(Sheldon takes his eggs and sits down.Takes a photograph of them. Writes in his notebook, then takes a forkful.Writes in notebook again.)

Sheldon: Use new eggs. (There is a knock on the door).

Penny (popping her head round): Hi, hey.I’m running out to the market, do you guys need anything?

Sheldon: Oh, well this would be one of those circumstances that people unfamiliar with the law of large numbers would call a coincidence.

Penny: I’m sorry?

Sheldon: I need eggs. Four dozen should suffice.

Penny: Four dozen?

Sheldon: Yes, and evenly distributed amongst brown, white, free range, large, extra-large and jumbo.

Penny: Okay, one more time?

Sheldon: Never mind, you won’t get it right, I’d better come with you.

Penny: Oh, yay!


suffice
【释】to be enough for somebody/something
足够，绰绰有余
【例】An hour should suffice for the journey.
一小时足够走完那段路程了。
【例】Generally a brief note or a phone call will suffice.
总得来说，一个简短的留言条或者一个电话就足矣了。


amongst
【释】being included or happening in groups of things or people
在...之间，之中
【例】A British woman was among the survivors.
一个英国女人在获救者名单之中。
【例】Discuss it among yourselves (= with each other) first.
在你们之间想来讨论一下。

free-range
【释】connected with a system of farming in which animals are kept in natural conditions and can move around freely
自由放养式，而非圈养式
【例】free-range chickens/eggs
自由放养的小鸡/鸡蛋


jumbo
【释】of great mass; huge and bulky
巨大的
【例】a jumbo jet/shrimp
一架巨大的喷气式飞机/一个巨大的虾

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