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slow horses: 1. I jumped him( jump someone I. 突袭, 突然袭击. To suddenly attack or ambush someone: This is the most common meaning, referring to a surprise physical assault, often carried out by one or more people. "They got jumped in the alley". II. To criticize or yell at someone angrily ("jump on someone"): To suddenly scold, berate, or attack someone verbally for a mistake. "The boss jumped on me for being late". III. To initiate sexual desire or intercourse. "jump someone's bones": A colloquial, suggestive expression meaning to show intense physical attraction or jump into sex with someone.). Asked him for a comment. How did he react? Terrified. I'm filing the column now. Once editorial approve it, which they will, he'll have an official chance to respond. I'm not likely to get near him again. 2. If this is an on-the-spot performance review, I have to tell you I am absolutely killing it right now. There was an attempted hit on Roderick Ho last night. Oh, don't play dumb. I'm not sure you can say dumb anymore. I think it offends the vocally impaired or idiots. I can't remember which. No. I'm not in the mood. Yeah, I'm getting that vibe. Service standing order whatever the hell it is. Twenty-seven three. If you say so. The three is in brackets. I don't care if it's in Sanskrit. It is there for a reason. If there's a hit on one of your team, you report it upwards 上报, 向上汇报. In this case, to me. Yeah. Well, ordinarily I would have done, but there were special circumstances. Which were? I couldn't be arsed. That's not a special circumstance, Jackson. That's your prevailing condition 一贯如此, 一贯的借口, 日常, 天天如此( Prevailing conditions refer to the current, dominant, or most common state of affairs, environment, or circumstances in a particular place at a specific time. No one can say with absolute certainty what the energy markets will bring forward next week, let alone what the prevailing conditions will be in the decade after next. Each of the book's nine chapters immerses us in the prevailing conditions, but the gaps between them, and the big picture they go to make up, are left largely unexamined. However, he decided that the rent should revert to the full amount in early 1945, when the prevailing conditions at the start of the war disappeared. prevailing 盛行的, 现行的, 通行的 adj. existing in a particular place or at a particular time. existing and accepted: The prevailing view is that economic growth is likely to slow down. the prevailing attitude. The prevailing mood is one of optimism. The bank said it will buy the shares at the prevailing market price. prevailing economic/market conditions The chief executive said the poor figures resulted from the prevailing economic conditions. prevailing wind a wind that usually blows in a particular direction: The town is kept cool by the prevailing westerly winds.). And this time, it might just prove terminal. Oh, you want to go to the mats, Diana, just let me know. I've got so much dirt on you, I could start an allotment. Well, I'm sure that will keep you busy in your forced retirement but it certainly won't save you. Not this time. Whelan is itching to 一心想要 shut down Slough House and now he has a reason. The bullets we found at Ho's flat came from the same gun used to execute the Abbotsfield shooter. Fuck. Yeah. Well, at least we're on the same page. And I'm putting Slough House in lockdown. No phones, no Internet, no one leaves. I will not allow you to run around muddying the waters 搅混水 just to save your man's skin(save your/someone's skin/hide to protect yourself or someone else from danger or difficulty: He has saved my skin more than once. There is no justification for killing another human to save your own skin. You lied to me to save your hide. ). 2. How did you get out of Slough House? Much like you did. Through the door. Devon? Uh, well, she refused to act on some intel. So I broke out and sent my guys to deal with it. Should I be worried? About my guys dealing with it? Yeah. It's clear. Yeah, well, of course it is, you knucklehead. I didn't just come in and put me feet up. How did you find this place? Well, Tara gave a fake address as 34 Priory Place. I figured she wouldn't have wanted to walk far. So I came to number 43. She's not a professional, and the large amount of takeaway boxes in the bin outside told me someone had… Don't they teach you this shit? How did you know that we were coming here? Ho called. Guess he spooked her. Well, he told her we were tracing the call. But you expected that. He's convinced she's an innocent coerced into turning on him but love held out(hold out I. to continue to defend yourself against an enemy or attack without being defeated. to continue in a situation that is dangerous or difficult: We can't hold out against this army much longer. One prisoner was still holding out 顽强抵抗 on the roof of the jail. They won't be able to hold out much longer against these attacks. They won't be able to hold out 抵抗, 坚持住, 顶住 much longer under this sort of bombardment. II. If a supply of something such as food or money holds out, there is enough of it to last for a particular period of time. III. to offer a possibility, solution, hope, etc.: hold out hope If you hold out hope of something happening, you hope that in the future something will happen as you want it to. He still holds out hope that they could be a family again. Few people hold out any hope of finding more survivors. IV. If something holds out, it continues to be useful or enough: The sensors are designed to work as long as their batteries hold out. hold out something to offer or consider something as a possibility: Few people hold out any hope of finding more survivors. V. If you hold out your hand or something 伸出手 you have in your hand, you move your hand away from your body, for example to shake hands with someone. 