The Sopranos 5x04 - All Happy Families 英文筆記

• smuggle 偷運、走私
  例：They will probably go through their entire lives not knowing that their father's sperm was smuggled out of jail to get Nancy pregnant.
• power drill 電鑽
• cut back 減少、縮減
  例：You think you're the only one that has to cut back on shit they need because of the separation?
• pimple 青春痘、面皰、討人厭但不會造成大傷害的人 (跟青春痘一樣)
  
• force one's hand 促使某人馬上行動或表態
  例：Sounds to me like your friend John wants to force Little Carmine's hand.
• smart as a whip 形容很聰明
• longshoreman 碼頭工人、港口裝卸工
• corner table 形狀被設計來放在牆角的桌子
• yarn 紗線、故事
  例：It's a great yarn, right, Feech?
• busybody 愛管閒事的人
  
• egomaniac 自大狂、驕傲的人
• stewardess 女服務員 (飛機或船上)、女空服員、空姐
• pothead 抽大麻的人
• white bucks 鹿皮製的白鞋
• lady luck 幸運女郎 (賭場常見)、幸運女神
• impermeable 不可滲透的、無法穿透的
  例：Did I interrupt one of your impermeable stories?
• snatch = cunt = twat
• keel over 翻身昏倒
  例：- I got my shoe in her snatch... - and it falls off and she keels over. Che puzz'.
  
• thalidomide 一種鎮靜劑，被發現可能造成不孕。
• environmental event coordinator 辦理婚宴等活動的人
• publicist 公關、國際法學家
• puppeteer 傀儡師、操縱木偶的人
• sneeze at 忽視 (什麼的重要性)
  例：Straight "A"s at Middlebury's Language Camp, can't sneeze at that.
• folkloric 民俗的、民間的 (傳說或流傳)
  
• nudge 輕推、推動
  例：If we can nudge Lem's verbals past 760 on the next round, he can basically write his own ticket.
• write one's own ticket 根據自己所想要的，設定目標或規劃人生道路。
  
• stoked 激動的、狂熱的、興奮的
  例：I'm stoked.
• of the essence 非常重要的、不可缺少的
  例：We are rapidly approaching crisis mode here with these grades, and time is of the essence.
• have heart set on 想要、期望 (什麼東西)
  例：If either of the Arizona's is what he's got his heart set on, he's not gonna get in with these grades.
• ace in the hole 最後王牌、應急的手段
  例：I know about football, Anthony. That's our ace in the hole.
• edge up 推往、推向
  例：I think we can edge up the math into the fives in the next round, providing Anthony can bear down and focus.
  
• bear down 努力、施壓、克服
• interpersonal 人與人之間的、人際間的
• constrict 壓縮、繃緊、拉緊
• all in all 整體來看地、各方面來看地
  例：All in all he seemed to be handling the split well.
• ration 定量、配給量、一份
  例：This is not to say I don't get a ration of shit in every conversation.
• googol 十的一百次方、1 後面 100 個 0
• supercharged 增加動力的、加強的
• sticker 貼紙、標籤
• deck = cool 酷的
  例：This is so deck!
• ozone 臭氧
• decapitate = behead 斬首
  例：You wanna be the sucker in a regular car that gets decapitated?
• carrot and stick 軟硬兼施、威逼利誘
• toddler 初學走路的小孩
• connoisseur 鑒識家、鑒定家、專家
• flunky = lackey 馬屁精、僕人
• popularity contest 比誰有人緣的比賽
  
• vile 卑鄙的、惡劣的、骯髒的
  例：It is still no excuse to use the vile word that I used, of which I am sure you know that I'm talking about.
• basketful 一籃 (滿滿) 的
• ablution 洗禮、洗身
• common ground 共同點、共同的興趣
• global positioning system 全球定位系統
• loophole 漏洞、槍眼、牆上的小洞
  例：They used to be a great tax loophole, those SUVs. Told all my clients, write it off on your business.
  
