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  A: So you agreed to differ? 所以你就求同存异?

  B: That’s right. 没错。
   all told 合计;总之

  此语原义为“总计,合计”,引申为“总之”。如:All told,it was a great credit to them.(总之,这给他们大大增了光。)

  A: How many people attended today’s meeting? 有多少人参加了今天的会议?

  B: There were seventeen of us at the meeting, all told. 一共有十七个人。

  A: Issue an announcement that if somebody doesn’t attend meeting next time, his or her bonus will be deducted. 发布一则通知,就说如果有人下一次不参加会议,他或她的奖金全扣。

  all wet 搞错了

  wet原义为“湿的”,引申为某人“没经验”。All wet多见于美国俚语,意为“大错特错”。

  A: I made a reservation two days ago. My name is David Johnson. 我前天在这儿预订了房间,我叫戴维·约翰逊。

  B: Reservation? What do you mean? 预订?什么意思?

  A: I booked a single room here for tonight. 我订了一间今晚的单人房。

  B: Oh! You’re all wet, actually. This is not a hotel. The hotel is the building across the road. 哦,你搞错了。这不是旅馆,旅馆是路对过的那座楼。
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