The Sopranos 4x09 - Whoever Did This 英文筆記

• admonition 告誡、警告
  例：I repeat my earlier admonition that you do not discuss the case among yourselves or with anyone else, including media.
• logistical 邏輯的、籌備的、後勤的
  例：Your Honor, I have logistical problem to discuss. I'd like to call a witness out of order.
• out of order 違反議事規則、順序紊亂
• Early Bird Special 有些餐廳為了吸引人在非正規時間吃正餐，提供該時間特別才有的菜單。
  
• bombshell 炸彈、突發而驚人的事物
  例：Big bombshell from the prosecution today with testimony detailing misuse of Joint Fitters' 401K funds.
  
• misuse 濫用、誤用
• boom 麥克風臂 (攝影時用來收音的)
• royal highness 皇室成員 (國王和皇后之外) 的敬稱
  例：How's our royal highness in there?
  
• stall 柵、欄、廄、隔間
  例：Go ahead, fourth stall down, I'll join you.
• Toboggan Handicap 美國一年一度的賽馬比賽
• muzzle 動物的鼻口 (如馬狗牛)、動物的口套
• address (向誰) 演說、致辭
  例：My daughter's addressing the Irish Parliament.
  
• parliament 國會、議會
  
• disorient 使失去方向感、使迷惑
  例：He was disoriented when he came in.
  
• dementia 痴呆
  例：A man at his age could've been working on dementia for quite a while on the blow of the head tipped him over.
• presbyterian 長老制的、長老教會的
• witless 無知的、愚笨的
  例：It was Little Paulie, the witless nephew.
• Shamu 海洋公園 SeaWorld 裡著名殺人鯨的藝名，多隻殺人鯨共用這個名字。
  例：That party was the only time I ever mentioned Shamu's fat ass.
• delicately 優美地、微妙地、婉轉地
  例：I don't know how to put this delicately. He was sucking a cub scout's dick.
• cub scout 童子軍 (8-10 歲)
  
• rodent 齧齒動物
  例：I'm afraid we had to have emergency surgery performed upon arrival at headquarters after discovery of a small rodent in the rectal passage.
  
• rectal 直腸的
• Xanadu 上都、仙境、很棒的地方
  例：This is Xanadu compared to that courtroom.
• milk 榨取、擠奶
  例：I'm milking this thing for all it's worth. 無論它價值是大是小，我都要善用這個機會。
  
• for all one is worth 盡其所能、物盡其用
• mistrial 無效審判
• archery range 箭靶場
• as to = with regards to 關於
  例：Our psychiatrist will testify as to your reduced mental capacity.
• mental capacity 智力、心智能力
• rule out 排除 (…的可能)、否定
  例：- We get you 24-hour-a-day nursing care because they still didn't rule out the dementia, and you might be a danger to yourself. - Which only bolsters our case.
  
• bolster 支撐、援助、支持
• fitness 健康、生理能力
  例：If the court finds you lack fitness to proceed, the trial will be suspended, and the charges against you dismissed with prejudice, or delayed.
  
• dismissal with prejudice 法律用語，案件因某種特別理由被撤消。
• RN = registered nurse 合格護士
• muffin 一種麵包
• on the outs 不合、有過爭執
  例：I also know he and Tony are on the outs, but Tony's not talking.
• drool 流口水、胡說、胡言亂語
  例：I lived my whole life with dignity. Now I gotta pretend I'm a drooling idiot.
• juror 陪審員
• prosthesis 義肢、義體
• baptism 洗禮、受洗
• begotten = biological 親生的
  例：Our Lord gave his only begotten son to suffer.
• blot out = erase 消除、抹去
  例：In your abundant compassion, blot out my offense. Wash away all my guilt. From my sin, cleanse me.
  
• cleanse 淨化、使清潔、清洗
• presence of mind 沈著、鎮定、頭腦清楚
  例：He asked Ro to marry him. She had the presence of mind to say no.
• cut back 減少 (使用)
  例：You cut back on that shit, right? 你戒了那鬼東西，對吧？
  
• as far as that goes = as far as that is concerned 至於那個方面、考慮到…
  例：He's covered on her husband's insurance, as far as that goes.
• alligator tears = crocodile tears 假的眼淚
  例：Fuck him and his alligator tears.
• irritable/nervous bowel syndrome 大腸急躁症
• line in the sand 界線、規矩
  例：There's a line in the sand when it comes to mothers.
• conception = concept 概念、觀念
  
• swear/pledge allegiance 宣誓效忠
  例：We pledge allegiance to the United States of America.
• fire marshal/chief 消防隊長
• blown-out 爆掉的、燒壞的
  例：The found pieces of a blown-out light bulb in a stall and the hay was a natural accelerant.
  
