The Sopranos 3x09 - The Telltale Moozadell 英文筆記

• right up one's alley 符合某人的口味、品味、專長
  例：- The Matrix. I haven't seen it yet. - Right up her alley.
• pamper 放縱、縱容、溺愛、使吃飽
  之前的同義字：spoil、indulge
  例："A day of beauty and pampering at Bella Donna Day Spa."
• Viking 北歐海盜、維京人
• sack 解僱、開除、掠奪、擒殺 (美式足球用語)
  
• fumble 漏接 (球)、笨手笨腳 (地摸)
• linebacker 後衛 (美式足球)
• on strike 罷工中
  例：We were supposed to play last month, but the refs were on strikes.
• stock 血統、樹幹
  例：He's a good kid. Comes from good stock.
• on one's good (best) behavior 循規蹈矩、守規則
  例：He's on his best behavior lately.
• Hasidic 猶太教派 Hasidim 相關的
• homeboy = pal 朋友、夥伴
• scrape through 成功渡過、撐過困境
  例：We scraped through that by the skin of our ass.
• by the skin of one's teeth = barely = hardly 好不容易地、幾乎不、勉強地 (因為牙齒的肉很少)
• chlorine 氯
• sapphire 藍寶石
• left and right = everywhere 到處
  例：They steal cars left and right in New York.
• spurn 一腳踢開、唾棄、摒棄、藐視
  例：You could've had a car last year, but you spurned your nose at it.
• split second 一瞬間、極短的時間
  例：It happens in a split second.
  
• do a number on 傷害、破壞、欺負
  例：They just did a number on the place.
• vandalize, vandalism (故意) 破壞、催殘 (美好的東西)
  例：Your son broke into his school Friday night and vandalized the swimming pool.
  
• string bean 青豆、四季豆
• nutlike 味道或形狀像堅果的
• be big on 特別喜歡、熱衷於
  例：I'm not that big on nuts.
• sex organ 性器官
• opium 鴉片
• maul 虐打、打傷、粉碎、傷害
  例：He could innocently maul you into ten pieces.
• primate 靈長類動物、大主教
• groom 照料、打扮、修飾、打理
  例：You know why they're primates? They groom each other.
• Tibetan 西藏人、西藏的
• talisman 護身符、避邪物
• Catholicism 天主教
• preach 鼓吹、宣揚、佈道
  例：The Buddha preached "joyful participation in the sorrows of the world".
• head trip 刺激的經驗、滿足自己的行為
• zero tolerance 零容忍、嚴格
  例：Verbum Dei has a strict, zero-tolerance policy in cases of vandalism. It is a policy that demands the immediate expulsion of the offending student.
• expulsion 逐出、驅逐、開除、退學
• mete 分送、分配、給予
  例：We suggest and hope that Anthony's punishment be meted out parentally.
• parentally 父母地
• guiding principle 指導原則
  例："Each child is special." That's a guilding principle of this school, too.
• detention 拘留、滯留、延遲
• pitfall 陷阱、陰謀、誘惑
  例：Studies done at Harvard, and elsewhere, have shown that boys have greater success in avoiding the pitfalls of adolescence when they remain committed to, and involved in, sport.
• committed to = devoted to = dedicated to 專心於、致力於
• infraction 違反、侵害
  例：If there's one more infraction of our code, the sentence will immediately go into effect and Anthony will be expelled.
• go into effect 生效、被實施
• charade 比手劃腳的猜字遊戲
• commend 稱讚、推薦、表揚
  例：My performance has been commended by Mercedes-Benz USA with a little plaque.
  
• plaque 匾額、名牌
• delicate 敏感的、脆弱的、微妙的
  例：What I'm going to say is a little delicate, but I think it's important.
• ideation 構思的過程或能力
• glitz 燦爛、光鮮、豪華
• glamour 迷人、魔法
  例：With the Bing, everybody only sees the glitz and glamour.
  
• fire eater 吞火者
• drainpipe 排水管
• discerning 有眼光的、有識別力的
  例：Very good. A lady of discerning taste.
• name-drop 報出某大人物的名字，表示你跟他很熟，以炫耀或嚇唬人。
  例：Stop fucking name-drop me!
• cheap thrill 免費「服務」
  例：Maybe she'll be fine and give you a cheap thrill.
  
• gorilla 大猩猩
• copay = copayment 健保費