- reimburse 補償、賠償、償還
例:I'll reimburse you. - pissy 討厭的、像尿一樣臭的
- one of these days 總有一天
例:One of these days, you wait, I'm gonna kick your fucking ass. - cogent 令人信服的、有說服力的、切實的
例:Anthony submitted his one-line topic late. Then two drafts. The first was apparently sketchy. The second, Fiske said, was "suspiciously cogent." Plagiarism.
- plagiarism 抄襲、剽竊
- cold fish 沒有感情的人、冷漠的人
- stomach in knots 胃痛、肚子絞痛
例:My stomach is in knots. - unpretentious 不驕傲的、謙虛的
- vascular 血管的、脈管的
- neurotomy 神經解剖學、神經切斷術
- intellectual 知識份子、聰明的、知性的
- papal nuncio 羅馬教廷大使
- joyride 開車兜風 (可指偷車)、追求享樂
- masseur 男按摩師
- soothe 使平靜、安撫、撫慰
例:Four or five tables, soothing atmosphere.
- storefront 店面、店頭
- travel agency 旅行社
- caseworker 社會工作者
- demoralizing 使失去信心的、使士氣低落的
- non-negotiable 不可談判的、不可改變的
例:For me to even consider having you back, we're gonna have to establish some non-negotiable ground rules. - first and foremost 最重要地、首要地、首先地
例:First and foremost, school comes first. That means putting the brakes on your social life, parties, phone calls, Devin.
- put the brakes on 暫停、停止
- potty mouth 喜歡說髒話的人
- whip into shape 鞭策、使某人有很大的改善
例:I think his time over there with me whipped him into shape a little. - coracoid process 肩胛骨的一部分
- on the tip of one's tongue 快要說出來、幾乎記起來
例:It's on the tip of my tongue. - keep your shirt on 放輕鬆、冷靜
例:- Vito, where the fuck is my Tupperware? - Keep your shirt on. My wife's bringing it down this afternoon.
- pectoralis minor 胸部附近的某個肌肉名稱
- biceps 二頭肌
- mind all over the place 不專心、注意力不集中
例:My mind's all over the place. - exhilaration 高興、愉快
- abbot 方丈、男修道院院長、男住持
- enrich 使富裕、使肥沃、充實
例:Eduction should never stop. It enriches all aspects of life. - matriculate 准許入學、被錄取 (進大學)
例:All our students matriculate. - licensure 執照的核發
- bodywork 以觸摸身體為主的療法 (如按摩和指壓)、修車工作
- remorseful = regretful 懊悔的、悔恨的
- resolve 堅決、決心
例:You need to show resolve, a firm purpose to change. - here and now 此時此地
例:So this man takes you to restaurants, fulfills certain physical desires, tells jokes. But will he be there beyond the here and now? - penance 懺悔、為了證明悔改的決心,你自己或牧師交付給你做的事。
例:For your penance, I want you to do something kind for Tony. - shiatsu 指壓
- oasis 綠洲、避難處
- hand cream 護手霜、潤手霜
- koi 錦鯉
- carp 鯉魚
- ginseng 人參
- happy ending 女按摩師 (通常是亞洲的) 按摩後的特別服務
- discreet 小心的、慎重的
- go over 檢查、審查、查看、重溫
例:Mr. Wegler pulled me out of language lab to go over my term paper notes. - term paper 學期進度報告
- actuary 精算師、會計
- unload on 推卸給、把什麼推給誰
例:I'm finding the other copy when Gene the actuary completely unloads on me. - garbage pail 垃圾桶
- fetus 胎兒
- intellectualism 理智主義、知性主義
- eyeglasses 眼鏡
- take a beating 挨打、受打擊、被擊敗
例:I just took a beating at craps. - craps 花旗骰 (一種賭博遊戲)
- scalp 剝頭皮、掠奪、欺騙、賣黃牛票、非法賣買 (以大賺一筆)
例:Pocahontas here is scalping us. - take a stand 表示意見、採取立場
例:Honestly, the important thing is you took a stand. A lot of parents just take it in stride or even condone it.
