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Hello Feifei. I didn't know you shopped at this supermarket too.
你好，菲菲。我不知道你也在这家超市购物。
Hi Finn. Usually I don't. But it's close to the office and I have to rush home to welcome an important guest.
你好，芬恩。一般我不在这里买东西。但是这里离办公室很近，我要马上回家去接待一位重要的客人。
Who is it? Someone I know?
客人是谁？我认识的人吗？
No, it's my landlady.
你不认识，客人是我的房东。
She's coming to collect some of her post and… well, I want to make her like me because next month, the contract on my flat is due to be renewed and she might want to increase the rent.
她要过来取邮件……嗯，我想给她留个好印象，因为我下个月要续签公寓的合同，她想涨租金。
Yeah, I see what you mean. So you'd better butter her up then!
我明白你的意思了。所以你最好去奉承一下她！
Butter? Oh, yes. But I'm a pretty bad cook. If I baked a cake it would probably be horrible!
黄油？哦，对。不过我厨艺不好。如果我烤蛋糕可能会很可怕！
No. I don't mean butter for a cake.
不是。我不是说蛋糕里的黄油。
In English, when you say you'll 'butter someone up', you mean you'll be especially nice to them in the hope they'll do something good for you in return.
在英语中，butter someone up的意思是你要对某人特别好，希望他们做好事来回报你。
Oh, I see. So I'll be nice to her and pay her compliments so that she likes me and keeps the rent low.
哦，我明白了。所以我要对她好，称赞她，这样她就会喜欢我，然后她就会继续给我低房租。
I'll 'butter her up'! But isn't it a bit insincere?
我要去讨好她！但是这样会不会有点虚伪？
Well, it can have a negative connotation, yes.
嗯，这个短语可能会有负面含义。
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Hello Feifei. I didn't know you shopped at this supermarket too.
你好，菲菲。我不知道你也在这家超市购物。
Hi Finn. Usually I don't. But it's close to the office and I have to rush home to welcome an important guest.
你好，芬恩。一般我不在这里买东西。但是这里离办公室很近，我要马上回家去接待一位重要的客人。
Who is it? Someone I know?
客人是谁？我认识的人吗？
No, it's my landlady.
你不认识，客人是我的房东。
She's coming to collect some of her post and… well, I want to make her like me because next month, the contract on my flat is due to be renewed and she might want to increase the rent.
她要过来取邮件……嗯，我想给她留个好印象，因为我下个月要续签公寓的合同，她想涨租金。
Yeah, I see what you mean. So you'd better butter her up then!
我明白你的意思了。所以你最好去奉承一下她！
Butter? Oh, yes. But I'm a pretty bad cook. If I baked a cake it would probably be horrible!
黄油？哦，对。不过我厨艺不好。如果我烤蛋糕可能会很可怕！
No. I don't mean butter for a cake.
不是。我不是说蛋糕里的黄油。
In English, when you say you'll 'butter someone up', you mean you'll be especially nice to them in the hope they'll do something good for you in return.
在英语中，butter someone up的意思是你要对某人特别好，希望他们做好事来回报你。
Oh, I see. So I'll be nice to her and pay her compliments so that she likes me and keeps the rent low.
哦，我明白了。所以我要对她好，称赞她，这样她就会喜欢我，然后她就会继续给我低房租。
I'll 'butter her up'! But isn't it a bit insincere?
我要去讨好她！但是这样会不会有点虚伪？
Well, it can have a negative connotation, yes.
嗯，这个短语可能会有负面含义。
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