用法学习: 1. (straight) from the horse's mouth 第一手的信息, 从当事人那里听到 If you hear something (straight) from the horse's mouth, you hear it from the person who has direct personal knowledge of it. If you hear something from the horse's mouth, you hear it from someone who knows that it is definitely true. He has got to hear it from the horse's mouth. Tour promoters (also known as concert promoters or talent buyers) are the individuals or companies responsible for organizing a live concert tour or special event performance. The tour promoter makes an offer of employment to a particular artist, usually through the artist's agent or music manager. The promoter and agent then negotiate the live performance contract. The majority of live performance contracts are drawn up using the American Federation of Musicians (AFM) standard contract format known as the AFM Performance Agreement.
specialty of the house 特色菜; specialty licence plate 特色车牌; Specialty vehicle 特种车辆:1. specialty (US) = speciality (UK) 专项, 专门的, 擅长的项目; 特色菜: I. A specialty 专项 专门, or speciality, in medicine is a branch of medical practice. After completing medical school, physicians or surgeons usually further their medical education in a specific specialty of medicine by completing a multiple year residency to become a medical specialist 专家. II. 特色菜 a product that is extremely good in a particular place. a product that a company or place is well known for because it is extremely good: Our restaurant offers a superb menu of local specialities at affordable prices. The group's speciality is producing software to help drugs companies find new compounds. Oysters are a local speciality/a speciality of the area. Paella is a speciality of the house (= a food that is unusually good in a particular restaurant). III. 专项. 特长. a particular thing that you regularly do or make. subject that someone knows a lot about. The company's speciality in the North American market means it is some way ahead of its nearest rival. Unkind remarks are one of his specialities. 2. 特种车辆 specialty vehicle: For those in the industry, we often use the term "specialty vehicle." A specialty vehicle is any vehicle that is designed to serve a professional purpose. They can be custom-built from the ground up or modified from an existing vehicle. Ambulances are one of the most recognized types of specialty vehicles. While an RV used for a family vacation might seem "specialty," the term itself typically does not refer to recreational vehicles. But specialty vehicles are so much more than just that ambulances. A quick Google search for the term brings up nearly 16 million results! Specialty vehicles as an industry includes everything from bookmobiles and bloodmobiles to mobile mammography and HAZMAT. When thinking about building a specialty vehicle, there are literally thousands of possibilities in size, configuration, equipment, and price to consider. It can be very overwhelming. For the average professional looking to take their organization mobile, they don’t necessarily care about all the types of specialty vehicles and their options. They just want a vehicle that will work for their specific needs. Since 1982, Specialty Vehicles has provided our valued clients with an extensive selection of new and used transportation vehicles, including specialty trolleys, trams, shuttles, buses and other people movers. Our company works with clients in a variety of industries, including many hospitality and resort businesses, amusement park companies, zoos, tours, transit agencies, cities, municipalities and many others. In addition to offering a diversified line of transportation vehicles, our staff also has extensive experience in many other pertinent areas, including vehicle maintenance, technical applications, service parts and issues, manufacturing, sales, and marketing. 3. special 特价 I. something produced for a particular time or day, for example a type of food in a restaurant or a program on television. Our fish special 特价 tonight is halibut. There was a TV special on the Olympics. II. a price that is lower than normal that a store offers for a short period of time. They're doing a special on imported beer right now. on special: I bought this spaghetti sauce on special 打特价. 4. specialist 专家 someone whose training, education, or experience makes them an expert in a particular subject. If you are housebound 离不开家, 出不了门, you can arrange for a home visit from a specialist adviser. Peckham, himself a cancer specialist, is well aware of the wide variations in medical practice. ...a specialist in diseases of the nervous system. a web design specialist. (Someone who is an expert or devoted to a particular area of study): aficionado, enthusiast, connoisseur. a. [only before noun] relating to learning or knowledge in a particular part of a subject or profession. The creature – of almost mythical status – was captured on film by Will Burrard-Lucas using specialist 专家级的设备, 专用设备, 专门设备 equipment including wireless motion sensors and high-quality DSLR cameras. specialist knowledge/training. specialty [ˈspeʃ(ə)lti] = speciality [ˌspeʃiˈæləti]
I. 特色食品. 特色菜. a food or drink prepared in a special way that a person, a
restaurant, or a region is well known for and that you cannot always
get in other places. Seafood gumbo soup is one of the specialties in New Orleans.