'I'm Nancy Drew,' she said, holding out her hand. Max held out his cup for a refill. VI. If you hold out for something, you refuse to accept something which you do not think is good enough or large enough, and you continue to demand more. I should have held out for a better deal. He can only hold out a few more weeks. VII. If you say that someone is holding out on you 拒不承认, 拒不交代, you think that they are refusing to give you information that you want. He had always believed that kids could sense it when you held out on them. ). Which, to be fair, tracks with how she was on the call. 3. She'll be at the one place she thinks no one will look. Roddy Ho's flat. Surely that's the last place she'd go. No. Trust me. I feel it in my chakra. Plus, before she left, she called for a taxi. I called them back, and they gave me the address. Like I said, not a professional. Come on. Not even a thank you? I assume I can't ride with you… …so I'll follow on at my own pace. No, thanks. I'm sure you can understand why I don't trust you. What, unconscious bias? Look, I just wanna insulate Slough House from whatever the fuck is going on. So as far as finding out exactly what that is, we're on the same side. Fine. But you only observe. 4. You didn't ask if my husband was at home. No. No. In my line of work, one tends to know where people are. It's a perk of the job. Would you be so good as to inform your husband I wish to see him? I'll see if he's free to receive you 接待. Let the bastard crawl in. My husband will see you now. Mr. Whelan can't stay for tea… Oh. …but he's just dropped by to apologize, darling. About time. Um… Actually, I'm not here to apologize for anything. What about your smears against my husband and your sexism against me? I'm like the opposite of a sexist. You excluded me from a meeting. That was classified. You just don't like a strong woman. I do, actually. Although, um, it's not altogether how I'd describe you. If you came here to beg me not to run the story, well, I'm sorry to break it to you, but it's not going very well. But I'm not here to beg you for anything. I'm here to tell you how it's going to be. You're going to withdraw this spurious article (spurious [ˈspjʊriəs] 似是而非的, 站不住脚的, 假的, 骗人的, 不真实的 I. [disapproval] something such as a statement that is spurious is not reasonable or correct because it is not based on true facts or a sensible way of thinking. Something that is spurious seems to be genuine, but is false. He was arrested in 1979 on spurious corruption charges. Quite a lot of allegations of misjustice are spurious. a spurious claim/comparison. II. not real or sincere. A spurious argument or way of reasoning is incorrect, and so the conclusion is probably incorrect. ...a spurious framework for analysis. The justification of this chart is entirely spurious. spurious excitement. vocabulary: Something false or inauthentic is spurious. Don't trust spurious ideas and stories. Spurious statements often are lies, just as a spurious coin is a counterfeit coin — a fake. Anytime you see the word spurious, you're dealing with things that can't be trusted or accepted at face value. A spurious claim is one that's not backed up by the facts. A spurious argument relies on faulty reasoning — and maybe some lies. Politicians often accuse each other of saying things that are spurious and meant to deceive the voters. As long as you're honest, clear, and not trying to trick anyone, nobody can say you're being spurious. specious [ˈspiːʃəs] I. 貌似合理的, 貌似正确的, 看上去很有道理, 貌似有理的. 似是而非的. Seemingly well-reasoned, plausible or true, but actually fallacious. seeming to be true but in fact wrong. It is unlikely that the Duke was convinced by such specious arguments. a specious argument. This idea that we must see through what we have started is specious, however good it may sound. II. 外强中干的. 金玉其外败絮其中的. Having an attractive appearance intended to generate a favorable response; deceptively attractive. Usage notes: Use specious to describe an argument that seems to be good, correct, or logical, but is not so. We live on the earth, therefore the earth must be the center of the universe has been proven to be a specious theory of the solar system. Specious is pronounced "SPEE-shuhs." Something that is specious is attractive in a deceptive way, and if you follow the word's etymology, you'll see why. In Middle English, this adjective meant "attractive," from Latin speciōsus "showy, beautiful," from speciēs "appearance, kind, sort." Latin speciēs is also the source of English species.) about my personal life that has no place in the public domain. You're in love with a prostitute. I struck up a conversation… a friendship with a rather lovely waitress. Whatever we happened to do in our own time is our own business. Business is the word. She was a prostitute. No. She wasn't, actually. No. She was an escort. Going to be an escort to pay for her university fees. So I paid her university fees so she doesn't need to be an escort. But you still paid a call girl who, incidentally, you were also boffing. Honestly, did you think I'd come in here if I didn't have a nuclear bomb in my pocket?Oh, you've gone awfully quiet, Dodie. Let's use this little pause to remind ourselves about your university boyfriend… who was Chairman of the Marxist Society, if you can credit it( credit verb. to believe something that seems unlikely to be true: If you can credit what the doctor says, the illness isn’t serious. He even tried to pretend he was my son - can you credit it? it is hard to credit It was hard to credit some of the stories we heard about her. She gave a creditable 让人信服的 performance of a woman in love. credit someone with something I. to consider that someone has a particular quality: