The Sopranos 4x01 - For All Debts Public and Private 英文筆記

• influence peddling 利用自己 (在政府組織的) 人脈關係幫別人解決問題，並藉此賺錢。這通常是違法行為。
  例：Italy was relieved today upon learning that the country's high court had ruled that influence peddling is not a crime.
  
• Protestant (work) ethic 新教倫理 
• ethnicity 種族特徵、種族淵源
  例：You're complaining about your paper on ethnicity. Right here's some interesting stuff from your own background.
• as a whole 整體來看、一般地
  例：This is about Italy as a whole.
• soggy 溼透的、潮溼的
  例：I do know that Meadow stepped in some soggy bread with her bare feet.
• pile 堆積、推疊
  例：I find them piled in his room.
• make a go of 成功、完成
  例：You better make a go of it at that new school.
• get fresh about sth. 對什麼不滿；get fresh about with sb. 言語上對誰無禮
  例：Now you're gonna get fresh about it?
• bring sth. home to sb. 讓某人更清楚地了解某事 (通常用在令人不愉快的事)
  例：He brought the war home to them up there.
• colicky 疝氣痛的、疝氣的
• zephyr 徐風、和風、微風、西風
  之前的相似字：breeze
  
• lackey 馬屁精、侍從、僕人、奉承
• audibility 能聽度
• xerox 影印、複印 (Xerox 是影印機的牌子)
  
• kielbasa 蒜味燻腸
• pocket rat 有頰囊 (cheek pouch) 的鼠類
• john 嫖客
• infallible 絕無錯誤的、絕對可靠的
  例：Ever since I questioned his judgment on some Ralphie/Jackie Jr. problem. Like he's infallible Pope Tony XXIII or some shit.
• endangered species 瀕臨絕種的動植物 
• perpetuity 永久、不朽、永久使用權
• overseas 海外的、國外的
  例：You're set in perpetuity. There's money in overseas accounts.
• sundae 聖代
• zone out 不專心、放空、放鬆
  例：I though maybe I could have a sundae and zone out in front of the frigging TV.
  
• asset allocation 資產的分配 (如分配到股票、房地產等)
• corporate structure 公司結構或階層 (如有什麼部門)
• cayman 一種美國鱷魚；Cayman 一種保時捷跑車
• monthly statement 月結單、月報表
• dilute 稀釋、使變淡、降低、削弱
  例：It dilutes the drinks.
• top-tier 高層的、高階的
  例：You're supposed to be earners. That's why got the top-tier positions.
• peter out 逐漸消失、消逝
• wither/die on the vine 植物枯萎、放著不管而爛掉
  例：It petered out. It died on the vine.
• time immemorial 很久以前 (久到無法回憶)
  例：This thing is a pyramid, since time immemorial.
• hat in hand 恭敬地、謙卑地
  例：I should not have to be coming here, hat in my hand, reminding you about your duty to that man.
• false tooth 假牙
• handlebar 機車或腳踏車的把手
• little boy's room 男廁
• diverticulitis (大腸) 憩室炎
• anisette 茴香酒
• loggia 涼廊、走廊
• legislature 立法院、議會
• omni 全部、所有 (拉丁字)
  
• galleria = shopping mall 購物中心
• turnip greens 蕪菁 (一種菜) 的嫩葉
• demographic 人口統計學的
• parcel 小包、一捆、一批
  例：I'm borrowing money myself to grab up parcels along Frelinghuysen Ave through a shell company.
• shell company 空殼公司
• patriotic 愛國的
  
• entrepreneurism 帶領創新
• collect call 對方付費電話
  例：I have a collect call for Mr. Walters. (Walters 先生打電話讓對方付費)
  
• in passing 偶然地、不經意地、順便地
  例：They just mentioned in passing that you were doing the county book in Youngstown.
• blinker 會閃的燈、警戒燈、方向燈
  例：Cops pull us over for no left blinker.
• Keep your dick up. 打起精神、別氣餒
• cookout 野炊、室外烤肉
  例：John said he went to a cookout at your house.
  
• parkway 林蔭大道
• breadfruit 麵包樹 (的果實)
• papaya 木瓜 
• Mother May I? 一種小孩玩的遊戲，有點像一二三木頭人。
• cellmate 牢房室友
• outlive 比…活得久、因…存活下來
  例：- How come he's still walking? - Because he's been useful. But he's outlived it as of his cute little ceremony this afternoon.
  
• dome light 車內的燈、天花板上圓形的燈
• engrave 雕刻
  之前的同義字：inscribe
  例：Engraving on this watch says you retired today.
  
• vile 卑鄙的、惡劣的
  之前的同義字：despicable
  例：She must be a real vile twat.
  
• cut one's losses 停止目前正在做的事以避免造成更大的損失
  例：It's not too late to cut your losses.
• scrambled egg 炒蛋
• Nostradamus 十六世紀的法國占星家
• halfback 中衛 (美式足球)
• cathedral 大教堂
• ponder 深思、沉思、衡量
  之前的相似字：meditate
  例：You gonna tell me you never pondered that?
• honk 按喇叭
  例：Honk the horn.
• reckless 魯莽的、草率的、不注意的、不小心的。例：reckless driving。
  
• brazen 黃銅的、堅硬的、厚著臉皮做、無恥
• armored car 裝甲車
• denomination 面額、教派、種類的名稱
  例：The street where the robbery took place was littered with bills of all the denominations.
• shunt 轉向、轉移、分流
  例：We had a little scare. Thought it was the shunt in his heart.
• pass gas 放屁，比 fart 文雅一點。
  例：He passed some gas, and he seems better.
• piece of tail 女人 (性感的) 屁股
  
• flirty 調情的、挑逗的
• be led by the nose 被牽著鼻子走、完全被別人控制
  例：I was led around by the nose.
• chirp 唧唧叫、吱吱叫 (蟋蟀或鳥叫)
  之前的同義字：peep
  例：A young cooze smiled at me, and birds started chirping.
• snap into focus 豁然開朗、突然間變清楚
  例：My uncle definitely snapped it into focus.
• gargle 漱口
• inseparably 不可分地、形影不離地
  例：I started the process of bonding him to me inseparably.
• baptize 施洗禮
  例：She never had him baptized. She thought she knew everything.
  
• fluffernutter 花生醬三明治
• mouthwash 漱口水
• saddle 裝馬鞍、上馬鞍、加負擔
  例：Did I saddle you with a stepfather?
• French toast 沾奶蛋的吐司