II. 专项. 专长. a particular part of a wider subject that a person
concentrates on or is an expert in. That in which one specializes; a
chosen expertise or talent. They cook well overall, but their true specialty is pasta. His surgical specialty is knee replacements. specialty of the house 特色菜 a food or drink offered by a restaurant that has been prepared in a special way to make it very good. Crab cakes are a specialty of the house.
III. 专用的. 特制的. A particular or peculiar case. a particular product or
business that has one purpose or sells one type of thing an area with
clothes retailers and specialty shops 专卖店 ( A small retail outlet that focuses on selling a particular product range and associated items. Most specialty store business operators will maintain considerable depth in the type of product that they specialize in selling, usually at premium prices, in addition to providing higher service quality and expert guidance to shoppers. ). specialty vehicles 特制车辆, 特种车辆. specialty store 专卖店/restaurant a shop or restaurant that sells products or food that are special or unusual in some way. boutique hotel
a small hotel that gives a high level of service and is considered
fashionable. A boutique is "a small store that sells stylish clothing,
jewelry, or other usually luxury goods". boutique company 小而精的公司:
Relatively small firm that provides a limited range of (usually) very
specialized goods or services, often at premium prices. A boutique
advertising agency, for example, may offer either creative work or
market research services but not both. Boutique firms are most common in
the investment management or investment banking industries. These firms
may specialize by industry, client asset size, banking transaction type
or other factors to address a market not well-addressed by larger
firms. Saleem allegedly showed up to the sting thinking he was about to have sex with a 12-year-old. He arrived in a vehicle with a specialty licence plate 特色车牌 reading: "Invest in Children." wiki: Specialty foods are foods that are typically considered as "unique and high-value food items made in small quantities from high-quality ingredients". Consumers typically pay higher prices for specialty foods, and may perceive them as having various benefits
compared to non-specialty foods. Compared to staple foods, specialty
foods may have higher prices due to more expensive ingredients and
labor. Some food stores specialize in or predominantly purvey specialty foods ( purvey [pərˈveɪ] to provide information, ideas, or products. purvey something to someone: These writers purveyed an important message to the people. ). Several organizations exist that promote specialty foods and its purveyors. purveyor purveyors of gourmet foods. Byron Group has a growing business in supplying specialist 专业的
transport vehicles ( Specialist & Enthusiast 发烧友车辆
Vehicle. Specialist Patient Transport Ambulance. special heavy
vehicles 特种重型车辆, bespoke vehicle manufacturer. Specialist 专家级的 vehicle
manufacturer Byron Group unveiled its new manufacturing plant at
Smithfield in Western Sydney last week. ) (specialist I. 专业人员. 专门人员. Someone who is an expert in, or devoted to, some specific branch of study or research. II. (medicine) 专科医院, 专科医生. generalist全科医院, 全科医生. A physician whose practice is limited to a particular branch of medicine or surgery.) in aged care and disability care, and is also a large supplier of prison vans and vehicles for correctional services organisations Mr Pike said the fit-out of prison vans( fit out
(idiomatic) To provide a thing, a group, a person or oneself with
requisites; to kit out. to equip; supply with necessary or new
equipment, clothes, etc. outfit To provide with, usually for a specific purpose. "The expedition was outfitted with proper clothing, food, and other necessities" kit up/out I. (tr, adverb) Brit to provide with (a kit of personal effects and necessities). II. (Clothing & Fashion) to provide with (an outfit of clothes). III. to provide with (an outfit of clothes).) was highly specialised 高度定制的, 特制的, 非常专门的, 非常特殊的, 特殊化的 and required substantial customisation 需要大量的特别定制, depending on the needs of the correctional services bodies in each state. ) which use only one gear and have no brakes; racing takes place on a flat oval track usually consisting of dirt, loosely packed shale 页岩,
or dolomite [ˈdɒləmaɪt] 白云石 (mostly used in Australia and New Zealand).
