The Sopranos 5x07 - In Camelot 英文筆記

• hit below the belt (用拳擊手偷襲對手下盤來比喻) 人身攻擊、惡意中傷
  例：You hit below the belt yourself, Jan, not to mention you started it.
• gas 用毒氣毒死、一種動物安樂死的方式
  例：Tippy was gassed, Tony. Daddy took him to the pound.
  
• pound 動物收容所
• divine 神聖的、非凡的
• maudlin 易感傷的、易流淚的、情緒化的
  例：Five hours, they let me out for these funerals. I gotta spend it being maudlin?
• uptake 拿起、理解、消化、吸收
• inhibitor 抗化劑、抑制器、約束者
• sceptical 懷疑的、猶豫的、質疑的
• vain 虛榮的、驕傲的、自戀的
  例：I'm too vain.
• lapel (位於西裝胸前的) 翻領
• biz = business 生意、業務
  例：15 years ago, I moved from Jersey to Hollywood, broke into the biz. It was a dream come true.
  
• churn out 大量生產、如機器般運作
  例：I had all the flake I needed to keep me churning out that snappy dialogue.
• snappy 機智的、精煉的 (對話)
• guild 行會、公會
• infidelity (感情上的) 不忠誠、背信、無信仰 
• cream oneself 射精 (在褲子上)，可比喻過於興奮。
  例：Don't cream yourself. (不要太得意)
• housedress (主婦的) 居家穿著，通常是簡單的連身裙。
• clean slate 改頭換面、重新開始、新的開始
• bicentennial 兩百週年紀念
  例：I think I met him at a barbecue for the bicentennial.
• whoremaster 嫖客
• midget auto/car 一種小型賽車
• skulk 躲藏、潛伏、偷偷摸摸地行走
  例：He used to skulk outside my building, all hours.
• statuesque 雕像般的、輪廓清晰的、又高又美的 (通常形容女人)
  例：She was a handsome woman, your mother. Not sexy, exactly, but statuesque.
• jonesing 渴望、想要 (通常指毒癮犯了)
  例：You ran out of IHOP like you were on fire and jonesing like a motherfucker.
• residual 剩餘的、殘留的 
• trollop 妓女、蕩婦
• assume 承擔、負擔
  例：I would appreciate it if your tell Leotardo he should assume part of that burden.
• bagpipe 風笛 
• parlay 連本帶利地賭、使增值
• clientele 顧客、客戶群
• games of chance 光靠運氣的遊戲
• caulk 填補 (漏洞)
  例：My super came by this morning to caulk around the toilet.
• piece of change 一大筆錢
  例：When the sale goes through, you're looking at a nice piece of change.
• handkerchief = hanky 手帕、紙巾
• grammar school 初級中學 (美國)、大學預備學校 (英國)
• crawling with 擠滿、聚集了很多人
  例：We go in the suite. It is crawling with models, celebrities.
  
• be an item 戀愛、有性關係
  例：So were you two an item?
• club foot 小兒內翻足 (一種疾病)
• tenuous 纖細的、貧乏的、稀薄的
• stir-crazy (因被監禁而) 精神異常、瘋掉
  例：I've gotta get out of here. I'm going stir-crazy.
• incidental 雜費、雜項、附帶事件
  例：I'll cover this, give you three grand for incidentals.
• peephole (門上的) 窺視孔 
• right-hand man/guy 副手、最重要的助手
• get a load of 注意 (看或聽)
  例：Get a load of these. (看看這個)
• go downhill 走下坡
  例：It turns out my Uncle Zio's going downhill.
• succumb 屈服、讓步、死
  例：In the two weeks that followed, Nicolo struggled without her, finally succumbing to irredeemable loss.
• irredeemable 不能挽回的、不能贖回的
• enormity 巨大、嚴重性、滔天罪行
  例：The enormity of his grief can hardly be imagined.
  
• trespass 罪過、侵害、侵入
  例：Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us.
  
• gold-plated 鍍金的
• nod out (因為服藥而) 睡著
  例：He's hitting the vein. Nodding out.
• filet mignon 菲力牛排
• oxygen tent 氧氣帳，罩住病床的醫療儀器。
• water chestnut 荸薺 (chestnut 是粟子)
  
• duck sauce 酸梅醬
• change of life 更年期、絕經期
• tied up 忙碌的、脫不了身的
  例：I'm tied up, but I'm gonna get over to the hospital right away.
• auto-da-fe (天主教、西班牙) 對異教徒或異端的判決儀式、火刑
  之前的相關字：burning at the stake
  
• book value 帳面價值
• lapse 流逝、過失、使失效、失敗、錯誤
  例：Was any of this accompanied by a lapse in memory?
• in one's prime 在某人最高峰、狀況最好的時候
  例：You had to see this woman in her prime.

