The Sopranos 4x07 - Watching Too Much Television 英文筆記

• papillon 蝴蝶犬 (一種法國的小型犬)
• jumpsuit 連身衣、跳傘裝
  例：I could've been wearing an orange jumpsuit till I'm 90. (橘色的囚裝)
• fracture 破裂、折斷、骨折
  例：Were you informed that the man in question had suffered a fractured skull?
• irrelevant 不相干的、沒關係的
  例：- Your honor, objection. This whole line of questioning is irrelevant. - Overruled.
  
• overrule 駁回、否決
• in chambers (法律) 在法官的辦公室內 (私下會談)
  例：Your honor, the defense requests a conference in chambers.
• stand in 替換 (職位)
  例：We'll stand in recess for 15 minutes while the court confers with counsel in chambers.
• recess 休庭、休會、休息、放假
• confer with 商討、商議、討論
• bailiff 法警、執行官
• transparent 明顯的、顯然的
  例：What we saw in that courtroom is a transparent attempt by Richard Cross to subvert the intent of the marital privilege.
• marital 婚姻的、夫婦間的
• ambitious 有抱負的、有野心的、雄心壯志的
  例：Any investment advice for an ambitious young man such as myself?
• crummy 骯髒的、破舊的、低劣的
• shitbox 爛東西、廢物 (如房子、汽車等)
  例：I'm talking about some real shitboxes. Maybe they're worth $100,000 apiece.
  
• apiece 每個、每人
• stooge 傀儡、走狗、喜劇裡的丑角
• Jewfro 猶太人的爆炸頭
• afro 黑人的爆炸頭
• typesetter 排字工、排字機
• home on break 放假在家 (通常指學生放寒暑假)
  例：The summer of '67, we're both home on break.
  
• co-op = cooperative 公司
• voting drive = voter registration drive 集結一群以往有權力投票但卻不投票的人，一起註冊並投票給某個候選人。
• aspiring = ambitious 有抱負的、雄心壯志的
  
• Klansman 三 K 黨員
• fall on hard times 遭遇困境、遇到困難
  例：Like many non-profits, we've fallen on hard times. Republican administration, plus a proliferation of new charities post 911. 就像許多非利益組織，我們遭遇到許多困難。共和黨執政，加上 911 後慈善團體爆增。
  
• Republican 共和黨員
• administration 執政、管理、行政
  
• proliferation 增殖、爆增、擴散
• hit the showers 沖澡、淋浴
  例：Sounds like you got a lot to talk about. I'm gonna hit the showers.
  
• take the liberty of (未經別人同意) 擅自做主
  例：I took the liberty of filling Maurice in on the broad strokes. 我已擅自告訴 Maurice 大致情形了。
  
• fill sb. in 告知、透露
• in/on the broad strokes 大略地、大概地
• urologist 泌尿科醫生
• appraiser 評價人、估價師、鑒定人
  例：Once we own the houses, we got a appraiser who'll play ball. He's gonna re-appraise them in the $300,000 range.
  
• play ball (團隊) 合作
• appraisal 評價、估價、鑒定
• cut a check 開支票
• dissolution 分解、解散、溶解
  例：Unforeseen construction delays and repeated vandalism force the project into dissolution.
• cystic 膽囊的、膀胱的、囊腫的
• fibrosis 纖維症、纖維化 
• The heart wants what the heart wants. 心自己知道自己想要什麼，Woody Allen 對他自己外遇所說過的話。
• eat one's dust 吃誰的灰塵、趕不上某人
  例：Eat my dust, Donald Trump.
  
• Donald Trump 川普，美國企業家，《誰是接班人》的主持人。
• five-o 警察，源自電視影集 Hawaii 5-0。
• eye 看、注視
  例：No eyeing if you ain't buying.
• crack ho = crack whore 女毒蟲
• sociopathic 瘋狂的、反社會的
• strategic 戰略上的、戰術上的
• standpoint 立場、觀點、看法
  例：From a strategic standpoint, do the nuptials help us or hurt us?
• nuptials = wedding 婚禮
• weed out 除草、鏟除、移除
  例：Nature really does weed out the nimrods.
  