I had credited them with more integrity than they showed. II. to say that someone is responsible for something good: She is credited with making the business a success. III. to consider someone as having good qualities or good achievements: I credited him with more sense than he showed. credit where credit is due = credit where it's due an expression that means that you should praise someone when they deserve it, although you might dislike some things about them: I don't especially like the woman but, credit where credit's due, she's very efficient. You have to give credit where credit is due: they've done a good job on the repairs. To give credit where it's due, he has done exactly what he said he would do. have something to your credit = with something to your credit used to say that someone has done, made, or achieved something in the past, especially when they have had many successful achievements: The songwriting pair have more than 3,000 compositions to their credit. She's a translator with many novels to her credit. By then, he already had eight gold medals to his credit. With more than 60 screenplays to his credit, there's a good chance you've seen something he's written. The band has a huge number of fans considering they have just one album to their credit. be a credit to someone/something to do something that makes a person, group, or organization feel proud or receive praise: She is a credit to her family. someone does someone credit someone has done well or behaved well in a way that means someone connected with them should receive praise: She does her teachers credit. Their actions do them credit. all credit to someone used to show that you think a person deserves a lot of praise for something that they have done: All credit to her, she did it all herself. credit noun. I. a method of paying for goods or services at a later time, usually paying interest as well as the original money: on credit They decided to buy the car on credit. interest-free credit The shop was offering six months' interest-free credit on electronic goods. II. 信用. the fact of being trusted to pay back money that you have borrowed. the amount of risk when lending money to a particular person or organization, based on how likely they are to pay it back: weak/poor/bad credit Too many mortgages had been granted to home buyers with weak credit. good credit They will let you take the goods and pay later if your credit is good. I own a home and my credit is good, so why have I been refused a loan? Banks typically charge customers with bad credit higher interest rates. Identity thieves can steal your money and ruin your credit. III. money in an account: in credit I was relieved to see from my statement that my account was in credit. If the cardholder has enough credit in their account to cover the sale, the transaction is authorized. an amount of money paid into an account 入账: The refund will appear as a credit on your bill. I phoned the bank when confusing debits and credits appeared on my bank statement. IV. 学分 a unit that represents a successfully finished part of an educational course. a unit that represents a successfully finished part of an educational course, or the fact of having successfully finished part of an educational course: Students get four academic credits for their work on the newspaper. They receive no academic credit for the class. Each of these classes is worth three credits. the credits 演职员 a list of people who helped to make a film or a television or radio programme, that is shown or announced at the beginning or the end of it: Everyone in the cinema was in tears by the time the credits rolled. ). And how, when he dumped you, you had him thrown out of university by planting cocaine on him. Now, anymore crap from either of you two and I will see to it the security services destroys you and your godawful livelihoods in public. Do I make myself clear? Do I? I don't hold it against you that you once dated a Marxist. I was a young woman, no more than a girl. He groomed me. I did what I had to do to get away from him. 5. You knew she'd play Whelan, didn't you? I had my suspicions. Which were confirmed once I read his file. His, uh, psych profile screams "daddy savior complex." Uh, I'd have given you a call, but I thought you'd enjoy watching him make a complete and utter fucking tit of himself. They issued any demands yet? She just called from the embassy. Free passage and 100 million in lost oil revenue. Well, they might have a point about our behavior, but they trousered most of their oil money and spent the change keeping their people down. They've crashed our systems and given us an hour, which ends at 10:06. Otherwise they attack a place of worship. Oh, Sunday morning. They've timed it well. 6. There are around 2,000 churches across London. If you add in mosques, synagogues, temples and multifaith centers, we're looking at over 5,000 potential targets. Yes, but, um, Muslims don't worship on a Sunday. I'm right in thinking that, aren't I? I'm Sikh. Let's assume it's churches, shall we? High-value targets. Uh, St. Paul's, Westminster Abbey. They already have protection. If we throw everything at St. Paul's, and the attack happens elsewhere, it'll look like we were rushing to protect the landmarks rather than the people. 7. We're not gonna pay it. I think we should have the option. You need to call the PM now. Get it cleared. Give in to terror? He won't hear of it 听都不会听. Well, then, you are looking at a second Abbotsfield. 