To stop yourself from thinking about or remembering something unpleasant.

Over the years she had tried to block out that part of her life.

多年来她努力想把她生命中的那一段经历从记忆中抹去.

odd:strange or unusual 奇怪的;怪异的;反常的

They're very odd people. 他们那些人都很古怪.

There's something odd about that man. 那个人有点儿怪.

It's most odd that(= very odd that)she hasn't written. 真怪了,她一直没写信.

Brigade: used, always with a word or phrase in front of it, to describe a group of people who share the same opinions or are similar in some other way (主张相同或其他某方面相似的)伙,帮,派

the anti-smoking brigade 反吸烟派

'Who are we dishing today?'中的dish是'闲聊,瞎聊'的意思.

They talked all day long, dishing their classmates.

他们聊了一整天,尽聊些他们的同班同学的事儿.

要表达"说某人闲话,揭某人短"这个意思,可以用'dish the dirt (on sb)'来表示.

When the newspaper offered her $10,000, she was only too happy to dish the dirt on her friends.

报纸出价1万美元,这是她非常乐意揭朋友的短.

lasagna:(意大利式)卤汁面条

Chemo:化疗

Yum:味道好极了! 真好吃!