Learn from the movie plots -2001 Bridget Jones’s Diary – 45 vocabs

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倫敦leon4 deon1London
單身daan1 san1single
女仔neoi5 zai2girl

Bridget Jones係一個 28 歲既[倫敦] [單身] [女仔]。

Bridget Jones hai6 jat1 go3 28  seoi3 gei3[ leon4 deon1] [ daan1 san1] [ neoi5 zai2].

Bridget Jones is a 28-year-old single woman in London.

出版社ceot1 baan2 se5publishing house
經常ging1 soeng4often
發白日夢faat3 baak6 jat6 mung6daydream
上司soeng6 si1boss

佢喺一間 [出版社] 做野,佢 [經常] [發白日夢] 見到佢既 [上司]Daniel。

keoi5 hai2 jat1 gaan1 [ ceot1 baan2 se5]  zou6 je5, keoi5 [ ging1 soeng4] [ faat3 baak6 jat6 mung6]  keoi5 gei3 [ soeng6 si1]Daniel.

She works in a [publishing company], and she [often] [daydreams] seeing her [boss] Daniel.

聚會zeoi6 wui2reunion
遇到jyu6 dou2meet
青梅竹馬cing1 mui4 zuk1 maa5childhood acquaintance
律師leot6 si1lawyer
互相wu6 soeng1adv., mutually, each other
厭惡jim3 ok3disgust
對方deoi3 fong1each other

喺一次 [聚會] 入面,佢 [遇到] [青梅竹馬] 既 [律師] Mark Darcy,佢哋[互相] [厭惡]。

hai2 jat1 ci3 [ zeoi6 wui2]  jap6 min6, keoi5 [ jyu6 dou2] [ cing1 mui4 zuk1 maa5]  gei3 [ leot6 si1] Mark Darcy, keoi5 dei6[ wu6 soeng1] [ jim3 ok3] [ deoi3 fong1]

At a [party], she [met] his [childhood acquaintance], Mark Darcy, the [lawyer], and they  [disliked] [each other]

無意中mou4 ji3 zung1unintentionally
侮辱mou5 juk6insult
日記jat6 gei3journal
改善goi2 sin6improve
生活sang1 wut6Life

佢[無意中]聽到Mark[侮辱]佢之後,Bridget 開始寫[日記]黎[改善]佢既[生活]。

keoi5[ mou4 ji3 zung1] teng1 dou2Mark[ mou5 juk6] keoi5 zi1 hau6,Bridget  hoi1 ci2 se2 [ jat6 gei3] lai4[ goi2 sin6] keoi5 gei3[ sang1 wut6].

After [overhearding] Mark [insulted] her, Bridget started writing a [diary] to [improve] her [life].

約會joek3 wui6Dating
發現faat3 jin6Discover
同事tung4 si6colleague
出軌ceot1 gwai2Cheating
於是jyu1 si6adv., therefore, from this, hence
分手fan1 sau2break up

之後Bridget 同Daniel開始 [約會],但係佢 [發現] 佢同一個 [同事] [出軌],[於是] 佢同佢 [分手]。

zi1 hau6 Bridget  tung4 Daniel hoi1 ci2 [ joek3 wui6], daan6 hai6 keoi5 [ faat3 jin6]  keoi5 tung4 jat1 go3 [ tung4 si6] [ ceot1 gwai2],[ jyu1 si6]  keoi5 tung4 keoi5 [ fan1 sau2].

Later, Bridget and Daniel started [dating], but he [discovered] that he was [cheating] with a [colleague], therefore she [broke up] with him.