8. May I ask why I've been summoned here then made to wait on the stairs like a member of staff? When you came to visit me the other night, you mentioned a group of disaffected (disaffect to cause to lose loyalty or affection; alienate. to alienate someone; to make someone dissatisfied We no longer wish you to disaffect those who are remaining and who earnestly and sincerely wish to serve Kenya for very many years ahead. disaffected [ˌdɪsəˈfektəd] 不满意的, 不高兴的, 不满的 a disaffected member of a group or organization no longer feels any loyalty toward it. Disaffected people no longer fully support something such as an organization or political ideal which they previously supported. He attracts disaffected voters. Environmental issues provided a rallying point for people disaffected with the government. In 2003, he wrote he was no longer able to support the American conservative movement, as he was disaffected with the Republican Party's continued rightward shift towards social conservatism on social issues during the George W. Bush era.) Libyans wanting compensation for lost oil revenues. As of now, we have 25 minutes to pay up 100 million to stop a Libyan group from attacking a church. I have no knowledge of any of this. It's an extremely fractured country, and in my limited experience, every fucker you meet is on the take. The people you're dealing with may be part of a completely separate group. The payment has to go to an offshore trust where you are a director. In that case, fuck, shit, bugger and yes, it seems it is the same people. I will never do business in the Middle East again. They love to haggle, and they have a tendency to go completely fucking crackers. Why do they have your details? There are two accounts. One to distribute funds to them once they've come in, minus my commission. Nothing in that one at the moment, obviously. And the other? They've paid me a nominal fee for the last three years. Recently they intimated ( intimate [ˈɪn.tɪ.meɪt] to make clear what you think or want without saying it directly. If you intimate something, you say it in an indirect way. He went on to intimate that he was indeed contemplating a shake-up of the company. He had intimated to the French and Russians his readiness to come to a settlement. She has intimated that she will resign if she loses the vote. ) I wasn't doing enough, hence my visit to you. And when you say "nominal," you mean… All told 统共, 加在一起, 总共(You can use all told to introduce or follow a summary, general statement, or total. All told there were 104 people on the payroll. All told, it seems like an awful mess. The cost of the immunizations was about $600,000 all told. ), a couple of hundred grand. Which I will declare in due course 合适的时候. Why are they dragging me into this insanity? It makes me look terrible. Because you took their money and did nothing and they want to show what a corrupt mess this country is. Getting paid through the former Home Secretary is a very good way of doing it. When this comes out, we will all look terrible. 7. We will pay. But I want your word the attack will be called off. And I want your word we'll be allowed to leave the country. Cars will be arriving shortly, ready to take you to RAF Northolt. But safe passage is only guaranteed if you and all your team leave to ensure there is no further violence. Oh, and also, none of this ever comes out. I can imagine you must feel humiliated, huh? Unpleasant, isn't it? Do you agree to our terms? I'll stand them down, and they will return to the embassy shortly. Any more violence, and those men in the cars will not be taking you to the airport. They will be taking you down. 8. You know what, I'm gonna have to look this over later. I actually get motion sickness if I read and walk at the same time. Tara Younis, 28yearold Libyan. Her parents fled Tripoli in the 2011 coup, they tried to settle here, didn't manage to, moved to Paris, she returned a year ago. Model student, no criminal record. No particular career path, currently working in events. Right. Um, any political affiliations? No red flags. Usual activism for an educated woman of her age. Heavy on hashtags, light on results. Any update on Gimball? Yes, he was in an alley behind the venue, and a pot of paint rolled off some scaffolding and hit him on the head. Really? Good. Not good. Obviously not good. Although, uh… What I mean to say is, I'm just glad there was no foul play. One of Gimball's supporters murders a load of people at Abbotsfield, Gimball himself winds up dead… Catnip for ( be (like) catnip to sb/sth to be certain to attract or interest a particular person or type of person: This kind of high school movie is catnip to teenagers. catnip = catmint a herb whose smell is very attractive to cats. Catnip is an herb with scented leaves, which cats are fond of. Catnip grows wild in much of the United States. ) conspiracy theorists, isn't it? 9. I've told you that I don't know anything about Abbotsfield. I do. I was there for the aftermath. Eleven people dead. Wives, husbands, parents, kids. Lives ripped apart. I'm just Roddy's girlfriend, okay? Tara, my issue, and the issue a lot of people in this building have, is that when you talk about dating Roddy, it doesn't really wash. Because we've met him. Okay, so he's not really my type. I don't think he's anyone's type. 10. Did they ask you to do anything with his computer? Uh… I had to make him show me he could get into the database. And when he was out of the room I typed in a code. Can you remember it? They held a knife to my throat while I recited it. So, yes, I can remember. I'll get it over to the tech unit. They've already combed the system and didn't detect any anomalies. Well, I suggest they comb it again. All right, make this quick. 