👉 phub  my  phone 滑手機

phub [fʌb]    顧低頭滑手機,不顧身旁人事物  to ignore someone or not give your full attention to someone because you are looking at your mobile phone
I went out for a date with Johnny and he didn't stop phubbing me the whole time
it was so rude
I ended up leaving early

phubber    低頭族

 

👉 break  out  the  bubbly (champagne)  開香檳

 

👉 use  credit  card     刷卡

Do you accept / take credit cards here?   

AJeff just proposed to Cindy!Let’s break out the bubbly tonigh!
B
But I don’t have enough cash with me
A
That’s fineWe can use credit card here

 

👉 brew coffee   煮咖啡

brew   泡(咖啡、茶)  If you brew tea or coffee, you make it by pouring hot water over tea leaves or ground coffee

make coffee   沖泡(即溶)咖啡

 

👉 pursue = go after   追求(女生)  to try very hard to persuade someone to have a relationship with you 

 

👉 hang up the phone / cut the call   掛電話
AI heard that you are going after Tiffany recently。Did you grab opportunities to ask her out? 
B
Don’t mention it!She hangs up my phone every time I call her 

hang up   掛電話   If you hang up or you hang up the phone, you end a phone call. If you hang up on someone you are speaking to on the phone, you end the phone call suddenly and unexpectedly

➢ hang up on someone 掛某人電話

answer / pick up the phone   接電話

 

👉 clock in   打卡上班  When you clock in at work, you arrive there or put a special card into a device to show what time you arrived
A
It’s already 9 o’clock!I need to clock in immediately or the boss will kill me
B
Come on!You’re exaggerating!Our boss is a really nice person

✔ exaggerate 誇飾、誇大

clock out   打卡下班

 

👉 cut in line    插隊
Heydon’t cut in line ! Wait in lineplease!

➢ wait in line = stay in line 排隊

 

👉 slack 
Stop 
loafing meokay?

slack(v)    鬆懈    If someone is slacking, they are not working as hard as they should
Everyone slacks at the end of the week

slacker    原本指懶惰的人,可以引申為「雷隊友」 

 

👉 PDA = Public display of affection    放閃   PDA Couples operate in public areas, and they display affection such as holding hands, kissing etc. They do this to rub it in single people's faces that they don't have a boyfriend/girlfriend
Oh Jesus
no PDA in my house!It’s really annoying

 

👉 veg(v)  耍廢 to relax in a mindless way
Give me a break!I just want to veg now

 

👉 wardrobe malfunction[ˈwɔrˌdrob mælˈfʌŋkʃən]  走光 
You just suffered from a wardrobe malfunction。You should be more cautious

✔ wardrobe 衣櫥

 

👉 standby / waiting list     候補名單
ACan you put me on the standby list?
B
Surebut there are eight people ahead of you on the list

➢ put on the standby list(waiting list) 候位

 

👉 pay in installments[ɪnˈstɔl·mənt]  分期付款
You can pay for your iPad in monthly installments

 

👉 form = develop a habit  養成習慣
It takes 21 daysthat is three weeksto form a habitSo stick to it

✔ stick to it 堅持


 

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