The Sopranos 5x06 - Sentimental Education 英文筆記

• reimburse 補償、賠償、償還
  例：I'll reimburse you.
• pissy 討厭的、像尿一樣臭的
• one of these days 總有一天
  例：One of these days, you wait, I'm gonna kick your fucking ass.
• cogent 令人信服的、有說服力的、切實的
  例：Anthony submitted his one-line topic late. Then two drafts. The first was apparently sketchy. The second, Fiske said, was "suspiciously cogent." Plagiarism.
  
• plagiarism 抄襲、剽竊
• cold fish 沒有感情的人、冷漠的人
• stomach in knots 胃痛、肚子絞痛
  例：My stomach is in knots.
• unpretentious 不驕傲的、謙虛的
• vascular 血管的、脈管的
• neurotomy 神經解剖學、神經切斷術
• intellectual 知識份子、聰明的、知性的
• papal nuncio 羅馬教廷大使
• joyride 開車兜風 (可指偷車)、追求享樂
• masseur 男按摩師
• soothe 使平靜、安撫、撫慰
  例：Four or five tables, soothing atmosphere.
  
• storefront 店面、店頭
• travel agency 旅行社
• caseworker 社會工作者
• demoralizing 使失去信心的、使士氣低落的
• non-negotiable 不可談判的、不可改變的
  例：For me to even consider having you back, we're gonna have to establish some non-negotiable ground rules.
• first and foremost 最重要地、首要地、首先地
  例：First and foremost, school comes first. That means putting the brakes on your social life, parties, phone calls, Devin.
  
• put the brakes on 暫停、停止
• potty mouth 喜歡說髒話的人
• whip into shape 鞭策、使某人有很大的改善
  例：I think his time over there with me whipped him into shape a little.
• coracoid process 肩胛骨的一部分
• on the tip of one's tongue 快要說出來、幾乎記起來
  例：It's on the tip of my tongue.
• keep your shirt on 放輕鬆、冷靜
  例：- Vito, where the fuck is my Tupperware? - Keep your shirt on. My wife's bringing it down this afternoon.
  
• pectoralis minor 胸部附近的某個肌肉名稱
• biceps 二頭肌
• mind all over the place 不專心、注意力不集中
  例：My mind's all over the place.
• exhilaration 高興、愉快
• abbot 方丈、男修道院院長、男住持
• enrich 使富裕、使肥沃、充實
  例：Eduction should never stop. It enriches all aspects of life.
• matriculate 准許入學、被錄取 (進大學)
  例：All our students matriculate.
• licensure 執照的核發
• bodywork 以觸摸身體為主的療法 (如按摩和指壓)、修車工作
• remorseful = regretful 懊悔的、悔恨的
• resolve 堅決、決心
  例：You need to show resolve, a firm purpose to change.
• here and now 此時此地
  例：So this man takes you to restaurants, fulfills certain physical desires, tells jokes. But will he be there beyond the here and now?
• penance 懺悔、為了證明悔改的決心，你自己或牧師交付給你做的事。
  例：For your penance, I want you to do something kind for Tony.
• shiatsu 指壓
• oasis 綠洲、避難處
• hand cream 護手霜、潤手霜
• koi 錦鯉
• carp 鯉魚
• ginseng 人參
• happy ending 女按摩師 (通常是亞洲的) 按摩後的特別服務
  
• discreet 小心的、慎重的
• go over 檢查、審查、查看、重溫
  例：Mr. Wegler pulled me out of language lab to go over my term paper notes.
• term paper 學期進度報告
• actuary 精算師、會計
• unload on 推卸給、把什麼推給誰
  例：I'm finding the other copy when Gene the actuary completely unloads on me.
• garbage pail 垃圾桶
• fetus 胎兒
• intellectualism 理智主義、知性主義
• eyeglasses 眼鏡
• take a beating 挨打、受打擊、被擊敗
  例：I just took a beating at craps.
• craps 花旗骰 (一種賭博遊戲)
• scalp 剝頭皮、掠奪、欺騙、賣黃牛票、非法賣買 (以大賺一筆)
  例：Pocahontas here is scalping us.
• take a stand 表示意見、採取立場
  例：Honestly, the important thing is you took a stand. A lot of parents just take it in stride or even condone it.
  
