1. How were tryouts? Did you make the team?
選拔考試怎麼樣了？你入選球隊了嗎？
◆ (Collins) also try-out
★ If you give something a tryout, you try it or test it to see how useful it is.
測試或檢驗某物是否有用（試行、試用、試驗）
The recycling scheme gets its first try-out in rural parts of the county.
在該縣的農村地區首次試行此回收計劃。
★ If you are given a tryout for a sports team or an acting role, you compete or you perform a test in an attempt to be chosen.
參加某個運動隊或某個表演角色的選拔，以便能夠入選。（選拔賽、選拔考試）
...tryouts for the U.S. junior national athletics team.
入選美國國家少年體育隊的選拔賽
◆ (Collins)
◆ If someone makes a particular team or makes a particular high position, they do so well that they are put in that team or get that position.
Make + 團隊或某個職位，因表現好而入選某個團隊或得到某個職位
★ The athletes are just happy to make the British team.
運動員們為能進入英國隊而高興。
★ He knew he was never going to make director.
他知道自己永遠無法晉升到主任的位置。
2. I want us to start over. We need to put the past behind us.
我想和你重新開始。我們應該忘掉過去。
◆ (Longman) to start doing something again from the beginning, especially because you want to do it better
從頭開始做某件事情，尤其是因為你想把它做得更好。
★ If you make a mistake, just erase it and start over.
如果你犯了一個錯誤，那就擦掉，然後重新開始。
★ It's just not enough money to start life over.
這些錢根本不夠用來開始全新的生活。
◆ (Longman) put something behind somebody
◆ to try to forget about an unpleasant event or experience and think about the future
試圖忘記不愉快的事件或經歷，面向未來
★ We are trying to heal the divisions, put the past behind us.
我們正在努力彌合分歧，忘掉過去。
3. She looked so perky in her little short shorts.
她穿緊身短褲的樣子真是活力四射。
◆ (Collins)
◆ If someone is perky, they are cheerful and lively.
形容某人很開朗、很活潑
★ He wasn't quite as perky as normal.
他不像平時那樣活潑。
★ She had a perky, independent spirit.
她個性開朗、獨立。
4. Simmer down, I didn’t even go near her.
冷靜，我都沒靠近她。
◆ (Longman) simmer
◆ to boil gently, or to cook something slowly by boiling it gently
慢煮或用文火燉、煨
★ Bring the soup to the boil and allow it to simmer gently for about half an hour.
將湯燒開，然後慢慢地燉上半小時左右。
◆ If you are simmering with anger, or if anger is simmering in you, you feel very angry but do not show your feelings.
你感到十分生氣，但卻未表現出來。
★ He was left simmering with rage.
他怒火中燒。
◆ simmer down
◆ to become calm again after you have been very angry
生氣之後，重新平靜下來。
★ We decided she needed some time to simmer down.
我們決定她需要一些時間冷靜一下。