The Sopranos 2x01 - Guy Walks Into a Psychiatrist's Office 英文筆記

• security 證券，包括股票、債券等。
  例：This stockbroker's exam will test your basic knowledge of stocks, bonds, and other securities.
• jokey 好笑的、笑話的
  例：You're a good guy, Tony, but you abuse that jockey shit.
• turn one's heart to stone 變得冷酷無情
  例：I don't know it when every one of my friends turns their hearts to stone against me.
• finger = point out 指出
  例：There was a rat. So you finger me?
• out of the blue 突然地
  例：When out of the blue you come, and for no reason, you start telling me you're my friend!
• for no reason 無緣無故
• treason = betrayal 背叛
• off-the-reservation 間諜、殺手或黑道成員背著老闆進行未受權的任務。
  例：Am I supposed to trust you? You off-the-reservation cocksucker!
• spondylitis 脊椎炎
• Percocet 一種止痛藥
• jujube 棗子、一種水果軟糖
• Puerto Rico 波多黎各，加勒比海上的一個國家。
• vibe = vibration 震動、預兆
  例：My doctor prescribes this clinic for me in Puerto Rico. I didn't exactly object, given the vibes around here.
  
• twat = cunt
  
• acupuncturist 針灸師
• sciatic 臀部的、坐骨的；sciatic nerve 坐骨神經
• feeler 觸角、天線 (antenna)、試探者
• pat 輕拍
• predicate 動詞片語，一個句子通常由兩個部分組成，主詞和動詞片語。
• piss boy 男僕 (有貶意)
  
• We were late landing. 我們飛機延遲降落。
• Coming off the lam, every nickel counts. 逃亡時每分錢都重要。
• woe 痛苦、悲哀
  例：- What's been going on? - Same tale of woe...
• no end = endless
  例：This upset Junior no end.
  
• suffocate = smother 悶死、使窒息
  例：When Junior come after him, Tony went to the home, tried to suffocate his own mother.
  
• portfolio 文件夾、投資組合
  例：Webistics would be perfect for your portfolio.
• EF 字母 F 念慢一點就變成 E...F，可當作 fuck 的委婉說法。
• tedious = boring = tiresome 無聊的、冗長乏味的
• executive decision 主管、老闆做出的決定 (特別指一個人做出的決定)
  
• sound 健全的、可靠的、合理的
  例：American Forestry? A very sound company.
• forestry 林產、林地
• mutual fund 共有基金
• petition = request 請願、請求
  例：Your uncle's petitioning to get out of jail on a medical pending trial.
• liable (法律上) 有義務的、傾向的、可能的
  例：Neil thinks they're liable to let him out.
• temptation 誘惑
• at the helm 掌權、控制
  例：Since you're at the helm, it all gets back to putting up bigger blinds.
• rain dance 祈雨舞
• commune 一群人共同生活、共享資源
  例：I'm gonna be 5 grand lighter before my sister rain dances back to the commune. 在我姊高高興興回去前，我會少掉五千元。(她姊可能打扮得很嬉皮，rain dance 和 commune 都是在諷刺嬉皮族。)
• reunion 重聚、團圓
  例：We'll make a family reunion out of it.
• pinch 掐、捏
• bulldog 牛頭犬
• crab 螃蟹、捕螃蟹
• evaporate = vaporize 蒸發
  例：All my money that was on the street, all  those payments, I guest just evaporated?
• to the letter 嚴格按照字句、按照規矩、照顧到每一個小細節
  例：All the pricks paid up to the letter?
• pay up 付清
• on a roll 正邁向成功的路、鴻運當頭
• brokerage 股票經紀公司
• Chip 'n Dale 迪士尼的卡通人物，兩隻花栗鼠 (chipmunk)。
• ergonomic 人類工學的
• rip off 偷
  例：My ergonomic pillow got ripped off at a bus stop in Rapid City.
• linoleum 一種耐洗的地毯
• Parvati 帕爾瓦蒂，印度教的一個女神。
• regress 逆行、還原、回歸
  例：- You look like a teenager. - My therapist says I'm regressing.
• State of Washington 華盛頓州，美國西北方的一個州。前面之所以常加上 "State of" 是因為要跟華府做區隔 (Washington, D.C.)。
• disability 殘障、殘疾
• Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) 一種病毒
• chronic 慢性的 (疾病)、持續的
• carpal tunnel (syndrome) 腕隧道症候群，又稱滑鼠手、鋼琴家手。
• miso soup 味噌湯
• seaweed 海草、海藻 
• hip 流行的、時髦的
  例：Dad, how do you stay so hip?
• lock away = lock up = lock in
  例：He'll eat anything that's not locked away.
• in on 參與、干涉
  例：- You don't see your sister for years, right away you start in on her diet? - Believe me, she gives as good as she gets.
  
