Leonard: Come on, you know how it is with break-ups.

Sheldon: No I don’t. And neither do you.

Leonard: Wuh… I… I broke up with Joyce Kim.

Sheldon: You did not break up with Joyce Kim, she defected to North Korea.

Leonard: To mend her broken heart. This situation is much less complicated. There’s some kind of dispute between Penny and her ex-boyfriend as to who gets custody of the TV. She just wanted to avoid having a scene with him.

Sheldon: So we get to have a scene with him?

Leonard: No, Sheldon, there’s not going to be a scene. There’s two of us and one of him.

Sheldon: Leonard, the two of us can’t even carry a TV.

(you know) how it is with sb/sth

【釋】某人或某事是怎么回事 (原創(chuàng))

【例】This is how it is with divorce; parents usually fight for the custody of their children and property.(原創(chuàng))

離婚就是這么回事：父母常常為了孩子的監(jiān)護(hù)權(quán)和財(cái)產(chǎn)爭吵。

【例】You know clearly how it is with the teachers'evaluation system.(原創(chuàng))
你已經(jīng)清楚知道評教系統(tǒng)是怎么回事了。

Defect

【釋】To disown allegiance to one's country and take up residence in another. (the FreeDict)

叛變

【例】Hwang, it is said, decided to defect earlier this month while he was in Japan. （有道）

據(jù)說在這個(gè)月些時(shí)候，還在日本的Hwang就已決定叛變了。

【例】It never occurred to her that this respectable soldier would defect to the enemy.(有道）
她從沒想到這位值得尊敬的士兵會(huì)叛變投向敵軍。

Mend

【釋】(intr) to heal or recover. (the Freedict)

恢復(fù)，康復(fù)

【例】My broken leg is mending. (有道)

我的斷腿正在康復(fù)中。

【例】it's usually the hardest thing to mend a broken heart.(原創(chuàng)）

通常，最困難的事就是修補(bǔ)一顆破碎的心。

Custody

【釋】The act or right of guarding, especially such a right granted by a court. (the FreeDict)

監(jiān)護(hù)權(quán)

【例】Who will have custody of the children? (牛津高階)

誰會(huì)獲得孩子的監(jiān)護(hù)權(quán)？

【例】The bank provides safe custody for valuables.(牛津高階)

這家銀行提供對貴重物品的安全保管服務(wù)。

Have/make a scene (with sb)

【釋】[usually in singular] a public display of emotion or anger. (牛津)

（當(dāng)眾）大吵大鬧

【例】she was loath to make a scene in the office.(牛津)

她不喜歡在辦公室里大吵大鬧。

【例】the custom is deliberately making a scene with the seller for some reason.（原創(chuàng)）

出于某種原因，這位顧客故意在公共場合與售貨員大吵大鬧。

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