The Sopranos 1x07 - Down Neck 英文筆記

• take a swig 喝一大口
• backwash 逆流、後果
• nun 修女、尼姑
• rosary 天主教的念珠
• nth grade 幾年級
• sacramental 聖禮的
• Form it up! 列隊
• Hustle, hustle, hustle! 快快快！
• Shake a leg. 動起來、跳跳舞
• jumping jack 一種人形玩具或動作，跳上跳下，在空中時姿勢成大字形
• sync up 跟上 (拍子)
  
• get dust 搞得灰頭土臉、全身髒兮兮
  例：I got dust up the crack of my ass.
  
• take pleasure in sth. 樂於其中
• rag 責罵、惡作劇、開玩笑
  例：He's been ragging in my ear all day.
  
• stoppage 名詞，阻礙、中止
• deem 認為、相信、評估
  例：He stays until the union deems this workplace is free of hazard.
  
• hazard 危險 (之物)
• pay up 付清
  例：Give union a call and see if this gentleman here had paid up his union dues.
  
• union dues 工會會費
• pop in 進入一下子
  例：Pop in these wheel covers and we'll check the brake pads. 深入檢查一下這些輪胎的金屬殼，看看煞車皮有沒有問題。
  
• wheel cover = hubcap = wheel trim 輪胎金屬殼
• brake pad 煞車皮
• vomit = puke = throw up 嘔吐
• affront 公然侮辱、冒犯
• have trouble Ving 做什麼事有困難
• deficit 名詞，缺失、缺少
• aggregate of sth. 總和
• inattention 不專心
• impulsivity 衝動
• hyperactivity 過動
• thorough 徹底的、完整的
• polio = poliomyelitis 脊髓灰質炎，又稱小兒麻痺
• tarantella 一種義大利舞蹈
• a battery of sth. 一組相關的東西
  例：He'll be given a complete battery of testing.
  
• attend 照顧、侍侯
  例：We attend every child according to his own special set of circumstances.
  
• shit a brick 嚇一跳、驚訝
  例：I bet that gym teacher shit a brick when your little friend puked on his boots.
  
• boys will be boys 過時的諺語，用來說男孩子的頑皮
  
• vice principal 副校長
• hellion = troublemaker 搗蛋鬼 (通常指年輕人)
• condone = excuse = pardon 寬恕、原諒
• go off 爆炸
  例：A bomb went off.
• controversial 受爭議的
• line 填充
  例：Is it a disease, or a way for these psychologists to line their pockets?
  
• intervention 介入
• out of the norm 不正常
  例：You don't consider his behavior out of the norm?
• pick up the pieces 災難後撿起碎片，比喻重新站起來、面對現實
  例：You pick up the pieces and you go on from there.
  
• go easy on sb. 對某人寬容
• press sb. hard 對某人嚴厲
• raise 加薪
  例：You want a raise to figure this out?
  
• rake 耙 (落葉)
  
• RBI 打點 (棒球)
• payoff 名詞，發薪
• Jefferson Airplane 60 年代的搖滾樂園，有兩首經典名曲：White Rabbit 和 Somebody to Love
• belt 皮帶
  例：The belt was his favorite child development tool.
  
• clam 蛤蜊
• oyster 牡蠣、生蠔
• Worcestershire sauce = Worcester sauce 一種英國辣醬油
• He wasn't around much. 他時常不在 (家)。
• provision = supply 供應 (食物)
  之前的相關詞：cater
  
• extortion 勒索
• loan-sharking = shylock 高利貸
• be engaged in sth. 從事
• feminist 女性主義的
• objectify 設立目標
• pull down 花錢花很兇
  例：These girls pull down 1500 a week.
• bear no weight with sb. 對誰來說不重要
  例：This bears no weight with the principessa.
• principessa 公主的義大利語
• lie through one's teeth 說謊說得誇張、睜眼說瞎話
• nitwit = dimwit = idiot 傻子
• information age 資訊爆炸的時代
• special occasion 特別的慶祝活動
• antique = old-timer 古董
• wide open 完全開放的
• broad daylight 大白天
  例：You did this in broad daylight?
• interstate 州際的
• commerce 商務、貿易
• I take a licking but keeps on ticking. 著名的鍾錶廣告詞，比喻東西耐用。
• Eric Cartman 《南方公園》裡的那個胖子
• anal probe 肛門探針檢查
• special ed = special education 特殊教育
• soloist 獨奏者、獨唱者
• choir 合唱團
• Like father like son. 有其父必有其子。
• daddy's little girl 被父親寵壞的女生
  之前的相關字：mama's boy
  
• gene pool 一個物種身上所有的基因
• scrabble 拼字遊戲
• be wiped = be wiped out 非常疲勞、累死了
  例：I'm kind of wiped.
  