Competitors use this surface to slide their machines sideways,
powersliding or broadsiding into the bends. On the straight sections of
the track the motorcycles reach speeds of up to 70 miles per hour (110
km/h).
Ozark: 1. A paradigm [ˈperəˌdaɪm] shift(I. formal a set of ideas that are used for understanding or explaining something, especially in a particular subject. a cultural/scientific paradigm. II. formal a typical example or model of something. paradigm of: The West used to be the paradigm of economic success. III. linguistics the complete set of the different forms of a word, for example student, student's, students, and students. paradigm shift a basic change in ideas or methods. ), a concept identified by the American physicist and philosopher Thomas Kuhn, is a fundamental change in the basic concepts and experimental practices of a scientific discipline. Kuhn contrasts paradigm shifts, which characterize a scientific revolution, to the activity of normal science, which he describes as scientific work done within a prevailing framework (or paradigm). In this context, the word "paradigm" is used in its original Greek meaning, as "example". 2. Uh, I've got some good news and some bad news. Um start with the good news. Uh, I have invested in another business, so I'm gonna be out of your hair ( out of (one's) hair 不再烦, 骚扰 No longer pestering or annoying to one; not one's responsibility or burden any longer. I've gotten the kids out of my hair for a few hours so I can go and get a relaxing massage by myself. Once these auditors from the IRS are out of our hair, we can get back to business as usual. in someone's hair Annoying or bothering someone. For example, She was constantly in my hair, overseeing everything I did, or Dad was working on taxes, and the children were getting in his hair. This expression alludes to entangling one's hair. get off (one's) back/case To stop bothering someone about something. Get off my case, will you? Would you please get off my back? I'm not going to the interview, and that's final 就这么定了, 最后决定! I decided that I would get them off my back and out of my life. My uncle has finally gotten off my back about helping him out at the hardware store, thank goodness. on (one's) back/case Constantly nagging one about something. My boss has been on my case all week to get that report done. I'm sorry for being on your case about it, but I need an answer soon. He's always on my case. Ugh, my mom is on my back all the time about my grades, but I just have no interest in the classes I'm taking this semester. get off one's rear 抬抬屁股 in. to get up and get busy. (Euphemistic for Get off my ass!) It‘s time to get off your rear and get to work. get off one's butt: to stop being so lazy Why don't you get off your butt and do something? off one's nut Slang I. Sometimes Offensive. foolish, silly, or insane. II. confused; unreasonable. III. mistaken or wrong: You're off your nut if you think such a plan can succeed. off one's game 不在状态, 状态不好, 表现不好 I. playing a sport or game poorly Sorry I missed that shot. I'm off my game today. II. often used figuratively He seemed a little off his game during the sales presentation this morning. get on/off someone's case American to start (or stop) intruding in another's affairs. ) for a little bit. And, um the bad news is that, uh I'm gonna be back here, uh, in a little bit to watch the game, after which you'll likely be 50 bucks lighter. Well, unfortunately, during game time, I will be elsewhere. [man chuckling] A little local tradition. Sunday night, while we're watching the game of the week, she's getting her fuck of the week. 3. Money Laundering 101. Say you come across a suitcase with five million bucks in it. What would you buy? A yacht? A mansion? A sports car? Sorry. The IRS (Internal Revenue Service) won't let you buy anything of value with it. So you better get that money into the banking system. But here's the problem. That dirty money is too clean. Looks like it just came out of a bank vault. You gotta age it up 弄旧点. Crumple it. Drag it through the dirt. Run it over with your car. Anything to make it look like it's been around the block ( have been around the block (a couple of/a few times) to have a lot of experience of something, especially when this means that it is difficult to trick or surprise you. When you've been around the block as many times as