If you don’t like something, change it; if you can’t change it, change the way you think about it.

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• Let's go over this again.
  再说一遍；再来一遍

• be on your best behavior 表现好

• stunted /ˈstʌntɪd/
  not developing properly or to full size
  发育不足的，生长不良的；未能充分发展的
  He’s emotionally stunted.
  他的情感不健全。

• goof off
  to spend time doing silly things and having fun, when you should be working
  In high school I just goofed off most of the time, but when I went to college I started to study a lot more.

• shenanigan [ʃəˈnænɪgən] 胡闹：嬉戏的或恶作剧的行为；恶作剧
  practical joke 恶作剧
  prankster /ˈpræŋkstə(r)/
  a person fond of playing pranks
  开玩笑者; 搞恶作剧的人

• paraphernalia /ˌpærəfəˈneɪlɪə/
  a lot of small things that belong to someone, or are needed for a particular activity
  私人（小）物品；〔某项活动所需的〕用具，装备
  an electric kettle and all the paraphernalia for making tea and coffee
  一把电水壶以及沏茶和煮咖啡的全套用具
  travelling paraphernalia
  旅行装备

• be cut out for / be cut out to be sth
  to have the qualities that you need for a particular job or activity
  适合做某事，是做某事的材料
  In the end, I decided I wasn’t cut out for the army.
  我最后得出结论，自己不是当兵的材料。
  Are you sure you’re really cut out to be a teacher?
  你确定你真的适合做教师吗？

• in lighter news 说点轻松的事

• overly /ˈəʊvəlɪ/，副词，太，非常，极为
  I’m not overly fond of cats.
  我不大喜欢猫。

• heightened，形容词，增加的，加强的，加大的
  She looked at him with heightened interest.
  她兴趣浓厚地看着他。
  heightened awareness 敏锐的洞察力
  heightened senses 敏锐的感官
  unusually heightened senses 异乎常人的感官

• tune out，不理睬，置之不理，to ignore or stop listening to someone or something
  tune sb/sth out
  I learned to tune out the background noise.
  我学会了对背景杂音充耳不闻。

• wrestle with sth，动词，使劲搬动、移动，to move something or try to move it when it is large, heavy, or difficult to move
  Ray continued to wrestle with the wheel.
  雷一直使劲扳方向盘。

• scrape against 摩擦，擦伤；刮坏，to rub against a rough surface in a way that causes slight damage or injury, or to make something do this
  I heard the side of the car scrape against the wall.
  我听到汽车的侧面蹭着墙了。

• strong suit，特长, 专长，strength 也是这个意思
  Compassion is not Jack's strong suit.
  怜悯之心不是杰克的长处。

• sth makes one's skin crawl ......令某人起鸡皮疙瘩
  sth gives sb goose bumps 也是“令某人起鸡皮疙瘩”的意思
  I mean, that is just astounding, kind of gives me goose bumps.
  这太令人震惊了，有点让我起鸡皮疙瘩。

• Don't get the wrong idea.
  别误会。

• fold sth into even thirds 把......按三等分折叠

• give sb to understand sth，使某人理解或相信某事

• brave，动词，to deal with a difficult, dangerous, or unpleasant situation，勇敢地面对
  I decided to take the train to work rather than brave the traffic.
  我决定乘火车上班，不和拥挤的交通死拼。

• the elements（尤指强风、暴雨等）恶劣天气, 自然力
  the weather, especially strong winds, heavy rain, and other kinds of bad weather
  There was no barrier against the elements.
  不存在抵挡这些自然力的屏障。

• brave the elements/weather etc (=go out in bad weather)不顾天气恶劣
  Shall we brave the elements and go for a walk?
  别管这坏天气，我们去散步吧，好吗？

• permission slip，批准表，同意书（需要家长签字，用来同意孩子进行校外活动，比如“校外实地考察旅行”等）

• tautology /tɔːˈtɒlədʒɪ/（不必要的）同义反复，冗辞，赘述
  a statement , sentence etc in which the meaning is repeated in an unnecessary way

• Fun fact, + 一个句子
  有趣的是......

• get it over with，这个短语用于”叫某人赶快做某事，尤其是令人不愉快的事情“

• fixate on /ˈfɪkseɪt/ 痴迷, 依恋
  acquire such an obsessive attachment to
  It is important not to fixate on animosity.
  重要的是不要抱着敌意不放。

• get yelled at by sb 被某人臭骂一顿

• bench（球赛中）不让…上场
  to not allow a sports player to play in a game, or to remove them from a game
  Anderson has been benched until his injury has healed.
  安德森伤势未好，不能上场。

• break up a fight 阻止打架，拉架 = try to stop people from fighting each other

• elbow，动词， 用肘挤开（某人）
  to push someone with your elbows, especially in order to move past them
  She pushed through the crowd, elbowing people out of the way .
  她用肘把人们推开，从人群中挤了出来。

• take it out on sb 把气撒在某人身上
  Don't take it personally, and please don't take it out on them.
  不要往心里去，也不要把气出在他们身上。