weird somebody out: if something weirds you out, it is so strange that it makes you feel uncomfortable or worried
例：
I don't mean to weird you out.（我不是故意恶心你。）
That movie totally weirded me out.（看完这部电影我感觉很憋屈。）
1. Hi, Mike. I brought you a little housewarming gift.
housewarming: a party that you give to celebrate moving into a new house
例：
Are you coming to Jo's housewarming on Friday?（周五你会不会去乔的乔迁派对？）
a housewarming party（乔迁派对）
throw together: to make something such as a meal quickly and not very carefully
例：
He threw some dinner together for his friends.（他胡乱做了点吃的招呼朋友。）
There's lots of food in the fridge - I'm sure I can throw something together.（冰箱里有很多食材，我肯定能整点吃的出来。）
1. That's great. I'd invite you both in, but I was sort of in the middle of something.
be in the middle of (doing) something: to be busy doing something
例：
She was in the middle of a heated argument with her dad.（她正跟她爸进行激烈的争吵。）
Can I call you back - I'm in the middle of a meeting.（我稍后给你回电话，我正忙着开会。）
I was in the middle of sorting some papers when the phone rang.（电话响的时候，我正忙着整理文件。）
例：
We can afford to wait a while longer.（我们可以再等一会儿没关系。）
We can't afford to wait any longer or we'll miss the plane.（我们不能再等了，再等就赶不上飞机了！）
She's already too thin. She can't afford to lose any more weight.（她已经太瘦了，不能再减肥了！）
=she can ill afford to lose any more weight.
1. Good news travels quickly. Edie Britt was the most predatory divorcee in a 5-block radius.
Good news travels quickly. 好消息总会不胫而走，好事传千里。
radius: 原意是“直径”，这里的意思是''an area that covers a particular distance in all directions from a central point''，即“方圆”
例：
More than 100,000 students live within a 10-mile radius of the university.(=within 10 miles of the university)（这所大学方圆10英里内住着10万多学生。）
There are three restaurants within a one-block radius of our apartment.（我们家一个街区范围内有三个餐厅。）
The shock of the explosion was felt over a radius of forty miles.（在爆炸点方圆40英里外都能感觉到爆炸。）
The museum is expected to draw people from a wide radius.（博物馆应该会吸引远近很多人来参观。）
It's just something I threw together.
You can't order me around like I'm a child.
order somebody around: to give someone orders in an annoying or threatening way 指挥某人，对某人指手画脚
备注：在英式英语中，常用''order somebody about''。
例：
He was tired of being ordered around by his parents and teachers.（他受够了父母和老师叫自己做什么自己就得做什么。）
You can't just come in here and start ordering people around.（你不能空降到此就对别人指手画脚的。）
How dare he order her about like that?（他怎么敢那样对她指手画脚的？！）
1. I can't afford to lose this job.
afford to do something: to be able to do something without having problems or being seriously harmed
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