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#1860: Setting up shop (Secretary - X)

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我自己开拉个小礼品店。

Pinyin: 
Wǒzìjǐ kāile ge xiǎo lǐpǐndiàn.
English Translation: 
I will open a small store for selling gifts myself.
Vocabulary: 

我自己【wǒzìjǐ】 myself.
礼品【lǐpǐn】 gift; present.

Notes: 

Mistakes: 拉—了


  
    

#1858: Best wishes (Unknown)

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谢谢! 呵呵。祝你和你的学校新的一年都大展鸿图!

Pinyin: 
Xièxie!hēhē. Zhù nǐ hé nǐ de xuéxiào xīn de yìnián dōu dàzhǎnhóngtú!
English Translation: 
Thank you. I hope you realize your ambition and the school becomes much stronger.
Vocabulary: 

谢谢【xièxiè】 thanks; thank you.
学校【xuéxiào】 school; educational institution.


  
    

#1856: Happy New Year (Ling)

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也祝你元旦快乐!在新的一年好运常伴你

Pinyin: 
Yě zhù nǐ Yuándàn kuàilè!zài xīn de yī nián hǎoyùn cháng bàn nǐ
English Translation: 
Happy new year, too. Good luck all the way.
Vocabulary: 

元旦【Yuándàn】 New Year’s Day.
快乐【kuàilè】 happy; joyful; cheerful.
好运【hǎoyùn】 good luck.


  
    

#1857: Best wishes (Jackie)

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谢谢你,我也祝你在新的一年里心想事成,万事如意,事业更上一层楼,事业和爱情双丰收!;-)

Pinyin: 
Xièxie nǐ,wǒ yě zhù nǐ zài xīn de yìnián lǐ xīnxiǎng shì chéng,wànshìrúyì,shìyè gèng shàng yìcéng lóu,shìyè hé àiqíng shuāng fēngshōu!;-)
English Translation: 
Thank you. I also hope everything will comply with your wishes. Wish your career will become more prosperous. Harvest in both work and love.
Vocabulary: 

谢谢【xièxiè】 thanks; thank you.
万事如意【wànshìrúyì】 just as one has wished for.
事业【shìyè】 cause; undertaking; enterprise; facilities.
更上一层楼【gèngshàngyīcénglóu】 make further progress.
爱情【àiqíng】 love (between man and woman).
丰收【fēngshōu】 bumper harvest.


  
    

#1855: Happy New Year (Corrie)

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新年快乐,事事如意

Pinyin: 
Xīnnián kuàilè,shìshìrúyì
English Translation: 
Happy new year. I hope everything will comply with your wishes.
Vocabulary: 

新年【xīnnián】 New Year.
快乐【kuàilè】 happy; joyful; cheerful.
事事如意【shìshìrúyì】 smooth running at every turn.


  
    

#1845: Christmas Eve (Newbie)

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还好啦!昨天晚上可是平安夜啊!你却工作了一晚!

Pinyin: 
Hái hǎo la!zuótiān wǎnshang kěshì píng’ānyè à!nǐ què gōngzuò le wǎn!
English Translation: 
That’s all right. It was Christmas Eve last night, but you worked for a whole night!
Vocabulary: 

还好【háihǎo】 not bad; passable; fortunately.
昨天【zuótiān】 yesterday.
晚上【wǎnshàng】 (in the) evening; (at) night.
可是【kěshì】 but; yet; however.
平安【píngān】 safe and sound; without mishap; well.
工作【gōngzuò】 work; job.


  
    

#1844: Make a wish (Secretary - W)

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倒数,零点钟声响起… 这时许个愿可以实现的噢!秘密

Pinyin: 
Dàoshǔ,língdiǎn zhōngshēng xiǎngqǐ… zhèshí xǔ ge yuàn kěyǐ shíxiàn de ō!Mìmì
English Translation: 
Count backwards. The bell will ring at midnight. Make a vow at that moment , and it will come true. Secret
Vocabulary: 

零点【língdiǎn】 Zero.
钟声【zhōngshēng】 ding.
可以【kěyǐ】 can; may; passable; pretty good; not bad; awful.
实现【shíxiàn】 realize; achieve; bring about.
秘密【mìmì】 secret; clandestine; confidential.


  
    

#1839: What's up? (Yummy)

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怎么了,昨天怎么了出什么事了吗?

Pinyin: 
Zěnme le,zuótiān zěnme le chū shénme shì le ma?
English Translation: 
Why? Did anything happen yesterday?
Vocabulary: 

怎么【zěnme】 (interrogative pronoun); how (can it be that).
昨天【zuótiān】 yesterday.
什么【shénme】 what.


  
    

#1831: Lucky guy (Laura - teacher)

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你又在泡妞

Pinyin: 
Nǐ yòu zài pàoniū
English Translation: 
You are picking up hot girls again.

  
    

#1832: Sorry you're upset (Laura - teacher)

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我知道你可能会生气,但是事情不是你想的那样。

Pinyin: 
wǒ zhīdao nǐ kěnéng huì shēngqì,dànshì shìqing bù shì nǐ xiǎng de nèiyàng. Nǐ yòu zài pàoniū
English Translation: 
I guess perhaps you are upset, but it’s not the way you thought.
Vocabulary: 

知道【zhīdào】 know; realize; be aware of.
可能【kěnéng】 possible; probable; probably; maybe; possibility.
生气【shēngqì】 take offence; get angry; life; vitality.
但是【dànshì】 but; yet; still; nevertheless.
事情【shìqing】 affair; matter; thing; business.
不是【bùshi】 fault; blame.
那样【nàyàng】 of that kind; like that; such; so.