• hay 乾草、秣
• accelerant 催化劑、觸媒、助燃物
• sour cream 酸奶油
• colic 肚子痛、絞痛
• carload 一車的量
  例：What are you, a vegetarian? You eat beef and sausage by the carload.
• bleach 漂白 (劑) 
• nose runs 流鼻水
  例：Your nose is running.
  
• snort 用鼻子吸 (毒)
  例：I snorted a little H.
• Visine 眼藥水品牌
• scag 海洛因
• jump in with both feet 一頭栽入、沒仔細思考就跳進去
  例：Don't overthink it. Either jump in with both feet, or don't.
• hotwire 不用鑰匙發動車子 (偷車)
  例：Can you hotwire this thing?
• scoop 勺子、湯匙、鏟子

The Sopranos 4x08 - Mergers and Acquisitions 英文筆記

• colostomy bag 醫療用途，用來收集廢棄體液的袋子，正確名稱是 ostomy pouching system。
• squared away 迎風揚帆、收拾、整理、準備妥當
  例：It's just now with Ma all squared away to go to Green Grove.
• whichever = whatever = any one 任一個
• mugger 強盜、搶匪、盜賊
• zabaglione 一種義大利甜點，有點像布丁。
• talk shop 說行話、討論工作上的事
  例：Come on, the last thing the guy wants to do is talk shop.
• proceeds 收入、收益、利潤
  例：I was just wondering if you have any ideas on what Tony and I should do with the proceeds from the property in Newark we sold.
• T-bill = treasury bill 美國國庫券，一種短期無息債券。
• newborn 嬰兒、新生兒
• make peace with 談和、和好、不計前嫌
  例：I made my peace with it, best I could, anyway.
• meet halfway 讓步、妥協
  例：He did meet me halfway with that, God bless him.
• geld 去勢、閹割
  例：We'll do the two geldings next.
  
• chuck wagon 流動炊事車、載有爐具和食物的馬車
• bathmat 浴室足墊
• meadow 草地、牧場
  例：If you'd prefer something more pastoral, we can place her in a meadow.
• dignified 有品格的、有威嚴的
• hick 鄉下人、反應遲鈍的人
  例：These hicks can't even get this right.
• It was fun/great while it lasted. 這次玩得很高興、意猶未盡 (約會完寫給對方的話)
• roulette 賭場的輪盤
• study hall 自修教室、自修時間
• LASIK 雷射手術 (眼睛)
• quite a bit 不少的、很多的、常常的
  例：She sees quite a bit of your mother.
• egg on 慫恿、鼓勵 (有負面的意思)
  例：She eggs your mother on, and she don't even live there.
• gal = girl 女孩、少女
• go to bat for 幫助、支援
  例：She went to bat for me how many times? With the nuns. With the store owners up and down 13th Street.
  
• up and down 到處、回來地
• ale 麥芽酒 (一種啤酒)
  例：Ale was always served in pins and quarts. So, "Mind your P's and Q's," means "Watch your alcohol consumption."
  
• pint 品脫，加侖的八分之一。
• mind your P's and Q's 注意你的言行或禮貌、小心、謹慎
• go-see 出席某個場合讓大家認識
  例：Now I'll have to go down there and do a go-see with everybody, from the harbormaster on down, which is exactly what I was trying to avoid.
  
• harbormaster 管港口的人
• salt shaker 鹽罐
• sole = flatfish 比目魚、鰈魚
• scampi 大蝦
• anorexic 厭食的、食慾減退的
• wasting away 器官因病或不用而萎縮
• consolation prize 安慰獎
  例：I don't want your consolation prize.
  
• standing order 作戰命令、長期的規定
  例：I bet your have a standing order at the jewelry store.
  
• dago 義大利人 (有貶意)
• kinky 古怪的、奇怪的、扭曲的 (性方面)
  例：It's all some kind of kinky shit. Believe me, I am not hung-up. I've done a lot. I've done girls. I've done threesomes, and I've done...
  
• hung-up 緊張的、焦慮的
• loco 發瘋的、神精病的
• cheese grater 起士研磨器
  例：He told me to rub his dick raw with a cheese grater.
  
• cuckold 給誰戴綠帽子
  例：He's a friend of yours, and you're cuckolding him.
• masochist 被虐狂
• run-up (to) 某事件前的時期
  例：I thought all that stuff was just like a run-up to the act. 我以為那些只是前戲。
  
• paraphilia 性變態、特殊性癖好
• jumper cable 跨接電線
• private part 私處
  
• vulva 陰戶
• financial planner 財務分析師
• contingency plan 應急計劃、緊急措施
  例：You have to have a contingency plan if your husband doesn't come home to take care of the finances.
• banter 嘲弄、開玩笑
  例：She likes it, it's banter.
  
