S02E05

Question 1

Noun

• fake-out (= A deception or deliberate misrepresentation; a bluff, scam, or trick)
• gadget
• gizmo
• aboveground pool
• junior/middle/senior management
• manual/verbal dexterity
• personal electronics
• chisel
• (on the) house phone
• lunch hour
• stats (= statistics)
• a bar of soap

Answer 1

It was a fake-out to make sure their kids got a spot.

The job cuts are concentrated on senior and middle management.

Question 2

Verb

• strangle (= to kill someone by pressing their throat with your hands, a rope etc)
• underachieve (= to do less well than you could or should)
• overthink
• crap (= to pass waste matter from your bowels)
• finish up sth (= to complete sth)
• set sb/sth apart from
• perk up (= to become more cheerful, active, and interested in what is happening around you, or to make someone feel this way)

Answer 2

She seemed kind of tired, but she perked up when Helen came over.

There’s no doubt coffee perks you up.

Question 3

Adjective + Adverb

• underachieving
• unbeatable
• hoity-toity (= snobbish)
• soon-to-be
• obnoxious (= very offensive, unpleasant, or rude)
• mellow (= not strict, relaxed, pleasant, smooth)

Question 4

Collocation (verb+noun)

• beat (dad’s) record
• send a message to someone
• surf on the internet
• check (football) stats

Question 5

Collocation (adj+noun)

• adoptive parents
• minority baby
• comfort level
• mellow music

Question 6

Collocation (adv+verb)

Question 7

Phrase + Idiom

• be locked in/into sth (= if you are locked in a situation, you cannot get out of it)

Question 8

You have the old-man hearing.
We have the young ears.

Question 9

I don’t get how one dog keeps you awake when you grew up sleeping through cockfight and revolution.

Question 10

That could be annoying.

Question 11

Don’t go starting things.

Question 12

We agree to wait till next year.

Question 13

We have got to get her into school, or else she’s gonna fall behind.

Question 14

Don’t you think I know that?

Question 15

Totally with you

Question 16

You are so involved with your little gizmos.

Question 17

What are you doing that’s so important?

Question 18

What’s a good preschool?

Question 19

Why the interest?

Question 20

My kids are middle management materials at best.

Question 21

She can wait another year.

Question 22

That’s all she’s gonna want to do anyway.

Question 23

I can probably get you an interview.

Question 24

You can’t get in there unless you know somebody on the board.

Question 25

We haven’t formally met. I’m G from next door.

Question 26

Is she coming back for it? Not unless it starts crapping money.

Question 27

Hey, there’s no need for that.

Question 28

You know what’s ironic?

Question 29

_I have never once said a word about_ the obnoxious parrot of yours.

Question 30

How the hell do I know?

Question 31

I have **called** this family meeting because the personal electronics _have gotten out of control_.

Question 32

Starting today, there’s gonna be a one-week ban on … . Anything on the internet.

Question 33

So you’re saying dad’s not going to go online.

Question 34

We gonna make this fun. Turn it into a game. Whoever stays unplugged the longest wins.

Question 35

Not what I had in mind, P.

Question 36

What do we win?

Question 37

We’re gonna get them off of electronics with the promise of more electronics?

Question 38

Don’t take this the wrong way, but I have almost no faith in you.

Question 39

That was one time.

Answer 39

那就是一次而已

Question 40

What do you want from us?

Question 41

- We’re not done here! - Yes, we are.

Question 42

She’s always _had a certain **comfort level**_ when it comes to killing.

Question 43

How was your day at work?

Question 44

The soap is under the sink.

Question 45

Isn’t it great how much time you have now that you’re not wasting it online?

Question 46

Is this what you always sound like?