11. I'm about to put Taverner in the picture ( put someone in the picture to tell someone the facts about a situation. If you put someone in the picture, you tell them about a situation which they need to know about. Has Inspector Fayard put you in the picture? His lawyer put him in the picture about what had happened since his arrest. ) and I need to know whether Gimball died because the other side are total pros or because you two are fucking useless. I'm guessing both. Well, we found him dead. From a falling paint pot. You're telling me that an assassin killed him… with a pot of paint? I guess they just wanted to make it look like a… like an accident. It's quite clever actually. They blew up a fucking penguin enclosure. They didn't bother making that look like an accident. Yeah, but, I mean, we don't know that that was them. That could've been anyone. What do you mean it could've been anyone? Name me one person who's got a grudge against 有仇的 penguins. Batman. Oh, fuck off. I'm sorry that we came up short, okay? In all the time I've known you, you have never once taken responsibility for your litany of fuckups. Why are you starting now? Maybe I'm maturing. Why is his hood down? And he's got some color in his cheeks. He looks positively postcoital ([ˌpəʊstˈkɔɪ.təl]). Now, what really happened? It was an accident. You're telling me that Gimball's swivel-eyed supporters, the ones who are claiming that the Deep State killed their Glorious Leader are right. Now, stay the fuck away from me, the pair of you, eh?? And do me a favor, the next time you cross the road, do it with your fucking eyes closed. 12. Are you aware that this is an absolutely no-smoking facility? We can kill and plunder and blackmail, but our bodies must remain a temple. Right. Uh, can we get on with this, please? Yeah, I was. We've killed and plundered and blackmailed and now it's being done to us. Abbotsfield… …the traffic disruption, the bomb at the zoo, Gimball. Attack the village, disrupt the transport, seize the media, whack a populist leader. An old MI5 destabilization strategy that is now being used on us. Yes, but lest we forget the, uh, traffic disruption was actually organized by an established protest group. Led by the mayor's son. Mmm, yeah, but they'll have used him, manipulated him, give it more sense of end times 世界末日. You told me that the Abbotsfield killer was executed. Well, someone must've groomed him, gave him a gun. Okay, what about Gimball then? Or that's just a not-so-tragic accident, is it? Yeah, but they got lucky with Gimball. It really was an accident. Jaffrey was the target, uh, but my guys foiled it. I'd have told you sooner but you'd have believed me even less than you do now. And who would mount such an operation? Well, I think that's what we're trying to establish downstairs. Well, the Libyans are the most likely perpetrators. I mean, given the fact that we fucked them right up when we helped take out Gaddafi. And judging by the books on her shelves……Ho's girlfriend's been researching Libyan history. She is Libyan, fled after the coup. Yeah, well, there you go. Dander gave me the partial plate of a vehicle that keeps turning up. It's probably false, but, uh, I gave it to one of the kids out there, should be able to trace it. Oh, and since I am in a generous mood… …the next on the list is: blind your enemy. 13. You pick your target, and I will pick mine. Guys, enough innocents have died. The last blow 最后一击 should fall on the people that caused the war. I'm only going to spill the blood of the guilty. As justice for my family. 14. You know what I think? I think you came here to put up some smoke screen 放烟雾弹 so you could throw Ho's girlfriend under the bus and save him. If you think for a minute you're getting access to him or Tara, you're very much mistaken 大错特错. That's not gonna happen. If that's what you really came here for. I came here to find out which of the current or former Libyan security chiefs have long-harbored beef with Britain. Now, it helps to know who you're up against. Yeah, well, if you came to ask Molly Doran, you're shit out of luck 'cause she's been disappeared… dispersed, I mean…in a recent rationalization( rationalization I. an attempt to find reasons for behaviour, decisions, etc., especially your own: This is just a convenient rationalization for something you wanted to do anyway. Entitlement may include rationalization of negative behaviour. II. 重组增效. the process of making a company, way of working, etc. more effective, usually by combining or stopping particular activities: We feel the rationalization of manufacturing and distribution under a single management is overdue. Fierce competition among large numbers of firms hindered modernization and rationalization of the industry. ). Now, if you'll excuse me, some of us have, you know… Yeah. You should bring forward your resignation before you die of shame working for that. Please don't. I don't think I can cope with your pity. So, that was the great Jackson Lamb, was it? Bloody hell. Man's obviously lost the plot. You know, he's sending Wells off on a wild-goose chase. totally fail to see the point of him, or Slough House for that matter. "Compromise an agent, attack the village, disrupt the transport, seize the media, assassinate a populist leader." Oh, thanks. Way to undermine me, Diana. Lamb has more field experience than anyone in this building. It'd be irresponsible to ignore him. 15. How did you meet them? It was a Libyan cultural group. I became interested with my heritage. And I learnt that I didn't need to feel grateful to Britain for offering me sanctuary. Britain owed me sanctuary. Because you destroyed my country. Well, things weren't going so great before we came along. Yeah, and they're a lot worse now. And nobody cares. Things just move on. I met some activists that were looking for people to take part in some stunt to educate people about what Britain did. We were going to throw red confetti in a village, or… or gatecrash a newsroom, you know, that kind of stuff. It was all symbolic. Then I realized they wanted to do it all for real. 16. That code she