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1. Victoria: But
how am I supposed to know
if we're soul mates?
（可我要怎么做才能确定我们是不是天作之合？
）
解析：
be supposed: used to say what somebody
should do
备注：这个用法常跟“动词不定式”连用，表示“应该做某事”。
例：
You are supposed to listen to your parents.
（你要听你爸妈的话。）
I'm supposed to clean my room before I go
outside.
（我出去前要把房间整理好。）
What are we supposed to do in a situation
like this?
（这样的情况下，我们该怎么办？）
Do what you're supposed to.
（做你该做的事。）
2. Victoria: Ooh.
Speak of the devil
. Hello.
（哦哦，说曹操曹操就到。你好哇。）
解析：
speak/talk of the devil: used in speech to
say that someone you have been talking about has unexpected appeared
说曹操曹操到
例：
Well, speak of the devil! We were just
talking about you!
（看，说曹操曹操就到！我们刚刚还提到你呢！）
还有类似的说法：
''what a coincidence''
（太巧了）
例：
Hi Jack. What a coincidence—we were just talking about you.
（嗨杰克，真巧，我们刚说到你呢。）
3. Robin: Maybe he's using an adorable
kitty to
guilt you into staying
.
（说不定他想用一只可爱的小猫咪把你留住。）
解析：
guilt:
v.
to make someone feel guilty, so they will do what you want
使某人产生负罪感而去做某事
备注：这个用法常用于美式英语的非正式场合。
例：
guilt somebody into doing something
Her parents guilted her into not going to the concert.
（她爸妈想让她产生负罪感，而不去演唱会。）
4. Lily: Okay. Just kind of seemed
like you're trying to
hustle
Victoria out
of the country.
（好吧，只是看起来你好像在尽全力驱逐维多利亚出镜。）
解析：
hustle: to make someone move quickly, especially by pushing them roughly
催促，驱赶
例：
hustle somebody into/out of/through etc something
I was hustled out of the building by a couple of security men.
（我被两个保安赶出了大楼。）
He was hustled away by police officers.
（他被警察赶走了。）
She hustled the children off to
school.
（她把孩子们都赶去学校了。）
5.
Robin: Choosing
Ted
over
your career doesn't make you
un-feminist.
（放弃职业而选择泰德并不会让你觉得男尊女卑。）
解析：
over: if you
choose one thing over another
, you choose that thing rather than the other
选
……
而不选
……
例：
What is your main reason for choosing one restaurant over another?
（你选择餐厅的主要标准是什么？）
I would choose you over any other woman in
the world.
（弱水三千，我只取你这一瓢饮。）
6. Lily: Oh. Okay, okay, how much is
it,
on a scale of
never to
never ever
?
（哦，好吧好吧，它有多贵，我能买的可能性有多渺茫？）
解析：
（
1
）
scale:
规模，比例
a system of numbers that is used for measuring the amount, speed, quality etc of something
例：
on a scale of
Your performance will be judged on a scale of 1 to 10.
（将按
10
分制给你打分。）
On a scale of 1 to 10, I give the
movie a 9.
（按
10
分制给这部电影打分的话，我给它评
9
分。）
On a scale of 1 to 5 - 1 being mild
pain and 5 being extreme pain - tell me how much pain you are in.
（疼痛程度分为
5
个级别，
1
级是轻微疼痛，
5
级是剧痛，告诉我你现在有多痛。）
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never ever: used especially in speech as a more forceful way to say ''never''
''never ever''
可以理解成
''never''
（永远不，绝不）的“升级版”
例：
He never ever wanted to grow up.
（他永远永远都不想长大。）
I promise to never ever do it again.
（我保证我再也不会这么做了！）
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