• act out 假裝、扮演
  例：No, that was just acting out. He was with a bad crowd.
• late bloomer 年紀較大才展露頭角的人、晚熟的人
• keep pace with 跟上腳步、並駕齊驅
  例：AJ's just fighting to keep pace with the kids who seem further ahead.
• blast 好玩、美好的時間
  例：Thanks. It was a blast.
• hit the sack/rack 睡覺、休息
  例：I'm going to hit the sack for the next 14 hours.
• ditch digger 挖溝渠的工人
• vocational/trade school 職業學校、專科學校
• glow-in-the-dark = phosphorescence 螢光、磷光
• put the arm on 施壓、給誰壓力
  例：Every time I think about putting the arm on Tom Fiske, I want to poke my eyes out with a knitting needle.
• knitting needle 編織針、毛衣針
• strong-arm 攻擊、威脅、打
  例：You strong-armed me using the only weapon you have. Your pussy.
• full boat/house 葫蘆
• spiff 吸引人的
• con/scam artist 詐騙者
• wolf in sheep's clothing 披著羊皮的狼、偽君子

The Sopranos 5x05 - Irregular Around the Margins 英文筆記

• dent 凹痕、凹陷
• put in the hours 花時間 (完成某事)
  例：Saturday night? That's dedication. The guy sure can put in the hours.
• general anesthetic 全身麻醉劑
• lidocaine 一種局部麻醉劑
• canteen 餐廳、販賣部、炊具箱
• tender 一碰到就痛的、敏感的
  例：Is this tender? (醫生觸診)
  
• gastrointestinal (GI) 胃腸的
• jimjams 神經過敏、緊張、憂慮、壓力
  例：Is there anything unusual that might be giving you the jimjams?
• medicine chest 藥箱、藥櫃
• irritable 易怒的、急躁的
• mop the floor with 打得一敗塗地、輕鬆地贏、慘電
  例：You don't listen to the president? We're gonna mop the floor with the whole world.
• alternator 交流發電機 (汽車零件)
  
• squamous 有鱗的、鱗狀的、一種癌症 (squamous cell carcinoma)
• headcase 瘋子、神經病
• straight shot 沒有阻礙、通行無阻的路
  例：It's a straight shot on I-95 to Raleigh.
• fence 銷贓的人
• deuce and a half 一種卡車
• folic acid 葉酸
• electrolysis 電解、電燒法 (如除痣或除毛)
• impaction 裝緊、壓緊、牙齒被堵住長不出來 (阻生齒或智齒)
• oil of cloves 丁香油，牙醫常用來做止痛和消毒用途。
• twist one's arm 施壓、強迫別人做他不想做的事，但也可用來說反話，表示你很樂意做。
  例：- You want? - Twist my arm.
• owl 貓頭鷹
• contemplate 深思熟慮、考慮、打算、想
  例：This is something you're contemplating?
• hosed = screwed 完蛋的、搞砸的、麻煩的
  例：I'd get hosed financially.
• incest 亂倫、近親相姦
• make a play for 試圖勾引誰、千方百計想得到
  例：She could make a play for you.
• resolution 決心、決定
  例：I made a resolution.
• 40 winks 小睡一下、打盹
  例：I'm beat, tell you the truth. I think I'm gonna grab 40 winks till Patsy gets here.
• melanoma 黑素瘤、胎記瘤
• have a belt 喝一大口濃度高的酒
  例：You want a belt?
• blondish 金髮的
• brownish 褐色的
• pick up on 注意到、警覺到、繼續談論之前的話題
  例：I thought I picked up on something between her and me.
• discharge order 離開 (醫院) 的證明
• be on the safe side 為了安全起見、為了保險起見
  例：They just want to keep you here for observation. You know, be on the safe side.
• swerve 急轉彎、突然轉向
  例：There was a raccoon in the road. I swerved.
• totaled 完全被毀的 (用在汽車上)
  例：It's totaled.
• mother lode 主礦脈 (金銀)、藏有寶藏的地方
  例：I hit the fucking mother lode.
• bodega 小商店、雜貨店
• hit the rack 睡覺
  例：I'm beat. I'm gonna hit the rack, have Ade cook me up a nice carbonara.
• carbonara 一種義大麵醬
• blind luck 完全是僥倖、非常幸運
  例：It's blind luck, that accident. Cop told me he thought he was coming up on a fatality when he saw the car.
  
