Subject: Let’s get it straight.

　　迷你对话

　　A: The customer promised to sign the contract. But this morning he called me and said that he won’t sign it.

　　顾客承若会签合同的，但是今早打电话过来说他不想签了。

　　B: Why? Is there something wrong? Let’s get it straight.

　　为何?出什么问题呢?咱们把事情搞清楚来。

　　地道表达

　　get something straight

　　1. 解词释义

　　Get something straight的意思是“把……弄清楚”。用来表示对方讲出一件你感到吃惊或难以理解的事情，你想弄清楚它的真正含义或做进一步的了解，就可以用这个短语。

　　2. 拓展例句

　　e.g. Sorry that I can not knock off on time. There's a lot of things we've got to get straight.

　　对不起，我不能准时下班，因为有许多事情我们需要搞清楚。

　　e.g. There must be some misunderstandings. Let’s get it straight.

　　一定是有什么误会了，我们得把事情弄清楚来。