John: Nobody's home.

Gabrielle: I know, I've been watching. I came to talk to you.

Mary Alice: Although she would need to be discrete.

Gabrielle: Keep working! What were you thinking, showing up at the hospital?

John: I had to see if she was okay.

Gabrielle: You need to keep a low profile right now.

John: Look, you and I are finished. From now on, I'm sticking with Danielle.

Gabrielle: Why would you say that?

John: I hate myself for what we did! Okay? I can't sleep at night! I've got to make a clean break.

Gabrielle: We weren't driving the car. We didn't chase Juanita into the street!

John: Well, she wouldn't have been there if we weren't having an affair.

Gabrielle: Oh, for God's sakes, between you and Carlos! Listen to me carefully, you didn't do anything wrong.

John: That's not what Father Crowley thinks.

Gabrielle: What?

John: I went to confession.

Gabrielle: Have you lost your mind? What did you tell him?

John: Everything.

Gabrielle: Including in the alley? Behind the truck stop?

John: Everything.

Gabrielle: Damn you!

Edie: Hello there!

Mr. Shaw: Good afternoon.

Edie: Ooh, well isn't this just as pretty as a picture book!

Mr. Shaw: Well, the plan is to put in a small condo.

Edie: You want to make some money, or you want to pussyfoot around?

Mr. Shaw: What do you suggest?

Edie: I'm thinking strip mall. I've run some numbers.

Mr. Shaw: Nice stationary.

Edie: Oh, it's stolen.

Mr. Shaw: What do you mean?

Edie: After my house burned down, I was staying with this neighbor, Martha Huber. That is, until the old troll threw me out. Anyway, I'd steal her stuff, she'd steal mine. Circle of life.

Mr. Shaw: So this paper is hers?

Edie: Oh, God, yes.

Mike: What?

Susan: I just came over to say I'm sorry, and I'll pay for all the damage.

Mike: Don't worry about it.

Susan: Well, so, in your mind, is the date off?

Mike: Well, you snooped around my house, and went through my stuff. Uh, yeah, in my book, that's pretty much a deal breaker.

Susan: Hold on a minute, now. I started snooping around because I found all that money by accident. And, and then, I found a gun. Are you a drug dealer or something?

Mike: Is that what you think?

Susan: Well, I wouldn't know because you never let me in. You know, there's this whole part of your life that you keep completely walled off.

Mike: I have a gun for protection, I keep cash for emergencies. I'm a good guy, Susan, and you should know that. I'm, I'm not obligated to share every little detail of my life with you.

Susan: Well, every little detail is one thing. You know, weird creepy secrets, that's another.

Mike: You know what, I don't want to be with someone who doesn't trust me.

Susan: Well, maybe we shouldn't be dating.

Mike: Maybe we shouldn't.

Susan: Do you mean that?

Mike: Yeah.

Susan: Well, I hope that, your, you know, little secret keeps you warm at night because you're throwing something really great away to protect it!

妙语佳句，活学活用

1. keep a low profile

所谓“做人要厚道，行事要低调”，keep a low profile 就是“Stay out of public notice, avoid attracting attention to oneself.保持低调”。例如：

The government is trying to keep a low profile on this issue.
政府力图在这个问题上保持低姿态。

Keep a low profile until the trouble over your activities is past.
在跟活动有关的麻烦事过去之前，你不要抛头露面。

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.