The Sopranos 1x11 - Nobody Knows Anything 英文筆記

• A-list 最喜愛的人的名單，跟 black list 相反。
  例：Debbie, you gotta put her on the A-list.
• Willie Shoemaker 美國騎師
• homestretch 最後一段跑道、最後階段
• Mop 'N Glo 清潔用品品牌
• dermatologist 皮膚科醫生
• rail 樓梯扶手、欄桿
• bust up 打碎、突擊、破壞
  例：If I wanted to bust up card games, I'd have a doughnut in my mouth.
• potluck 家常便飯
• raid 襲擊、突擊、搜捕
  例：I think it was a potluck raid.
  
• out of breath Ving 做什麼事喘不過氣
  例：He's out of breath lifting his dick to take a leak.
• Your ears must be ringing.
  我們常說打噴涕代表有人正在說你壞話，但美國人並不是說打噴涕，而是說耳鳴。所以 your ears must be ringing 就是在告訴某人：我們正在談論你，你的耳朵一定正在響吧。
  
• riot 搞笑的人或物
  例：You guys are such a riot.
• draw straws 抽籤，通常用吸管做為籤，看誰抽到唯一一支較短的吸管。
  例：We were gonna draw straws to see who's gonna bail you out.
• strangle 勒死
  例：I nearly strangled her on the ride home.
  
• throw out 丟掉、扭到、扭傷
  例：I threw my back out again.
• dash 衝撞、衝刺
• charity 慈善
  例：You're not doing charity work, remember?
• blinder (馬的) 眼罩、眩目的人或物
  
• cut a deal 談生意、協調
  例：He was in a federal building, cutting a deal.
  
• resisting arrest 拒捕
• low-ball 很便宜的、價錢很低的
  例：Who walks away from a thing like that with low-ball bail?
  
• open house 在家舉辦非正式、歡迎所有人來的聚會
• negative attention-getting 用負面情緒 (如生氣) 來吸引別人的注意
• gather dust 因太久沒使用而生灰塵
  例：This piano has been gathering dust here for three months.
• tub = bathtub
  例：I'm thinking about going home, sitting in the tub.
  
• be not oneself 身體或心理有問題
  例：There's something wrong with him. He's not himself.
• easy mark = sitting duck 容易瞄準的目標、易受騙的對象
• Percs 藥物品牌
• pool cue = cue stick = pool stick 撞球桿
• front line 第一線、前線
  例：This doctor works on the Jets front line when they get hurt.
• Jonas Salk 沙賓小兒麻痺口服疫苗 (Salk vaccine) 的發明人
• CAT scan 電腦斷層掃瞄
• safe 保險箱
• pending doom 即將來臨的災難
• interfere with sth. 干擾
  例：Every time I offer my opinion about any of your friends it seems to interfere with our therapy.
• burden sth. 施壓於、加重量
  例：Psychologically, a secret is a heavy load. It leads to feelings of guilt, which further burden the mind.
• badge 徽章、警徽
• pisser 惹人生氣的人
  
• getaway 逃離、逃走 (名詞)
  
• pocketful 一口袋的、很多的
• shitfaced 喝醉酒的
• They have absolutely no class, and they're always on the hustle. 他們不僅沒品味，而且總是草草了事。
• ricotta 一種義大利起士
• Are you wearing makeup? 你化了妝？
• cholesterol 膽固醇
• low-fat 低脂的
• disrespectful 不尊重的
  例：I don't care if you think it's disrespectful, but I want you to cut the drama.
  
• shut-in 被圍住的、被監禁的、病痛纏身的人
• check up on sth. 檢查、拜訪
  例：He can't check up on me once in a while?
• hint at sth. 暗示
  例：I know what you're hinting at.
  
• can't carry one's socks 連替誰提鞋子都不配
  例：Junior couldn't carry Johnny's socks.
• blacken 抹黑
• get mixed up with sb. 跟誰有一腿
  例：Do you think I'd blacken my Johnny's memory by getting mixed up with his brother?
• beached 上岸的、擱淺的，例：beached whale。
  
• withdrawal 名詞，領錢、收回、退回、戒除 (某種藥物上癮)。
  例：I figured you'd be having a cannoli withdrawal by now.
• Stop & Shop 美國的大賣場
• astronomy 天文
• take up space 佔空間、佔有一席之地
  例：- You dad tells me you're taking astronomy in college. - No, business. - How come he keeps saying you're taking up space in school?
  
