Nicole: I lost the election by a hair—just 10 votes! But I'm not giving up.
Ted: give me a break, Nicole. You lost. Live with it!
Nicole: but I was a sure thing! If I hadn't stayed up so late baking cookies, I wouldn't have messed up my speech.
Ted: get real, Nicole.
Nicole: it's your fault, Ted. I lost because your friends didn't vote for me!
Ted: don't try to put the blame on me! I gave it my best shot.
They must've made a msitake while counting the votes. I'll deman a re-count on Monday and set the record straight.
Ted: don't make a fool of yourself, nicole. Face it, Andrea won the election fair and square!
Nicole: well, I just don't know where I went wrong.
Susan: here, take a chocolate chip cookie. That'll cheer you up for sure!
By a hair: just barely, very narrowly; by a small amount 差一点儿，险些，几乎
fair and square: honestly诚实地,光明正大的
He won the game fair and square.
他正大光明地赢了这场比赛。
For sure: definitely确切地
No one knows for sure what happened to Bill.
没有人确切知道比尔出了什么事。
Give it one's best shot: to try as hard as one can 尽全力
give up: to admit defeat; to surrender 放弃
to go wrong: to make a mistake; to go astray 出错
to live with it: to accept a difficult reality 学会接受
to make a fool of oneself: to cause oneself to look stupid 因做傻事而出丑
to mess up: to make a mistake; to spoil an opportunity 出错，搞砸
to put the blame on someone: to make somebody else as responsible for a misdeed or misfortune 责怪(某人)
to set the record straight: to correct an inaccurate account弄清真相；澄清是非；以正视听, 澄清是非，把事情弄得准确无误
sure thing: an outcome that is assured 必然之事，毫无疑问之事