实用口语:看美剧Gossip Girl学口语(8)

’s Father: You two have worked out all your issues?

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你们俩的问题现在都解决了吧。

Dan: Yeah, got’em all squared away

是的。都说清楚了。

Square away 这里相当于finish。

2 Saved by the bell.

这是一个idiom，意思是：rescued from a difficult or dangerous situation just in time by something that brings the situation to a sudden end. (From the sounding of a bell marking the end of a round in a boxing match.)

当时Serena正在步步紧逼，质问Dan，非让他说出原因来，这时候Serena的电话响了，Dan觉得如释重负（what a load off）。这其实又是一个双关（pun），因为在英式英语里面give someone a ring/bell就是给某人打电话的意思。

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