1. Words and phrases
1) I thought about really letting Rowley have it for ratting me out like that, but then I realized something.
Rat out: to tell on someone
e.g.: I can’t believe that as my best friends, she would rat me out.
2) But either my friend has gone deaf or he’s too busy kissing the other officers’ butts to notice me at the window.
Kiss sb’s butt: 拍马屁
e.g.: The new mayor is just on duty, and he has got a lot of people following him and kiss his butt.
3) After dinner tonight, I saw Rowley and Collin walking up the hill together, chumming it up.
Chum up: To be friendly with someone.
e.g.: My supervisor has chummed up to me recently, which makes me really uncomfortable as she used to be very meant to me.
4) The best way to get back at Rowley was to get a new best friend of my own.
Get back at sb: take revenge on
e.g.: She did this to get back at me for what I said to her.
5) Fregley’s one of these kids who’s not supposed to eat any sugar, so two minutes later, he was bouncing off the walls.
Be bouncing off the walls: to be excited and full of nervous energy
e.g.: This guy got drunk. Let’s go before he was bouncing off the walls.
2. Sentences
1) I can’t believe Rowley went and backstabbed me like that.
e.g.: He is always against me, so it is not surprised to see that he backstabbed me like that.
2) In fact, now that I think of it, Rowley has been totally giving me the cold shoulder lately.
e.g.: I had a fight with my husband a week ago. Now we are giving each other the cold shoulder.
3. Dairy
Today is my husband’s birthday. It’s kind of weird this year. Usually, my mother in law will remember everybody’s birthday and give us a Hongbao early morning of our birthday. But, nobody mentioned his birthday today. So I just pretend I don’t know either and surprise him tonight. I prepared him a birthday cake and an expensive gift, Iphone 7 plus. As I am going to have a big favor to ask him, this will be a kiss his butt thing. That’s the marriage relationship. You need to flatter each other once in a while.
