英文講呢D: 3月 2017

2017年3月30日星期四

點答 "how do you like your steak?"

係外國餐廳食牛扒, 實會問你how do you like your steak?

rare 差唔多係生
medium-rare 大概3成
medium 大概5成
well-done 熟哂
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點答 "How do you like your eggs?"

係餐廳人地問你how do you like your eggs...有咩揀呢?

scrambled 炒蛋

sunny side up 太陽蛋
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over easy 荷包蛋 (over medium/hard 就係蛋黃半生熟/熟哂)
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hard boiled 烚蛋
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soft boiled 流心蛋
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poached 水煮蛋
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2017年3月29日星期三

"ghosting" 即係咩?

Ghosting

冇講明分手, 但又完全唔見左人

如果你"男/女朋友" 無啦啦唔應機，消失得無影無蹤，你好可能比人ghosted on左啦

網上雜誌bustle 就總結左7個準備ghost on you 嘅徴兆, 希望你隔離果個冇中啦

1. Never text first 只有你搵佢, 佢唔會搵你先
2. Cut dates short 出黎無啦啦早走
3. Vanish from dating apps 消失左係tinder或者其他dating apps(如果你地係apps識）
4. They're always busy 好忙係佢嘅口頭禪

5. Ignore your hanging out invitation 唔肯出黎
6. Short and simple text 講完一堆野佢覆你k
7. Far-fetched excuses 無厘頭嘅籍口(我隻狗頭先跌左落樓梯所以而家出唔到黎呀)

https://www.bustle.com/articles/101972-7-signs-someone-is-about-to-ghost-on-you-because-you-should-always-be-prepared-for

"點指兵兵" 英文係咩?

玩捉依欣要揀一個人做捉, 點指兵兵英文個版本係點樣?

Eeny, meeny, miny, moe
同中文一樣，每一個音就指一個人，點到最後就揀果個人

成段有好多唔同版本, 其中一個就係,

Eeny, meeny, miny, moe,

Catch a tiger by the toe,

If he hollers, let him go,

Eeny, meeny, miny, moe.

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"Bring you SO" 即係咩?

I'm having a party next week. Bring your SO!
下星期開party, 帶埋你男/女朋友啦

S.O.
significant other

好多人而家都會用SO黎指你嘅另一半，就唔駛講明性別

除左S.O., spouse 就指已經結左婚嘅伴侶啦

"我好快返" 英文可以點講?

出門口同另一半講"我好快返架啦", 可以講,

Before you know it

I will be back before you know it.

仲有其他idioms都係"好快"嘅意思

In the blink of an eye
Monday comes in the blink of an eye.

Split second
Weekend passed in a split second.

"生人唔生膽" 英文點講?

Scaredy-Cat

就係形容緊啲生人唔生膽, 咩都驚嘅人, 咩都嚇親佢

You are such a scaredy-cat. It was just a shadow.

仲有好多idioms都係同動物有關!

sick like a dog

病得好西利

Don't bother calling him. He is sick like a dog.

chicken out
縮沙

He was going to jump off from here but he chickened out.

let the cat out of the bag
唔小心爆左秘密

We prepared a surprise party but she just let the cat out of the bag.

2017年3月28日星期二

唔同髮型英文點講?

你又知唔知唔一啲同頭髮有關嘅英文呢🌝
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陰（留海）
英式：fringe
美式：bangs

女仔清爽短髮
Pixie cut

髻
Chignon
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孖辮
Pigtail
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braid辮
braid 都分左好多種

fishtail braid
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mermaid braid
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"Stockholm syndrome" 即係咩?

beauty and the beast成日比人話係Stockholm syndrome，大家又知唔知係咩黎呢？

Stockholm syndrome
斯德哥爾摩綜合症

即係講緊被害人對佢嘅加害者產生同情，開始認同佢嘅想法
好似belle開始鐘意左困住佢嘅beast咁

Stockholm係瑞典首都, 用Stockholm黎命名係因為依個綜合症係係果度發源。

"hit the hay" 點解?

除左I am going to bed, 有冇聽過人講hit the sack/ hit the hay?

I'm so sleepy. I'm going to hit the sack.
好眼訓，我訓教啦。

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點樣係心儀對象面前不失吸引力?

唔同學者做左好多實驗，總結左12個會令你係心儀對象面前而吸引力下跌嘅因素

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1. Sleep deprivation 唔夠訓

2. Being mean 黑人憎

3. Contractive body language 收收埋埋嘅身體語言(例如. 交叉手臂)

4. Stress 壓力

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5. Looking too happy or too proud 個樣太開心或者太得戚

6. Not having a sense of humour 冇啲幽默感

7. Laziness 懶得濟

8. If you smell too similar or too different from a potential partner 同對方陣味太似/太唔同
9. Dishonesty 唔誠實
10. Not being humble 太驕傲
11. If you disagree with someone's political preferences 政見唔同
12. Heavy smoking and drinking 煙剷/爛飲