Word Preparation
- long and stressful day：漫长且充满压力的一天
Yesterday was a long and stressful day to me.
昨天对我来说是筋疲力尽的一天。
I'm so tired now. I've had a long and stressful day.
我现在好累啊。今天真是漫长而充满压力的一天。 - take offense：介意，生气
They take offense at the slightest criticism.
稍微一批评他们就生气了。
Please don't take offense. I just wanted to tell you what I really thought.
请你别生气，我只是想把我真实的想法告诉你而已。 - unfortunate episode：不幸的小插曲
The match was decided by an unfortunate episode with Gattuso, but his happens.
这场比赛最终由Gattuso的一个意外而改写，这就是足球场上可能发生的事。
Eventually, everyone will forget the unfortunate episode that happened last night.
最终，大家都将会忘记昨天晚上发生的那个不幸的小插曲。 - What do you mean by that? 你（这么做/说）什么意思啊？
- What do you mean by that? 你什么意思啊？
- I'm sorry if I was misleading you. I didn't mean anything bad. 如果让你误会了，那么对不起，我没有任何不好的意思。
Execuse me? That's not nice to hear. What do you mean by that?
不好意思，这听起来不好唉。你什么意思啊？ - My bad. 我的错
- Who dropped my phone? 谁把我的手机弄掉了？
- Oh, my bad. Let me pick that up for you. 哦，我的错。我给你捡起来吧。
I did that. It's my bad.
这是我干的。赖我。 - I hope you can understand. 希望你能理解。
I hope you can understand and keep the secret for me.
我希望你能理解并且帮我保密。
I hope you can understand me, even if a little.
我希望你能理解我，哪怕只是一点点。
Grammar
Explaining yourself and apologizing 解释并道歉
除了I hope you can understand，还可以说
- I hope you can get me.
- It'll be great if you can understand ...
- I wish you could understand that ...
- I wish I could bring you to see my point.
e.g.
- I didn't mean by that. I hope you can get me.
- It'll be great if you can understand what I mean.
- I wish you could understand that I didn't mean that.
- Well, I just wish I could bringh you to see my point.