The Sopranos 2x11 - House Arrest 英文筆記

• plead 懇求、答辯
  例：I can plead him out at three to five. 我可以幫他求到三到五 (年)。
  
• "When you look long into an abyss, the abyss looks into you." -Nietzsche
  尼采：當你凝視深淵時，深淵也在凝視你。
• close call 九死一生
  例：A very close call, that brush with the murder beef.
• beef 告發
• insulate 隔離、絕緣
  例：Insulate yourself from these shenanigans. I told you once already.
  
• shenanigan 惡作劇、欺騙、壞勾當
• tax return 納稅申報單
• sledgehammer 大鐵鎚
• incision 切割、切開 (特別指手術)
  例：That's just the incision where I inserted the stent.
  
• stent 手術後用來撐開血管的小管子
• bedpan 便盆
• discotheque 迪斯可舞廳
• magnifying glass 放大鏡
• mourn = grieve 哀痛、哀悼
  例：You're still in mourning over the coming of managed care?
  
• managed care 健康管理 (目的在降低醫療成本和促進醫療品質)
  
• lift weights 舉重
  相關字：pump iron 健身 (不特別指舉重)
• bunion 姆囊腫
• mater 母親 (拉丁字)
• IHOP 美國連鎖早餐店
• self-indulgent 對自己縱容的、放縱的
  例：She was a little self-indulgent when it came to the office supplies. (暗指她喜歡偷辦公室用品)
  
• rack 一對大胸部
  例：Nice rack!
• born-again Christian 重生基督徒，也就是新教徒。
• illustrated man 有刺青的人
• blow = coke 古柯鹼
• talk sb. out of sth. 說服某人打消念頭或不要做某事
  例：He said last time he wanted to stop coming, but I talked him out of it.
• pituitary 腦垂體
• train wreck 火車車禍，常來比喻你知道即將發生，但卻無能為力的災難。
  例：It's like that thing with watching a train wreck.
• repulse 拒絕、厭惡、擊退
  例：I'm afraid and repulsed by what he might tell me.
• ramp up 增加、加強、上升、促進 (活動或生產)
  例：It'll ramp up to eight pounds per cubic inch.
• obstructive 妨礙的、阻礙的、阻塞的
  例：Obstructive sleep apnea is serious.
• apnea 呼吸暫停、窒息
• REM = rapid eye movement 快速眼動期
• arousal 喚起、刺激 (可以指性方面)、覺醒
  例：Nurse: Testing shows REM-wise you have 40 arousals per hour.
  Junior: More, since I met you. Such a thing to say.
  Nurse: "Arousals" means a change in your stages of sleep. You are such a flirt.
  
• dreadnought 無畏戰艦 (一種強大的武器)
• cleavage 乳溝、切縫、分割、切開
• finger food 用手直接拿來吃的食物
• landfill 垃圾掩埋 (地)
  
• in triplicate 三份、三倍
  例：I gotta file it in triplicate every day.
• breathe down one's neck 嚴密地監視、緊緊地盯住
  例：The FBI and the DEA are gonna be breathing down our necks again.
• municipality 自治市、自治區
• curbside 人行道的邊緣
• seaboard = seacoast 海岸
• wring 扭、擰
  例：If it was a man, you'd wring his neck.
• preliminary 初步的、早期的、預備的
  例：I have your preliminary results.
• put one's finger on 找出問題的癥結、原因
  例：I'll be relieved when somebody puts their finger on whatever the fuck it is that's wrong with me.
  
• ladyfinger 鬆脆餅
• crumb cake 一種上面灑有糖粉的蛋糕
• flange 凸緣 (一種零件)
• squander 浪費、揮霍
  例：Every paycheck squandered on alcohol.
• convent 修道院、修女住的地方
• dinnerware 整套的餐具
• contractor 承包商、立契約的人
• deconstructivism 解構主義，一種建築主義。
• droll 逗趣的、好笑的、幽默的
  例：My droll mom.
• woefully 悲哀地、遺憾地
• lethal = fatal = deadly 致命的
  例：Please call the police because I'm not the one with the lethal weapon here.
• detergent 清潔劑
• lubricate 潤滑、塗油
  例：Get the detergent and lubricate my wrist!
• limp 軟弱的、無力的
• flex 彎曲、收縮
  例：Limp! You're flexing! Let it go limp.
  
• simmer down = calm down 冷靜
• effrontery 厚顏無恥、大膽、放肆
  例：Where does he get the effrontery?
• grand mal 癲癇
  例：He's the boss. Whether he has grand mals or not.
  
• bureaucrat 政府官員、官僚
• passive-aggressive 被動性攻擊，指一個人表面上看似被動，但實際上是主動。例如，有不滿不直接表達，而以消極性作為以表示反抗 (如不合作)。
• compulsion 強迫、強制
• sawbuck 十元鈔票、鋸木架
• rival 競爭者、敵手
• amicable 和平的、友善的
  Even rival families settled their differences amicably.
  
• tempt fate 冒很大的風險
  例：Let's not tempt fate by taxing the heart.
• MSG = monosodium glutamate 味精
• undue 未到期的、過度的
  例：Have you been under any undue stress?
• dermatitis 皮膚炎
• irritant 刺激性的、刺激物
  例：Dollars to donuts, you're being exposed to an irritant in the air there.
• cortisone 腎上腺皮質素
• holler 喊叫
  例：I thought I heard you hollering.
• racetrack 賽馬場、賽車場
• fixture 固定物、設備
• den 洞穴、舒適的房間
  例：You could make a den out of the closet.
  
• skim coat 比較高級的牆壁粉刷，摻有石膏和細白沙。
• lawn 草坪、草地
• clammy 潮溼的、陰溼的、溼黏的 (指讓人不愉快)
  
• arcade 騎樓、拱廊
• feel sb. up 撫模、愛撫
  例：I remember my Johnny told me she let him feel her up behind the Sons of Italy hall.
• sewer 汙水管、下水道
  例：If she fell into a sewer pipe, she'd come up holding a gold watch in each hand.
• acidity 酸、酸味
  例：I can't handle the acidity.
• obligation 義務、職責
• loophole 孔、彈孔
• mellow 成熟的、香醇的
  例：You seem very mellow toady.
  
• ceaseless 不停的、不斷的
  例：The individual craves almost ceaseless action which enables them to avoid acknowledging the abhorrent things they do.
  
• abhorrent 令人厭惡的、可惡的
• cathode 陰極
• self-loathing = self-hatred 極度討厭自己
• clay pigeon 泥製飛靶