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，他们刚坐下来上第一堂课她就给他们来了个下马威。

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.

他们一致同意大概是一件很很情，为是在两个月假期后给他们一个下马威，就在这时，有人绕过拐角朝他们走来。

Oh, please! That was a gentle nudge.

拜托，我只是给他个下马威。

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

她严格、聪明，他们刚坐下来上第一堂课她就给他们来了个下马威。

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

只是提醒她提防巴罗先生。我没有给她下马威意思。

The venomous conciseness of this indictment was calculated to flick Alexander on the jaw.

这份起诉书毒辣而简洁，显然是为了给亚历山大一个下马威。

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。这是迪兰，他读高三。你得给他个下马威。

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

麦格教授跟他们都不一样。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，学生们刚坐下来上第一堂课她就给他们来了个下马威。

I wish you had been there, my dear, to have given him one of your set downs.

我真希望你当时在场, 亲爱, 给他一个你下马威。