We’ll all be burning the midnight oil on this one.
That would be inadvisable.
Excuse me?
If you attempt to ignite a petroleum product on this ship at 0:00 hours, you will activate the fire suppression system.
That was just an expression.
Expression of what?
A figure of speech.
attempt v.努力，尝试
ignite v.点燃，燃烧；引发，激起
petroleum n.石油，原油
fire suppression system 消防抑制系统；灭火系统
expression n.表达，表示
A figure of speech 修辞手法
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