• fatality 災禍、造成死亡的事件
• over one's head 形容對某人很困難
  例：Frankly, you scored so far over your head when you got her, what do you expect?
• knockout 很迷人的女生、美女
• hound 獵犬、追獵
• catcher's mitt 捕手手套
• paramedic 護理人員、醫護人員
• sun visor 遮陽板、遮陽帽
• tailpipe 排氣管 (汽機車)
• trim = pussy
• parade float 遊行時用的花車
• toot 吹奏 (喇叭)、吸毒 (粉狀)
  例：So you two were just gonna go toot up a bunch of lines, go fucking birdwatching?
• birdwatching 賞鳥
• rein in 拉韁繩使馬慢下來或停住、制止某人
  例：Little Paulie's out there looking for him to rein him in.
• philander 與女人調情、玩弄女性、風流
  例：You got to put your son in hiding because of your philandering?
  
• wishbone 叉骨、許願骨 (家禽頸胸之間的 V 形骨)
• draw down on 拿著槍指著某人
  例：You draw down on the boss of a family?
• take into one's heart 接受、關愛
  例：Either you tell me right now, that you can take it into your heart that I did not do this shit, or this is as far as we go.
• rotation 輪流、輪替、換班
  例：I just finished a 17-hour rotation.
• attest 證實、證明、作證
  例：Whether somebody was getting something in the car, how could I possibly attest to that?
• abrasion 磨損、磨耗、擦傷
  例：If she was wearing her seatbelt, then there would have been abrasions to the lateral anterior aspect of the clavicle, wouldn't there?
• lateral 側面的、旁邊的
• anterior 前面的、以前的
• sternum 胸骨
• xiphoid process 胸骨的一部分
• Where there's smoke, there's fire. 無風不起浪
• coked out 吸古柯鹼吸到茫了
• crosswalk 人行穿越道、斑馬線
• ulcerative colitis 潰瘍性大腸炎
• net 使得到、使賺到、使淨賺
  例：This relationship with Tony could net us a lot of chatter.

The Sopranos 5x04 - All Happy Families 英文筆記

• smuggle 偷運、走私
  例：They will probably go through their entire lives not knowing that their father's sperm was smuggled out of jail to get Nancy pregnant.
• power drill 電鑽
• cut back 減少、縮減
  例：You think you're the only one that has to cut back on shit they need because of the separation?
• pimple 青春痘、面皰、討人厭但不會造成大傷害的人 (跟青春痘一樣)
  
• force one's hand 促使某人馬上行動或表態
  例：Sounds to me like your friend John wants to force Little Carmine's hand.
• smart as a whip 形容很聰明
• longshoreman 碼頭工人、港口裝卸工
• corner table 形狀被設計來放在牆角的桌子
• yarn 紗線、故事
  例：It's a great yarn, right, Feech?
• busybody 愛管閒事的人
  
• egomaniac 自大狂、驕傲的人
• stewardess 女服務員 (飛機或船上)、女空服員、空姐
• pothead 抽大麻的人
• white bucks 鹿皮製的白鞋
• lady luck 幸運女郎 (賭場常見)、幸運女神
• impermeable 不可滲透的、無法穿透的
  例：Did I interrupt one of your impermeable stories?
• snatch = cunt = twat
• keel over 翻身昏倒
  例：- I got my shoe in her snatch... - and it falls off and she keels over. Che puzz'.
  
• thalidomide 一種鎮靜劑，被發現可能造成不孕。
• environmental event coordinator 辦理婚宴等活動的人
• publicist 公關、國際法學家
• puppeteer 傀儡師、操縱木偶的人
• sneeze at 忽視 (什麼的重要性)
  例：Straight "A"s at Middlebury's Language Camp, can't sneeze at that.
• folkloric 民俗的、民間的 (傳說或流傳)
  
• nudge 輕推、推動
  例：If we can nudge Lem's verbals past 760 on the next round, he can basically write his own ticket.
• write one's own ticket 根據自己所想要的，設定目標或規劃人生道路。
  
• stoked 激動的、狂熱的、興奮的
  例：I'm stoked.
• of the essence 非常重要的、不可缺少的
  例：We are rapidly approaching crisis mode here with these grades, and time is of the essence.
• have heart set on 想要、期望 (什麼東西)
  例：If either of the Arizona's is what he's got his heart set on, he's not gonna get in with these grades.
• ace in the hole 最後王牌、應急的手段
  例：I know about football, Anthony. That's our ace in the hole.
• edge up 推往、推向
  例：I think we can edge up the math into the fives in the next round, providing Anthony can bear down and focus.
  
