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Turned delinquent

• 武くん、高校に行ったらグレちゃったらしいわよ。
  I heard Takeshi turned delinquent after he entered high school.

  あっそ。
  Oh yeah?

• 中学の頃はまじめでいい子だったのにねー。
  He was serious, good boy when he was a junior high school student.

  ただのガリ勉だったじゃん。
  I rememberthat he was just a grind.

• あなたも高校デビューはいいけどやりすぎないでね。
  You also become different after you entered highschool, but please don't change too much..

  ほっといて！
  Hey it's my business!

Explanation

グレる

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"Turn delinquent/become delinquent"
The other way to say is : 非行(ひこう)に走(はし)る
In general we use this word when the teenagers become delinquent during them adolescence.

-I was a delinquent when I was young.
- 若い頃はグレてた。

- My daughter become a delinquent..
- 娘がグレたんです・・・

あっそ

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Broken word of 「ああ、そうですか(Oh, really?/Oh, I see.)」.
Sometimes, this could be a forsaken expression.
In this dialogue, a girl said "あっそ" that gives an impression "I am not interested in this subject." That is a way to make quick reponse and finish this conversation soon.

- I won't take care of you anymore!
- Oh, okay! Do what you want!
- もうあなたなんか知らない！
- あっそ！勝手にすれば！！

ガリ勉(がりべん)

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"grind/dig/swot"
There are several opinion of etymology about「ガリ」

1)ガリガリ = Do something hard
2)我利我利 = Own profit

And 「勉」 is 「勉強」, that means "study".

So it could be "hard leaner", and as I said there are several opinions of etymology,
That means:

1)A person who is studies very hard because he(she) love to study.
1)A person who studies very hard for own profit.

- He is a grind
- 彼はガリ勉だ

高校デビュー

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Direct translation is : "Highschool debut".
Means, someone become very fashionable (or refined) after he(she) enter a high school. That means this person was unfashionable before.

In japan, we use a word "デビュー" a lot of location(We arranged French for japanese.) I guess you can imagine a way to use below...

公園デビュー
- A baby made park debut.(means, baby go to play at a park as his(her) 1st time.)

大学デビュー
- This is a same meaning of "高校デビュー", but a location is university(大学)

社会人デビュー
- A student debut in a social world.
Means, university of high school students get a job as a social worker.

ほっといて

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Direct translation is : Leave me alone.
In this conversation, she wanted to say "It's my business, stop talking about me!"

What's a waste! You have to accept his offer!
Don't take care of me.
もったいない！彼の誘い受けなよ！
ほっといてよ。

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