I Survived! 8 English Phrases to Use After Difficult Situations

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   In this English lesson, I'm going to teach you eight different English phrases that we use after we've done something difficult.

   在这节英语课中，我将教大家八个不同的英语短语，用于我们完成某件困难的事情之后。

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   Some of these phrases are exaggerations, where we make it sound like the thing we did was more difficult than it actually was.

   其中一些短语是夸张的说法，我们用它们来让所做的事情听起来比实际更困难。

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   Last week was my first week back at school as a teacher, and I survived.

   上周是我作为老师重返学校的第一周，我挺过来了。

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   When you use the phrase "I survived," it means that you did something dangerous or something risky.

   当你使用“我挺过来了”这个短语时，意味着你做了一件危险或有风险的事情。

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   But sometimes we use it to describe something normal, like your first week back at work or your first day back at work.

   但有时我们也用它来描述正常的事情，比如你重返工作岗位的第一周或第一天。

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