用法学习: 1. Muscle car is an American term for high-performance cars, usually rear-wheel drive and fitted with a large and powerful V8 engine. The term originated for 1960s and early 1970s special editions of mass-production cars which were designed for drag racing. 2. The first major airline alliance was formed in 1997 when five airlines joined together to formally launch Star Alliance, its five-point 五角星 star logo representing these founding airlines. 3. 青少年管教中心: This is the dangerous and depressing daily reality for those who choose to work behind the walls of the Parkville Youth Justice Precinct. Or, more accurately, those who last more than a week. Staff say new laws introduced this year to strengthen consequences for youths who assault staff are not being enforced by courts and are not a deterrent 威慑因素. They say youths in custody "know they can get away with it". Last year, a teenager approached an unsuspecting female officer at Malmsbury Youth Justice Precinct near Bendigo with a guitar and "scalped her". She didn't see the guitar coming and was knocked out cold 冷不防的被打倒 before she hit the ground, staff members say. Pictures show the aftermath of the attack before the 12cm wound was stitched up. A source claims that of 53 "frontline" staff hired during an induction in April, only four remain in the job. The source also claims there are more than 125 staff receiving WorkCover right now. A Corrections Victoria spokesman would not be drawn on these figures and declined to answer questions about why staff turnover 离职率 was so high (nice turnout 来的人很多吗, 出席的人很多). A boy, already unconscious, lifted from a couch and "ragdolled" ( ragdoll 蜷缩成一团 I. verb, slang To crumple into a limp, lifeless form. After getting hit in the head, he rag dolled and remained totally motionless for almost a minute. The site of the hiker rag-dolling down the side of the steep hill was horrifying. II. verb, slang To cause someone to crumple into a limp, lifeless form. With one mighty punch, the boxer rag-dolled his opponent and was declared the world champion. The linebacker has become infamous for rag dolling other players with his intense tackles. III. 无能的人. A weak, incompetent, or irresolute person. A limp, ineffectual person. You won't get a decision from her; she's a rag doll when it comes to making up her mind. Despite his strong promises during his election campaign, the new president has so far been something of a rag doll when it comes to foreign policy. His boyfriend is a bit of a rag doll, isn't he? Just kind of sits there, going along with whatever Tony wants.) to the floor before his head was stomped on.
Animal Kingdom: 1. I think Smurf's been skimming off 撇油水 our jobs. Are you sure? I'm gonna find out. Cops made an arrest for the church. It's gonna stick. What? You know, I always wanted to believe Smurf had limits 有底线. But that's bullshit. She's been stealing from our jobs since 2004. What? Yeah, I can prove it. The cop who pulled me over he opened a C. I. file on Cath. And she wouldn't talk. I know she wouldn't talk. 2. Are we stopping? Yeah, we're dropping anchor. Something's wrong. Engine conked out ( conk out I. to suddenly stop working. If something such as a machine or a vehicle conks out, it stops working or breaks down. The dynamo conked out so we've got no electricity. II. to go to sleep, especially suddenly. ), and we're too far out for cell reception. Shit. Just keep it quiet, okay? Captain doesn't want the guests to start freaking out. Anything I can do? You can make the drinks stronger. 3. Smurf's in jail 'cause of me. I had her arrested for murder. I dug up his body, shot him with one of Smurf's guns, threw in the gun with him, and I called in a tip to the cops. What now? What Now we got 20 years worth of stuff she hoarded to fence, not including the buildings. We sell those equal shares, we're set for life 一辈子不愁, 吃喝不愁. 4. Called in some serious favors 为了这个我可是托了很多人情, 欠人情 on this. Let's hear it. Patrick Fischer's interest in Cath wasn't personal. What do you mean? He'd opened a Confidential Informant file on her. No way. No way. They put her in foster care when her parents died. She hated cops. I'm telling you what I know. Patrick Fischer was working her as a C.I. 5. All right, here we go. Go big or go home. Stick with me 听我的, 跟着我来, 照我的做, guys, you wanna make that money. stick I. [transitive] 粘住. to attach one thing to another, especially using a sticky substance such as glue. stick something on/in/into/under/to