如：

Move out of my way so that I can get in the room. 讓開我要進房間。

Bicycle bells rang all the way to warn pedestrians to move out of their way. 自行車鈴聲一路響著，警告行人讓路。

詞匯注釋：since在這里做副詞用，意思是“之前，從以前到現在”。例如：

He left home two weeks ago and we haven't heard from him since. 他兩星期以前離開了家, 到現在我們一直沒有他的消息。

Betty:Amanda,I can't afford to pay two months of back rent.

短語注釋：afford to do something的意思是“不能做某事，沒有能力做某事”。例如：

I cannot afford to buy a private car. 我買不起私家車。

There are still people in the village who cannot afford to buy a TV. 在那個村莊現在還有人買不起電視機。

這個短語還可以表示“承擔不起（責任），受不起（處罰，麻煩等等）”。例如：

You cannot afford to relax your vigilance for a moment. 警惕性是萬萬不可放松的。

I cannot afford to lose one hour. 一小時也不容我推遲。

I cannot afford to offend him. 我惹不起他。

短語注釋：pay rent是付租金的意思，back rent是指“滯納租金”，pay back rent就是“付滯納租金”。

Betty:It is not my fault that you're deaf or whatever...

短語注釋：or whatever的意思是“等等，諸如此類的”。例如：

Do you have anything to read, newspapers, magazines, novels, or whatever? 你有可以讀的東西嗎,像報紙,雜志,小說或是別的讀物？

I don't really want to be a poet, dramatist, or whatever. 我并不真想當詩人，劇作家，或其他諸如此類的人。

Betty:You are going to fix this.

詞匯注釋：fix的愿意是“修補”，后來有了“彌補”的引申意。在這里可以理解為“經過彌補而得到解決”。