• bear down 努力、施壓、克服
• interpersonal 人與人之間的、人際間的
• constrict 壓縮、繃緊、拉緊
• all in all 整體來看地、各方面來看地
  例：All in all he seemed to be handling the split well.
• ration 定量、配給量、一份
  例：This is not to say I don't get a ration of shit in every conversation.
• googol 十的一百次方、1 後面 100 個 0
• supercharged 增加動力的、加強的
• sticker 貼紙、標籤
• deck = cool 酷的
  例：This is so deck!
• ozone 臭氧
• decapitate = behead 斬首
  例：You wanna be the sucker in a regular car that gets decapitated?
• carrot and stick 軟硬兼施、威逼利誘
• toddler 初學走路的小孩
• connoisseur 鑒識家、鑒定家、專家
• flunky = lackey 馬屁精、僕人
• popularity contest 比誰有人緣的比賽
  
• vile 卑鄙的、惡劣的、骯髒的
  例：It is still no excuse to use the vile word that I used, of which I am sure you know that I'm talking about.
• basketful 一籃 (滿滿) 的
• ablution 洗禮、洗身
• common ground 共同點、共同的興趣
• global positioning system 全球定位系統
• loophole 漏洞、槍眼、牆上的小洞
  例：They used to be a great tax loophole, those SUVs. Told all my clients, write it off on your business.
  
• write off 勾銷、減稅
• hovel 簡陋、破爛的小屋
• cab fare 計程車錢
• zapped 很累的、精疲力竭的
  例：He was pretty zapped.
• easel 畫架、黑板架
• sedate 給誰服鎮靜劑
  例：I had to sedate my own little girl at her wedding.
• car carrier 運載汽車的大拖車
• premium 額外支出、獎金、酬金、保險費
• daybook 日記簿、帳本
• consignment 委託
• proclivity 傾向、癖好
  例：If you've got some kind of sexual proclivity with that teacher or whatever, now is the time to tell us!
• cloud 遮敝、籠罩
  例：My pathetic need to compete with you clouded my judgment.
• smirk 傻笑
• ply 不斷做、努力做
  例：When did that happen, you gotta ask permission to ply your trade?
• anecdote 軼事、趣事、秘史
• local color 地方特色、地方風格
• imbecile 低能的、智障的
• plasma 血漿、乳漿。例：plasma display 電漿顯示器。
• quotidian 每日的、司空見慣的、每日發作的
  例：Some notion of escaping the quotidian.
• dust bunny 一團灰塵
  例：Eddie examined every dust bunny in the place just last week.
• bequest 遺產、遺贈
• oil stain 油汙
• windup 投手準備投球的動作

The Sopranos 5x03 - Where's Johnny? 英文筆記

• luck of the draw 好運、僥倖、碰運氣贏得
  例：It's the luck of the draw. Could've just as easily been me that went away.
  
• square 正當的、正直的
  例：You should keep a square job like that for appearances.
• boy king 年幼、年輕的國王
• bialy 洋蔥小麵包
• stool softener 軟便劑
• ready-made 現成的、已做好的、已有的
  例：It's tough on her. I don't know, two kids, a ready-made family.
• belle of the ball 舞會最美的女生、舞會皇后
• dog 腳、鞋子
  例：Here, Ma, rest those dogs.
• chop chop 快點、馬上
  例：Let's go, chop chop, pay the woman.
• humidity 濕氣、濕度
• muffle 壓抑 (聲音)、覆蓋、蒙住、使 (聲音) 低沉
  例：This'll muffle the shot.
• maggot 蛆
• bloodshed 流血、殺戮
• have the makings of 有資格、很可能發展成
  例：He never even had the makings of a varsity athlete.
• not all it's cracked up to be 實際情況並不是大家說得那麼好
  例：- The Sopranos have two bosses. - That's not all it's cracked up to be, believe you me.
• triumvir 三巨頭之一、三執政之一
• 9 to 5 朝九晚五
  
• rehabilitate 使恢復、修復
  例：They released these fucks from the can. Obviously, he wasn't rehabilitated.
• bum wing 受傷的翅膀或手臂
• breadstick 一種長條型、硬脆的麵包
• starter 開胃菜
  例：Now I gotta prepare the starters and schlep them to Uncle Jun's.
  
