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