281. Where are you from? I am local. I was born and bred here.(你是哪里人?我是本地人，我是生于斯长于斯) breed 喂养。一般说法是grow up, I grew up here dirt-poor. 我生长在一个贫穷的家庭。我是外地人：I am from out of town.
282. Be my guest.请便，随你的便，你想干嘛就干嘛。
283. Suit yourself. 随你的便。
284. The first step is a doosey. Watch that first step, it is a doosey. 万事开头难。第一步总是有风险的。
285. Don’t worry about that situation. It will eventually work itself out. 不要为那种状况担心，肯定会车到山前必有路的。
286. I am sorry. I’m just zoned out for some reason. Can you say that again? 对不起，不知道为什么，我有点迷糊了。你能再说一遍吗?zone out 走神，不能集中注意力。I dont know what happened after that. I just sorta zoned out.
287. tight是口语中常用的一个词汇，应该多多了解。
Airtight case 无可争辩的事实 It’s an airtight case: New green building is very energy efficient.无可争辩，新的环保建筑的确节省能源。
Tightknit 关系密切 We are a tightknit tribe here. 我们这帮哥们关系可铁呢。或者就说tight，也是这个意思：Do you know Tim? Sure, he and I are tight. 你认识Tim吗?那当然，他和我可铁了。
tightlipped smiles.皮笑肉不笑，强挤出来的笑
He is tightlipped about the information. 他对这些情况守口如瓶。
He doesnt go out with the lads so much these days. Michelle keeps him on a tight leash. On a leash的意思是牵着狗，on a tight leash就是溜狗时紧紧抓住绳索。“这些日子他不再跟见其他女孩子了，米薛看他可看得紧了。”
Just sit tight while I go and phone for help. 我去打电话求救，你坐好不要动。
Sit tight and dont move that leg. 你安静地坐好，不要老动那条腿。
Tight spot 困境： If there is a shortage of fuel, everyone who drives to work will be in a tight spot. 如果汽油供应再跟不上，开车上班族就麻烦了。
Bobs in a tight spot right now because he has fallen behind in his work. 巴伯完不成任务，麻烦大了。
You need to get your story down tight. The time for interview is limited. 你得把经历讲得短而精，因为你面试的时间十分有限。
I want to argue with him but his logic is way too tight. 我想跟他辩，但他的逻辑是滴水不漏。
288. He ran for five miles, and he even didn’t break a sweat. 他跑了五英里，连汗都不出，小菜一碟。
289. What is that all about? 到底发生了什么事?这究竟是怎么回事?
290. I am racking my brain, but I can’t imagine why you’ll make this up. 我绞尽脑汁，也想不出你为什么要编这样一个故事来哄我?
291. Pay 与payoff 意思不一样。Pay是工资，是进帐;payoff是付款，是支出。
This is my pay day. 今天我发薪水。Is that your payoff to the debt? 这笔钱是用来还款的吗?
Efforts and perseverance will finally pay off for democracy. 只有坚持、努力，民主必将成正果。
Patience has a future payoff, but impulse pays off now. 耐心的收成在日后，性急的收成在眼前。
Being a government stooge doesnt always pay off 做政府的哈巴狗并不是次次都会得意。
Payoff 也作“贿赂”解释，Payoff to the government officials is a common practice in this country. 在这个国家贿赂政府官员是种例行公事。
292. I have a little situation here. 这里的Situation意思是problem。285例句中的situation实际上也是这个意思。
293. Hats off to Andy, who teaches English for free here. 美国人唱国歌时，要脱帽。所以脱帽就是“致敬”的意思。向Andy致敬，他在这里免费教英语。如果你没有帽子，觉得说这话不妥，也可以直接说salute，Salute to Andy.
294. fired up: I am really fired up for the race. Fired up 情绪高昂，斗志高昂
295. Soup up 原指把普通车改装成赛车，现在也指改进设备。He souped up his old car. 他自己把就车改装成了赛车。The company spend billions on souped-up broadband services. 公司投资数十亿用来提高宽带网的服务质量。Souped-Up Student Housing 豪华学生公寓(指里面设施齐全)
296. coffeed up 有人早晨非得喝杯咖啡来提神才能开始一天的生活，这就叫coffee up, He needs to be coffeed up before starting his work.
297. Beef up 吃牛肉就会有力，You need to be beefed up a little more.
298. A tomboy attitude 女孩子学男孩样，假小子， As soon as she entered middle school, Xiaoli developed a tomboy attitude and got in fights. 小莉一进中学，就野得像男孩一样，常常打架。
299. I will go full out for it. 我会全力以赴的。
300. Nice job. 干的不错。 Nice efforts. 用了不少功，努力可嘉。相当于中文的“精神可嘉”，注意，这是多半在一个人失败时，或取得的成绩不理想时说的话，属于安慰语。Interesting.说这个词时，多半是委婉语，表示不太相信别人说的话，或不太赞同一件事。初学者不要随便用这个词，最好不要对别人说：Your story is very interesting. 你的故事很有趣呀。这句话听起来是说，我并不相信你的故事。
