2. stick with

stick with 通常的意思是“坚持做……”，例如：

-Shall we change the plan? -No, we'll stick with the original one.'
-我们变动一下计划好吗? -不行, 我们要按原计划行事。

Hang on, can we stick with that point about cubism?
等一等，我们可以继续谈谈关于立体主义的那个问题吗？

而在这个片断中，stick with 的意思是stay with， John的意思是“他将继续和Danielle 谈恋爱”。

3. make a clean break

本意是“突变（彻底的改变）”，这里的意思是“完全和Gabrielle 断绝关系”。例如：Finally, Ada decides to make a clean break with her drunkard boyfriend.

4. pussyfoot around

意思是“犹豫，怀疑，观望”，例如：Stop pussyfooting around and say what you mean. 别那么缩手缩脚的, 说说你到底是什么意思吧。

5. strip mall

A mercantile establishment consisting of a row of various stores and business and restaurants along a road or busy street; usually opening on a parking lot. 从阵容上看，有点类似我们的商业街。

6. snoop around

这里的意思是“偷偷窥探”，例如：The man has been snooping around outside my house for the whole day. 那个男人一整天都在窥视我家。

Snoop around 还有“巡逻”的意思，例如：
The house perfects often snoop around our campus at night. 学生纠察队经常夜间在校园里巡逻。

6. wall off

本意是“用墙隔开”，这里Susan的意思是“Mike 把生活的大部分都（用墙）保护起来，不让外人知道”，例如：Linda walls off her life to protect herself.

文化面面观

Confession 忏悔——宗教的仪式，心灵的需要

 Confessional 

Confession of sins is an integral part of the Christian faith and practice. The meaning is essentially the same as the criminal one - to admit one's own guilt. Confession of one's sins, or at least of one's sinfulness, is seen by most churches as a pre-requisite for becoming a Christian.

In the Judeo-Christian tradition, acknowledgment of sinfulness, in public or private, regarded as necessary for divine forgiveness. In the Temple period, Yom Kippur included a collective expression of sinfulness, and the day continues in Judaism as one of prayer, fasting, and confession. The early Christian Church followed John the Baptist's practice of confession before baptism, but soon instituted confession and penance for the forgiveness of sins committed after baptism. The fourth Lateran Council (1215) required annual confession. The Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches consider penance a sacrament, but most Protestant churches do not. [1][2][3]