• write off 勾銷、減稅
• hovel 簡陋、破爛的小屋
• cab fare 計程車錢
• zapped 很累的、精疲力竭的
  例：He was pretty zapped.
• easel 畫架、黑板架
• sedate 給誰服鎮靜劑
  例：I had to sedate my own little girl at her wedding.
• car carrier 運載汽車的大拖車
• premium 額外支出、獎金、酬金、保險費
• daybook 日記簿、帳本
• consignment 委託
• proclivity 傾向、癖好
  例：If you've got some kind of sexual proclivity with that teacher or whatever, now is the time to tell us!
• cloud 遮敝、籠罩
  例：My pathetic need to compete with you clouded my judgment.
• smirk 傻笑
• ply 不斷做、努力做
  例：When did that happen, you gotta ask permission to ply your trade?
• anecdote 軼事、趣事、秘史
• local color 地方特色、地方風格
• imbecile 低能的、智障的
• plasma 血漿、乳漿。例：plasma display 電漿顯示器。
• quotidian 每日的、司空見慣的、每日發作的
  例：Some notion of escaping the quotidian.
• dust bunny 一團灰塵
  例：Eddie examined every dust bunny in the place just last week.
• bequest 遺產、遺贈
• oil stain 油汙
• windup 投手準備投球的動作

The Sopranos 5x03 - Where's Johnny? 英文筆記

• luck of the draw 好運、僥倖、碰運氣贏得
  例：It's the luck of the draw. Could've just as easily been me that went away.
  
• square 正當的、正直的
  例：You should keep a square job like that for appearances.
• boy king 年幼、年輕的國王
• bialy 洋蔥小麵包
• stool softener 軟便劑
• ready-made 現成的、已做好的、已有的
  例：It's tough on her. I don't know, two kids, a ready-made family.
• belle of the ball 舞會最美的女生、舞會皇后
• dog 腳、鞋子
  例：Here, Ma, rest those dogs.
• chop chop 快點、馬上
  例：Let's go, chop chop, pay the woman.
• humidity 濕氣、濕度
• muffle 壓抑 (聲音)、覆蓋、蒙住、使 (聲音) 低沉
  例：This'll muffle the shot.
• maggot 蛆
• bloodshed 流血、殺戮
• have the makings of 有資格、很可能發展成
  例：He never even had the makings of a varsity athlete.
• not all it's cracked up to be 實際情況並不是大家說得那麼好
  例：- The Sopranos have two bosses. - That's not all it's cracked up to be, believe you me.
• triumvir 三巨頭之一、三執政之一
• 9 to 5 朝九晚五
  
• rehabilitate 使恢復、修復
  例：They released these fucks from the can. Obviously, he wasn't rehabilitated.
• bum wing 受傷的翅膀或手臂
• breadstick 一種長條型、硬脆的麵包
• starter 開胃菜
  例：Now I gotta prepare the starters and schlep them to Uncle Jun's.
  
• schlep 攜帶、搬運、拖
• tablecloth 桌巾、桌布
• grimy 污穢的、骯髒的
  例：I don't get these old antique houses. They're grimy looking.
• marinara 大蒜番茄醬 (一種義大利麵的醬料)
• line coach 美式足球前鋒 (lineman) 的教練
• academic leave 休學
  例：I took an academic leave anyway.
• medley 混合、混雜
  例：Sit down and dig into this medley of pastas that Janice whipped up.
• whip up 煽動、刺激、很快地準備 (餐點)
• tardiness 緩慢、遲到
• tight end 邊鋒 (美式足球)
• hothouse flower 溫室花朵
• nip in the bud 在發芽時就摘除，趁問題還不嚴重時及早根除。
  例：I gotta nip this Little Carmine shit in the bud. Otherwise I could see a lot of people start fucking around. Power vacuum, the capos bide their time.
  
• power vaccum 指當權者消失，職位出現空缺，大家都搶著要的狀態。
• bide time 耐心等待 (機會的出現)
• in large measure/amount 大量、大部分
  例：In large measure, I blame you for this shit with Little Carmine. Man of your stature goes to Florida to see that schmuck?
  
• stature 身份、地位
• put the snatch on 強行奪取、綁架
  例：You don't think somebody put the snatch on him, do you?
• Turkish taffy 一種糖果棒
• profit margin 利潤率
• mower 割草機、剪草機
• orthopedist 整型外科醫師
• nail down 用釘釘住、確定、總結、結案
  例：This meeting today, we're trying to nail down a new contractor now with Massarone gone.
• palisade 柵欄、圍牆
• water over the dam = water under the bridge 過去的事就算了、往事別提了
• worse comes to worst 情況糟到不能再糟
  例：You gotta understand, this shit between Johnny and Little Carmine is bad. The instability. But worse comes to worst, it could work to our advantage.
• crumb 麵包屑、碎屑
  例：They fight, we pick up any crumbs from the fallout.
• the odds are 很可能
  例：The odds are that Johnny'll end up on top, but who knows?
• half and half 一半一半 (的東西)、全套「服務」
  例：I'll give you half and half in the back seat.
• copper = cop 警察
• slot machine 吃角子老虎機
• shirk 逃避 (責任)、躲避、偷懶
  例：Whenever there's a a family problem, you shirk your duties or you run away!
• headcase 瘋子、神經病
  例：I was 16 when you left me in the house with our headcase of a mother.
• mire 陷入 (困境或泥濘)
  例：I sit here mired in her bullshit, trying to be a good son while you're off dropping acid and blowing roadies.
  
