A thing: 在英文当中，相当于很多电脑语言中的占位符(placeholder)，用来代指我们说不出的具体是什么的事情。
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Author: Sue雪
Australian NAATI certified translator. Most interested in subtitling and trans-creation of websites.
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Rabbit hole: 无底洞，没休止的问题
“Rabbit hole”比喻各种无法结束、无休止的情形或问题，尤其那些越往根里寻，越发现更多疑问的东西， 或者象追读社交媒体一样，一旦迷进去没完没了了。
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Nod to: 示及，表心输诚
Nod to something: 向某物/事”点头”，英文的意思是就某样事情作一种表示，通常是对该物的珍视、心仪、敬慕、赞叹等。这里的“something”可以是任何东西，包括人、物、文化、传统、习俗等等
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Footage: 资料片, 实录片
Footage: 通常是指目击实录的、或用于记录性质的摄影片，包括拍摄电影时摄录的所有影像资料。
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Inches closer: 又迈进了小小的一步
Inch 作为名词用的时候意思是“英寸”，做动词的意思是移动得非常缓慢的意思。
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Keep my own counsel: 闭口不谈
Keep my counsel: to not say what my opinions are. 中文就是闭口不谈了。
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In uproar: 炸锅, 上下哗然
Uproar: 可以看成是两个字组成的：roar: 吼，狂喊，咆哮，尤指声音之震响；uproar: roar的名词。
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Odyssey: 八千里路云和月
Odyssey: 字典定义是“a long trip during which many things happen”.
中文没有这么个字是有同样的涵义的。要转述它的意思，必须通过描述它在语境中的涵义。
洞庭犹在目，青草续为名。
Lake Dongting is still in my eyes,
“Green Grass” is its name as we continue on.
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