lalaland 拉拉鍊

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Men are gonna come along and wanna teach you things. Doesn’t make them any smarter. In most ways, they’re not, but it makes them feel bigger. They can show you how things are done.

→ Bigger person - 指精神層面較高的人

→ 例句: Just apologize and be the bigger person! (就道歉吧，當心胸比較寬闊的那個人)

→ 例句: Admitting to your mistakes does not make you weak; it makes you a bigger person. (承認你的錯誤不會讓你很弱，它讓你成為一個心胸寬闊的人)

It takes a strong woman to stay by herself, in a world where people will settle for anything just to say they have something.

→ Settle - 安頓

→ Settle for something - 將就

→ 例句: Newly graduated students are settling for low-paying jobs in an economy like this. (在這種經濟之下，剛畢業的學生們都將就於低薪工作。)

Benny: What, and miss out on all the fun?

Beth: I’ll survive.

→ Miss out - 錯過、錯失，通常是用在好的，愉悅的機會上面

→ Don’t miss out on the opportunity to… (千萬不要錯過XXX的機會)

→ 例句: Stop staring at your phone. You’re going to miss out on the people around you! (不要再盯著手機看了，你會錯過身邊的人)

◆ Stare 盯著

【延伸】

→ FOMO (fear of missing out) - 錯失恐慌症

→ 例句: Although having to wake up early, Kate’s fomo got the best of her and she went to the party. (儘管需要早起，Kate的錯失恐懼症還是讓她做了較不好的決定。她仍然還是決定去參加那個派對。)

◆ Got the best of someone – 在知道什麼樣式比較好的情況之下，仍然做了比較不好的那個選擇

Beth: Let’s play speed chess.

Benny: Well, that’ll give us an edge. We can think on your time.

→ Edge – 邊緣

→ Give an edge on someone/something - 給優勢

【同異說法】

→ Having an edge

→ 例句: The final competition will take place in our local stadium. That should give us an edge on winning the game. (最終的比賽會在我們當地的運動場進行，這對於我們贏得比賽給了相當的優勢。)

◆ Final game - 最終的比賽

◆ Local - 本地、當地

◆ Stadium – 運動場

Very good. I slept on the plane, so I arrived in Paris with no jet lag. I’m very well-rested.

→ Jet - 噴射機

→ lag - 累格

→ Jet lag - 時差

→ 例句: I hate traveling. I always have the worst jet lag. How are you not tired? 我討厭旅遊，我總有很糟糕的時差，你怎麼不累呢?

◆ Travel - 旅遊

◆ Worst - 最壞、最糟糕的

→ 例句: Taking a red-eye flight is my remedy to beat jet lag. (搭紅眼班機是我對付時差的祕方)

◆ Red-eye flight - 紅眼班機

◆ Remedy – 秘方

◆ Beat - 打擊