The Sopranos 2x07 - D-Girl 英文筆記

• ambulance chaser 專幫意外傷者打官司的律師 (有貶意)
• redeye 半夜航班的，紅眼睛表示很累。
  例：That's the redeye talking.
• Morgan Stanley 一家全球銀行，總部在紐約。
• snap up 快速買下、快速抓取
  例：Favreau snapped her right up.
  
• accessible (形容人) 易接近的、友善的
• opus 作品 (音樂或劇本)
  例：When do we get to read this opus?
  
• bridge-and-tunnel 曼哈頓人對郊區人的形容詞 (有貶意)，指郊區到曼哈頓市區要經過橋或隧道。
  例：Hey, bridge-and-tunnel boy, chill out.
• down-to-earth 樸實的、實際的、不傲慢的
  例：She seemed so down-to-earth for a Hollywood person.
• bellhop 飯店小弟 (幫提行李)
• premiere 初演、首映
• confirmation 堅振聖事，天主教儀式，經由洗禮以鞏固與上帝間的關係。
• absurdity 荒謬、荒誕
  例：Death just shows the ultimate absurdity of life.
• Hustler 情色雜誌
• cobweb 蜘蛛網、蜘蛛絲
  例：My head's all cobwebs. 我頭腦一團亂。
• draw a conclusion = conclude 下結論
  例：We're drawing no conclusions.
• quip 諷刺、雙關語、機智的話
  例：Cut the quips!
• merger 名詞，合併。
• since Moses wore short pants 很早以前
  例：That's been going on since Moses wore short pants.
• overture 主動的表示、提議、序曲
  例：Tony's still resisting the Philly overtures?
• lean on 倚靠著
  例：You come here because somebody's leaning on your ass? 你來這只是因為有人向你施壓吧？
• You can't put shit back in the donkey. 比喻有些事不可能就是不可能，例如：把拉出來的大便塞回去。
• adolescent 青春期的
  之前的相關字：puberty
• angst 不安、擾慮
  例：Adolescent angst is very normal.
• strain 繃緊、拉緊、緊張，例：the strain of the atmosphere 緊張的氣氛。
• stumble 絆倒、失足、困惑
  例：Anthony Jr. may have stumbled onto existentialism.
• existentialism 存在主義
• disillusion 使覺悟、使醒悟、使幻想破滅
  例：After World War II, people were disillusioned by sheer weight of the horrors. That's when the whole idea took root that there were no absolute truths.
  
• sheer weight of 全然的、純綷的、完全的
• take root 紮根、生根
• be up for debate 被拿出來討論、爭論
  例：In your family, even motherhood's up for debate.
• true colors 真面目
  例：She showed her true colors.
• embrace 擁抱、接受、接納
  例：Don't you think that kind of talk could lead a kid to embrace these ideas?
• solely 獨自地、單獨地
• aching 痛的 (持續性地)
• screwball 怪人、曲球
• mainstream 主流
  例：This movie is much more mainstream. It's about spies.
• SoHo 蘇活區，位於曼哈頓西南方，以餐廳、商店和畫廊著名。
• silencer 滅音器、 消音器
• underscore 劃底線、強調
  例：The silencers underscore their voiceless place in society.
• voiceless 無聲的、沉默的
• egg cream 紐約常見的飲料，成份有巧克力、糖漿、牛奶和蘇打水。
• passivity 被動、順從
• testis 睪丸，複數是 testes。
• laundromat 自助洗衣店
• guardian angel 守護天使
• beef 抱怨、牢騷
  例：That's the one beef I had with Swingers. You guys patterned yourselves after Frank and Dean but there was like a "pussy-assness" to it.
• pattern 模仿、仿造
• flawed 有缺點的、錯誤的
• blinkered 短視近利的、目光狹隘的
• yearn 渴望、懷念
  例：He had this yearning, this hunger for something.
  
• speech pattern = accent 口音、腔調
• discriminating 有識別力的、有差別的
  例：This made guy got the most discriminating eye when it comes to T and A.
• T and A = tits and ass
• horny 角的、性慾被激起的、性興奮的
  例：She's horny as hell.
• picnic 野餐
• swing set 鞦韆 (可能搭配溜滑梯)
• shoot one's load 射精
• undo 鬆開、解開
• prick 老二
• get / grab hold of 抓住、抓到
  例：He's about to shoot his load, reaches down to start fingering, undoes the skirt, reaches in, grabs hold of a goddamn prick.
• happy-go-lucky = carefree = easygoing 無憂無慮的、逍遙自在的
  例：He used to be happy-go-lucky. Now he's moody, questions the universe.
  
• broody 想不開的、多慮的、深思的
• sacrifice fly 高飛犧牲打
• snap out of it / this 振作起來、從低潮中走出來
  例：You gotta snap out of this, Anthony.
  
• left field 左外野 (手)
• cop 偷竊
  例：He copped it all from Hursserl and Heidegger.
• shit or go blind 不管選哪一條路都一樣爛，比喻無從選擇、不知道下一步該怎麼走、陷入困境。
  例：I don't know whether to shit or go blind.
• crossroad 十字路口
• glaucoma 青光眼 
• guide dog 導盲犬
• run in the family (疾病、運動天份或某種特質) 家族遺傳
  例：Glaucoma runs in the family.
• inciting 刺激的、煽動的
• incident 事件、事變
  例：Your inciting incident happens on page 12. It should be on 3.
  
• stake 樁、賭金、賭注
• overcrowd 過度擁擠、擠太多人
  例：They overcrowded their car.
• dead meat 將死之人
• die in your own arms 獨自一人死去
  
• It's all a big nothing. 那根本沒什麼。
• scratchy 有磨痕的、潦草的、刺耳的 (摩擦聲)
• leading man 男主角、演主角的男演員
• contradictory 互斥的、正反兩面的、矛盾的
  例：He's kind of like a contradictory character.
  
• tap shoe 踢踏鞋
• tar 焦油、柏油
• bridesmaid 伴娘
• come into bloom 開花
  例：With all the flowers coming into bloom, I would love to be a June bride.
• groom = bridegroom 新郎
• double wedding 兩對新郎新娘的婚禮
• slip 下滑、走下坡
  例：I think Caravaggio's is slipping.
• supportive 支持的
  例：I tried so hard to be supportive with his art and with getting his screenplay made.
• neurosurgeon 神經外科醫生
• question-and-answer 回答
  例：What is this, question-and-answer hour?
• premed = premedical 醫學院預科
  例：I was premed at Yale my freshman year.
• Cosa Nostra = Mafia 黑手黨、黑道、犯罪組織
• member of the tribe = MOT 猶太人
  例：Ever been with a member of the tribe before?
  
• politically correct = PC 政治正確的
• shemale 人妖 (有貶意)
• bend out of shape 激怒、惹惱
  之前的同義片語：rub sb. the wrong way、put one's nose out of joint
  例：This is so absurd of you to get so bent out of shape!
• put one's face on 化妝
  例：I need to put my face on.
• touch base 聯絡
  例：Have you touch base with Jon?
• wait-and-see 不急的、觀望心態的
  例：There's a wait-and-see attitude toward Mafia-related projects right now. So we're gonna have to pass.
• Walnuts = John McCain 的暱稱
• resorts international 國際渡假村
• silverware 銀器、銀製餐具
• disciplinarian 制裁者、執行紀律者
• meningitis 髓膜炎
• standup 勇敢的、忠誠的、有義氣的
  例：He's a standup guy.
• cave in = collapse 倒塌、崩潰
  例：I figured with all my sins I don't want to the church caving in on everyone.