• get hooked on sth. 上癮
  例：I think I'm getting hooked on these painkillers.
• painkiller 止痛藥
• walk into walls 走路都會撞牆，表示精神不好，昏昏沉沉。
  例：I've been walking into walks all week.
• stripe 條紋、軍服上用來代表軍階的 V 字臂章
  例：You waited a long time for the stripes. 你為了這個位置 (階級) 等了好久。
  
• perk 津貼、外快、振作、活躍
• strap 捆、紮、皮帶、用皮帶鞭打
  例：I want you to see that fucking wire strapped on his body. Otherwise, all bets are off. 我要你親眼看到他身上纏著竊聽器，否則就取消計劃。
  
• all bets are off 取消所有計劃、之前說的都不算
• Mario Lanza 40~50 年代的美國男高音
• half-assed 事情做一半的、不完整的、草率的、隨便的
• tenor 男高音；baritone 男中音；bass 男低音
• escrow 給第三方 (escrow company) 持有的契約文件，go into escrow 表示交易 (通常是房屋交易) 快完成了。
• aqua therapy 水療
  
• bathing suit 泳裝
• Neptune 海王星
• counteroffer 反提議、還價
• rubdown 按摩、馬沙雞
• schvitz 俄國的三溫暖
• sauna 蒸汽浴
• no-no 嚴禁、不可以做的事
  例：My doctor mentioned stream and sauna specifically as no-noes.
• with a capital A/B/C/... 強調某個單字字首是大寫的，表示「非常」或「真的」。
  例：He's into Pussy, big. And I mean with a capital B. 他欠 Pussy 很多錢，不是普通的多。
  
• be into sb. 欠誰的錢
• Pussy must be burying this prick in vig alone. Pussy 光用利息就可以淹死他了。
• If my vote counts for anything, ... 如果我說的話算數…
• get the show on the road 開始、著手、上路、登場
• superfecta 一種賭博方式，排出前四名的選手。
• in question 考慮中的、討論中的
• administrative leave 暫時停職但留薪，用法通常是 be placed on administrative leave。
  
• hearing 聽證會
  例：A spokesman says that the officer in question will be placed on administrative leave, pending the outcome of the hearing set for this morning.
• bordello = whorehouse 妓院
• light years behind 落後很多
  例：This country is light years behind the rest of the world. Most civilized countries have legalized prostitution.
• Monica Lewinsky 柯林頓外遇的對象
• punishable offense 應被懲罰的罪過
  例：I don't think sex should be a punishable offense.
  
• did / take a header 一頭栽入、一頭跳下去
  例：The jerk did a header off the Route 1 bridge.
• jam 困難、困境
  例：He helped me out of a lot of jams.
• straw 稻草、導火線
• have sb. in one's corner 支持、站在自己這邊
  例：As long as he had you in his corner, there was nothing to worry about.
• know where one stand 知道自己所扮演的角色、知道自己身在何處
  例：At least with Tony Soprano, you know where you stand.
  
• mohair 安哥拉山羊 (Angora goat) 毛
• shoe lift = shoe insert 鞋墊
• pleurisy 胸膜炎，劇中 Junior 把複數 (plural) 講成一種疾病 (pleurisy)。
  
• safe house 避難或藏匿用的房子
• joint 房子、地方、地盤
  例：I told him the pool table was there when I first rented the joint.
• calling 職業
  例：You missed your calling. You should've been a lawyer.
• put the screws on / to 施壓
  例：They were putting the screws to me like I was a school kid.
• conspiracy 同謀、陰謀
• lasagna 義大利菜，焗烤多層片狀的義大利粉。
• off the hook 從困境中解脫、逃離陷阱
  例：I gotta show my face or they'll think they're off the hook.
• get sth. crossed 搞錯
  例：Makazian's guy got his facts crossed.
• jump the gun 槍還沒響就起跑、太早開始
• appliance 用具、設備，例：kitchen appliance。
• loading dock 貨車卸貨處
• Braun 家電品牌
• line up 整隊、排隊、備妥
  例：I already lined up childcare, so I don't want to hear it.
• bump up 擴大、小程度地放大、升職
  例：I may be getting bumped up, a notch or two!
• on one's way out 外出、出局
  例：Tony Soprano's on his way out, and I mean as in "forever."
• breathe a word 洩密
  例：If you breathe a word of this to anybody, they're gonna be burying me and you right next to Tony Soprano.
  
• belittle = denigrate = derogate 輕視、貶低
  例：You don't belittle a man like Junior Soprano.
  
• cunt lap 幫女人口交、jerk、mama's boy
  
• add insult to injury 火上加油、激怒別人使得情況更糟糕
  例：To add insult to injury, he was planning a move against Junior!
• brew 釀造、沖泡、煮