• give as good as you get 對待別人跟別人對待你一樣好 (或壞)
• sensational 極好的、轟動性的
  例：You look sensational, Janice. Not a line.
• line 皺紋,
• brunt 主力、重擔
  例：You're the one who stayed, you took the brunt.
  
• pitch in 努力投入、幫助
• conversion reaction 心理問題轉變成生理疾病
• bring on 引起、導致
  例：Her stroke is called a conversion reaction. It's a big opera brought on by repressed rage. It's bullshit.
• repressed 壓抑的、受抑制的
• infarct 梗塞
• bewilder = confuse 迷惑、不知所措
  例：Mom is bewildered by all of this. I mention you and her eyes fill up with tears.
  
• Florence Nightingale 南丁格爾，英國護士及統計學家。
• Porsche Carrera 保時捷
• compliance officer 法規事務主管，負責確保公司營運的合法性。
• impulse control 衝動控制
  例：You gotta exercise impulse control.
• jackal 豺、走狗、爪牙
• chore 雜事、零工、爛差事
• set foot in 踏進、進入
  例：Now that the dragon lady's gone, they'll set foot in our house?
• dragon lady 邪惡、心機重、很會算計、製造麻煩的女人
• mope 憂鬱、消沉、鬱悶
  例：I'm telling you. You mope your way through this, I'll cut your throat.
• self-medicate 不照醫生指示自己亂吃藥
• bulletin board 公佈欄
• cold call 打電話給陌生人推銷
• OTC = over-the-counter 櫃台買賣、場外交易
• pump and dump 一種股票詐騙的手法，先用低價大量買進某股票，想辦法騙別人去買以抬高股價，然後再一次賣掉手頭上的股票。
  
• suavely 有禮貌地、討好地、親切地
• SEC = Securities and Exchange Commission 美國證券交易委員會
• broadside (車) 撞到旁邊
  例：I told my family I got broadsided, but I passed out behind the wheel.
  
• behind the wheel 在車子裡面、在方向盤後
• fall out 吵架
  例：My mother and me, we had a falling out.
• profanity 褻瀆、不敬、粗俗的談話，這個字比起 blasphemy 和 sacrilege 程度較輕。
• kick in 猛然進入，例：kick in the door。
• putrescible 可分解的、可腐化的，例：non-putrescible waste。
• ramification = branch 分枝、外節生枝
  例：I don't need the ramifications that could arise from treating someone like yourself.
• goddess 女神
• pound cake 奶油蛋糕 (原料都是一磅一磅的)
  
• Mommy Dearest 作者 Christina Crawford 小時候被她的演員媽媽 Joan Crawford 虐待的回憶錄，有被拍成電影。
• cannonball 炮彈
• bear 生產、生育
  例：Some family reunion, the woman who bore them is barred from the premises.
• bar 阻攔、封鎖
• premises 房子、建築物及其地
• will 遺囑
• upkeep 維修費
  例：Tony pays for her retirement home, the upkeep on her car.
• Ben & Jerry's 冰淇淋等甜品的品牌
• from the first 從一開始
  例：She came here for the house and a $400 car. That's was the con from the first.
• St. Bernard 聖伯納犬
  
• first class 頭等、頂級
  
• frequent flyer 常坐飛機的人，例：frequent flyer upgrade。
• LSD = lysergic acid diethylamide 一種迷幻藥
• divert 轉移、轉向
  例：I always thought there's some way to divert frequent flyer mileage on a grand scale.
• tripping 嗑藥後茫了
  例：Are you tripping?
  
• gas burner 瓦斯爐
• be beyond sb. 使某人不瞭解
  例：Why you can't use a lighter to cook your shit like normal people is beyond me.
• cutlery 刀、餐具、利器
• practice 工作、專業
  例：- You don't answer my calls, I got no choice. - Walking away is a choice. Ruining my practice, it's a choice.
• call in sick 打電話請病假
• better off 情況更好
  例：They're better off with me than without me.
• drive off 駛離
  例：I drove off the road a couple days back. 我前天開車偏離了道路 (撞到旁邊的東西)。