雅思口语学习：‘抱怨’只会说complain吗?

　　(为什么beef 和‘牢骚，抱怨，有意见’有关系呢?据说以前美国士兵抱怨牛肉太少不够吃，所以后来beef就和 ‘抱怨，意见’ 等意思联系上啦~)

　　I had a beef with my teacher about the amount of homework we were getting.对于家庭作业的量我对我的老师有点意见。

　　Mark had a beef with his wife over parking their car. He thought she always parked it very badly.马克对他的妻子有意见，关于停车。他觉得她总是停得很糟糕。

　　And I do still have a beef with this menu - why don't you have a vegetarian option?我对着菜单还是有意见。你们怎么没有素食选项呢?

　　2 out of the picture 不相干的

　　Breakup was good for Lucy. She looks very happy with her ex-boyfriend out of the picture.

　　分手对露西来说是好的。她和她的前男友再无瓜葛之后她看起来很高兴。

　　My team is bound to lose this weekend now that our best player is out of the picture. He broke his leg yesterday.既然我们最好的队员无法参加，我们的团队注定要输掉周末的比赛了。他昨天摔断了他的腿。

　　3 fish for compliments 拐弯抹角寻求赞美

　　Jean was fishing for compliments about her outfit when she pretended she only took five minutes to get ready!琼在期盼着人们对她打扮的赞美，虽然她假装只花了五分钟准备!

　　John kept saying he couldn't run very fast but he still won the race; I think he was just fishing for compliments.约翰一直说他跑不快却赢了比赛，我觉得他只是在钓赞美。

　　Fred: Oh I can only speak a few words of French. I'm no good at languages.

　　佛瑞德：噢，我只会说法语的几个单词而已。我在语言方面并不是很擅长。

　　Jane: Oh stop fishing for compliments Fred - we know you can speak five languages!

　　简：哦，不要再钓赞美了佛瑞德，我们都知道你可以说五种语言!