• schlep 攜帶、搬運、拖
• tablecloth 桌巾、桌布
• grimy 污穢的、骯髒的
  例：I don't get these old antique houses. They're grimy looking.
• marinara 大蒜番茄醬 (一種義大利麵的醬料)
• line coach 美式足球前鋒 (lineman) 的教練
• academic leave 休學
  例：I took an academic leave anyway.
• medley 混合、混雜
  例：Sit down and dig into this medley of pastas that Janice whipped up.
• whip up 煽動、刺激、很快地準備 (餐點)
• tardiness 緩慢、遲到
• tight end 邊鋒 (美式足球)
• hothouse flower 溫室花朵
• nip in the bud 在發芽時就摘除，趁問題還不嚴重時及早根除。
  例：I gotta nip this Little Carmine shit in the bud. Otherwise I could see a lot of people start fucking around. Power vacuum, the capos bide their time.
  
• power vaccum 指當權者消失，職位出現空缺，大家都搶著要的狀態。
• bide time 耐心等待 (機會的出現)
• in large measure/amount 大量、大部分
  例：In large measure, I blame you for this shit with Little Carmine. Man of your stature goes to Florida to see that schmuck?
  
• stature 身份、地位
• put the snatch on 強行奪取、綁架
  例：You don't think somebody put the snatch on him, do you?
• Turkish taffy 一種糖果棒
• profit margin 利潤率
• mower 割草機、剪草機
• orthopedist 整型外科醫師
• nail down 用釘釘住、確定、總結、結案
  例：This meeting today, we're trying to nail down a new contractor now with Massarone gone.
• palisade 柵欄、圍牆
• water over the dam = water under the bridge 過去的事就算了、往事別提了
• worse comes to worst 情況糟到不能再糟
  例：You gotta understand, this shit between Johnny and Little Carmine is bad. The instability. But worse comes to worst, it could work to our advantage.
• crumb 麵包屑、碎屑
  例：They fight, we pick up any crumbs from the fallout.
• the odds are 很可能
  例：The odds are that Johnny'll end up on top, but who knows?
• half and half 一半一半 (的東西)、全套「服務」
  例：I'll give you half and half in the back seat.
• copper = cop 警察
• slot machine 吃角子老虎機
• shirk 逃避 (責任)、躲避、偷懶
  例：Whenever there's a a family problem, you shirk your duties or you run away!
• headcase 瘋子、神經病
  例：I was 16 when you left me in the house with our headcase of a mother.
• mire 陷入 (困境或泥濘)
  例：I sit here mired in her bullshit, trying to be a good son while you're off dropping acid and blowing roadies.
  
• drop acid 服迷幻藥 (LSD)、嗑藥
• roadie 隨樂團巡迴的人作人員
• retroactive 追溯的、回溯 (生效) 的
  例：Naturally I want my taste, retroactive, because this is the first time I heard about any of this.
  
• horseshoe 馬蹄鐵
• akin 同種的、同族的、有血緣關係的
  例：They're akin to mini-strokes.
• obstinacy 頑固、固執、頑強
• forgetfulness 健忘、疏忽
• squabble 爭吵、口角
  例：The last thing I wanted to do was get in the middle of a family squabbling.
• prairie dog 草原犬鼠、土撥鼠
• coyote 郊狼、草原狼
  

The Sopranos 5x02 - The Rat Pack 英文筆記

• vet/veteran 老兵
• cut the ribbon 剪綵
  例：We're finally gonna cut the ribbon for the museum on the 22nd.
• Rogaine 落健
• go through labor 生產、分娩
• inaudible 聽不見的、難以聽見的
• petty cash 小額備用現金
• pole camera 監視器
• tamper 賄賂、干涉、竄改
  例：What happened to the jury tampering investigation on Junior Soprano's trial? You guys just drop the ball on that?
  
