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Let's get some Chinese take-out.（我们叫些中餐外卖吧。）
- Let's order some Indian takeout
He took the book out of his bag.（他从包里拿出书。）
- He took out the book from his bag
He took out a loan to buy a car.（他贷款买了一辆车。）
- He bought a car with a loan
She's going out with John tonight.（她今晚和约翰约会。）
- She's going on a date with John tonight. (这是最直接、最常用的表达方式)
The storm took out the power.（暴风雨切断了电力。）
- "The storm cut off the power."
He wanted to take out his anger on someone.（他想找人发泄怒气。）
- He wants to take out his anger on someone.
- He wants to learn a new language.
She took down the curtains to wash them. (她把窗帘/ˈkɜːrtn/取下来洗)
- She took the curtains down to wash them.
She drew the curtains closed. (她拉上了窗帘。)
- She opened the curtains.(她拉开了窗帘)
It's scorching out here
- It's hot as hell
- I'm about to fry
- The heat is killing me!
你怎么了?
- What’s the matter?
- What's up?
- What’s going on?
cut off
The water pipe burst, and our water supply was cut off.(水管爆裂，我们的供水被切断了。)
- My phone call was suddenly cut off.(我的电话信号突然被切断了。)
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My phone signal was suddenly cut off.
- I got cut off suddenly on the phone.
- My call got cut off.
- My phone just lost signal.
我的电话没有信号：
My phone has no signal.
I don’t have any signal on my phone.
I’m out of signal.
I’m not getting any reception on my phone.
There’s no service on my phone.