Chapter 16 of 20 · 2'28"
Goodbye To Her Father 告别父亲IMDb ↗
错过的道别一出现就会让人抓紧
The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two · 2020
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The story so far
Everything you need before watchingKate has just gotten the batteries back, and the village explodes: everyone is going home for Christmas. She wants Santa to meet Doug, the stranger who helped her. Santa already knows—Doug Pierce, from Lowell, Massachusetts. Kate cannot finish you're my… because the young man in front of her is her father. Santa cuts the reunion short. Before they leave, she says the goodbye she never got, then has to take the word Dad back. Watch a family motto become a True Believer's line.
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Review right after watchingsee something through
把事情做到底
cut something short
长话短说、提前结束
attagirl
好样的(夸女孩)
let someone up for air
松开好让人喘气
note to self
提醒自己一句
true believer
真爱信徒
Golden lines
A great line in its own right — why and how to use it“Goodbye, Dad.”
再见,爸爸。
两个词把错过的道别一次说完,后面立刻要改口。
Goodbye, + 称呼。
郑重道别,尤其是可能再也见不到的人。
Take care, Dad. / I'll miss you, Dad.
literary
Goodbye 托住,Dad 下沉,中间留一拍。
“Yeah, well, a Pierce always sees it through.”
是啊,皮尔斯家的人向来说到做到。
用姓氏当主语,把坚持写成家风,不解释也成立。
A + 姓 always sees it through.
用家风或团队规矩给自己打气时。
We always finish what we start. / A Pierce never quits halfway.
informal
Pierce 咬清,sees it through 连成一串。
“Spoken like a True Believer.”
这话听着像真爱信徒。
一句鉴定口吻,把家训听成信仰。
Spoken like a + 身份。
夸对方说话有某种人的派头时。
That's a true believer talking. / You sound like one of us.
informal
Spoken like 轻轻带过,True Believer 加重。
