Desperate housewives笔记分享（1）

1. I get the picture.

get the meaning of something

2.culminate in

The families would form an everlasting friendship culminating in their daughters marrying her sons at an elaborate wedding the Scavos wouldn't have to pay for.

从此两家人家的友谊开始天长地久，而最幸福的一刻就是两个小姑娘嫁给了她的儿子，婚礼非常隆重，而Scavo家一分钱都不用出。

culminate in / with sth

if a process culminates in or with a particular event, it ends with that event达到…高峰（顶点）; 最终达到:

•A series of events for teachers and students will culminate in a Shakespeare festival next year.明年的莎士比亚节将为师生们的一系列活动画上句号。

come to a crescendo, come to a head, reach a finale, peak, climax, reach a pinnacle;

His hard work culminated in his admission into that famous college.

他经过努力学习，终于被那所着名大学录取。

3.我们总是把生命中拥有的,视为理所当然的。

We all take the gift of life for granted.

The gift is gone

4.Your fate is sealed

这次你厄运难逃了

5.The fact that you just crossed the street means the world to me.

mean the world to sb / think the world of sb if someone or something means the world to you, or if you think the world of them, they are very important to you and you love or respect them very much对某人非常重要/非常喜欢（尊敬）某人（某物)

6. you spent an hour assessing over …

7. I don't mean to babble. It's complicated.

If someone babbles, they talk in a confused or excited way. 含糊不清地说; 兴奋地说

8.I guess I do invite the drama in.

看来我真是罪魁祸首。

招致;诱发;引发；If something you say or do invites trouble or criticism, it makes trouble or criticism more likely. [V n]

I realise that an Englishman who generalises about Ireland invites trouble...

我意识到英国人如果对爱尔兰问题加以泛化的话会招惹麻烦。

Their refusal to compromise will inevitably invite more criticism from the UN.

他们拒绝妥协必然会引发联合国的更多批评。

7.安慰人时：

I share your frustration.

We all share in your grief.

For standing by me through this.

8. I'm not going to a stupid camp for juvenile delinquents.

9. It's on the top of my list.

10.I try to look past your flaws.

11.We're not exactly flush with cash right now.

15.Well, it's awfully hard to like someone who actively hates your guts.

好吧，很难喜欢一个恨你入骨的人。

16.Hearing the hollowness of her own voice, Lynette realized that it was time to get one step ahead.

听到自己空洞无力的声音，Lynette意识到要先发制人了。

17.They've figured out it's an empty threat.

18.She definitely crossed the line越界

19.It hurts to lose.

20.You have some nerve talking to me about trust.

You have some nerve talking to me about trust when you have a secret bank account in the Cayman islands.你在开曼群岛有个秘密银行帐户现在还来跟我谈信任问题，真是有些胆量。

LACK OF RESPECT 缺乏尊敬, sing.spokenif you say someone has a nerve, you mean that they have done something unsuitable or impolite, without seeming to be embarrassed about behaving in this way鲁莽; 冒失; 厚颜;SYNcheek

•He's got a nerve asking for more money.他居然有脸要更多的钱。

have the nerve to do sth

•She lets me do all the work, and then she has the nerve to criticize my cooking.她让我干所有的活儿，竟然还有脸挑剔我的厨艺.

21.Your fate is sealed.

To seal something means to make it definite or confirm how it is going to be. 确定

22.sth / sb bites spoken not politeused to say that you dislike someone or something very much or think that something is very bad某事物/某人很讨厌

bite the bullet informalto start dealing with an unpleasant or dangerous situation because you cannot avoid it any longer硬着头皮，咬紧牙关应付:

EFFECT 效果, Ito start to have an unpleasant effect开始出现不好的效果:

•The new tobacco taxes have begun to bite.新的烟草税已经开始产生不良影响。

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•The recession is biting into the music industry.经济衰退渐渐影响到了音乐行业。

23.Get tangled up in

be/get/tangled up in something phrase

to be or become involved in a difficult situation

  She got tangled up in a relationship which was bound to end in disaster.

Let's not get tangled up in legalese. We like to think of it as an extension of our caring.我们不想这件事闹到法庭上。你可以把这看做我们关怀的延续

be/get/tangled (up) with phrase

to be or become connected to something or someone in a complicated way

  Economic decline is all tangled up with political instability.

We're hoping to alleviate any further pain your family may suffer.

24.I feel so blessed to be getting sage advice from an impeccable mother like you.

能从你这样无可挑剔的母亲身上得到明智的建议我真是太幸运了

be blessed to

25.孩子带着各自的使命来到这个世界有的为了点亮了我们生活 有的为了考验我们耐心 有的为了给我们目标 有的为了照顾我们 没错  当他们降生时一切就不一样了尤其在他们不期而至之时

Children come into the world with their own agendas.

Some to brighten our days.Some to test our patience.

Some to give us purpose.Some to take care of us.

Yes, when they come,children change everything.Especially when they're not invited.

What a difference it would make in my life if I felt like I was helping people.