Watch Transformers to learn authentic American English

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At the beginning of the Transformers movie, there is a philosophical statement: In English: “Before time began, there was the Cube. We do not know where it came from. All we know is that it possesses the power to create worlds – and only a few of those worlds have life. That is how our race was born. For a time, we lived in harmony. But then our powers grew immense. Some used them for good, while others used them for evil. And thus the war began, a war that destroyed our planet until it was consumed by darkness. The Cube was lost in the far reaches of space. We scattered across the galaxy, hoping to find it and rebuild our home, searching every star, every world. And just when our hopes seemed lost, we received news of a new discovery on an unknown planet called Earth!” In Chinese: “Before time existed, there was a cube.” We do not know where it came from; we only know that it possesses the power to create this world and sustain all things, and this is the origin of our people. For a long time, we lived in peace. We all drew immense energy, some inherently good and some inherently evil, and thus **it began**. Endless wars are damaging our planet, until it runs out of energy and ultimately collapses. And the Cube of Energy was also left deep in the universe. We search across galaxies in the hope of finding this cube in order to rebuild our home. We have searched every planet, every different world. Just when we were about to lose hope, a new discovery was made – that is, Earth, which you are all familiar with. ” 1 Hold the fire: Don’t fire yet. 2 Under-dressed: Dressing casually (be careful; if it were unerclothed, it would mean something completely different, referring to wearing very little clothing). I really like the usage of “under-”; of course, my favorite is “underbuy”, haha. 3. Piss sb. off – to annoy someone (haha, I remember how annoyed that tin object got when Mojo urinated next to it). 4. Don’t fall for that. Don’t be fooled easily (“fall for” can mean both to be deceived and to like something; it depends on the object following it and the context – if it’s a girl, it means liking her, but if it’s nonsense, it means being deceived). 5. What is with you? What’s going on with you? (Which means “What’s wrong with you?”) 6 It’s way out of line. That’s too much (‘way’ can be used to mean ‘very’). 7 Fishy: suspicious, untrustworthy (this is slang usage). 8 Don’t test me. Don’t provoke me. 9 I’ll hunt you down. I won’t let you get away (‘down’ is used here in a vivid way). 10 No remorse. I won’t show any mercy (‘remorse’: sympathy, pity). 11 One shall stand, one shall fall. It’s either you die or I die. 12 We’re in your debt. We owe you something. 13 If that is his choice. If he wants to do it that way. 14 There’s more to them than meets the eye. They’re not as simple as they seem (note that ‘eye’ isn’t plural here). Translated from Hai Ci Happy English, for sharing among Hai friends