The Sopranos 4x04 - The Weight 英文筆記

• summer stock (theatre) 夏季輪演劇目 (stock 是指重複利用庫存的佈景道具)
  
• AMC 美國電影頻道
• burberry 防水衣料 (品牌)
• break one's fall 在某人跌倒時扶他一把、減輕跌倒所造成的傷造
  例：- John, your hand is bleeding. - I used it to break my fall. Jesus, what is this, the inquisition now?
  
• inquisition 調查、審理、質詢
• cognac 一種白蘭地酒
• deferred tax (會計) 未來的稅務
• annuity 年金、養老金、年收入
• liquidity (金錢的) 流動性、流暢
• couple with 搭配、連在一起
  例：That, coupled with a growth-oriented reallocation of your assets. Including an assortment of other investment vehicles.
  
• assortment 各種、各式各樣的搭配
• investment vehicle 投資媒介 (如股票、債券等)
• CPA (certified public accountant) 會計師
• suffice 足夠、使滿足
  例：Let it suffice that I know and Carmine knows that foppy cocksucker's holding out on us.
• contracting/contractor company 承包公司、承包商
• make a crack 挖苦、諷刺、酸
  例：He made a crack about Ginny's weight.
• deplorable 悲慘的、遺憾的、不幸的
• Weight Watchers 減肥中心
• fast 禁食、齋戒
• stick in craw 使煩惱、使憂慮、惹惱
  例：It's just been sticking in my craw.
• Pakistani 巴基斯坦的 (人)
• guesthouse 客房
• zoning 都市區域劃分、郵區劃分
• recourse 追溯權、求助
  例：As far as I remember, once title has passed, you have no legal recourse.
• demonstrable 可證明的、可展示的
  例：Except in cases of demonstrable fraud, transfer of title is binding once the grantee registers the deed with the county clerk.
  
• grantee 受讓人、受頒贈者 
• county clerk 縣政府 (比州再小一級)
• deed 契約
• crack baby 一出生就有毒癮的嬰兒 (因母親懷孕時吸毒)
• natural mother 親生母親
• sign-up sheet 報名表
• flap gum 閒聊、閒扯、漫無目的地講
  例：There were 15 guys at the dinner when Ralph told that joke. Could be anybody flapping their gums.
• upside 正面的一方、好處
  例：What's the upside of telling Johnny that?
• Loose lips sink ships. 禍從口出
• dysentery 痢疾
  例：Create a little dysentery (dissension) among the ranks? (劇中 Chris 口誤，把 dissension 講成 dysentery)
  
• dissension 分歧
• well-adjusted 適應良好的
  例：Jason's always been a well-adjusted young man.
• thrive 旺盛、繁榮、茁壯成長
  例：Some people thrive on solitude.
• solitude 孤獨、孤單、單獨
• light at the end of the tunnel 困境中的一道曙光
• avenge 為誰報仇
  例：He's powerless to avenge you and resets his father for the same shortcomings.
• masseuse 女按摩師
• hard-earned 辛苦賺來的
  例：Big house, lining his pocket with our hard-earned cash?
• Devil Dogs 美國海軍的暱稱
  
• placate 安撫、撫慰、和解
  例：Whatever he is, he's also Carmine's underboss, so you're gonna placate him.
• appall 驚嚇、震驚、驚慌
  例：I'm calling to tell you how appalled I am.
• betray confidences 洩露 (朋友的) 祕密
  例：- From who, John? - I don't betray confidences.
  
• voice of reason 和事佬
  例：Last year, when Tony and I had our thing, that misunderstanding, you were the voice of reason.
• sanction 核准、許可、授權
  例：I want you to sanction a hit on Ralph Cifaretto.
• off-color 下流的、低級的
  例：It's an off-color remark, it was highly inappropriate.
• immorality 不道德、邪惡、墮落
  例：He was accused of a crime of severe immorality.
• belongings 財產、財物、所有物
  例：The truth was he had a photograph of Britney Spears with his belongings.
• dunk 泡、浸
  之前的同義字：dip
  例：I was looking for a glass of milk to dunk these in and I thought maybe you could help me out.
  
• legal aid 法律協助
  例：What's this your mother tells me about you joining the legal aid society?
  
• indigent 貧窮的
  例：They provide free legal counsel for the indigent and disenfranchised.
• disenfranchise 剝奪…的公民權
• farebeater 搭車不付錢的人、搭霸王車的人 (特別指大眾運輸)
  
• indigenous 本地的、固有的、與生俱來的
  例：A lot of these people, these indigenous types, they got plenty of money smoke crack and gamble and all that shit.
• get back at 報復、報仇
  例：You're working with minorities now to get back at me for being mean to Noel.
• revolve around 以…為中心轉動、繞著轉
  例：The world doesn't revolve around you.
• sweatshirt 長袖運動杉
• sealant 密封物、密封劑
• consolidate 合併、統一、鞏固
  例：I'm consolidating some bills.
• wisecrack 諷刺的笑話、酸人的笑話
  例：You sat there eating cake and making wisecracks.
• Taliban 塔利班
• poorhouse 救濟院、貧民營 
• at liberty 自由的、有空的、方便的
  例：I'm not at liberty to say.
• talk out of school 向外人透露機密
  例：Somebody in my family's talking out of school.
  
• for the sake of argument 考慮到可能性
  例：Let's assume, for the sake of argument, Ralph said what you think he said, is clipping him gonna unring that bell?
• unring the bell 把已散佈的訊息收回來 (用敲鐘比喻覆水難收)
• That ship has sailed. 你想搭船，但船已開走。比喻來不及了。
• upset the apple cart 搞砸計劃
  例：I don't want that apple cart upset.
• highfalutin = grandiose 誇張的、自大的、自命不凡的
  例：Fuck him and his highfalutin bullshit.
• per se = of itself 本身、本質上
  例：It's not a joke, per se, it's...You had to be there.
  
• cinderblock = concrete block 混凝土塊、水泥塊
• chicken wing 雞翅
• eke 增加、補充
  例：They're eking a living doing hits, running swag.
• lo and behold (看到奇觀的) 讚嘆語
  例：Anyways, lo and behold, one day, Lenny gets pinched for heroin trafficking.
• Tylenol 一種止痛藥
• sanka = decaf (法文) 無咖啡因的
• chromosome 染色體
• tire iron 用來拆輪胎的鐵棒
• hacksaw 鋼鋸、弓形鋸
• cotton 棉花
• up-front 預付的、預先的
  例：- Yeah, about that. $20,000 we said. - Half up-front.
  
• cable knitting 一種編織法
• card table 牌桌
• fallout 核爆後的輻射塵、副產物、結果、後果
  例：Just do as you're told. I'll deal with the fallout.
• whipped cream 生奶油
• landscaper 庭院設計師
  
• Martinizing (Dry Cleaning) 美國乾洗店
• Deal-A-Meal card 減肥食譜卡
• rustic 鄉下的、手工的、純樸的
  例：- I love the pine flooring. - I know, it's so rustic.
• Bluto 布魯托 (大力水手的反派角色)
  
• confrontational = aggressive 對抗的、侵略的、挑釁的
  例：He turned around and became quite confrontational.
• reversal 翻轉、逆轉、取消
  例：Why the big reversal all of a sudden? 為什麼態度完全改變？
• pull off 成功、脫下
  例：See? I knew you could pull it off.