I have, not much shocks you any more.). Next, you need a cash business. Something pleasant and joyful with books 账本 that are easily manipulated. No credit card receipts, etcetera("and other similar things", or "and so forth".). You mix the five million with the cash from the joyful business. That mixture goes from an American bank to a bank from any country that doesn't have to listen to the IRS. It then goes into a standard checking account and voila. All you need is access to one of over three million terminals, because your work is done. Your money's clean. It's as legitimate as anybody else's. 4. Fuck! Either of you, you fuck with my daughter, you come near my house again, it'll be you the vultures are picking at. Get the fuck over there. 5. You see a pair of balls on either of them? Goddamn it, Boyd. I told you three times to check the undercarriages (I. US landing gear. a wheeled structure beneath an aircraft, typically retracted when not in use, which supports the aircraft on the ground. The undercarriage of an aeroplane is the part, including the wheels, which supports the aeroplane when it is on the ground and when it is landing or taking off. "the undercarriage collapsed on landing" II. 底盘. the supporting frame under the body of a vehicle. "security guards checked the BMW's undercarriage with a large mirror". ). What are they gonna fucking do, scissor each other? Why you getting on us? We know you been working - for that Byrde dude. 5. [Buddy] Thanks for checking on me the other night. [Marty] What's that? When I was aspirating a lung. Wasn't that you creaking around upstairs? Not checking on me? Sorry. Boy, uh, you know, Buddy any chance you could start throwing on some trunks? You got people in the house now. 6.You know what, just Never mind. Is there a problem with the house? Is it Buddy? Is he just I was wondering if you might want or or need some help? Help? Like, selling houses? No, no, no, no. Of course not. But maybe in the office. Or, you know, I I could help decorate the homes. Yeah, I'm good at that. Uh, so so let me level with you ( level with someone to tell someone the truth, esp. when it may be unpleasant: I’ll level with you – the salary is not particularly good.). You've seen my inventory. My niche is sort of rundown spots off the water. And I was lucky to list Buddy's house. Plus, my mom stages the houses for me, and she's pretty territorial 保护自己地盘的(I. Territorial means concerned with the ownership of a particular area of land or water. It is the only republic which has no territorial disputes with the others. The two countries dispute each other's territorial claims to the islands. II. If you describe an animal or its behaviour as territorial, you mean that it has an area which it regards as its own, and which it defends when other animals try to enter it. Two cats or more in one house will also exhibit territorial behaviour. ). So... 7. Well, uh [in Spanish] Could you represent me in a deal? Um Would that constitute a conflict of interest? No? Gracias, amigo. Okay. Uh, Charlotte, um, any chance you can throw on a windbreaker or something? It's 94 degrees outside. Yeah, well, if it's readers you're after, why don't you put some Shakespeare on your ass? Well, that's smart. You know, it's 2017, Dad. It's not okay to slut-shame. Well, it's not okay to wear, you know, Jonah's shorts. Unbelievable.[Rachel] What's that about 是关于什么事, 是为了什么事 you needing a lawyer? [Marty] Don't know what you're talking about. [in Spanish] I didn't know you spoke Spanish. [in English] Uh, three years in high school. Sounded pretty fluent to me. Mr. Azria was a real ballbuster. So, Chicago. That makes you a Cubs fan? Yeah, proudly. Lifelong affliction [əˈflɪkʃ(ə)n] ( something that makes you suffer. An affliction is something which causes physical or mental suffering. Hay fever is an affliction which arrives at an early age. ...the afflictions of modern society. Malnutrition is one of the common afflictions of the poor. Is addiction a lifelong affliction 一生的痛, 一生的病 or can addicts eventually control their use? ), or just since it got fashionable? [chuckles] Uh I grew up in, uh, in South Bend and kinda came with the territory 理所当然的, you know, like God and football. Mm. And football. [Marty chuckles] Well, I was raised to hate the Cubs. And I was raised to hate the Cardinals. Fifty bucks says Cards beats the Cubs in this weekend's series. Okay, you're on. 8. Get some sleep, Marty. Okay. Yeah. Nothing good's ever come from deprivation, right? Yeah, you're right. 