31. You're in good hands.
* in good hands
32. So, let's catch up, have dinner.
* catch up
33. So, Will speaks highly of you.
* speak highly of somebody 对某人有很高的评价
34. He says you graduated top of your class at Georgetown.
*top 的用法巩固
*大学前的介词一般用at
35. Will says you clocked the highest billable hours there.
*clock something: to reach a particular time or speed
*billable: (of work done by professional people) that a client or customer can be charged for
*注意此处用highest而不是most
36. When I was starting out, I got one great piece of advice.
*start out: to begin to do something, especially in business or work
- to start out in business
- She started out on her legal career in 2001.
*过去完成时用在状语从句中，类似于交待背景
*get a piece of advice
37. And I think that goes double for you.
*go for: to apply to somebody/something
- What I said about Peter goes for you, too.
- They have a high level of unemployment—but the same goes for many other countries.
38. Not only you coming back to the workplace fairly late, but you have some very prominent baggage.
*not only... but (also)...
*you coming back=because you come back
*fairly: (before adjectives and adverbs) to some extent but not very
*prominent: important or well known
*baggage: the beliefs and attitudes that somebody has as a result of their past experiences
- She was carrying a lot of emotional baggage.
- The party has now jettisoned its traditional ideological baggage.
39. Sadly, I'm long past my quote on this one.
*sadly: unfortunately
*long: a long time before or after a particular time or event
- He retired long before the war.
- It wasn't long before she had persuaded him (= it only took a short time).
- We'll be home before long (= soon).
*past: （介词）above or further than a particular point or stage
- Unemployment is now past the 3 million mark.
- The flowers are past their best.He's past his prime.
- She's long past retirement age.
40. Prosecution thought it was a slam dunk 45 years, but the jury came back last week deadlocked.
*prosecution: the prosecution [singular + singular or plural verb] a person or an organization that prosecutes somebody in court, together with the lawyers, etc. 控方
*slam dunk: (North American English, informal) something that is certain to be successful
*jury: (also panel, jury panel especially in North American English) a group of members of the public who listen to the facts of a case in a court and decide whether or not somebody is guilty of a crime 陪审团+return/come back+结果
- members of the jury
- to be/sit/serve on a jury
- The jury has/have returned a verdict of guilty.
*deadlocked: in a state of complete failure to reach agreement or settle an argument
- Despite months of discussion the negotiations remained deadlocked.