• racket 噪音、喧鬧聲、非法企業
• on a silver platter 準備好好地 (即台語的「傳邊邊」)、垂手可得地
  例：I gave my life to my children on a silver platter, and this is how he repays me.
  
• flat tire 漏氣的輪胎
• rip off 詐騙、詐取
  例：He ran some union that ripped off these pension things or something.
  
• pension 退休金、養老金
• algae 海藻、藻類
• scrape off 刮除
• genetical 基因相關的
• acquaintance = familiarity 熟人
• Leopold and Loeb 兩個高學歷的殺人犯，他們殺了一個 14 歲的男孩，震驚 20 年代當時的美國
• cornhole 肛交
  
• omen 預兆
• be doomed to V 注定要怎樣
  例：He who doesn't understand history is doomed to repeat it.
  
• static 生氣的評論
  例：They will probably give you a lot of static about your editorial.
  
• dot-head 額頭上有一個紅點的印度女人 (有貶意)
  
• gravy 肉汁
• red lead 鉛丹，可以用防鏽，化學式為 Pb3O4
• electric organ = electric keyboard 電子 (風) 琴
• high-strung 神經質的、高度緊張的
• toll 通行費、敲鍾聲、傷亡人數 (death toll 的簡寫)
• loot 搶劫
  
• agitator 煽動者
• favoritism 偏愛、偏袒
  例：My father was showing favoritism.
• in the pit of one's stomach 錐心之痛
  打從心底愛某人可以說 love someone from the bottom of your heart，而痛苦的感覺 (害怕、傷心)，則可以把它形容成痛到肚子下面。pit of stomach 是肚子下方，丹田的位置。
  例：I still remember that feeling in the pit of my stomach.
  
• pertain 屬於、關於
  例：How does this pertain to the situation with your son?
• amusement park 遊樂園
• lint 棉絮、絨布
• clarabell 小丑 (如麥當勞叔叔)
  
• devastating 極度令人傷心的，原動詞 devastate 為毀壞
  
• handcuff sb. 給某人戴上手銬
• Ed Sullivan 50~60 年代的綜藝主持人
• vanilla 香草
• uppity 自負的、傲慢的
• undesirable 不良份子
• be in a bind 被困在兩難的局面、有困難
  例：That's the bind I'm in.
• salami 一種義大利香腸
• hereditary 世襲的、遺傳的
• predisposition 易患病的體質、預先的傾向
• preordain 預先注定
• possess 擁有
• Okie - Oklahoma 的工人的居民 (有貶意)
• misfit 適應不良的人、不稱職的人、不適合的東西
• grow by leaps and bounds 成長得很快速
• supper 比 dinner 早的晚餐
• albacore 長鰭金槍魚
• smother 使人窒息、悶住
• shoot the shit 隨便聊聊、閒話家常
• be full of oneself 自滿
• caporegime 簡稱 capo，義大利黑手黨的「堂主」，地位僅次 boss
• go-getter 事業發展迅速的人
• get sb. worked up 刺激某人，使其興奮或腦怒
  例：Rocco just got him all worked up.
• choirboy 合唱團男孩，或比喻道德高尚的人
  
• ruthless 無情的、殘忍的
• be eager to V 渴望想怎樣
• cognitive 認知的
• quote-unquote 在一個字加引雙號的唸法，或唸  quote endquote
  
• on the go 忙個不停
• fidget 慌張、坐立不安
• constitute sth. 組成、造成
  例：What constitutes a fidget?
  
• be in puberty 正值青春期
• oppose 對抗
• in shape 處於良好狀態
  例：Admiral Nimitz had no battleships in shape for the fight.
• trump card 致勝王牌
• sprinkle 巧克力米，五顏六色，小小一粒一粒的