The Sopranos 4x06 - Everybody Hurts 英文筆記

• accomplished 熟練的、有造詣的、精通的
  例：Stone setters were all fairly accomplished.
• craftsman 工匠、技工
• gigantic 巨大的、龐大的
• insert foot in mouth 罵別人不要亂說話
• attack dog = guard dog 看門狗
  
• be carded 被要求示出證件
  例：- Let's go to that strip club. - We'll get carded.
• spring chicken 小雞、(沒經驗的) 年輕人
  例：Sil's a good consigliere, and will continue as such. But he's no spring chicken either.
  
• butcher shop 肉店
• clandestine 隱密的、秘密的、暗中的
  例：It looks really clandestine.
• past curfew 過了門禁時間
  例：Your son's out past curfew again.
• chandelier 吊燈
• escarole 萵苣菜
• red tape = bureaucratic routine 文件作業、行政程序
  例：- Did you try the bank. - No, the bank, red tape. I have only until the end of the week.
  
• Little pitchers have big ears. 小茶壺有大耳朵，比喻小孩常會偷聽到不該聽的東西。
• Armagnac 法國的白蘭地酒
• dossier 檔案、文件紀錄
• on fire 熱門的、炙火可熱的
  例：It is on fire now in France, and all over Europe.
• not remotely 差得遠、連邊都沾不上
  例：- She's French? - Not remotely.
  
• venture 冒險、投機、風險
  例：It's just a venture capital thing. with Jean-Philippe.
  
• Bobby Flay 美國知名廚師
• orthodonture = orthodontics 牙齒矯正學
• classified ad 分類廣告
• stole 女用披肩或圍巾
  例：She was selling her wolf stole. (狼毛披肩)
  
• medium-well 七分熟 (介於 medium 和 well-done 之間)
  
• chef whites 廚師的白袍
• in a nutshell = in short 長話短說、簡單地
  例：Okay, in a nutshell. I'd like to borrow a little money.
• hunky-dory = okay = fine 很好
  例：- Business okay? Everybody hunky-dory? - Well, you know, onward and upward.
• onward and upward 蒸蒸日上、持續有進展
• incompetent 無能力者、無能力的、不適任的
  例：I bet you didn't cut her a deal because you're an incompetent.
• upfront 誠實的、坦白的
  例：I want you to know that I was upfront with her. She knew I was married.
  
• slip through one's grasp/fingers 逃脫、溜走
  例：She slipped through everyone's grasp.
• impinge 撞擊、侵犯、侵害
  例：Consider yourself lucky I didn't impinge on our friendship.
• overbite (牙醫) 過度咬合
  例：If I was desperate, if Melissa had a tumor instead of an overbite...Madonna santo, knock wood.
  
• knock (on) wood 好險、謝天謝地 (以前西方人相信敲樹木或木製十字架可帶來好運)
• bridge loan 短期貸款
• sweep 橫掃、襲捲、大流行
  例：This stuff is sweeping Europe.
• product introduction 產品行銷 (對象是消費者或工廠)
• snifter 狹口的酒杯 (常用來裝白蘭地)
• hurry along 催、加快
  例：He said you called him last night to hurry things along?
• croak 死亡、呱呱叫 (如青蛙或烏鴉)、發牢騷
  例：Now when I croak, it's her problem. 我死了，問題就是她的了。
  
• lava 熔岩、火山岩
• take the pressure off 減輕壓力、減輕負擔、分擔壓力
  例：That way Furio and Jessica could have come with us. It takes the pressure off of a blind date.
• vice 惡習、壞習慣
  例：- I notice you like the good stuff. - My only vice.
• compound (有圍牆的) 大宅院
  例：I pictured your house different. I thought it'd be like Don Corleone's compound with gate, wall, big old Cadillacs.
• Harlem 曼哈頓的黑人住宅區
• coverlet 床單、被單
• food stamp (政府發放的) 食物卷
• luck out 幸運、僥倖
  例：I guess I just lucked out to be rich and live in a big house.
• gnocchi 一種義大利的食物，小麵團。
  例：I eat so much of your gnocchi, I'm gonna get a belly.
  
• belly 腹、肚子
• can't shake the flu 感冒一直好不了
  例：He can't seem to shake this flu.
• marrow 骨髓、精華
  
• liposuction 抽脂
• soufflé 蛋白牛奶酥
• gelato 義大利冰淇淋
• sorbet 一種冰點
• sampler 份量很少的 (法國) 料理。這是因為為了吃多種料理，所以每種量都很少。
  例：sorbet sampler。
  
• histamine 組織胺 (過敏時釋放的物質)
  
• compelling 強制的、令人注目的、強迫性的
  例：What is so compelling to you about my personal business?
• ogre 怪物、食人魔
• tab = bill 帳單
  例：Artie, put that on my tab. 記在我的帳上
  
• heads-up 小心、警告
  例：I just wanna give you a little heads-up.
• get hold of 聯絡、控制、拿、找
  例：I can't get a hold of Jean-Philippe, he doesn't return my calls.
• hound 獵、追捕、緊追
  例：You gotta spend all you time hounding them.
• get arms around 掌控全局、對複雜的東西有全面的了解
  例：You gotta get your arms around this thing. 你必須掌控整個局面。
• operating expense 營業費用
  
• notary 公證人
• perimeter 周長、周界、邊界
• forsooth = in truth 真的、的確
  例：We shall know forsooth.
• bo peep 偷看、探頭看一下
• turntable 轉盤 (擺唱片的)
• cornfield 麥田、玉米田、稻田
• digestif (法國) 餐後酒
• mug 搶劫 (在街上)、馬克杯
  例：You got mugged. Outside of your house, it was a street crime, kids.
  
• deja vu (法語) 似曾相識的經驗
• second nature 第二天性、老習慣
• usury 高利貸
  例：As I understand it, you make a lot of your living through usury. So why the pangs of conscience this time?
  
• pangs of conscience = guilty conscience 罪惡感
  
• wiz = wizard 專家、行家、天才
  例：I heard Mr. Pillsbury is some kind of financial corporate wiz or something?
  
• Pillsbury Doughboy 知名食品公司 Pillsbury 的招牌人物，麵團寶寶。