• drop the ball 犯錯、失敗
• pan out 成功
  例：Even if Massarone and 1,000 other snitches pan out, we've still gotta put Tony on trial.
• dandelion 蒲公英
• vacant lot 空地
• shoulder belt 安全帶、肩帶
• fescue 教鞭、牛毛草 (歐美常見的草)
  
• lay out 埋葬
  例：Where is he gonna be laid out?
• mantelpiece = fireplace mantel 壁爐台、壁爐架
• Opus Dei 主業會 (天主教教派)
• irresistible 不可抵抗的、無法拒絕的、難以抗拒的
  例：You are irresistible and you know it.
• clingy 黏的、緊貼的
  例：Danny said I was clingy.
  
• invoice 發票、費用清單
• crutch 支撐、支持
  例：Things are different when you don't have that crutch.
• support system 支持系統，可指一群在某方面幫助他人的人員。
• maid of honor 伴娘、首席女儐相
• marinate 浸泡 (在滷汁裡)
  例：I got peppers been marinating for 15 years.
• sciatica 坐骨神經痛 
• strapping 強壯的、健壯的、結實的
  例：This strapping young man is Anthony Jr.
• benevolent 仁慈的、有愛心的、善意的
  例：A good commander is benevolent and unconcerned with fame.
  
• heart-grabber 令人喜歡、心動的東西
• wet t-shirt contest 一種選美比賽，通常在夜店和酒吧舉辦，女生會穿著溼 T shirt 參加比賽。
• orderly 勤務兵、護理員 (醫院打雜的)
• associate's degree 副學士學位
• linen 亞麻的，一種布料，常用在桌布、床單、枕頭等。
• cinematography 電影美學
  例：The cinematography, music, and Oscar-winning screenplay are all first rate.
  
• first rate 一流的、頂級的、最佳的
• dressing room 更衣間、化妝室
• equitable 公平的、公正的
  例：He says that New Jersey has this equitable distribution law.
• play hardball 來硬的、不讓步、採取強硬態度
  例：This other lawyer say that we should play hardball.
• newlywed 新婚夫或婦、新婚的人
• ricochet 跳彈、彈回
  例：The ricochet left my sister a paraplegic.
• beat meat 打手槍、自慰
  例：What do I find at the pork store? A bunch of guys beating the meat.
• slumber party 睡衣派對
• wake up on the wrong side of the bed 易怒的、易生氣的、心情不好的
  例：Somebody woke up on the wrong side the of the bed.
• crowd 擁擠、催逼、聚集
  例：You're crowding me.
• bookkeeper 記帳人、簿記員
• in and out 進進出出、裡裡外外
  例：You got change? Been sliding this stupid bill in and out of the cigarette machine for like an hour.
• mindset 心境、心態
• EKG = electrocardiogram 心電圖
• for all I care 我完全不在乎、不關我的事
  例：Put him out in the street for all I care!
• apostle 使徒、最初的傳道者
• go (from) zero to bitch 翻臉比翻書快
  例：She goes from zero to bitch every time I try to show any warmth.
• interferon 干擾素
• wholesaler 批發商

The Sopranos 5x01 - Two Tonys 英文筆記

• inevitably 不可避免地、必然地
  例：Inevitably, what goes in must comes out.
• crackdown 壓迫、痛擊、鎮壓
• break the back of 打敗、鏟除勢力
  例：For years we heard how law enforcement broke the back of the mob.
• case in point = example of this (目前談論內容的) 例子
  例：New Jersey's a better case in point.
• pipe down 安靜下來、降低音量、小聲
  例：Will you pipe down? We're trying to watch it.
• chowder 海鮮雜膾濃湯
• vac = vaccum cleaner 吸塵器
  例：I see you didn't bring the power vac in from the pool house like I asked.
• pick-up time 接人的時間、收垃圾的時間
  例：You're not gonna put your trash cans out until as close to pick-up time as possible.
• ammonia 氨水、阿摩尼亞
• bust a cap 開一槍
  例：You should've busted a cap in his ass with Dad's rifle.
• discharge 開 (槍)
  例：It's illegal to discharge firearms within the borough limits.
• borough 城市的一個行政區
• damp 潮溼的
  之前的相似字：soggy、clammy
  例：The corn's gotten damp and aromatic.
• devious 迂回的、彎曲的、不直接的、不誠實的
  例：Women are more devious than men.
• tower of strength 值得依靠且能提供保護的人
  例：You expect a man to be a tower of strength.
• doggone = damned 該死的、可惡的
  例：Doggone, I hate this Freudian crap.
• one for the books 值得記上一筆、值得紀念
  例：Never would've happened if Paulie hadn't initially overreacted, but it's one for the books.
• jab 刺、戳、捅、重擊
  例：You let him jab you with that shovel was the problem. Lets his guard down.
• guard 警戒 (心)
• blood relation 血緣關係
  例：Always playing that blood-relation card. Tony's little favorite.
  
