davealone: комментарии

I was your sister – возможно намек на Люка и Лею из Звездных Войн. Что-то вроде я люблю тебя настолько, что знаю о тебе все.

A sucker punch is a blow made without warning, allowing no time for preparation or defense on the part of the recipient. The term is generally reserved for situations where the way in which the blow has been delivered is considered unfair or unethical. In practice this often includes blows delivered from close range or from behind.

Можно было использовать «Ходить вокруг-да-около», но это слишком тупо.

Transcript (education), a copy of a student's permanent academic record

Думаю, опечатка в сабах sweep-sleep.

You’re right about the meaning of this phrase, which refers to non-essential but often engaging features added to a piece of technical equipment or a computer program to make it seem more superficially attractive without enhancing its main function.

Протеже мне как-то не нравится, лучше ученица.

Хотя здесь Дайна разрывает паутину. Возможно она говорит о ее плотности.

Why do we say «Do you copy?» or affirm «Copy that» when communicating via radio, and in the military?

«In the early days when most two-way radio communication used »Morse« code (radiotelegraph), operators used very short 'procedural' signals to save time....Read, as in 'Do you read me», refers to hearing a signal clearly enough to be understood. Copy probably originally referred to writing or typing a received message, but now has is essentially the same as 'Read'."