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1. I don't want to step on any toes
我不想觸怒任何人
step on one's toes 踩到某人的腳趾頭，第一反應當然就是很生氣，所以可引申為“觸怒，傷害某人”
He is in a bad temper this morning; take care not to step on his toes.
他今天上午心情不好，當心一點，不要觸犯他。
I'm sorry if what I said offended you-I didn't mean to step on anyone's toes.
如果我所說的話冒犯了你，請多包涵－我不是故意得罪你的。
2. He was acting up again.
他又犯病了。
act up指的是“（孩子）耍脾氣，搗蛋，逞能”
If a child is acting up, they are behaving badly.
I could hear Jonathan acting up downstairs.
我能聽見喬納森在樓下撒潑。
Little children always act up with their parents at home.
小孩子們總在家裡和父母耍脾氣。
Her five - year - old daughter likes to act up before scores of visitors.
她那五歲的小女兒喜歡在很多的客人面前逞能。
3. I should have let you rough him up.
我該讓你對他動粗
rough作為形容詞時表示“粗糙的，粗略的，大概的”，也可作為動詞指“使粗糙；毆打”。
rough sb up指“攻擊;毆打;對…動粗”
If someone roughs you up, they attack you and hit or beat you.
They threw him in a cell and roughed him up a bit.
他們把他扔進牢房，揍了他幾下。
He was fired from his job after roughing up a colleague.
他因為對一位同事動粗而被開除了。
4. Tell him you lost the tail.
告訴他你跟丟了。
在犯罪類警匪類美劇電影當中，會經常出現tail這個單詞。它基本意思是“尾巴”，在此劇用於比喻指人作“尾隨的人，盯梢者，跟蹤者”解
put a tail on sb派人暗中跟蹤某人
She can not figure out who put a tail on her.
她猜不透誰派人盯她的梢。
He checked behind. No tail.
他看看身後——沒有人跟著。
也可作為動詞解“尾隨，跟蹤，盯 ... 的梢”，指跟蹤的人像尾巴一樣緊緊地尾隨著目標,觀察其所
tail after a suspect跟蹤嫌疑犯
I have notified them to watch and tail him.
我已通知了他們監視跟蹤他。
He tailed the spy to his hotel.
他跟蹤那間諜到他住的旅館。
5. It's an olive branch.
我是在向你伸出橄欖枝
橄欖枝象徵和平， offer / extend / hold out / the olive branch 表示“準備講和，和解”
They were not prepared to hold out the olive branch to their enemies.
他們不準備向敵人伸出橄欖枝。
.Management is holding out an olive branch to the strikers.
資方向罷工者伸出了橄欖枝。
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