The Sopranos 2x03 - Toodle Fucking-Oo 英文筆記

• special K = ketamine = K 他命
• ecstasy 狂喜、心醉神迷；Ecstasy 搖頭丸
• break up (無線電) 收不到訊號
  例：[Police radio] 321, repeat, you're breaking up.
• private jet 私人飛機
• on standby 待命
  例：If I had a quarter for every time I heard that since you learned how to talk, I'd have a private jet on 24-hour standby.
• repeat oneself 講重複的話
  例：Now he's repeating himself.
• crack the whip 抽鞭子，可引申為體罰、用威權迫使別人努力工作。
  例：Plenty of parents still crack the whip.
• Empty nest syndrome 空巢症候群。當孩子長大離開父母身邊時，因寂寞所引發的心理疾病。
• Wellbutrin 抗憂鬱藥的品牌
• over a barrel 處於窘境、處於不知所措的情況
  例：As a parent today, you are over a barrel no matter what you do. You take away her car, you become her chauffeur. You ground her, you gotta stay home weekends and be prison guards.
• restrain 抑制、限制、約束
  例：With the laws today, you can't even restrain your kid physically.
• overplay one's hand 高估自己的能力，hand 指的是手上的牌。
  例：Let's just not overplay our hand. Cause if she finds out we're powerless, we're fucked.
• meditate, meditation 沉思、冥想、打坐
  例：I did a lot of meditation in the can on this.
• grind 苦工、苦差事、無聊單調的事
• greaseball 義大利人 (有歧視意味)
• suck up to sb. 奉承
  例：This sucking up to Tony Soprano has done wonders for you.
  
• parmigiana 巴馬乾酪的
• lay down 屈服
  例：I'm not gonna fucking lay down!
• make too much of sth. 小題大作
  例：You guys are making too much of this.
  
• Zuni 蘇尼人，一種印第安人。
• determinism 決定論，每件事必須有其發生的原因。
• penalize = punish 處罰、處刑
  例：You want to penalize her because you don't agree with her choices.
• permanent (wave) = perm 燙髮
  例：Why don't you go get a permanent or something?
• doorknob 門把
• hit the jackpot 中獎、僥倖成功
  例：Steve's just walking around trying doorknobs till he hits the jackpot.
• flake 常放別人鴿人的人、不能信賴的人
• Discover Card 美國發行的信用卡
• allowance 零用錢
• sinew 肌肉、精力
  例：You look great. You're all sinew.
• put / raise one's hand(s) on sb. 對某人動手、打某人
  例：I ever hear you raise your hands on my niece again, next time you won't see my face.
  
• give one's last name 娶
  例：You want to raise your hands, you give her your last name.
• coffeepot 咖啡壺
• cheekbone 頰骨
• sweetness and light 友善和輕鬆的樣子 (假裝出來的)
  例：Prick. I talked to him yesterday. He's all sweetness and lights.
• toodle-oo = good bye
• pipe-fitter 水管裝修工
• pull a dent 弄平汽車上的凹痕
• cordial 熱忱的、誠懇的、友善的
• façade 建築物的正面、表面、門面
• posture 姿態、態度
  例：You abandoned the doctor façade and adopted the Jennifer posture.
• accountable = responsible
  例：Young girls are not accountable for their behavior.
• ditsy 不負責任的、愚蠢的、輕浮的
• cobra 眼鏡蛇
• downward facing dog 瑜珈的一種姿勢
• supple (身體) 柔軟的、易彎曲的、順從的
• food court 美食廣場、美食街
• fried rice 炒飯
• catchy 易記住的、難搞的、狹猾的，例：catchy disease。
• hit parade 大人物或流行歌的排行榜
  
• step in 介入、插手干涉
  例：When did you ever step in for me?
• stick up = hold up (拿槍的) 搶劫
  例：You and my kid brother stuck up Feech LaManna's card game.
• before the electric light 在電燈發明之前，形容很早。
  例：Feech is made before the electric light.
• vicious 邪惡的
• to say the least 不需說太多、少說
  例：If it wasn't for me, you two kids would've got a vicious beating, to say the least.
  
• take one's side 站在某人那一邊、支持某人
  例：You're talking the side of a civilian over me?
• bait 引誘、嘲弄
• disgrace 恥辱、丟臉
• shooting gallery 靶場、射擊場
• hardwood 硬木
• clear the air 使空氣流通、澄清事情、消除誤會
  例：Let's clear the air here.
• johnny-come-lately 新來的人
• Vishnu 毗濕奴，印度教的三主神之一。
• pick bones 吵架、爭吵
  例：You're just here to pick the frigging bones.
• (temper) tantrum 情緒爆發、突然爆怒
• ride roughshod over 忽視、沒大沒小、不尊重、不看在眼裡
  例：You let that girl ride roughshod over you, someday you're gonna regret it.
• pre-existing 之前就存在的
• bum 殘疾的、疼痛的、劣質的，例：bum hip。
  
• the Man Upstairs = God
  例：What next does the Man Upstairs have in store for me?
• in store 計劃好的、準備要發生的
• sprain 扭傷
• fibrillation 肌肉自不主地顫動、心臟不規則收縮
• psychosomatic 心理與生理相關的
• oversell 銷售過多、賣空、過度吹捧
  例：Mr. Soprano oversold me. I'm only the best in the Western world.
  
• Western world 西方國家
• Brylcreem 刮鬍泡品牌
• May you live in interesting times. 祝你活在有趣的年代。「有趣的年代」指的是亂世，這句話據說是來自中國諺語「寧為太平犬，不做亂世人」。
• audience with the pope 老百姓見教宗，形容某人地位很高，要見上一面都要經過層層關卡。
  例：- You met with Tony? - It's more like a fucking audience with the pope.
• NHL = National Hockey League
• arena 舞台、場地、運動場
• penalty box 曲棍球賽中，犯規球員必須待在的區域。
• be under the impression 以為、認為
  例：I was talking to Paulie Walnuts who was under the impression that Richie had been in Bosnia.
• Muslim 穆斯林
• youngster 年輕人
• medical curiosity = medical oddity 醫學上異常的現象
  
• against the law 違法、不合法
  例：Exploiting medical curiosities is against the law.
• homecoming 同學會、歡迎 (回家) 會
• lion's share 最大配額
  例：I moved a lot of H for you, and you made the lion's share.
• slippery 不可靠的、光滑的
• radical 基本的、根本的、極端的、激進份子
• bulimic 易餓病 (bulimia) 的病人
  例：They're afraid I'll go bulimic again.
• limelight 劇院用的燈
• hypocritical 偽善的、虛偽的
• wash out 洗 (掉)
  例：Someday somebody's gonna wash out your mouth with soap.
• lay a trip on sb. 把自己的想法或感覺加注在別人身上
  例：You lay the same trip on everybody who comes in here.
• candy stripe 糖果上的條紋
• gook 亞洲人 (有歧視意味)
• soy milk 豆漿
• Madrigal 沒有伴奏、由二到三人唱的歌 (流行於文藝復興時期)
• pick flowers 摘花
• pick up 接收 (電台訊號)
  例：Can you pick up the BBC on that thing, or what?
• spinal 脊椎的
• run over 輾過、壓過
  例：Paulie's cousin got run over by a forklift. Broke his back.
  
• forklift 起貨機