• drop acid 服迷幻藥 (LSD)、嗑藥
• roadie 隨樂團巡迴的人作人員
• retroactive 追溯的、回溯 (生效) 的
  例：Naturally I want my taste, retroactive, because this is the first time I heard about any of this.
  
• horseshoe 馬蹄鐵
• akin 同種的、同族的、有血緣關係的
  例：They're akin to mini-strokes.
• obstinacy 頑固、固執、頑強
• forgetfulness 健忘、疏忽
• squabble 爭吵、口角
  例：The last thing I wanted to do was get in the middle of a family squabbling.
• prairie dog 草原犬鼠、土撥鼠
• coyote 郊狼、草原狼
  

The Sopranos 5x02 - The Rat Pack 英文筆記

• vet/veteran 老兵
• cut the ribbon 剪綵
  例：We're finally gonna cut the ribbon for the museum on the 22nd.
• Rogaine 落健
• go through labor 生產、分娩
• inaudible 聽不見的、難以聽見的
• petty cash 小額備用現金
• pole camera 監視器
• tamper 賄賂、干涉、竄改
  例：What happened to the jury tampering investigation on Junior Soprano's trial? You guys just drop the ball on that?
  
• drop the ball 犯錯、失敗
• pan out 成功
  例：Even if Massarone and 1,000 other snitches pan out, we've still gotta put Tony on trial.
• dandelion 蒲公英
• vacant lot 空地
• shoulder belt 安全帶、肩帶
• fescue 教鞭、牛毛草 (歐美常見的草)
  
• lay out 埋葬
  例：Where is he gonna be laid out?
• mantelpiece = fireplace mantel 壁爐台、壁爐架
• Opus Dei 主業會 (天主教教派)
• irresistible 不可抵抗的、無法拒絕的、難以抗拒的
  例：You are irresistible and you know it.
• clingy 黏的、緊貼的
  例：Danny said I was clingy.
  
• invoice 發票、費用清單
• crutch 支撐、支持
  例：Things are different when you don't have that crutch.
• support system 支持系統，可指一群在某方面幫助他人的人員。
• maid of honor 伴娘、首席女儐相
• marinate 浸泡 (在滷汁裡)
  例：I got peppers been marinating for 15 years.
• sciatica 坐骨神經痛 
• strapping 強壯的、健壯的、結實的
  例：This strapping young man is Anthony Jr.
• benevolent 仁慈的、有愛心的、善意的
  例：A good commander is benevolent and unconcerned with fame.
  
• heart-grabber 令人喜歡、心動的東西
• wet t-shirt contest 一種選美比賽，通常在夜店和酒吧舉辦，女生會穿著溼 T shirt 參加比賽。
• orderly 勤務兵、護理員 (醫院打雜的)
• associate's degree 副學士學位
• linen 亞麻的，一種布料，常用在桌布、床單、枕頭等。
• cinematography 電影美學
  例：The cinematography, music, and Oscar-winning screenplay are all first rate.
  
• first rate 一流的、頂級的、最佳的
• dressing room 更衣間、化妝室
• equitable 公平的、公正的
  例：He says that New Jersey has this equitable distribution law.
• play hardball 來硬的、不讓步、採取強硬態度
  例：This other lawyer say that we should play hardball.
• newlywed 新婚夫或婦、新婚的人
• ricochet 跳彈、彈回
  例：The ricochet left my sister a paraplegic.
• beat meat 打手槍、自慰
  例：What do I find at the pork store? A bunch of guys beating the meat.
• slumber party 睡衣派對
• wake up on the wrong side of the bed 易怒的、易生氣的、心情不好的
  例：Somebody woke up on the wrong side the of the bed.
• crowd 擁擠、催逼、聚集
  例：You're crowding me.
• bookkeeper 記帳人、簿記員
• in and out 進進出出、裡裡外外
  例：You got change? Been sliding this stupid bill in and out of the cigarette machine for like an hour.
• mindset 心境、心態
• EKG = electrocardiogram 心電圖
• for all I care 我完全不在乎、不關我的事
  例：Put him out in the street for all I care!
• apostle 使徒、最初的傳道者
• go (from) zero to bitch 翻臉比翻書快
  例：She goes from zero to bitch every time I try to show any warmth.
• interferon 干擾素
• wholesaler 批發商