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“把话说清楚” 英语怎么说?

 缘何此生只爱书 2022-08-11 发布于山东

为了避免拐弯抹角,

“把话说清楚”、“捋清楚”该怎么表达呢?

今天我们一起来学习一下~~

先来看一段视频了解一下语境~~

01 影视对接

   

了解语境,请戳视频《绝望主妇》

Gabby迫于无法支付餐费,和Sam搭讪成功,也从Sam这里吃了一顿免费的晚餐~~~

02 Subtitle

So let me get this straight. You play tennis, you know wine, and you speak Mandarin. Does every other man in the world want you dead?

I'm not that impressive. I pulled a gray hair out of my chest this morning. 

I don't know, I'd watch your back. 

You know, I've really enjoyed talking to you. Well, you've made my day. I was thinking, if you'd like to get together again. . . 

Well, Sam, to tell you the truth, I'm kind of in a relationship right now. I just wanted to be honest. 

That's perfectly ok, Tina. By the way, this is on me. 

Oh, no, you shouldn't.

Oh, please. It's my pleasure. 

滑动查看完整台词

看完视频,我们步入今天的正题,来看下“把话说清楚”、“捋清楚”究竟如何表达~~~

03 有话说

精析

So let me get this straight. You play tennis, you know wine, and you speak Mandarin. Does every other man in the world want you dead?

那么我就直说了。你会打网球,对酒又颇有了解,还会说中文。这世界上的所有男人岂不是会嫉妒死你?

get something straight

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例句:

The reporter didn't get the details of the story straight.

记者并没有将故事的细节讲述清楚

more about 'straight'

🔗 当然,如果“something”表示一个空间的话,这个意思就可以成为“收拾干净、整理干净”的意思啦~


英文释义:a room that is straight is clean and tidy and everything is in its proper place:

例句:

It took me two hours to get the house straight.

我花了两小时才把屋子打扫干净

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set/put somebody straight 

向某人说清楚情况

英文释义:to make someone understand the true facts about a situation: 

例句:

Tell him to ask Ruth – she'll put him straight.

让他问Ruth,她会跟他说清楚情况

straight face

 一脸正经

英文释义:if you have a straight face, you are not laughing or smiling even though you would like to:

例句:

But honestly, I could hardly keep a straight face.

但是,坦白说,我简直很难做到不露声色

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接下来我们一起来看片段中

还有哪些值得学习的词链儿~

04 拓展

造个句子

to tell you the truth

实话实说

例句:

To tell you the truth, I will take that job.

说实话,我打算接那份工作了。

enjoy doing

喜欢做

例句:

She enjoys reading books when she is alone.

她一个人的时候喜欢看书

get together again

再聚一次

例句:

It is difficult to get together again due to the COVID-19.

由于疫情,想再聚一次都变得很困难。

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I'm kind of xx  

我有点儿(我其实/感觉)

例句:

I'm kind of into you.

我有点儿喜欢你了。

be in a relationship

恋爱中

例句:

It's not right to two-time your boyfriend when you are in a relationship.

当你在恋爱中时,脚踏两只船是不对的。

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拿来就用

I'm not that impressive.

我没有那么优秀。

You've made my day.

我今天过的很开心。

This is on me.

这顿我请。

It's my pleasure.

我乐意。

今天的分享就到这里啦~

实用词链儿积累起来吧~

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see you~

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