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