• snotty 下賤的、討人厭的、無禮的
  例：No reason to be snotty.
• departed 已故的、已死的、過逝的
  例：My dear departed mother used to say: "You catch more flies with honey than you can with vinegar."
• You catch more flies with honey than you can with vinegar. 用蜜比用醋更容易捉到蒼蠅，意思是用以禮待人比來硬的更能贏得人心。
• talk down 言語上輕視
  例：My mother always told me not to let myself be talked down to by losers.
• mambo 曼波 (舞)
• single out 挑出、孤立、歧視
  例：They single her out.
• tattletale 告密者、大嘴巴
  之前的同義字：snitch、tattler
  例：She's tattletale. She tells on the others for the slightest infraction.
• tell on 告密、告發
• make more of an effort 比目前更努力
  例：She's gonna have to make more of an effort.
• Evian 法國礦泉水品牌
• IRS = Internal Revenue Service 國稅局
• treasury 國庫、國庫券、寶庫
• managerial 管理的
  例：- Why you interested in this? - I got my reasons. Managerial.
• confidence 可信賴的關係、信託他人的祕密 (如神父聽別人的懺悔)
  例：You're asking me to betray confidences.
• strap-on (dildo) 綑綁式假陽具
• lavish 慷慨給予、大方的、浪費
  例：I just had to get my head into a place where I felt that I could really commit. To lavish all the care on you that you should have.
• enter/get into the spirit of 樂於參與社交活動
  例：If you can't get into the spirit of this thing, then we're gonna have to let you live in a different home.

The Sopranos 4x07 - Watching Too Much Television 英文筆記

• papillon 蝴蝶犬 (一種法國的小型犬)
• jumpsuit 連身衣、跳傘裝
  例：I could've been wearing an orange jumpsuit till I'm 90. (橘色的囚裝)
• fracture 破裂、折斷、骨折
  例：Were you informed that the man in question had suffered a fractured skull?
• irrelevant 不相干的、沒關係的
  例：- Your honor, objection. This whole line of questioning is irrelevant. - Overruled.
  
• overrule 駁回、否決
• in chambers (法律) 在法官的辦公室內 (私下會談)
  例：Your honor, the defense requests a conference in chambers.
• stand in 替換 (職位)
  例：We'll stand in recess for 15 minutes while the court confers with counsel in chambers.
• recess 休庭、休會、休息、放假
• confer with 商討、商議、討論
• bailiff 法警、執行官
• transparent 明顯的、顯然的
  例：What we saw in that courtroom is a transparent attempt by Richard Cross to subvert the intent of the marital privilege.
• marital 婚姻的、夫婦間的
• ambitious 有抱負的、有野心的、雄心壯志的
  例：Any investment advice for an ambitious young man such as myself?
• crummy 骯髒的、破舊的、低劣的
• shitbox 爛東西、廢物 (如房子、汽車等)
  例：I'm talking about some real shitboxes. Maybe they're worth $100,000 apiece.
  
• apiece 每個、每人
• stooge 傀儡、走狗、喜劇裡的丑角
• Jewfro 猶太人的爆炸頭
• afro 黑人的爆炸頭
• typesetter 排字工、排字機
• home on break 放假在家 (通常指學生放寒暑假)
  例：The summer of '67, we're both home on break.
  
• co-op = cooperative 公司
• voting drive = voter registration drive 集結一群以往有權力投票但卻不投票的人，一起註冊並投票給某個候選人。
• aspiring = ambitious 有抱負的、雄心壯志的
  
• Klansman 三 K 黨員
• fall on hard times 遭遇困境、遇到困難
  例：Like many non-profits, we've fallen on hard times. Republican administration, plus a proliferation of new charities post 911. 就像許多非利益組織，我們遭遇到許多困難。共和黨執政，加上 911 後慈善團體爆增。
  
• Republican 共和黨員
• administration 執政、管理、行政
  
• proliferation 增殖、爆增、擴散
• hit the showers 沖澡、淋浴
  例：Sounds like you got a lot to talk about. I'm gonna hit the showers.
  
• take the liberty of (未經別人同意) 擅自做主
  例：I took the liberty of filling Maurice in on the broad strokes. 我已擅自告訴 Maurice 大致情形了。
  
• fill sb. in 告知、透露
• in/on the broad strokes 大略地、大概地
• urologist 泌尿科醫生
• appraiser 評價人、估價師、鑒定人
  例：Once we own the houses, we got a appraiser who'll play ball. He's gonna re-appraise them in the $300,000 range.
  
