19-7-10 【地道美语106】有趣的美国数字俚语 Idioms about numbers

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Idioms thatfeature numbers

那些关于数字的美国俚语

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dialogue 1

Jingjing: Wow, is it half past ----------already? Mark, it's great to seeyou; but do you mind if I get some -------------before we go to lunch?

Mark: Sure,I'll--------------------------

Jingjing: How about 30 minutes? It's hard for me to think about-----------chunkof this stuff.

Mark: ------------- Jingjing. I'll go -------------at the usual place. See you theresometime before 1.

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Jingjing: Hey, Mark. There you are. Well, you got a ------------------.

Mark: Yeah. It wasn't crowded when I got here. ------------- So I ordered thisbottle of-------------------.

Jingjing: It's the --------- of the day. I definitely can't have ----------,because I still have -----------------work ahead of me.

Mark: Don'tworry. I haven't ------------- it. I'll just take it with me. It was the same price ------------------.

Jingjing: Well,ok. Say, what was that thing you said with numbers before you left myoffice earlier?

Mark: Huh? ----------------------------

Jingjing: No, I mean, something you said just before-----------------: it seemedlike a way to show you understood what I had said.

Mark: Ohyeah, that:-------- It means I----------. I think it's from two-wayradio—like, we have a --------- that I can hear the difference between--------. It usually means just what you guessed, that I clearly understood whatyou said.

Jingjing: Well, that would be harder if people were using----------in China, or -----------in Chinese over the phone.

Mark: Yeah,because those two numbers ----------- Chinese. That might have somethingto do with why those-------------------

Jingjing: You think so?

Mark: Well,it's ------------------- to me. ------------------------

Jingjing: It'd be interesting to know the answers about some of those. Oh, isthat our food?

Mark: Yep. Here it comes. I'm--------------when I have somethingdelicious to eat.

dialogue 2

Jingjing: Well, Mark, this was a--------; but I'd better get back to my --------------

Mark: Yeah,you've still got the------------- ahead of you. Take it easy.

Jingjing: Hey, before I head---------, I wonder if you could tell me------------------------

Mark: Huh? What made you think of that?

Jingjing: Before we----------, we were talking about---------------

Mark: Oh,ok. Well, a -----------is a small town, so small that there is only onehorse. Of course, the idiom comes from ------------------------

Jingjing: Isee. So it refers to a-------------, with a population of only a fewpeople.

Mark: Yeah. Even if it has --------------- now, lots of cars and even a few horses,someone could say, “I don't want to --------------in this one-horse town.”

Jingjing: Oh, --------------------

Mark: Um,actually, you can't use 10-4 after someone has------------, only whenthey've--------------------or arranged something.

Jingjing: Really? Do you know an idiom with numbers that people use toexpress understanding---------------------- to them, like just now?

Mark: Hmm, Ican't think of one---------------------------

Jingjing:--------------thereis an idiom for that.

Mark: Sure. Thanks for not giving me------------------- though.

Jingjing: Noworries. You didn't-------------explain 250. Hey, that reminds me:you'd better not -----------all by yourself, or you'll---------------------

Mark: --------------------- I'll probably give this to someone as a gift.

Jingjing: Great idea. Well, see you next time, Mark.

Mark: Seeyou, Jingjing.

New words andphrases

from dialogue 1

take 5 take ashort break, have a rest for five minutes

10-4 I understand, Iheard what you said

86 (someone) kicksomeone out of a place of business (86 something means to veto it)

all sixes and sevens somethingthat doesn't make sense

in seventh heaven veryhappy

from dialogue 2

9-to-5 aregular office job, with working hours between 9AM and 5PM