ask off:请假
1) I want to ask off for my birthday this year.
2)A: Are you going to the soccer game this afternoon?
B: No. I asked off, but my boss said he needs me in the office.
geek: 不酷 不时尚 像书呆子 有点呆
Like a geek from Kansas
1) My brother is such a geek. He always wears clothes that make him look like a
little boy.
2) Bill Gates was a computer geek in college, but now he's a billionaire!
pay off: 有回报,有收获
1) College students always hope that their studying will pay off someday.
2) Learning a foreign language can be very frustrating, but it pays off.