- seltzer 一種德國汽泡礦泉水、蘇打水
- out of cell phone range 在手機沒訊號的地方
例:I must've been out of cell phone range.
- drop off = deliver 遞送、交付、開車載
例:Cousin Brian is dropping those estate papers off tomorrow. - no soap radio 跟大家串通一起整別人的一種笑話
- steamroller 蒸汽壓路機,可用來比喻「難以抵抗的力量」。
例:Was that a steamroller of a set? Pick up one of the new CDs for sale up at the front.
- can 屁股
例:- The weight she put on in rehab. How could she do that to herself? - She always had a bad can. It's genetic.
- Sensodyne 牙膏品牌
- chicken marsala 用 Marsala 酒炒的雞肉 (義大利菜)
- copper 銅
- Teflon 泰夫龍,一種表面材質,用來避免沾鍋。
- Ritalin 利他能,一種治療嗜睡症和小孩無法專心的藥。
- diabetes 糖尿病
- insulin 胰島素
- casserole 烤盤、砂鍋
- inn = motel = hostel 旅館、客棧
- problematic 有問題的
- Waldorf-Astoria (Hotel) 曼哈頓的豪華飯店
- butt 用頭猛撞
例:Watch out for the goat, it butts. - shin 脛骨、脛部
- LePage 膠水或漿糊的品牌
- chooch = ciuccio 白痴、笨蛋 (義大利字)
- backstretch 非終點直道 (橢圓形跑道的兩個直道之一)
- (from) wire to wire 從起跑線到終點線、從頭到尾
- solidarity 團結、共同一致
例:I've been meaning to get down to the court to show my solidarity. - linchpin 制輪楔 (固定輪子在軸上的釘子)、關鍵、重要的東西
例:I remember Daddy said that someday Bobby would be your linchpin.
- head waiter 服務生領班
- blue chip 穩定股票的別名
例:The blue chip portfolio like your cousin's suggesting to keep pace with inflation?
- keep pace 跟上腳步、同步
- inflaction 通膨、脹大
- irrevocable 無法挽回的、無法取消的
例:That type of trust is irrevocable.
- probate 檢驗遺囑、保釋
例:A trust, per se, is good thing. Avoids probate, prying eyes...but there's other ways to go.
- prying 窺探的、愛打聽的
- inter vivos (法律) 生前贈予
- 8 x 10 glossy (photo paper) 照片紙 (如明星卡、棒球卡等)
- agreed upon 同意的
例:The horse won, but that was not the agreed upon strategy. - fluke 錨爪、僥倖、比目魚
例:So this coming behind, this was a fluke? - escolar 玉梭魚
- (football) cleat (美式足球) 釘鞋
- on one's behalf 為了誰、代表誰
例:It gives Brian authorization to buy stocks on our behalf. - peace of mind 內心的平靜、安心
例:It'll give us such peace of mind. - "Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee." 拳擊手阿里說過的話
- sanctum 神聖的地方、密室
- spoonful 一湯匙的
- punch 打卡
例:All your effort, all the years your put in getting your ticket punched...you'll be a nobody. - mutability 易變性、變更性、性情不定
例:I can see where you want more mutability. - furlong 長度單元 (約二百公尺)
例:Only six furlongs. She should run it head-to-head.
- head-to-head = neck-to-neck 並駕齊驅
- nag 駑馬、老馬、小馬
- winner's circle 頒獎給勝利賽馬的地方
- steward 管理人、籌備員、招待員
- caravan 旅行拖車 (移動房屋)
- when/if push come to shove 面臨最終時刻、沒有轉圜餘地的時候
例:You think if push came to shove he'd give a fuck about you?
- waistline 腰圍、腰身
- nachos 墨西哥玉米餅 (加上醬料)
- grande = big 大的 (食物或飲料)
例:Nachos grande and a diet coke.
- mold 黴、霉
- defendant 被告
例:The 72-year-old defendant listened as government auditors detailed financial irregularities at Comley Trucking.
- auditor 聽者、聽眾、稽核員
- fodder 飼料、彈藥、草料
- hang crepe 衰傷、悲傷、哀悼
例:A little support in the courtroom would be nice or are you still hanging crepe? - steer clear (of) 躲避、避免、撇清
例:Everybody steers clear of her food. - run up 積欠、快速累積、升起
例:They don't pay for nothing. They ran up a $200 bar bill. - overcharge 對…索價過高
例:Overcharge some of those college students. - stipulation 約束、契約、約定
- Easy-Off 清潔劑品牌
例:Finally, the woman finds the Easy-Off. (廣告詞)
- Hunan Palace 美國的中國餐館
- tendon 肌腱
- tender 敏感的、嫩的
例:We should switch her shoes to those titanium ones that Heshie was telling me about. They don't weigh anything. So they're good for a tender hoof. - thrash 震動、扭動、打擊、重擊
例:- Will she be all right? - At least she stopped thrashing.
2009/05/19
The Sopranos 4x05 - Pie-O-My 英文筆記
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