9. She was calm. Like her hubby. They were unified 一个说法, 说法一致, 众口一词, 统一口径 in their story(made one; united. behaving or treated as one group, country, or system. a unified school district a unified system or policy is the same everywhere it is used. It's hard to find a unified approach 放之四海而皆准 that will work well in all schools. a unified German state. a unified system of taxation. ). I [sighs] Still not certain it was the right tactic 好计策, 好棋, 妙棋, 策略. Well, by announcing yourself in the front(announce I. If you announce something, you tell people about it publicly or officially. He will announce tonight that he is resigning from office. When they announced their engagement, no one was surprised. It was announced that the groups have agreed to a cease-fire. II. 宣布 If you announce a piece of news or an intention, especially something that people may not like, you say it loudly and clearly, so that everyone you are with can hear it. Peter announced that he had no intention of wasting his time at any university. 'I'm having a bath and going to bed,' she announced, and left the room. III. If an airport or railway employee announces something, they tell the public about it by means of a loudspeaker system. Station staff announced the arrival of the train over the tannoy. They announced his plane was delayed. IV. 通告. 宣告. If a letter, sound, or sign announces something, it informs people about it. The next letter announced the birth of another boy. His entrance was announced by a buzzer connected to the door. V. If a meal or a guest is announced by a servant at a formal party, the servant says clearly that the meal is ready or the guest has arrived. Dinner was announced, and served. announce somebody/yourself to officially tell people that someone has arrived at a particular place. All visitors to the apartment building must be announced. After announcing himself at the reception desk, James was led upstairs. ), they won't be watching the back(watch your back to be careful of the people around you, making certain that they do nothing toharm you: I have to watch my back at work - there are a lot of people who would like my job. ). [Evans chuckles] And that's presumptuous 想当然的(If you describe someone or their behaviour as presumptuous, you disapprove of them because they are doing something that they have no right or authority to do. [disapproval] It would be presumptuous to judge what the outcome will be.). I was going to stay. Well, and that is presumptuous. Breakfast tomorrow? Too busy. You're a sociopath [ˈsoʊʃioʊˌpæθ] = psychopath [saɪkoupæθ] 反社会, 反人类的 (someone whose personality makes them behave in ways that are dangerous to other people. A psychopath is someone who has serious mental problems and who may act in a violent way without feeling sorry for what they have done. She was abducted by a dangerous psychopath. someone with a mental disorder that makes them behave in ways that can be dangerous to other people. Psychopaths are usually characterized as those who possess no empathy. a. informal someone who is often angry and aggressive and does not care if they hurt other people. I once worked with a complete psychopath called Jake.). You know that, right? Because I don't wanna be seen in town with a fed? I don't wanna blow my cover on day one because my ex-boyfriend, the only black man in a suit, with a badge, for 50 miles, is, what? He's too insecure to eat breakfast by himself? Take care agent. 10. Wendy! Unless you have something nice to say, I don't wanna hear it. I've had a shit day. What was shitty about it? Ice cream, Marty. I accosted ( If someone accosts another person, especially a stranger, they stop them or go up to them and speak to them in a way that seems rude or threatening. [formal, disapproval] A man had accosted me in the street. to stop someone and speak to them, especially in a way that could annoy them or make them feel embarrassed. Wherever he goes he is accosted by young people asking for his autograph.) a kid at a store over fucking pistachio ice cream. 11. I don't hire criminals. Well, all I've seen is a hard worker. 2009, a series of off-season break-ins in Osage Beach. Langmores. 