gave us is some hot shit. From the wraparound and the triple-layering, you can tell it was written for a specific device. And what did it do? In English. The only way we can work out what it did is to run it again on the device it was used for. Well, that was Ho's laptop. We have that. Yeah, and Ho's almost as good as he thinks it is. So it'll take us a couple of hours to crack his password. You're needed. And don't gloat 洋洋得意. Look who came crawling back to papa. 16. If you were coming out of that building, trying to lose the Dogs…which direction would you head? Do you think Tara's going to try and escape? You said that they'll all get free passage out of the country if she calls off this attack. Well, she's just a kid. There's no way she's running the show 主谋. Yes, her men should've been back here by now. I don't think they're coming back. I think she's sitting in there realizing she never was in control of her band of psychos. But you said we're paying the money. Well, look at what these guys have got up to in the last couple of days. And I don't think money is gonna quell their rage. But innocent people could get caught in the cross fire. Yeah, they're in more danger from our trigger-happy muscle than they are from her. Go and knock on the door. What? Me? Yesterday, you physically assaulted the mayor. I don't know why you're getting your knickers in a twist about knocking on a door. Yesterday, I had no choice. Oh, bollocks. You get a real thrill from being in the action. Probably it reminds you of the rush you used to get when you got absolutely arseholed. 17. You knew that was going to happen, didn't you? Yeah. And like I said, she's just a kid. She was never gonna shoot ya. Well, it didn't feel like that. Come on. I'll buy you a lemonade. Take the edge off 缓和一下气氛. 18. The mayor is still here. I was cheated out of ( cheat someone out of something = cheat someone of something to unfairly prevent someone from getting or achieving something that they should have: She claimed that her cousin had cheated her out of her inheritance. They plotted to cheat him of his money. ) killing him before. We get him first. Okay. You distract his security team. Claude, I'm here with River Cartwright, who's crashed into the memorial service babbling something about a Libyan attack that none of my agents seem to know anything about. You should have been kept in the loop on that, although in our defense, it has been a very fastmoving situation. Was there gonna be an attack on the service or not? Yes, yes, there was. Shush. To be honest, we had no intelligence either way that you were specifically under threat. Of course, if we had received that information, then we would've intervened. Now hang on, you did intervene. I'm stood in front of a load of your agents. 19. Do not aim for his neck. We've established you're a shit shot. There's other parts of him to aim for. I'm going to walk out of here and I'm taking him with me. No, we can't let you do that. Yes, you can. Can you stop fucking contradicting 逆着说, 驳回 me? Yeah, I will if you stop escalating a dangerous situation. I'm on top of it. I know what I'm doing. We've got a madman pointing a gun at a hostage. I say let him do what he wants. You see, that's why you're never gonna get out of Slough House. Oh, shit. Shit. Where did you come from? I approached him very, very quietly. You two staged your argument to give him cover. I get that, I get that. I get that now. We have accounted for all the Libyans. Two were shot at Abbotsfield, and Lamb apprehended Tara. 20. We pay up and they attack anyway. What a shit show. You didn't have a choice. When they pick over the bones of this, you'll be exonerated, ma'am. London rules will kick in. London rules? If you were Service, you'd know that. Moscow rules, watch your back. London rules, cover your arse. 21. Also in the ledger 账本 of things that Slough House has not fucked up, which, I grant you 承认, is a little thin in the grand scheme, is that I caught the femme fatale behind this week's fucking bloodshed and chaos without your goons having a firefight in an embassy. But I suppose that's why, yeah? Yeah, you wanna bury the fact that she… she batted her eyelids and you let her walk out of the building and fuck up the MI5 mainframe all at the same time. You know, it's funny. I have a totally different narrative. Yeah, I'm sure you do. Yeah, let me guess. Judd gets to keep the commission on the hundred mil for saying that, um, he tried to warn me about the Libyans and Tara's connection to Ho and I did nothing. Yeah, you blame it all on Slough House, and you get to keep your job. You're all totally fucked. Apart from Cartwright, because he shows some promise, I feel, and deserves a second chance. Oh, by the way. Um, there's a team coming by later today to, uh… Clean this place up. You'll leave quite a stain. But it'll be gone. That was you threatening a political figure hours before he was killed. I'll play you the other bits if you like, where his wife talks about your sugar daddy behavior and… and you blackmail him about his Turkish dad. In case it slipped your mind. I mean, it might have done (你可能真的忘了). You've had a busy week. 22. Molly. Why didn't you tell me? What would you have done? Whelan didn't even have the courtesy to do it in person. I received an email from HR saying I've been given the push. Apparently, I am beyond minimum Service requirements. So, how are you gonna do it? It? Turn the lights out. Now you've been let go. Pills, I expect. That's the favored option, isn't it? Nah, you got a wider choice than that. Nice coastal path. Big steep drop. You might set a new record for unassisted flight. At the very least, a personal best. You're always a comfort, aren't you? You been following the news? Abbotsfield? Yeah. That, the traffic disruption, bomb at the zoo… they're all connected. Coe linked it to an old destabilization strategy. Pretty sure it's Libya. Went to the Park to find out who in Libya. It'll be in the files, Jackson. And I'm not a memory act. 23. I am not taking Cartwright. Yeah, it's fine. I'm a little short on numbers anyway. You wanna keep him? You never know. Might need a… a new liver. I never wanna hear from you or anyone else at the Park again. An arrangement that suits both of us, Jackson. 