- 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
2009/08/13
The Sopranos 5x03 - Where's Johnny? 英文筆記
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