The Sopranos 4x08 - Mergers and Acquisitions 英文筆記

• colostomy bag 醫療用途，用來收集廢棄體液的袋子，正確名稱是 ostomy pouching system。
• squared away 迎風揚帆、收拾、整理、準備妥當
  例：It's just now with Ma all squared away to go to Green Grove.
• whichever = whatever = any one 任一個
• mugger 強盜、搶匪、盜賊
• zabaglione 一種義大利甜點，有點像布丁。
• talk shop 說行話、討論工作上的事
  例：Come on, the last thing the guy wants to do is talk shop.
• proceeds 收入、收益、利潤
  例：I was just wondering if you have any ideas on what Tony and I should do with the proceeds from the property in Newark we sold.
• T-bill = treasury bill 美國國庫券，一種短期無息債券。
• newborn 嬰兒、新生兒
• make peace with 談和、和好、不計前嫌
  例：I made my peace with it, best I could, anyway.
• meet halfway 讓步、妥協
  例：He did meet me halfway with that, God bless him.
• geld 去勢、閹割
  例：We'll do the two geldings next.
  
• chuck wagon 流動炊事車、載有爐具和食物的馬車
• bathmat 浴室足墊
• meadow 草地、牧場
  例：If you'd prefer something more pastoral, we can place her in a meadow.
• dignified 有品格的、有威嚴的
• hick 鄉下人、反應遲鈍的人
  例：These hicks can't even get this right.
• It was fun/great while it lasted. 這次玩得很高興、意猶未盡 (約會完寫給對方的話)
• roulette 賭場的輪盤
• study hall 自修教室、自修時間
• LASIK 雷射手術 (眼睛)
• quite a bit 不少的、很多的、常常的
  例：She sees quite a bit of your mother.
• egg on 慫恿、鼓勵 (有負面的意思)
  例：She eggs your mother on, and she don't even live there.
• gal = girl 女孩、少女
• go to bat for 幫助、支援
  例：She went to bat for me how many times? With the nuns. With the store owners up and down 13th Street.
  
• up and down 到處、回來地
• ale 麥芽酒 (一種啤酒)
  例：Ale was always served in pins and quarts. So, "Mind your P's and Q's," means "Watch your alcohol consumption."
  
• pint 品脫，加侖的八分之一。
• mind your P's and Q's 注意你的言行或禮貌、小心、謹慎
• go-see 出席某個場合讓大家認識
  例：Now I'll have to go down there and do a go-see with everybody, from the harbormaster on down, which is exactly what I was trying to avoid.
  
• harbormaster 管港口的人
• salt shaker 鹽罐
• sole = flatfish 比目魚、鰈魚
• scampi 大蝦
• anorexic 厭食的、食慾減退的
• wasting away 器官因病或不用而萎縮
• consolation prize 安慰獎
  例：I don't want your consolation prize.
  
• standing order 作戰命令、長期的規定
  例：I bet your have a standing order at the jewelry store.
  
• dago 義大利人 (有貶意)
• kinky 古怪的、奇怪的、扭曲的 (性方面)
  例：It's all some kind of kinky shit. Believe me, I am not hung-up. I've done a lot. I've done girls. I've done threesomes, and I've done...
  
• hung-up 緊張的、焦慮的
• loco 發瘋的、神精病的
• cheese grater 起士研磨器
  例：He told me to rub his dick raw with a cheese grater.
  
• cuckold 給誰戴綠帽子
  例：He's a friend of yours, and you're cuckolding him.
• masochist 被虐狂
• run-up (to) 某事件前的時期
  例：I thought all that stuff was just like a run-up to the act. 我以為那些只是前戲。
  
• paraphilia 性變態、特殊性癖好
• jumper cable 跨接電線
• private part 私處
  
• vulva 陰戶
• financial planner 財務分析師
• contingency plan 應急計劃、緊急措施
  例：You have to have a contingency plan if your husband doesn't come home to take care of the finances.
• banter 嘲弄、開玩笑
  例：She likes it, it's banter.
  
• snotty 下賤的、討人厭的、無禮的
  例：No reason to be snotty.
• departed 已故的、已死的、過逝的
  例：My dear departed mother used to say: "You catch more flies with honey than you can with vinegar."
• You catch more flies with honey than you can with vinegar. 用蜜比用醋更容易捉到蒼蠅，意思是用以禮待人比來硬的更能贏得人心。
• talk down 言語上輕視
  例：My mother always told me not to let myself be talked down to by losers.
• mambo 曼波 (舞)
• single out 挑出、孤立、歧視
  例：They single her out.
• tattletale 告密者、大嘴巴
  之前的同義字：snitch、tattler
  例：She's tattletale. She tells on the others for the slightest infraction.
• tell on 告密、告發
• make more of an effort 比目前更努力
  例：She's gonna have to make more of an effort.
• Evian 法國礦泉水品牌
• IRS = Internal Revenue Service 國稅局
• treasury 國庫、國庫券、寶庫
• managerial 管理的
  例：- Why you interested in this? - I got my reasons. Managerial.
• confidence 可信賴的關係、信託他人的祕密 (如神父聽別人的懺悔)
  例：You're asking me to betray confidences.
• strap-on (dildo) 綑綁式假陽具
• lavish 慷慨給予、大方的、浪費
  例：I just had to get my head into a place where I felt that I could really commit. To lavish all the care on you that you should have.
• enter/get into the spirit of 樂於參與社交活動
  例：If you can't get into the spirit of this thing, then we're gonna have to let you live in a different home.