The Sopranos 1x06 - Pax Soprana 英文筆記

• dry clean 乾洗 (店)
• deli = delicatessen 熟食店，在美國，此種店像是雜貨店 + 速食店
  
• Fancy-Schmancy Deli 一家高級的熟食店
• joint 連鎖店
  
• cooz = cunt 罵女人的話
  
• need-to-know 一種保密機制，在一個多人合作的計劃中，每個人只能知道跟自己工作有關的資訊
  例：You're on a strict need-to-know, lieutenant.
• iron 熨斗
• Thirtysomething 80 年代末的電視劇
• spill the beans 說漏嘴
  例：You spilled the beans when you called to change the appointment.
  
• come clean = confess = tell the truth
  例：Maybe by coming clean with me, you're dialoguing with them.
  
• legit people 奉公守法的人、善良百姓
  
• make eye contact with sb. 和某人四目相對
  例：Most legit people I know, they'd go 100 miles out of their way not to make eye contact with me.
  
• flinch 畏縮
  之前的相似詞：chicken out
• Water's warm. 牌桌上說的話，應該是指「現在打得正熱」
• slender 修長的
• morto 義大利語，死
• namesake 同名的人或物
• overdose 服藥過量
• designer drug 為了避免觸法而改製的毒品，通常改造於現有藥物
• take a header 一頭栽入或摔到
  例：He takes a header right off the fence. 他越過欄桿，一頭摔下去。
  
• current whirl 漩渦
• bash 強烈撞擊
• putain 法語，相當於 whore
• Canoe 香水牌子
  
• wear 擦 (香水)
  例：Johnny wore Canoe.
• good nature 好脾氣
  例：Don't let certain people take advantage of your good nature.
  
• get over on sb. = take advantage of sb. 佔便宜
  例：Nobody's gonna get over on me.
• What have you got against him? 你跟他有什麼過節？
• pure gold 純金，可用來形容很珍貴的東西
• get under one's collar 把某人惹火
  例：He must've really gotten under your collar.
  
• crack one's coglioni 煩死、惡整，相當於 break his balls，coglioni 為義大利語，意思是男人的蛋蛋或氣魄
  
• shortstop 游擊手
• Mets 美國大聯盟紐約大都會隊
• cannoli 義大利點心，有點像捲心餅，單數型為 cannolo
• dildo 假陽具
• If ..., we wouldn't be Ving. 如果怎樣，我們現在就不會怎樣。
  例：If you were a dildo, we wouldn't be fighting.
  
• a word with sb. 跟某人談
  例：He says he needs a word with you.
• Lancelot 蘭斯洛特爵士，亞瑟王的圓桌武士之一
• shylock = loanshark 高利貸，簡稱 shy
  Shylock 是莎士比亞劇中，一個冷酷的借錢者的名字。
  
• call the tune 掌握大權
  例：He can call the tune, we all dance to it.
• royalty check 版稅
• think straight 腦袋清楚
  例：I got a lot on my mind, and I'm not thinking straight.
  
• skeeve sb. 對誰感到厭煩、噁心
• procreate 繁殖
• hump 嘿咻 (特別是跟無生命的東西)
  例：She'd hump a fire hydrant if it could make a pass at her.
  
• fire hydrant 消防栓
• make a pass at sb. 暗示、調情 (用說話或觸摸的方式)
• diagnostic 診斷的
• flush sth. 丟到馬桶沖掉
• insomnia 失眠
• diminished libido 性冷感
• impotence 無能、陽萎、不舉
• prostate 前列腺
• wag 搖擺
• You could set your clock to it. 形容某事很準時，你都可以用它來計時了
• credenza 一種櫃子，擺食物或儲放餐具
• Roche-Bobois 家具行
• spend like a drunken sailor 花錢如流水
  例：You've been spending like a drunken sailor all last week.
  
• the Statue of Liberty 自由女神
• air one's dirty laundry in public 家醜外揚，dirty laundry 通常指不可告人的醜陋祕密
  
• steep 陡峭的、(收費) 太貴的
  例：500's a little steep for back taxes, no?
• back taxes 過期未繳的稅
  
• get in the way of sb. 阻擬到某人
  例：God forbid I get in the way of someone earning.
• Hold on to your cock when negotiate with these desert people.
  Uncle Junior 講的經典笑話之一
• bananas = crazy
• spice things up 增添樂趣
• jump start = boost 用另一輛車的電瓶來發動車子
  例：Maybe I just need a little jump start. 或許我需要的只是一點動力。
  
• titillate 搔癢、挑逗
• degrade 貶低、降級
  之前的相似字：denigrate
  
• lingerie 女性貼身內衣或睡衣
• understate 保守地說、低調地表現
• mandolin 曼陀林，一種絃樂器
• price tag 標價牌
• toss 拋、投
  例：When I toss you over, if you can fly, I won't shoot you down.
  
• move 賣 (毒品)
• cards = marijuana 香菸、大麻
  例：During the football season he moved more cards than 10 guys put together.
• have one's day 有今日的成就
  例：We all agreed to let Junior have his day.
  
• Even a broken clock is right twice a day. 瞎貓碰上死耗子 (比喻僥倖而成功)。
• We made our bed, we sleep in it. 我們自己闖的禍，我們自己擔。
  
• kick upstairs 把某人踢到樓上去，表面上是讓他居高位，但實際上是為了自己的利益
  
• trickle 涓絹細流
• reading lamp 閱讀用的檯燈
• Gunga Din: Rudyard Kipling 的著名詩句，內容描述英國士兵 Gunga Din 被一個當地的挑水人救
  
• biscotti 一種義大利餅乾，長條型，內鑲杏仁
• almond 杏仁
• You got his ear. 他聽你的話。
• cure-all 萬靈藥
• expedite 加快、促進
  例：I think if Tony got more involved with the church, it may help to expedite things in his therapy.
  
• self-inflicted 自己造成的 (傷害)
  
• quench 撲滅、滿足 (慾望)
• We reap what we sow. 種什麼因，得什麼果。
  出自聖經，原句是 You reap what you sow。
• dalliance 調情、風流韻事
• as a couple 兩件事都能兼顧
• broad 寬容的
• mama's boy 成年還需要媽媽照顧的男人
• byproduct 副產物
• swing 揮棒
  例：You had a swing like Joe D.
• chase skirt 把妹
• Octavian 屋大維
• Augustus 奧古斯都
• Julius 朱利阿斯，在元老院被刺死的那個
• long face = unhappy face
  
• Harry Truman 杜魯門，美國第 33 任總統，因羅斯福病逝，杜魯門從副總統變成總統
• die from 因…而死
• profit off 從…獲取利益
  例：You think I'm gonna profit off your tax?
  
• salvation 拯救