小包子口语课堂：手把手教你90句超地道口语--13课

第13课

Lesson 13

73. put someone up

给某人提供临时住宿

 

◆ Can you put me up for a few days?

你能安排我临时住几天吗？

74. take someone up on something 

接受建议、邀请

 

◆ I might take you up on that.

我可能会接受你的邀请/建议。

也可以用这个表达来接受某人的打赌挑战。

◆ He bet me twenty bucks that I couldn’t get a perfect score, and I took him up on it.

他赌20块我考不好，我决定跟他赌一把。

75. keep one’s options open

等待中，尚未做决定。

 

◆ I want to keep my options open, so I didn’t sign the contract yet.

我想再等等看，所以还没签合同。

76. You might want to…(do something)

建议某人做某事的礼貌说法。

◆ Honey, you might want to trim that beard.

亲爱的，你是不是该刮刮胡子啦……

77.  You don’t want to…

告诫对方不要做某事。

◆  You don’t want to rush things.

不要操之过急。

78. catch up with (someone)

朋友之间彼此了解近况

◆ It was so lovely catching up with you.

能和你聊聊近况真的很开心。