第一， 情景对话

A: You're restless. Are you in trouble?

你老是不安，有麻烦吗？

B: I've done something I shouldn't.

做了件不该做的事。

A: Then make a clean breast of it, you'll feel released.

就彻底忏悔一下吧，你会感觉轻松一些的。

B: I've not decided yet.

我还没决定呢。

第二， 词海拾贝

make a clean breast of

exp. To confess one's misdeeds or wrongdoings. （完全承认了，全盘托出）

e.g. I felt so guilty about cheating on the test that I had to make a clean breast of it to my teacher.

我对考试作弊感到很内疚，所以我不得不向老师坦白。

e.g. His guilty conscience forced him to make a clean breast of everything.

他的内疚使得他把一切和盘托出。

e.g. The police urged the criminal to make a clean breast of everything.

警察督促犯人坦白说出一切。

e.g. If worst came to worst, he could make a clean breast of it to Butler and receive aid.

如果到了最坏的情况，他可以对巴特勒推心置腹而受到资助。

第三， 语汇积累

1. restless：静不下来的, 不能安宁的（尤指因厌烦﹑ 烦躁﹑ 焦虑等）

e.g. The children grew restless with the long wait.

孩子们等了很久便着急了。

e.g. After only a month in the job, he felt restless and decided to leave.

那工作他只干了一个月就厌倦了， 决定不干了。

2. in trouble：处于困境，处于不幸之中

e.g. If you get in trouble, don't hesitate to ask for advice.

如果碰到麻烦, 要赶紧向人求教。

e.g. We' re in trouble ; this is no time for contention.

我们处境很困难,现在不是争论的时候。