2012, a chop shop in Camdenton doing 15 cars a week. Langmores. Should I Should I continue? No, I'm sensing a trend. Okay, good. 'Cause I haven't even gotten to the aggravated assaults yet. Uh, look, she doesn't work for the Blue Cat. She works for me. Well, maybe you wanna talk to me next time. People deserve a second chance, just like businesses. If she steals so much as a fork, she is gone. 12. The, uh, gas tanks are filled. That's a waste. Why's that? Simple economics. All supply, no demand. I'll worry about that. It's a good song. Did you pick it? It's a Tuck specialty. There are easier ways to take over a business than getting punched in the face. Well, that should tell you something, shouldn't it? That you're a lousy fighter? That and, uh, I'm willing to do whatever it takes. Okay? Long as it's in pleated pants. Uh, listen, we need to increase traffic. Um what do we have that no other place does? Uh, an investor that knows absolutely nothing about the Ozarks. And the cheapest gas. We don't have the cheapest gas. We do now, and it's our siren song. All the guests at the high-end resorts, they get ferried around. So that's not our bread and butter 客户源, 客源. What we're after are the families with the credit card debt. Every one of our competitors, they raise their gas prices during the summer. It's the logical thing to do, yeah? We lower ours. And as we start to steal their traffic, maybe they lower theirs, too, to keep pace 跟上脚步, 迎头赶上, 追上来. What do we do? We lower ours again, and we offer a burger and a beer for five bucks with every fill-up. We buy the burgers at bulk 批量购买 so we're still in profit. Saturdays, the busiest day of the week while everyone's scrambling, we raise our price ten cents while still keeping the burger deal. Sunday, we start the cycle all over again. Control the market. Yeah? You win, I win, they win. Are you high? No. Your eyes, you look high. I didn't sleep last night. Well, maybe listen to one of your business lectures. That might do the trick. Uh, what'll you have to drink? Burgers really five dollars with a fill-up? Yes, sir. Mm, Bud is fine. Hmm. You guys doing some work on the place? That's the word 都这么说. Thanks. 13. Our records indicate he called you that night at, uh, 11:47 p.m. Yeah, that sounds right. That right? Yeah, could be. You spoke for a minute and 12 seconds. What'd you talk about? Well, we didn't. You didn't? No, he left a message. Uh He, um, he Uh, he said a lot. He was rambling 喋喋不休 a bit. You know, maybe drunk. Uh, I'd called him earlier in the day, and I'd told him that that I wanted to dissolve the partnership. Uh, so maybe that's Why'd you dissolve the partnership? I, you know, I thought that that he was maybe doing something illegal. I don't know. And why did you think that? 'Cause he was He just started acting different. He was nervous about something, definitely, and I caught him making a couple of calls in Spanish. Do you know Spanish? I don't. Uno, dos, tres. That's it. And I had no idea that he did, yeah. So I asked him about it, and and he was evasive 避而不谈的, 闪烁其词的, 欲言又止的, 躲躲闪闪的, 不愿多谈的, 回避的. That's what set off the, uh the the alarms. When you think about it, it's always been, uh, a little bit off 有点不正常. We
believe your husband's partner was murdered. Murdered? Hang on. You said
"disappeared. "What makes you think he was murdered? How'd Bruce take
it when you dissolved the partnership? Uh, he didn't take it well, like I told you. So that's why you emptied your bank accounts
and left Chicago? No, sir. I have a business opportunity here. What are
you implying? I think the two of you should know that Bruce was working with us as an informant against them. What? Who's "them"? Come on, Wendy. Let's all stop playing this game, shall we? It's gotta be exhausting, right? The lying, the running. Aren't you both tired? These people are murderers. They skin people alive 剥皮, 扒皮 or they they hang them from bridges to make a point, or if if they want someone to just disappear they dissolve their bodies in acid.
We all know the cartel killed Bruce. Who's next? You? Your kids? You
need to tell us what we want to know. I don't know anything about
Bruce's involvement with any cartel. We can get you in witness
protection. Keep you safe. 14. Hey, hermit crab. This is so fucked, isn't it? Well, Dad's a drug dealer. If he's a dealer, then I'm a user 'cause I take Advil. Watch. Those are Dad's coworkers. Just stick with porn. Seriously.
