这类小文很有意思。你花的功夫不少啊!

fantasying how everyone would fawn upon me and scramble to ride on my coattails if I could hit the jackpot or rise to fame someday.

May be better this way:

fantasying everyone was fawning upon me and scrambling to ride on my coattails after I  hit the jackpot...

Thanks for posting a nice piece of writing for us to learn and enjoy Slangs.

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• 谢谢您鼓励，平时有小本本记一记的，每一个小本本都只用了前面几页:) -lilac09- ♀ (260 bytes) () 08/07/2011 postreply 20:59:10