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