- act out 假裝、扮演
例:No, that was just acting out. He was with a bad crowd. - late bloomer 年紀較大才展露頭角的人、晚熟的人
- keep pace with 跟上腳步、並駕齊驅
例:AJ's just fighting to keep pace with the kids who seem further ahead. - blast 好玩、美好的時間
例:Thanks. It was a blast. - hit the sack/rack 睡覺、休息
例:I'm going to hit the sack for the next 14 hours. - ditch digger 挖溝渠的工人
- vocational/trade school 職業學校、專科學校
- glow-in-the-dark = phosphorescence 螢光、磷光
- put the arm on 施壓、給誰壓力
例:Every time I think about putting the arm on Tom Fiske, I want to poke my eyes out with a knitting needle. - knitting needle 編織針、毛衣針
- strong-arm 攻擊、威脅、打
例:You strong-armed me using the only weapon you have. Your pussy. - full boat/house 葫蘆
- spiff 吸引人的
- con/scam artist 詐騙者
- wolf in sheep's clothing 披著羊皮的狼、偽君子
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- dent 凹痕、凹陷
- put in the hours 花時間 (完成某事)
例:Saturday night? That's dedication. The guy sure can put in the hours. - general anesthetic 全身麻醉劑
- lidocaine 一種局部麻醉劑
- canteen 餐廳、販賣部、炊具箱
- tender 一碰到就痛的、敏感的
例:Is this tender? (醫生觸診)
- gastrointestinal (GI) 胃腸的
- jimjams 神經過敏、緊張、憂慮、壓力
例:Is there anything unusual that might be giving you the jimjams? - medicine chest 藥箱、藥櫃
- irritable 易怒的、急躁的
- mop the floor with 打得一敗塗地、輕鬆地贏、慘電
例:You don't listen to the president? We're gonna mop the floor with the whole world. - alternator 交流發電機 (汽車零件)
- squamous 有鱗的、鱗狀的、一種癌症 (squamous cell carcinoma)
- headcase 瘋子、神經病
- straight shot 沒有阻礙、通行無阻的路
例:It's a straight shot on I-95 to Raleigh. - fence 銷贓的人
- deuce and a half 一種卡車
- folic acid 葉酸
- electrolysis 電解、電燒法 (如除痣或除毛)
- impaction 裝緊、壓緊、牙齒被堵住長不出來 (阻生齒或智齒)
- oil of cloves 丁香油,牙醫常用來做止痛和消毒用途。
- twist one's arm 施壓、強迫別人做他不想做的事,但也可用來說反話,表示你很樂意做。
例:- You want? - Twist my arm. - owl 貓頭鷹
- contemplate 深思熟慮、考慮、打算、想
例:This is something you're contemplating? - hosed = screwed 完蛋的、搞砸的、麻煩的
例:I'd get hosed financially. - incest 亂倫、近親相姦
- make a play for 試圖勾引誰、千方百計想得到
例:She could make a play for you. - resolution 決心、決定
例:I made a resolution. - 40 winks 小睡一下、打盹
例:I'm beat, tell you the truth. I think I'm gonna grab 40 winks till Patsy gets here. - melanoma 黑素瘤、胎記瘤
- have a belt 喝一大口濃度高的酒
例:You want a belt? - blondish 金髮的
- brownish 褐色的
- pick up on 注意到、警覺到、繼續談論之前的話題
例:I thought I picked up on something between her and me. - discharge order 離開 (醫院) 的證明
- be on the safe side 為了安全起見、為了保險起見
例:They just want to keep you here for observation. You know, be on the safe side. - swerve 急轉彎、突然轉向
例:There was a raccoon in the road. I swerved. - totaled 完全被毀的 (用在汽車上)
例:It's totaled. - mother lode 主礦脈 (金銀)、藏有寶藏的地方
例:I hit the fucking mother lode. - bodega 小商店、雜貨店
- hit the rack 睡覺
例:I'm beat. I'm gonna hit the rack, have Ade cook me up a nice carbonara. - carbonara 一種義大麵醬
- blind luck 完全是僥倖、非常幸運
例:It's blind luck, that accident. Cop told me he thought he was coming up on a fatality when he saw the car.
- fatality 災禍、造成死亡的事件
- over one's head 形容對某人很困難
例:Frankly, you scored so far over your head when you got her, what do you expect? - knockout 很迷人的女生、美女
- hound 獵犬、追獵
- catcher's mitt 捕手手套
- paramedic 護理人員、醫護人員
- sun visor 遮陽板、遮陽帽
- tailpipe 排氣管 (汽機車)
- trim = pussy
- parade float 遊行時用的花車
- toot 吹奏 (喇叭)、吸毒 (粉狀)
例:So you two were just gonna go toot up a bunch of lines, go fucking birdwatching? - birdwatching 賞鳥
- rein in 拉韁繩使馬慢下來或停住、制止某人
例:Little Paulie's out there looking for him to rein him in. - philander 與女人調情、玩弄女性、風流
例:You got to put your son in hiding because of your philandering?
- wishbone 叉骨、許願骨 (家禽頸胸之間的 V 形骨)
- draw down on 拿著槍指著某人
例:You draw down on the boss of a family? - take into one's heart 接受、關愛
例:Either you tell me right now, that you can take it into your heart that I did not do this shit, or this is as far as we go. - rotation 輪流、輪替、換班
例:I just finished a 17-hour rotation. - attest 證實、證明、作證
例:Whether somebody was getting something in the car, how could I possibly attest to that? - abrasion 磨損、磨耗、擦傷
例:If she was wearing her seatbelt, then there would have been abrasions to the lateral anterior aspect of the clavicle, wouldn't there? - lateral 側面的、旁邊的
- anterior 前面的、以前的
- sternum 胸骨
- xiphoid process 胸骨的一部分
- Where there's smoke, there's fire. 無風不起浪
- coked out 吸古柯鹼吸到茫了
- crosswalk 人行穿越道、斑馬線
- ulcerative colitis 潰瘍性大腸炎
- net 使得到、使賺到、使淨賺
例:This relationship with Tony could net us a lot of chatter.
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