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Gabrielle: How am I supposed to live without a car?

Lawyer: Gabrielle, listen. Tanaka is stillat large, and they're going to want Carlos toflip onhim, so this is their way of playing hardball. Now, I'm guessing that they're not done yet.

Gabrielle: Why? What else could they take from us?

Lawyer: Pretty much anything. It's all fair game if they even think they can trace it to ill-gotten gains.

Gabrielle: No, no, no. No! Some of this stuff is mine. When I modeled. Before I even met Carlos! See this, costa boda, bought it when I landed my first cover. This, I spent eight hours on a rock in a bikini for that painting!

Lawyer: I understand how you feel.

Gabrielle: No, you don't understand. I have dug myself up from dirt to afford these things, and no one is going to take them away from me!

Lawyer: Then I suggest you find yourself a good hiding place. They can't take what they can't find. Oh, and if you couldscare upthat passport too, that would be good!

Bree: Oh, hi Gabrielle! What have you got there?

Gabrielle: My china. I know how you've always loved it, and I thought you might want to borrow it for a while.

Bree: Oh! Well, that's um, very thoughtful of you.

Gabrielle: Say, um, could I store someodds and endsin your garage?

Bree: Sure! Why don't you, uh, come by tomorrow?

Gabrielle: Sooner is better than later!

Bree: Hello. Yes this is she. Yes, he's my husband.

Bree: Um, excuse me, I'm here to see Rex Van de Kamp. Apparently, he had a heart attack. I'm not sure when -

Nurse: He's being prepped for surgery right now. If you'd like to wait.

Bree: Could I at leastpoke my head in? I'm his wife.

Nurse: You're his wife?

Bree: Yes. Why?

Nurse: I was thinking of a different patient. Let me get the doctor.

妙語佳句，活學活用

1. at large

“逍遙法外”的意思，例如：The murderer is still at large. 那個殺人兇手仍然逍遙法外。

2. flip on

這里是“背叛”的意思，例如：They want me to flip on my best friend. 他們想讓我背叛我最好的朋友。

4. scare up

意思是“（努力）找到”，例如：We managed to scare up extra chairs for the unexpectedly large audience. 我們費了好大勁才為這些突然而至的觀眾找到椅子。

同樣意思的短語有：scrape together / up，例如：He managed to scrape together enough cash to buy two tickets. 他費了好大勁才湊到足夠買兩張票的錢。