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干货多多 助力海外
A: Finding an excuse is obviously down your alley, and trying to avoid taking care of the children is what you're good at. 
你最擅长的就是找借口，不照顾孩子也是你的擅长的。
B: Listen, Nancy, if I do not work hard, I will be laid off.
听着南希，如果我不去工作的话，我就会下岗。
A: You are passing the buck.
你又推卸责任了。
B: Play it cool. I go with you and burn the midnight oil tonight.
冷静点，我和你们一起去，今天晚上我熬夜就行了。
down your alley
正合其所长；正和某人兴趣
SYN
right up one's alley
The reading club is down your alley because you love reading books.
阅读俱乐部很适合你，因为你喜欢读书。
The math problem is right up your alley because you're good at numbers.
这个数学问题很适合你，因为你擅长数字。
be laid off
某人被裁掉
He was laid off last week.
他上周被解雇了。
Many workers were laid off.
很多工人被解雇了。
The company has to lay off some workers to reduct cost.
公司不得不裁掉一些员工来减少成本。
pass the buck
推卸责任
He always tries to pass the buck when something goes wrong.
每当出了问题，他总是试图推卸责任。
We can't keep passing the buck. We must find a way to fix this.
我们不能继续推卸责任。我们必须找到解决问题的办法。
burn the midnight oil
开夜车；熬夜
我不得不熬夜以按时完成这个项目。
I have to burn the midnight oil to finish the project on time.
Did you burn the midnight oil last night?
你昨晚开夜车了？

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A: Finding an excuse is obviously down your alley, and trying to avoid taking care of the children is what you're good at. 
你最擅长的就是找借口，不照顾孩子也是你的擅长的。
B: Listen, Nancy, if I do not work hard, I will be laid off.
听着南希，如果我不去工作的话，我就会下岗。
A: You are passing the buck.
你又推卸责任了。
B: Play it cool. I go with you and burn the midnight oil tonight.
冷静点，我和你们一起去，今天晚上我熬夜就行了。

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干货多多，不容错过~~
A: I hear you're looking for a job. 
我听说你在找工作。
B: Yeah. 
是的。
A: There's a job opening in my company. It will suit you very well. 
我们公司有个职位缺口，而且你再合适不过了。
B: That's good news. Do you know anyone who could throw his weight around for me? 
好消息，但是你知道谁能帮我使劲吗？
A: You may ask Linda. The general manager is her brother-in- law. Maybe she could put in her two cents. But you should keep it to yourself. Nobody else knows the general manager is her brother-in-law.
你可以去问琳达，总经理是她的姐夫，也许她能为你说句好话，但是你要保密，公司里没有其他人知道总经理是她的姐夫。
throw one's weight around
依仗权势；滥用权力；耍大牌
He always throws his weight around in the office, making everyone feel uncomfortable.
他总是在办公室耍大牌，让每个人都感到不舒服。
The new manager likes to throw his weight around, bossing everyone around without considering their feelings.
新经理喜欢依仗权势，随意指挥别人而不考虑他们的感受。
put in one's two cents
发表意见；给出看法
I don't know much about art, but let me put in my two cents.
我对艺术不了解，但让我发表一下我的看法。
I just wanted to put in my two cents about the new project.
我只是想就新项目发表一下意见。
keep it to yourself
保守秘密
I can tell you that, but you must keep it to yourself.
我可以告诉你，不过你必须保守秘密。
keep the secrets

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A: I hear you're looking for a job. 
我听说你在找工作。
B: Yeah. 
是的。
A: There's a job opening in my company. It will suit you very well. 
我们公司有个职位缺口，而且你再合适不过了。
B: That's good news. Do you know anyone who could throw his weight around for me? 
好消息，但是你知道谁能帮我使劲吗？
A: You may ask Linda. The general manager is her brother-in- law. Maybe she could put in her two cents. But you should keep it to yourself. Nobody else knows the general manager is her brother-in-law.
你可以去问琳达，总经理是她的姐夫，也许她能为你说句好话，但是你要保密，公司里没有其他人知道总经理是她的姐夫。

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A: Can you tell me the result? 
能告诉我比赛结果吗？
B: You missed the match, didn't you? 
你没看比赛吗？
A: I fell asleep and slept through the football match.
我睡着了，错过了这场球赛。
B: It was a tie. You did the right thing. The game was so boring.
零比零。你真是睡对了，比赛一点意思都没有。
sleep through
睡过了
I'm so tired that I could sleep through the alarm.
我太累了，闹钟都吵不醒我。
The sudents slept through the lecture, and the professor was not pleased.
学生们在讲座中睡着了，教授对此很不高兴。
He slept through his flight's departure and had to book a new ticket.
他睡过了航班的起飞时间，不得不再订一张票。
tie
n./v. 平局
The match ended in a tie.
比赛以平局结束。
A and B tie
A tie with B
A和B打成了平局
They tied in the final round.
他们在最后一轮打平。
The score was tied at 1-1.
比分一比一平。
draw
n./v. 平局；平分
England and France drew.
England drew with France.
英格兰队和法国队打平了。
The game/match ended in a draw.
比赛以平局结束。

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A: Can you tell me the result? 
能告诉我比赛结果吗？
B: You missed the match, didn't you? 
你没看比赛吗？
A: I fell asleep and slept through the football match.
我睡着了，错过了这场球赛。
B: It was a tie. You did the right thing. The game was so boring.
零比零。你真是睡对了，比赛一点意思都没有。