The Sopranos 3x10 - To Save Us All from Satan's Power 英文筆記

• boatyard 製造或停靠船支的地方
• acquittal 宣告無罪、無罪釋放
  例：O. J. Simpson's acquittal they still cannot accept, and now they're suing him in civil court.
• civil court 民事法庭
• philosophic 哲學的
• shun 避開、避免、開除、驅逐
  例：He's shunned on his golf course now.
• briefs 緊身內褲
• quake in one's boots 害怕、恐懼、緊張
  例：You uncle's quaking in his boots I was there to pop him.
• no sooner ... than 沒多久…就
  例：No sooner do I get back from Florida than Ange has booked a suite on the Dawn Princess.
• seasick 暈船的
• rebar = reinforcing bar 鋼筋
  
• roll in 流入、流進
  例：Millions are gonna roll in off the Esplanade.
• scooter 速可達、滑板車
• turn loose 解放、解禁
  例：You wanna turn her loose on shellfish?
• be determined to 下定決心、決定
  例：She's determined to cook goose on Christmas Day.
  
• on the fritz = out of order 壞掉、故障
  例：She needs you because the fuse box is on the fritz again.
  
• square one 努力半天又回到起點
  例：All of a sudden, I'm back to square one.
• lead up 引起、發動
  例：Can you tell what led up to this?
• rabbit hole 兔子洞。因為《愛麗絲夢遊仙境》的關係，這個字常用來比喻進入一個非常不一樣的世界的入口。
• winterize 為冬天做準備 (車、船、房子等)
  例：Yesterday I went down to the shore to get my boat winterized.
• juncture 時期、時段、連接、關鍵時刻
  例：We're at one of our favorite junctures.
• stain 汙染、沾汙
  之前的相似字：taint
  例：His blood cleans every stain.
• mother-jumping 相當於 motherfucking，但比較婉轉。
  例：It's great mother-jumping lyric.
• record label 唱片公司；major label 大唱片公司；independent label 獨立唱片公司
• pigsty 豬圈、豬舍
• Percodan 一種止痛藥
• (soup) stock 湯底、湯料
  例：We can work on the stock.
• Christianity 基督教
• contemporary 同時代的、同期的、現代的
• knock over 打翻、弄倒
  例：You knocked over your drink.
• livery cab 比一般計程車 (yellow cab) 較高級的計程車
  
• Jarlsberg 起士品牌
• Brie 一種法國起士
• TIA = transient ischemic attack 暫時性腦缺血、小中風 (mini stroke)
  
• ice 鑽石的暱稱
  例：Michelle likes "ice". I'll get a piece from a Jew in the city.
• glim 光源
  例：We cast our glims on you. 我們把目光集中在你身上。
  
• vilify 輕視、貶低、誹謗、造謠中傷
  例：You vilify a man behind his back and then you smile in his face.
• ravioli 義大利菜，外型像水餃，辣味。
• designated driver 一群人裡被指定不能喝酒，負責當大家司機的人。
• crone = hag 醜老太婆、老巫婆
• clang 鏗鏘聲、叮噹聲
  例：My head is clanging like a bell.
• sweatshop 剝削勞力的工廠
• The Grinch 鬼靈精 (卡通人物)
• macabre 可怕的、恐怖的、殘忍的
  例：A strange and macabre Christmas story, another sad incidence of continuing violence against livery drivers.
• incidence 發生率、頻率、光線碰到物體表面 (物理)
• maraud 掠奪、襲擊、搶劫
  例：From his description of his assailants, police are questioning members of a marauding youth gang.
• appendicitis 盲腸炎、闌尾炎
• mean to = intend to = be destined to = is about to 想要、即將要、意圖
  例：I've been meaning to check out the competition.
• bottom out 跌到谷底、撞到地面
• pots and pans 鍋碗瓢盆、炊事用具
  例：Come on, stop with the pots and pans.
• monogamy 一夫一妻制
• toe the line 守規矩、不犯規
  例：I break up with the so-called Russian whore. I'm toeing the line and this is the thanks I get.
• Salvation Army 救世軍，歷史悠久的基督教慈善團體。
• kettle 茶壺、罐
• method acting 一種演戲方式，調強真實自然地飾演角色。
• dwell 居住、躊躇；dwell on 細想、詳述
  例：Why'd you go to that psychic last year? Since you don't dwell on this.
• flunk 沒通過、失敗、考試不及格、放棄；flunk out 退學
  例：I flunked out of Rutgers.
• aptitude 天份、資質、才能、天賦
  例：Ralph said I was probably wasting my time if I didn't have the aptitude.
• break into 破門而入、侵佔
  例：My car got broke into a couple of times at the frat house.