24. We've run into some technical problems at Slough House, and we were wondering… Not here. Come. My room should be free. They've all buggered off to the pub for a birthday. You won't be overheard. Apologies. But with the younger blood snapping at my heels for my job(snap at someone's heels 紧盯着, 步步紧逼, 亦步亦趋 I. If an animal is snapping at your heels, it is running behind you and trying to bite you. II. to compete strongly with someone and have a chance of soon defeating or replacing them: With so many younger women snapping at her heels, this year may be her last chance to win the championship. ), it doesn't do to ( Dumbledore explains to Harry that the Mirror of Erised reflects only the heart's deepest desires without offering true knowledge, leading many to waste away or lose their sanity. He informs Harry that the mirror is being relocated and advises him not to seek it out again, concluding with the famous warning: "It does not do 没有用, 没意义 to dwell on dreams and forget to live, remember that," before telling Harry to put on his invisibility cloak and go to bed. it/that won't do 那不行, 那不可以, 那不能接受 It/that is totally unacceptable or unsatisfactory. A: "It will probably be the end of next week before I'm finished with this project." B: "That simply won't do, Jenkins. I don't care how, but I want it finished by Monday morning!" I was going to tell them I couldn't come to dinner because of a prior engagement, but I knew that wouldn't do. No, that won't do. This woman is one of our best clients—you have to pick her up right away. do something, nothing, etc. for/to someone 不起作用, 无效, 没有效果, 没用 to (not) have a strong and positive effect on someone, or to (not) be something that someone likes or enjoys: Watching that movie really did something to me. not do anything for Chopin has never really done anything for me. not do it for Unfortunately, the crab salad did not really do it for me. not trouble to do something = not bother to do something to not do something because it needs too much effort They never troubled to ask me what I would like. Luke didn’t trouble to hide his disgust. not the thing to do US = UK not the done thing 不可接受的 not socially acceptable: Smoking during a meal is not the thing to do. ) remind people of my association with Slough House. You should've gone out when you could. Anyway, um, it seems Slough House has been erased from the service database. I mean, whoever's done the wiping has made an impressively thorough job of it. I mean, obviously the queens of the database answer to you, so if there's been an administrative blunder, you wouldn't want that getting out, would you? Not with all that young blood snapping at your heels. Give me two ticks. 25. What are you doing here? Catching up with old friends. You know, at school he was said to have fellated ([felˈeɪt]) more masters than any other boy. That's quite the achievement when you consider the competition. Nosher Nash, we used to call him. Watch him. He'll be spying on you for the PM. I was beginning to think you were stalking me. What's your excuse? These days I can't afford to turn down an opportunity of dining at someone else's expense 别人请吃饭. Oh, come on, now. You're not casting yourself as the victim, really? If you remember, you relieved me of a considerable sum of money, Diana. You took payment from a foreign interest. I gave you the opportunity to make amends. Think of it as an investment in national security. If your party hadn't reduced the service to penury ( penury [ˈpen.jə.ri] the state of being extremely poor. He was brought up in penury, without education. ), I wouldn't have to look for alternative sources of funding. You've beggared ( beggar noun. I. a poor person who lives by asking others for money or food. II. UK informal a person, especially when you are expressing an opinion about something that they have done, or that has happened to them: You've won again, you lucky beggar. Those children have been running about in my rose garden again, the little beggars (= annoying people)! verb. to make a person or organization, etc. extremely poor. beggar belief/description to be impossible to believe or describe: His cruelty beggared belief/description. beggars can't be choosers said when you recognize that you must accept an offer or a situation because it is the only one available to you: I would have preferred a house of my own rather than sharing, but beggars can't be choosers, I suppose. ) me, Diana. Absolutely beggared me… or at least you would've done, if the money you took had actually been mine. What? Oh, the rich never front their own coin ( The wealthy rarely use their own cash to fund major ventures; instead, they rely on leverage—using other people's money (OPM) and debt—to build and protect their fortunes. he rich never "front" their own coin means they rarely use their own cash to cover the starting costs of a project. They get lenders or investors to cover those upfront expenses instead. pay (one) back in (one's) own coin 以牙还牙, 一报还一报 to reciprocate or behave toward in a like way, esp. inamicably; retaliate. To seek revenge on someone by treating them in the same negative manner as they treated one. If he's been giving you the cold shoulder, just pay him back in his own coin and start ignoring him for a while. See how he likes it. The party, now