• respectable 不少的、量多的
  例：I waited a respectable period or whatever before making this call.
• undeterred 無法阻止的、無法恐嚇的、不灰心喪氣的
  例：I'm not undeterred by this. We will talk again.
  
• prairie 大草原、牧場
• trapper 設陷阱者 (捕獸)
• spoor 痕跡、足跡
• lanyard 繫索 (泛指掛在脖子或手腕上的繩子)
• timberland 森林地
• shot 老舊的、不能再用的、精疲力盡的
  例：The coffeemaker is shot. The heating element is corroded.
  
• corrode 侵蝕、腐蝕
• get a kick out of 因什麼興奮、快樂
  例：He'll get a kick out of it. It's an adventure.
• tooth and nail 拼命地、想盡方法地
  例：I gotta fight you tooth and nail.
• soak 浸泡、浸溼、收費過高、坑人
  例：You worried he's gonna soak you for an extra pencil?
• rimshot 打擊鼓邊發出的聲響
• How do you like them apples? = How do you like them? 你喜歡嗎？你覺得怎樣？(有挑釁意味)
• girl scout 女童軍
• simmer 燉、慢煮
  例：I think I'll let this simmer a bit.
• set a precedent 樹立先例、設規矩
  例：It's all about setting a precedent.
• in a mess 混亂地、雜亂地、髒亂的
  例：First day there, I walk in a mess. I'm wearing a puss, a fucking scowl.
  
• scowl 皺眉、顯怒容
• galoot 笨蛋
• go straight 改邪歸正、走正途
  例：What'd you go straight from the joint to Earl Scheib?
• code word 密碼、暗語、暗號
• secret passage 密道
• coconut 椰子
• so much as 甚至於
  例：From that time on, nobody so much as looks at me cross-eyed!
• entrepreneur 企業家
• station 駐紮、部署、配置
  例：He says he wants somebody stationed in the yard.
• pit stop 休息站、賽車修理站
• moss 苔蘚、青苔、泥沼
• jungle cat 山貓、叢林貓
• hold the horses 等一下、稍等
  例：- So can we go? - Hold your horses.
• acupuncture 針灸
• gherkin 一種小黃瓜
• paralysis 麻痹、癱瘓、停頓
• in the lurch 在危險、難堪之中
  例：I haven't forgotten our arrangement last year, you leaving me in the lurch like that.
• underhanded 秘密的、欺騙的、偷偷摸摸的
  例：Why did you have to be underhanded? I don't find that appealing, frankly.
• malpractice 不當治療、誤診
• cut of one's jib 一個人的外觀和行事作風
  例：If you don't like me personally, or the cut of my jib, or my face, or whatever, then the matter will end here and I will never ask you again.
• drop-dead 非常地、極度地
  例：You're different from what's out there, not to mention being drop-dead beautiful.
• fleece 羊毛 (外套)
• somber = gloomy 昏暗的、陰沈的、憂鬱的
  例：I don't want to paint in somber tones here, but the man is a sociopath, unpracticed in not getting what he wants.
  
• unpracticed 經驗不足的、不熟練的
• kaput 過時的、毀了的、完蛋的
  例：Now, since the therapy is kaput, what use are you to him except for sex?
• depth of feeling 深厚的感情
  例：Your depth of feeling is really quite extraordinary here.
• borscht 甜菜湯、羅宋湯 
• alpha male/female 有領導特質的人
• chisel sb. out of sth. 騙取某人的東西
  例：You chiseled him out of a dinner?
• page 男隨從、青年侍從
• youse = you all 你們
• moose 北美麋
• Lyonnaise 和洋蔥薄片一起炸的
• piss away 浪費、揮霍
  例：Yeah, go piss it away at blackjack.
• break out the big guns 拿出真功夫、開始認真了、使出壓箱寶
  例：Come on, I'm breaking out the big guns here.
• spell 使換班休息、輪替
  例：You can take the night off. I'll spell you.