The Sopranos 4x02 - No Show 英文筆記

• TCBY 美國優格專賣店
• playhouse 劇場、玩具屋、用來玩耍的小屋子
• live up to 符合期望、符合需求
  例：You don't feel bad that you didn't live up to your end of the deal?
• end of the deal 交易的一方或一部分，end 可解釋為部分責任。
  
• stagecraft 演戲或寫劇本的能力 (通常指舞台劇)
  
• count towards 包含、包括
  例：Xeroxing does not count towards a drama minor internship.
• shitcan 丟掉、丟棄
  例：Can we shitcan the courtroom theatrics?
• be entitled to 應得、有資格、具有權利
  例：12 credits, 2 semesters in a row, and I'm not entitled to a summer?
• go down the tubes 下降、走下坡、退步
  例：Your grades were going down the tubes while you were still going out with Jackie.
• (Western) canon = The Great Books 西方世界的經典書藉
• dead white males 造就西方文化那些重要人物 (有諷刺意味)
• reductionism 簡化論，所有現象都可以簡化來解釋。
• duplicitous 虛偽的、做作的、騙人的
  例：He's so totally duplicitous.
• pub crawl = bar tour 一晚連續去數個酒吧喝酒
  例：He had the nerve to come to the pub crawl?
• ponytail 馬尾
• mole 鼴鼠、胎記、痣 (通常指突起來的)
  例：I hear Ginny Sack's getting a 95-pound mole taken off her ass.
• for the record 把話說清楚、接下來要說的很重要
  例：For the record, I had my guy go over the books.
• go over 察看、複習、閱讀
• speak in tongues 禱告時說出讓人聽不懂的話 (神的語言)
  例：What am I? Speaking in tongues here?
  
• decree 命令、注定、裁定、裁決
  例：It is so decreed.
• ill will 怨恨、敵意、反對
  例：That's the way certain people want it and we trust there will be no ill will.
• paperweight 用來壓紙的重物 (通常有裝飾)
  
• front office 銷售或行銷部門
• gynecologist 婦產科醫生
• odor 氣味
  例：You put this in the back of your freezer, it'll take out any odors.
• catalyst 催化劑、觸媒劑
  例：Political disagreement is often a catalyst leading to violence in a world gone mad.
  
• make a killing 大賺一筆
  例：Chrissy said Tony made a killing in real estate, down Frelinghuysen.
• fiber-optic 光纖的
• womb 子宮
• clean up after oneself 用完清潔、隨手整理乾淨
  例：She brings that up whenever you ask her to clean up after herself.
• earmark 特徵、標記、用來做記號的牲畜耳洞
  例：- It was some kind of drug deal, you said. - Exactly yeah, all the earmarks.
  
• grindstone 旋轉磨石、旋轉研磨機 
• drop-and-add 加退選 (大學選課制度)
• loaf 遊蕩、閒逛 (有懶散的意思)
  例：- I decided to take a year off. - And do what, loaf around the house?
• earthy 土的、粗糙的、原始的
• hook shot 勾射 (籃球)
• Eurail Pass 歐洲火車通行證
• harp 嘮叨、講不停
  例：I knew all this constant harping on art was gonna cause trouble.
• No good deed goes unpunished. 好心沒好報
• dyke = lesbian 女同志、女同性戀
• traipse 遊蕩、閒逛、流浪
  例：You really think traipsing around Europe's a smart move these days?
  
• restorative 恢復健康的、恢復體力的
  例：You've never heard of the restorative nature of travel?
• hard knocks 逆境、挫折、辛苦、苦難
  例：Maybe the college of hard knocks is what she needs.
• lift 偷
  例：Let's see how she likes it when gypsy lifts her wallet.
• hang on to = hold on to 緊握
  例：Let her find out you can't work over there without a permit which the French hang on to like their balls.
• united front 統一戰線 (聯合次敵，打擊主敵)
  
• drastic = severe = extreme 激烈的
  例：She's not gonna take this drastic step without talking to somebody first.
• tide over = keep going 撐過、繼續
  例：Maybe you go on an anti-depressant to tide you over.
• blubber 哭、放聲大哭
  例：The all stood around, drinking and blubbering at these egregious, saccharine, fucking Italian ballads.
  
• egregious 過分的、粗魯的、非常差的
• saccharine (過) 甜的、與糖有關的
• ballad 民謠、敘事歌謠
• well being 幸福、健康、快樂
  例：A college degree is a nice thing, but not at the sake of emotional well being.
• lime 萊姆
  例：Some asshole just slipped on a lime wedge. (萊姆的切片)
  
• marginalize 邊緣化
  例：With the change of rank and all, maybe he feels marginalized.
  
• skank = slut 蕩婦
• Krazy Glue 瞬間膠 (的牌子)
• travertine 石灰華 (一種岩石質料)
• washing machine 洗衣機
• Hefty bag 黑色大垃圾袋 (的牌子)
• condescension 高傲態度、自視高人一等
  例：You're just like Ma. With your condescension and your sabotage.
• sabotage (惡意) 破壞、妨害
• take a hint 領會暗示
  例：Can't you take a hint? Stop fucking calling here.
  
• pest 討厭鬼、害蟲
• Look what the cat dragged in. 形容一個人或東西很髒
• gesture of goodwill 善意
  例：I only saw her out of a gesture of goodwill.
• batter 打擊、連續猛擊
  例：I feel battered.
• pivotal 樞軸的、關鍵的
  例：I forgot to mention the pivotal role of the work ethic in this family.
• smart mouth 自作聰明的人
  例：You can lose that smart mouth right now.
• in favor of 贊成、支持
  例：You were all in favor of me going.
• pussyfoot 偷偷摸摸地走、小心地移動
• innuendo 諷刺、譏諷
  例：What do you mean? All these innuendoes.
• momentarily 隨時地、立刻地
  例：That can all change momentarily.
• wastebasket 廢紙簍、垃圾桶
• at stake = at risk 在危急關頭、有失去的危險
  例：It's a huge job. A lot of money at stake.
  
• old age 晚年
  例：You're getting to be a very strange man in your old age, you know that?
• usurp 篡奪、奪取
• shrapnel 炮彈碎片
• close out 結束、賣完、人數已滿
  例："Intro to Social Theory" is closed out.
• cut it close 剛剛好 (趕上、用完)
  例：You're cutting it a little close for most of the popular classes.