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温 故 

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Give me a break

有志提高英文的小伙伴们

千万不要错过 收 听 节 目

Definition: 

1. Also used to express contemptuous disagreement or disbelief about what has been said.

2. Stop putting pressure on someone about something.

Origin: 

A "break" was an interruption in a street performer's act used to collect money from the crowd. The term was taken up by the underworld where it came to mean the money collected for a felon on release from prison - he was given a break. A theory that the popular usage of the phrase meaning disbelief, was popularized in the film E.T.

A

Give me a break! Stop telling people how much you care about our project. I know you are giving it up by selling it to another company.

得了吧！别再到处说你怎么在乎这个项目了，我知道你已经放弃，而且打算把它转卖给另一家公司。

B

Give the children a break! They have already tried their best.

放过孩子们吧，他们已经尽力了！

C

Oh she's off sick from work today, give me break. I know she went off partying yesterday.

（最后一句依然留给大家来翻译。）

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