5.
Gossip girl: Gossip girl's hardly a war buff, but I did cram for a quiz or two on the American Revolution. The last time New Haven was invaded was in 1779.
buff: One that is enthusiastic and knowledgeable about a subject 狂热爱好者，……迷
cram for: 临时抱佛脚
New Haven: Yale的所在地就是Connecticut 州New Haven县(本集的片名就叫做New Haven Can Wait，取自1978 的电影Heaven Can Wait)。这里的invasion指的就是1779年7月4日在New Haven发生的一场入侵战争（不要把它和独立日混淆了，《独立宣言》是1776年7月4日在费城正式通过的）

6.
Serena: The Dean made me realize that by being so set on Brown, I closed myself off to all other options.
Blair: Well, that's a lovely epiphany.
set: sure
I closed myself off to all other options: 我把自己的后路都堵死了，定型了
epiphany: (神的)显现; (对事物真意的)领悟；用在这里，就是“你终于顿悟到了”。

7.
Gossip girl: Spotted--little Jenny Humphrey off her high horse and in high demand.
high horse: 骑在高马上，引申含义就是目空一切，趾高气扬、自以为很了不起。get off your high horse就是不要摆架子的意思。
in demand: 有需要，销路好。整句话的意思是Jenny不但没有架子，而且很受欢迎。

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8.
Blair: Do you know how rare a pair is from that era? I had someone at Christie's put them on hold just in case.
put them on hold:保留，留货。Blair注意到院长的秘书很喜欢收集瓷猫，就让克里斯蒂拍卖行的人留了一套很罕见18世纪的瓷猫。
just in case:以防万一，万一有需要的话

9.
Nate: Where have you been?
Chuck: I got tied up.
Nate: Hey, look. You wouldn't want to leave tonight, would you? I mean, I think I am completely done with this place.
Chuck: Did you strike out?
Nate: More like abruptly thrown out. People here know who I am. They know all the stuff about my Dad.
I got tied up: 我有事情脱不开身。
be done with: 我受够了
strike out: 棒球赛里就有strike out这个说法。如果一个击球手三次击球不中，他就strike out，也就是“三振出局”。所以，strike out的意思是，一件事做了几次也不成功。有个跟它意思相反的词组叫做pull it off, 意思是出人意料地做成了一件很困难的事情。

10.
Blair: You know on paper you're not Yale material. Could it be your face on "page six," your name everywhere? Face it, Serena. Yale needs to up their Q Rating, just like all the other schools, and they're gonna use girls like you to do it.
You’re not Yale material: 你不是读Yale的料
Q rating: 又叫做Q Score，用来衡量品牌、公司、名人或者电视剧的受欢迎程度的一种指标。不同于Nielsen(尼尔森)等指标，Q Score不但表示有多少人正在收看或者使用被调查的对象，还能反应人们对它的感受。

11.
Nate: Missed you last night(昨天你没来，没等到你).
Chuck: Did you?
Nate: Or was it your plan all along just to get me out of the way(把我支开)?
Chuck: You should be glad. Those guys were coming for you(冲着你来的). I saved your ass.
Nate: You didn't have to send them after Dan.
Chuck: Two birds, one stone(一石二鸟). Seemed good to me.


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