The Sopranos 2x02 - Do Not Resuscitate 英文筆記

• have all one's marbles / buttons 完全理智、頭腦很清楚，這裡 marbles 相當於心智 (wits)。
  例：She's sick woman. She doesn't have all her marbles.
• make an asshole out of sb. 使某人出糗
  例：Don't make an asshole out of yourself!
• fluff 使起毛、弄亂、弄鬆
  例：Tony Soprano likes to fluffs his mother's pillow so she can get a nice long sleep.
• bad blood 敵對關係、怨恨、不滿
  例：Make peace with her. It'll look like no bad blood. It'll be good for all of us.
  
• mousehole 鼠洞
• industrialize 工業化
  例：The black men industrialized the North, but we're still fighting for jobs.
• reverend 牧師
• artisan 工匠、技工
• shut out of 被關在門外
  例：Black joint-fitters like all black artisans have been shut out of the unions.
• put sth. on the line 置於危險之中、使冒險
  例：My father put his life on the line for this country.
• tyranny 暴政、獨裁統治
• tabernacle 猶太教或摩門教的殿堂
• utter 發聲、說
  例：I'm going to visit "she who's name may not be uttered." Wanna come?
  
• left-brained 死腦筋的、只用左腦思考的 (左腦負責邏輯、分析等理性思考)
• sacred 神聖的、宗教的
• birthmark 胎記
• cranapple (juice) 藍梅和蘋果綜合果汁
• plain apple (juice) 純蘋果汁
• tapioca 木薯澱粉
• crack up 逼瘋、精神崩潰
  例：She cracks me up.
• reek 散發濃厚氣味、發臭
  例：Oh, you reek of cigarettes!
• black and blue 黑青
• stuck in 插入
  例：You see my hand? It's all black and blue where they stuck in the needle.
• pitch = peddle 推銷、沿街叫賣
  例：I had to go the city for a few days. I'm pitching my self-help video.
• Jack Kerouac 美國小說家
• activist 激進份子
• picket 站哨、護衛、(用柵欄或木樁) 圍住、抗議
  例：These activists are killing me. They're picketing my place 24-7.
• 24-7 全天候地 (一天 24 小時，一週 7 天)
• jurisdiction 管轄權
  例：You were told the joint fitter's union is under my uncle's jurisdiction.
• pave the way for 為…鋪路、準備、幫助
  例：You could pave the way for me to talk to your uncle, so he could maybe send some guys down and make it uncomfortable for these people.
• electrician 電器師、電器工
• refinance 再提供資金
• subsistence 生存、活命
  例：Tell him I'm gonna let him keep on earning. Subsistence level.
• high-end 吸引內行人的、內行的
• dumpster 大型垃圾桶
• To the victor belong the spoils. 一句諺語，意思是「成王敗寇」或「戰利品全歸勝者所有」。原本是用來形容美國的政治系統，政黨贏得選舉後，除了可以得到官職外，還可以得到其他利益。
• quotation 引用語
• buzz 按電鈴
  例：Buzz me when he feels ready to leave.
• iota 極小的量
  例：My back don't feel one iota different.
• generosity 慷慨、寬大
  例：Don't take advantage of the government's generosity.
  
• play both ends against the middle 在兩組對立的人馬間周旋，使自己漁翁得利。
• give sb. a window = give sb. a break
• Spare me, OK? 少來了，好嗎？
• chauffeur (專任) 司機
  
• errand boy 跑腿的小弟、專做雜事的小弟
• custody 監禁、拘留
  例：This man should not be removed from custody for medical reasons.
• incarcerate 監禁、使入獄
  例：Every time we get one of these elder mafioso incarcerated, we get the same bag of tricks.
• bag of tricks 錦囊妙計的「錦囊」
• take offense = be insulted = be offended
  例：I take offense at the characterization of my client as a mafioso.
• benign 良性的、溫和的、親切的
  例：Mr. Soprano is suffering a very benign illness. A few clogged arteries.
• clog 阻塞、塞滿
• artery 動脈、主要幹道
• lean towards 傾向
  例：I'm leaning towards releasing this man from lockup.
• lockup 監禁
• house arrest 軟禁
• primary residence 最常住的住所
• bracelet 手鐲、手銬、手環
• persecute 為難、困擾、迫害
  例：While we certainly agree to house arrest, we are asking that Mr. Soprano not be further persecuted for yet-to-be-proven allegations.
• allegation = formal accusation
• veteran 老兵
  例：He's a veteran of the Second World War.
  