in the minority, has been paying the new majority back in their own coin by stifling their legislation initiatives at every opportunity.), you must know that. How do you think they stay rich? The money you strong-armed out of me, and used for who knows what shady Park purposes, came from a dear friend who, hearing of my plight, offered to step in and stump up ( stump up (something) 掏腰包, 付钱 to pay an amount or type of money for something, especially unwillingly: stump up (something) for something It can be cheaper to stump up for a new washing machine than to get your old one repaired. stump up the cash Chissano said Western governments should stump up the cash to fund land redistribution. ) what you were demanding. Hope you didn't use it for anything naughty. Who was it? Oh, Peter. Who gave you the money? Who gave you the money, I think you mean. The thing is, he'd really rather his identity was kept sub-rosa ( [sʌb ˈroʊzə] in confidence. secretly; privately; confidentially. ) for the moment. I'm sure you understand. 26. A bit of fucking urgency wouldn't go amiss ( amiss adj. wrong, not suitable, or not as expected. To be unhelpful or inappropriate: usually used in the negative, as "not go amiss", to express that something would be welcome or useful. A nice cup of tea wouldn't go amiss. I could see by the look on their faces that something was amiss. not go amiss UK informal If something might/would not go amiss, it would be useful and might help to improve a situation: A word of apology might not go amiss. take something amiss to be offended by something that someone has said to you: I was worried that he might take my remark amiss. ) here, Cartwright! 27. Ghost call ( A ghost call (or phantom call) is an incoming telephone call where you answer, but nobody is on the other end, leaving only dead air. )? No, no. It's just, um, someone trying to sell me something. Do you want to know your tell ( tell noun. 习惯性动作. something that someone does without thinking that shows what they are really thinking, especially if they are trying to deceive you: My boss, like so many company leaders, has a tell when he is about to announce bad news — he smiles weakly. tell tales 吹大话, 吹牛逼, 谎话连篇, 满嘴跑火车 disapproving If someone, usually a child, tells tales, they tell someone such as a teacher about something bad that someone else has done: Your classmates won't trust you if you're always telling tales, Alvin. there is no telling there is no way of knowing: There is no telling what the future will hold for them. you never can tell = you can never tell said to mean that you can never know or be certain: Who knows what will happen to Peter and me in the future - you can never tell. )? I don't… I don't have a tell. What is it? You're a shit liar. It's him. Harkness. He's fucking with me. Well, if he calls again, let me know. 'Cause fucking with you is my job. 28. Hello, madam. Can I offer any assistance? No, I'm just browsing. Sure. Yeah. Feel free. Or perhaps I could offer some pointers 介绍介绍? You thinking white or red (Are you thinking (of having) white or red wine?)? Red. I'd be thinking red. Red. Okay. Well, how about something classic and French? Perhaps a Bordeaux or a Burgundy. Or dare we venture as far as the Rhone. I would want something I could really sink into 沉浸( sink into something I. 瘫坐, 瘫软. to slowly move your body into a sitting or lying position, in a relaxed or tired way. to be covered or absorbed by something: My feet sank into the sand with every step. I was so tired when I got home that all I wanted to do was sink into bed/an armchair/a hot bath. II. to spend a large amount of money on a business or other piece of work: We sank all our money into my brother's business. III. to change to a worse state or condition: He sank into a coma. The play starts well, then sinks into melodrama. sink into something to realize or understand something: Finally the full extent of his words sank into her brain. sink something into something 扔进 to spend money on something or invest money in something. to invest a lot of money in something: We sank all our savings into the business. Many unions have sunk a lot of money into organizing in the past 20 years. No developer is going to sink millions of dollars into something he can't sell. ). A Bordeaux. Okay. So, both are classics, but very different terroir. The Margaux has hints of spice, tobacco, plum. It's polished. Balanced. The Saint-Émilion, well, that's more merlot, so think wild hedgerow berries, oak, leather. It's pungent, but with real depth. I used to drink Margaux with an old boss of mine once. It was a while ago now. So, the Margaux? Why not? Yes. Let's go with that. Okay, great. Oh, I'm going to need a corkscrew. Certainly. 29. Don't you think the public that you serve has a right to know how and if they're being protected? If it's a matter of a few diplomats being expelled, or if there's been a more muscular, retributive response? As I was saying, the security of the British people is our top priority, and if there has been retaliation… Excuse me. If there has been a response, then it will have been made with the British public safety in mind. There have been whispers… that one of your predecessors, a First Desk like yourself, was found to be in the pay of a foreign power. Is that a rumor you've ever heard? Absolute nonsense. Can I just say it's been such an incredible honor to have you on the show. We really do hope you'll consider returning. Um, now, I've organized for your car to be downstairs, so just let me know. Diana, we are not worthy. Oh, I thought you looked fantastic. Or do you think maybe we should've shot you behind a screen? I can arrange something similar for you…or you can give me your sources. Ah, journalistic privilege. I couldn't possibly divulge 泄露, 透漏.
