Oh, please! That was a gentle nudge.

拜托，我只是给他下马威。

I warned her off Mr Barrow, that's all, but I wasn't having a go at her.

只是醒她罗先生。我没有给她下马威的意思。

Strict and clever, she gave them a talking to the moment they had sat down in her first class.

她严格、聪明，他们刚坐下上第一堂课她就给他们下马威。

A senior. Okay. Cool. Hey, Phil. Sweetie. Honey. He is Dylan, and he is a senior. You need to scare him.

高三。很好。菲尔，亲爱的。这是迪兰，他读高三。你得给他下马威。

Harry had been quite right to think she wasn't a teacher to cross. Strict and clever, she gave them a talking-to the moment they had sat down in her first class.

哈利没有看错。他一眼就看出这位教授不好对付。她严格、聪明，他们刚坐下上第一堂课她就给他们下马威。

They had got as far as agreeing that it was likely to be something extremely difficult, just to catch them off guard after a two-month holiday, when someone walked around the corner towards them.

他们一致同意那大概是一件很难很难的事情，为的是在两月的假期后给他们一下马威，就在这时，有人绕过拐角朝他们走。