Instead of grilling the boys over their homework, which always feels like a me-against-them conversation, I changed my tone a bit: "I bet you have a lot of homework, huh?"

我不再拷问儿子们关于作业的事情，没有了似乎我和他们敌对的对话。

youdao

And, actually, he does serve a tool-like purpose, since he stores most of the wine we drink (gotta love his wine racks) and the food we eat (grilling season is upon us, gotta love his grill).

实际上，他的确起到了工具的作用，因为他将我们喝的酒都储存起来(他的宝贝酒柜)，还有我们爱吃的东西(烧烤的时节就要来了，宝贝的烤肉架)。

youdao

About 6, I am grilling burgers, I thought you and John might like to come over.

大约六点钟，我要烤汉堡包，我想你和约翰可能想过来。

youdao

The school's vice-principal (Richard Roundtree) menaces the hero like a cop grilling a smart-alecky gumshoe, and the distant sounds of cheer-leaders are heard as Brendan is pursued through the schoolyard by a knife-wielding goon.

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Will Flay be different, will he really be able to pull it off without looking like a chef who should just stick to grilling steak perfectly?

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Or, maybe hold this administration accountable for something as opposed to grilling Roger Clemens and his - like, there's so much more they could be focusing on.

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