The Sopranos 2x09 - From Where to Eternity 英文筆記

• spleen 脾臟、壞脾氣
• His Holiness 教宗的敬稱
• agony 痛苦、折磨
  例：I want that motherfucker in agony!
• ICU = Intensive Care Unit 加護病房
• give birth 生產
  例：She just gave birth to Ralph's baby. A C-section.
• C-section = Cesarean section 剖腹產 (手術)
• CK One 香水牌子
  
• stink up = smell up 弄臭、使發臭
  例：Maybe it has to something to do with the CK One sticking up your shirt last Wednesday night.
• vasectomy 結紮、輸精管切除手術
• put sb. at risk 置於風險之中、使處於危險中
  例：You're putting us all at risk.
• V one's ass off 形容努力地做某事
  例：They're working their asses off on him.
• be up on 精通、通曉、熟悉
  例：This is the best trauma unit in Tri-State area. I'm up on all the ratings.
  
• cardiac 心臟的
• respiratory 呼吸的
• arrest 停止
  例：Mr. Moltisanti suffered cardiac and respiratory arrest due to internal bleeding.
  
• intubate 插管
• ventilator 通風設備、呼吸器
• bouncer 守衛 (守在活動門外的大塊頭)
• emerald 翡翠
• piper 風笛手
• morphine 嗎啡
• pinstripe 細條紋 (的布料)
  
• spay 切除卵巢、絕育
• pry 打聽、刺探、窺探、窺視
  例：I'm not trying to pry into that part of your life.
• near death experience 瀕死經驗
• Pol Pot 波帕，柬埔寨的獨裁者。
• floodgate 水閘、水門
• hive 蜂窩、蜂巢、鬧區
• crook 賊、罪犯、彎曲的東西
• wind chime 風鈴
• flip out 發狂、發瘋、暴怒、生氣
• event manager 活動主管 (負責承辦活動)
  
• baffle 困惑、煩惱、為難
  之前的相似字：bewilder
  例：I'm battled by this three o'clock thing.
• goon 笨蛋、呆子
• bud 花蕾、芽、萌芽，例：buds for horns。
  
• dispute 爭論、反對、質疑
  例：The heat would have been the first thing you noticed. Hell is hot. That's never been disputed by anybody.
• purgatory 淨化的地方、煉獄、滌罪
• mortal sin 不可饒恕的大罪
  
• venial sin 可饒恕的輕罪
  
• can do sth. standing on one's head 比喻很輕鬆或很熟練，站在頭上都可以做。
  例：I can do that standing on my head.
• deliberately 故意地、蓄意地、從容不迫地、有條理地
  例：Did I do it deliberately?
• facile 容易的、口才好的
• analogy 類比、類似、相似
• never-never land 夢想之地、想像的地方
  例：I'm living in a mortal never-never land with this patient.
  
• feel for sb. = feel sorry for sb. 同情、感到遺憾
• courtesy 禮貌、謙恭有禮
  例：It's a common courtesy.
• the odds don't favor it 機會不會偏坦
  
• repent 悔改、懺悔
  例：You have to look at this experience as an opportunity to repent.
• intact 原封不動的、完整的
  例：I got balls, and I as long as I do, they will remain intact.
• Trajan 保險套品牌
• heir 後嗣、繼承人
  例：I'm supposed to get a vasectomy when this is my male heir?
  
• den 洞穴、獸穴，例：lion's den。
  
• satanic 撒旦的、惡魔的
• queer = fagot 同性戀 (有貶意)
• ringleader 頭目、首領、元兇
• write off 註銷、取消 (債務)、行雲流水地寫
  例：I was ready to write the whole thing off until this psychic mentioned Little Sonny Pagano.
• Ghostbusters 降妖伏魔的人、電影《魔鬼特攻隊》
• cut loose = release = set free
• on spec 做不確定會得到報酬的事情、投機
  例：Sean did it on spec.
• parish 教區
• divination 占卜、算命、預言
• unsanctioned 未核准的
  例：You should've never gone to a psychic. It's divination, it's the devil, and completely unsanctioned by the church.
• heretic 異教徒、異端
• witchcraft 巫術、魔法
  例：Psychics are heretics and thieves who practice witchcraft. There's no validity to anything he told you.
  
• validity 正確性、有效性
• organ 風琴
• reed 蘆葦、樂器的吹嘴
• slack off 鬆懈、偷懶
  例：You've been slaking off on me. You left me unprotected. I'm cutting you off for good.
  
• snip 喀嚓、剪斷