4.And is he ever coming back?
还有他究竟回不回来?
这里的ever是“究竟”,“到底”的意思。
5.The search of my sculptor. Hit a dead end.
我去寻找雕塑家。可惜没什么进展呀(简直是一筹莫展,陷入困境了呢)
6.Why would you put up with that?
你怎么可以忍受她们这么对你?
Put up with=stand=bear=tolerate
早上听一本口语Audiobook,还听到一句:Oh, Well. At least, I don't have to put up with your nonsense anymore 哦,好!起码我再也不用忍受你荒唐了(不用听你的胡说八道了)。而Blair后面说的high school nonsense,意思差不多事高中生做的无聊的、小孩子气的事情。
7.Hey…you can’t get involved.
嘿。。这事你别插手(你别管)。
如果要说“我不想把你牵扯进来”,就说,But I don't want to involve you. 如果说你的job duties involve什么什么,意思是你的工作职责包括。。。
8. Tell his teachers he’ll take a personal day.
帮他向老师请个事假。
所谓的take a personal day,指的是不属于病假(sick leave)或者法定假期(public holiday)之外的处于私人原因的事假。 你也可以说take a casual leave. 而我们平时take a personal day 或者take a casual leave 之后,往往是会被扣工资的,有些公司可能每个月有一两天的请私人事假不口工资的额度,不过如果超过了这个额度,你可以选择work overtime to compensate.如果一个人work unpaid overtime, 那么他 is entitled to take compensation leave(调休) ,还有一个说话是time-off-in-lieu,也是调休,以假期做补偿代替加班工资(overtime)的做法。