Translation: That works, thanks for listening to me, glad you got it.
Translation: Don't put the ball game on or call Jimmy O, cause we're out of here in 5 min.
Translation: Go take some time for yourself, you've been working your ass off.
Translation: Go ahead. (if the original was spoken with an eyebrow lift or a lilting inflection as she turns her head away, it means to go ahead, but please re-consider my points deeply before you commit.
Translation: I'll be upstairs watching TV, can you stay here so I have some alone time? I just want to watch a Vampire movie by myself, and I'm tired. If she is not tired, this comes out as " can you stay right here while I wander away so I have some alone time? I just want to watch a Vampire movie by myself, and I'm tired."
Translation: Means, I understand your point of view, go ahead, however...."Sigh!"
Translation: same
Translation: Not heard from adults, this is pretty much heard from a teenage daughter, and the direct literal interpretation is "F*YOU OLD PERSON"
Translation: Please reconsider, if you can't, then I've got it.
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10)Honey, you need to get out and go climbing. Translation: You're not your normal happy go lucky self, get outside and crank with your friends. Well all still be here for you to listen and help when you get back if that doesn't cure whats making you abnormally morose and intractable. Should you chose to ignore this advice, then something is seriously wrong and I want to know immediately what the problem is.
This is totally 100% correct.