• nimrod 厲害的獵人、笨蛋，源自 Bugs Bunny 常叫那個獵人 "poor little nimrod"。
  
• Yay or nay? 贊成或反對？
• keep/hold peace 安靜、沉默
  例：If anyone objects to this marriage, speak now or forever hold your peace.
• keep on keeping on 繼續努力、繼續加油
  例：- You've certainly got your work cut out for you. - One day at a time. - Keep on keeping on.
• gut 取出內臟、取出內部東西、破壞內部
  例：I sent some of my guys down there to start gutting the place.
• roust 趕走、驅趕、驅逐
  例：Get the donut squad to go down there and roust the shitbags.
• squatter 非法霸佔房子的人、自耕農
• gum up (用膠) 堵住、阻塞、阻礙
  例：They're gumming up the works.
• windfall 橫財、被風吹落的東西 (如果子)
  例：In two weeks, we're gonna be looking at a huge windfall.
  
• uterus = womb 子宮
• damaged goods 瑕疵品
• chinky 亞洲人的 (有貶意)
• jive 演奏搖擺樂、跳搖擺舞
  例：Marriage and our thing don't jive. 婚姻跟我們這一行不合。
  
• the shoe is on the other foot (不好的) 情況顛反過來、情況相反
  例：When the shoe was on the other foot, you spleen, she stood by you, right?
• effectuate 完成、實行、造成
  例：The deal was for me to effectuate the purchase of these houses, period.
• codpiece 下體蓋片 (15~16 世紀用來保護下體的東西)
• outreach 幫助弱勢的組織、超越、超出、延伸
  例：You run a youth gang outreach program, don't you?
  
• put sth. on the line 冒險
  例：I'm putting it all on the line if I get caught.
• gangbanger 幫派分子
• police 管轄、維持治安
  例：When you think about it from a policing standpoint, it's one group of recidivists beating on another.
• recidivist 慣犯、再犯、累犯
  之前的同義字：habitual offender/criminal
• tirade 長篇大論、激烈的演說或指責
• outburst 爆發、突發
  例：You cannot have these outbursts and expect to redeem yourself with an FTD bouquet.
• bouquet 花束
• loom 隱約地出現、陰森地出現
  例：- I never laid a finger on you. - You loomed. You threw my tissue holder.
• tissue holder 面紙盒
• withhold 扣留、抑制、保留、忍住
  例：You withheld information about a very sensitive subject.
• accost 接近與之攀談、面對、勾引
  例：I went to show him the old neighborhood and we got accosted by these crackheads.
• brake line 煞車油管
• best man 伴郎
• mum = chrysanthemum 菊花
  例：We'll decorate the whole house with mums.
• 187 警察單位用來代表謀殺的代碼，常見的幫派用語。
  例：Remember, just shoot the ceiling and shit. No 187s.
• gas pedal 油門 (踏板)
  例：I need to keep my foot on the gas pedal.
• mousse 慕斯、奶油甜點
• The Man in the Iron Mask 鐵面人 (知名的囚犯)
  
• time of day 專心、注意、小時
  例：You give some the time of day, it's a criminal conspiracy.
• suck wind 沒東西吃、喝西北風、被遺棄、爛
  例：I'm sucking wind, and he's rolling in it with that Christ killer.
• Christ killer 猶太人 (有貶意)
• fireplace mantle 壁爐的外框
• wall sconce 壁燈
• seamstress 女裁縫師 
• fair game 合法的獵物、可抨擊的物件
  例：Anything said before you were married is fair game.
• furtherance 助長、助成、促進
  例：Communication can't be made in furtherance of a crime.
• shovel shit against the tide 徒勞無功、白費力氣、做得很辛苦卻看不到成效
  例：Over the years, it's like shoveling shit against the tide.
• cut corners 抄近路、走捷徑、投機取巧
  例：You cut corners, but you help out.
• cheese melt 起士三明治