• play ball (團隊) 合作
• appraisal 評價、估價、鑒定
• cut a check 開支票
• dissolution 分解、解散、溶解
  例：Unforeseen construction delays and repeated vandalism force the project into dissolution.
• cystic 膽囊的、膀胱的、囊腫的
• fibrosis 纖維症、纖維化 
• The heart wants what the heart wants. 心自己知道自己想要什麼，Woody Allen 對他自己外遇所說過的話。
• eat one's dust 吃誰的灰塵、趕不上某人
  例：Eat my dust, Donald Trump.
  
• Donald Trump 川普，美國企業家，《誰是接班人》的主持人。
• five-o 警察，源自電視影集 Hawaii 5-0。
• eye 看、注視
  例：No eyeing if you ain't buying.
• crack ho = crack whore 女毒蟲
• sociopathic 瘋狂的、反社會的
• strategic 戰略上的、戰術上的
• standpoint 立場、觀點、看法
  例：From a strategic standpoint, do the nuptials help us or hurt us?
• nuptials = wedding 婚禮
• weed out 除草、鏟除、移除
  例：Nature really does weed out the nimrods.
  
• nimrod 厲害的獵人、笨蛋，源自 Bugs Bunny 常叫那個獵人 "poor little nimrod"。
  
• Yay or nay? 贊成或反對？
• keep/hold peace 安靜、沉默
  例：If anyone objects to this marriage, speak now or forever hold your peace.
• keep on keeping on 繼續努力、繼續加油
  例：- You've certainly got your work cut out for you. - One day at a time. - Keep on keeping on.
• gut 取出內臟、取出內部東西、破壞內部
  例：I sent some of my guys down there to start gutting the place.
• roust 趕走、驅趕、驅逐
  例：Get the donut squad to go down there and roust the shitbags.
• squatter 非法霸佔房子的人、自耕農
• gum up (用膠) 堵住、阻塞、阻礙
  例：They're gumming up the works.
• windfall 橫財、被風吹落的東西 (如果子)
  例：In two weeks, we're gonna be looking at a huge windfall.
  
• uterus = womb 子宮
• damaged goods 瑕疵品
• chinky 亞洲人的 (有貶意)
• jive 演奏搖擺樂、跳搖擺舞
  例：Marriage and our thing don't jive. 婚姻跟我們這一行不合。
  
• the shoe is on the other foot (不好的) 情況顛反過來、情況相反
  例：When the shoe was on the other foot, you spleen, she stood by you, right?
• effectuate 完成、實行、造成
  例：The deal was for me to effectuate the purchase of these houses, period.
• codpiece 下體蓋片 (15~16 世紀用來保護下體的東西)
• outreach 幫助弱勢的組織、超越、超出、延伸
  例：You run a youth gang outreach program, don't you?
  
• put sth. on the line 冒險
  例：I'm putting it all on the line if I get caught.
• gangbanger 幫派分子
• police 管轄、維持治安
  例：When you think about it from a policing standpoint, it's one group of recidivists beating on another.
• recidivist 慣犯、再犯、累犯
  之前的同義字：habitual offender/criminal
• tirade 長篇大論、激烈的演說或指責
• outburst 爆發、突發
  例：You cannot have these outbursts and expect to redeem yourself with an FTD bouquet.
• bouquet 花束
• loom 隱約地出現、陰森地出現
  例：- I never laid a finger on you. - You loomed. You threw my tissue holder.
• tissue holder 面紙盒
• withhold 扣留、抑制、保留、忍住
  例：You withheld information about a very sensitive subject.
• accost 接近與之攀談、面對、勾引
  例：I went to show him the old neighborhood and we got accosted by these crackheads.
• brake line 煞車油管
• best man 伴郎
• mum = chrysanthemum 菊花
  例：We'll decorate the whole house with mums.
• 187 警察單位用來代表謀殺的代碼，常見的幫派用語。
  例：Remember, just shoot the ceiling and shit. No 187s.
• gas pedal 油門 (踏板)
  例：I need to keep my foot on the gas pedal.
• mousse 慕斯、奶油甜點
• The Man in the Iron Mask 鐵面人 (知名的囚犯)
  
• time of day 專心、注意、小時
  例：You give some the time of day, it's a criminal conspiracy.
• suck wind 沒東西吃、喝西北風、被遺棄、爛
  例：I'm sucking wind, and he's rolling in it with that Christ killer.
• Christ killer 猶太人 (有貶意)
• fireplace mantle 壁爐的外框
• wall sconce 壁燈
• seamstress 女裁縫師 
• fair game 合法的獵物、可抨擊的物件
  例：Anything said before you were married is fair game.
• furtherance 助長、助成、促進
  例：Communication can't be made in furtherance of a crime.
• shovel shit against the tide 徒勞無功、白費力氣、做得很辛苦卻看不到成效
  例：Over the years, it's like shoveling shit against the tide.
• cut corners 抄近路、走捷徑、投機取巧
  例：You cut corners, but you help out.
• cheese melt 起士三明治