The Sopranos 3x08 - He is Risen 英文筆記

• lid 眼瞼 (eyelid)、蓋子
• frat 兄弟會、互助會
• chapter 組織的一個分支。例：Rutgers chapter。
• slab 平板、厚板、粘板
  例：- What's wrong with you? The skip's here. - I'm on a roll here. - You'll be on a slab, you keep it up.
  
• turn one's back on 拒絕、背離、放棄、棄之不顧
  例：Cocksucker turns his back on the boss?
• pull a Jack Ruby on sb. 公開地刺殺某人。Jack Ruby 是刺殺甘乃迪兇手 (Lee Harvey Oswald) 人。
• anarchy 混亂、無政府狀態
  例：Rules are rules, otherwise what? Fucking anarchy.
  
• drumstick 鼓棒、雞腿
• fire door 逃生門
• parishioner 教區居民、教友
• sweet potato 甘薯、地瓜
• Food Emporium 美國一家超市
• despicable 卑鄙的、下流的
  例：He refused the drink because he's despicable fuck that I bitch-slapped at a moment of very justified anger.
• bitch-slap 打巴掌，通常指男打男。
• pin down 定下來、確認、決定
  例：I know you don't like to be pinned down, but Thanksgiving, it would be nice to be able to tell Carmela if you're coming.
• torte 一種蛋糕
• flag on the play 美式足球用語，犯規時裁判舉旗警告。
• wide awake 完全清醒、靈敏
• underling 部下、下屬
• put sb. out to pasture (因年紀太大) 請誰走人、開除、解雇
  例：Ordinarily, I would just put him out to pasture.
  
• balk 阻礙、猶豫、突然止步不前
  例：Balk the enemy's power. Force him to reveal himself.
• Cliffs Notes 一系列導讀的書，如 Cliffs Notes for Romeo and Juliet。
  
• after-hours 非上班上課的時間
  例：It's after-hours. It's dark. You want me to walk you to your car?
• kitchen match 一種火柴
• narcolepsy 嗜睡症
• dyssomnia 有關睡眠的疾病
  例：Narcolepsy is an ASDA-certified dyssomnia. It's no picnic.
• Boston Strangler 一個 1960 年代的連環殺手
• wrath 暴怒、憤怒、生氣
• masonry 石工業
• coupes 雙門轎車或馬車，例：The Mercedes-Benz coupes and convertibles。
  
• bag 眼袋
  例：Did you see those bags? Fucking stress is killing him.
• hoofer 職業舞者
• take a toll on 造成傷害
  例：She used to be some hoofer, poor thing. Takes a terrible toll on the joints.
• demonize 惡魔化、妖魔化
  例：They always need someone to demonize.
• long-standing 長期存在的
  例：New York and Sopranos have long-standing ties.
• fully-fueled 加滿油的
• run scared 害怕會失敗 (通常用進行式)
  例：He's running scared since you canceled that dinner.
• choleric 脾氣不好的、易怒的
  之前的相似字：hotheaded、grumpy
  例：If your opponent is of choleric temper, irritate him.
  
• point man 前線的人 (企業或公司)、巡邏的士兵
• throw sb. a bone 施捨小恩惠、給誰一點甜頭吃、幫小忙
  例：It wouldn't hurt to throw him a bone.
• throw cold water (on) 潑冷水
  例：Capo's what he mentioned. I threw cold water on it right away.
• reserve unit 儲備單位
  
• call up 召集、打電話
  例：His reserve unit in Israel got called up.
• save face 扳回顏面、保留面子
• stoop 彎腰、屈服、自貶
  例：He knew I had no intention of going over there. He's trying to save face, so he stooped so low, he had his wife lie to your mother.
• look at sb. cross-eyed 稍微開點小玩笑、不正經或質疑某人 (cross-eyed 是鬥雞眼)
  例：Her supervisor looks at her cross-eyed and I get a call at 3 o'clock in the morning.
• inner resources 精神或內心的資源
  例：It takes tremendous strength of will and inner resources to soldier on as you do at your work.
• soldier on 堅持不懈地做
• bloated 膨脹的、脹大的、誇張的
  例：I'm still a little bloated from Thanksgiving.
• spackle 石膏黏合劑、填泥料
  例：Fucking turkey. It's like spackle in my bowels. Nothing moves.
• Metamucil 一種通便的飲料
  
• infighting 近戰、混戰
  例：The project was held up several times by political infighting.
• bulldozer 推土機
• scrape 擦、刮、削
• posturing 裝模作樣、故作姿態
• leftover 剩餘的、殘餘的
  例：I brought some leftover turkey and stuffing.
• draft 氣流
• thermostat 空調、自動調溫器
• lumberyard 木場、木材堆置場
• contretemps 小爭執、難為情的事件、災禍、意外
  例：Real contretemps you have on your hands here.
• piss in one's ear 唬弄、唬爛、騙
  例：You got Ralph now pissing in their ears. Any day you'll have mutiny on your hands.
  
• mutiny 叛變、叛亂、兵變
• vacancy 空虛、空缺、空房、職缺
  例：So there's vacancy. There's a lot of business to do. You thought about who it's gonna be?
• merit 功績、嘉獎、價值
  例：I need to hear it was merit. And not just because somebody was constipated and blew a gasket.
• constipate 阻塞、使便秘
• blow a gasket 發怒、暴怒、震怒、生氣
  之前同義字：blow up、flip out
  
• ripe 成熟的
  例：Her body is mad ripe.
• rep = representative 代表
  例：You have to be accompanied by a sales rep.
• wine cooler 冰桶 (用來冰酒)