• long in the tooth 非常老
  例：You're 28 years old when World War II starts. That's a little long in the tooth, isn't it?
• Pharaoh 法老
• part 分開
  例：Moses parted the Red Sea.
• determination 決心
  例：Never underestimate a man's determination to be free.
• pout 噘嘴、不高興
• cardiologist 心臟學家
• debut 首次登台
  例：I heard your radio debut on those tapes the feds made at Green Grove.
• grub 挖掘、搜尋，例：money grubbing 愛錢的、嗜錢如命的。
  
• hairpiece = toupee = false hair 假髮
• take a vow = take an oath
• Inside Edition 美國新聞節目
• macaroni 通心麵
• kudo 名詞，讚美，通常用複數。
  例：Kudos. You are a saint.
• insensitive 沒感覺到、沒察覺
  例：I was insensitive to his feelings.
• power of attorney (POA) 委託書
• obnoxious 討厭的、不愉快的
• insecure 不安全的、沒有安全感的
• break free 逃走、掙脫
  例：He's insecure. He's afraid to leave New Jersey and threatened by anybody who's broken free.
• rehab 復健、復興
• community service 社區服務
• homeless shelter 給無家可歸的人暫時居住的地方
• frames (眼鏡) 鏡框
  例：I should get new frames.
  
• cataract 瀑布、白內障
• continental 大陸的、洲的
• nucleotide 核甘酸
• strand 線之一股、海岸
  例：Guess how many nucleotides on each strand?
• fascist 法西斯主義者
• martinet 嚴格的人、嚴肅的人
• Jimi Hendrix 美國歌手
• make great strides 有很大的進步
  例：Her rehab therapist says she's making tremendous strides and it's not gonna be long before they release her.
• face-saving 保全面子
• taxpayer 納稅人
  
• foot 支付
  例：The taxpayer foots the bill.
• blimp 飛船、胖子
• pay one's dues 辛苦工作以賺取某種東西
• foreskin 包皮
• heart failure 心臟衰竭
• foul play 不正當行為 (特別指暴力)、犯罪、謀殺
• hover 徘徊、盤旋
  
• resuscitate 復活、復甦、復興
• anguish 痛苦、苦惱
  例：DNR (Do Not Resuscitate) is to save the family a lot of anguish and decisions at a difficult time, when there is no quality of life.
  
• quality of life 生活質量，對生活幸福與否的衡量。
• deprive 剝奪
  例：To deprive your mother of a place to live. To deprive me of my chance to make peace with my mother.
• carouse 痛飲、暢飲
  例：You got a driver's license, not a license to go carousing around on a school night.
• pinochle 一種撲克牌遊戲
  
• Louisiana 路易斯安那州
• season 調味；well-seasoned 調味調得很好
  例：Louisiana food isn't really spicy, it's just well-seasoned.
• cayenne (pepper) 辣椒
• initials 縮寫
  例：DNR, it's initials.
• alphabet 字母系統、字母集
• Richard Widmark 美國演員
• longevity 長命、長壽
  例：He lived well. God blessed him with longevity.
• We all will have our time. 我們都會有離開的一天。
  
• bust up 爭吵、破壞
• asbestos 石綿
• harbor 遮蔽、保護、保有 (什麼想法或情緒)
  例：He harbors resentment against me, and to this day I don't know what I did.
• snake in the grass 陰險狡詐的人、心機重的人
• work ethic 職業道德
• piggyback 扛在肩上