etc. something: We stuck the tickets in a scrapbook. I licked the stamp and stuck it on the envelope. She was sticking posters on her bedroom wall. stick something together: Can you stick the pieces of this vase back together? a. [intransitive] to become attached to something, especially by means of a sticky substance. stick to: The pasta has stuck to the bottom of the pan. He was boiling hot and his jacket was sticking to his back. II. [transitive] informal to put something somewhere quickly and without taking much care. stick something in/on/around etc. something: Ned stuck his hands in his pockets. Just stick the plates in the sink 随便丢, 随便扔 for now. He stuck his head around the kitchen door and said goodbye. stick something in the air: The dog rolled on its back and stuck its legs in the air. III. [transitive] to push something long and thin into or through something else. stick something in/into/through/up etc. something 插进去, 塞进去: He stuck the end of the shovel in the soft ground. She stuck her knitting needles into a ball of wool. a piece of cloth with a pin stuck through it. a. [intransitive] if something sticks in, into, or through something else, its end remains pushed into or through it. stick in/into/through: The knife missed its target and stuck in the door. Something sharp was sticking into my back. A broken spring was sticking through the mattress. b. [transitive] to push something onto something with a sharp point so that it is held there. stick something on/onto something: She stuck the marshmallow on the end of the twig and held it close to the fire. IV. [intransitive] to become firmly attached in one position, and therefore difficult or impossible to move. The door is sticking 挪不动, 陷住, so just give it a good push. stick in/under/at etc.: The wheels had stuck 陷进去, 深陷 in the mud. V. [intransitive] 跟上了. 摆脱不掉. if a new name for someone or something sticks, it becomes accepted and used by everyone. He’d been called "Tufty" at school, and the name had stuck. VI. [intransitive] to decide that you do not want any more cards in some card games. Are you sticking? stick with someone I. 跟紧, 紧跟. 亦步亦趋. 跟着我来. to stay close to someone and go with them wherever they go, especially so that they can help or protect you. Stick with me and you’ll be all right. II. if something sticks with you, you continue to remember it clearly It was a moment that has stuck with me 忘不掉, 摆脱不掉, 念念不忘 for years. stick with something to continue to do or use something, and not change it. They're going to stick with the same team as last Saturday. stick with it 挺过来了, 坚持住了: We had a tough time for a few years, but we stuck with it. stick to sth I. to do something that you promised or decided you would do, or that you believe you should do. We said we'd give her the cash, and we must stick to our agreement. II. to continue to do or use one particular thing and not change it or stop it for any period of time. I think we should stick to 坚守, 拒绝放弃, 拒绝改变, 坚持, 不要偏离 our original plan. stick to the rules (=obey the rules) 照规矩来, 守规矩, 遵守纪律: If everyone sticks to the rules, we shouldn't have any problems. stick rigidly/resolutely to something (=without changing or stopping): If you stick rigidly to your diet, you will lose weight. a. to talk or write about one particular thing only. 'Forget your opinions – just stick to the facts,' said Mel impatiently. I do wish you'd stick to the point. stick to doing something: Writers should stick to writing about things they know about. III. to continue to follow a particular path, especially in order to avoid danger or to avoid getting lost. stick to someone to stay very close to someone and follow them wherever they go. stick close to someone: Moore stuck close to the race leader until the last lap. stick to your guns informal to refuse to change what you are saying or doing despite the opposition or criticism of other people. They tried to persuade me, but I stuck to my guns. stick to your story informal to refuse to change your account of an event or situation, especially when it is not true or when people doubt it. throw enough mud at the wall, some of it will stick = throw dirt enough, and some will stick I. 多试几次总会有成功的一次. Try the same thing (or similar things) often enough, and, even if the general standard is poor, sometimes one will be successful. II. If enough (perhaps false or reckless) accusations are made against a person (or organisation), their reputation will suffer, whether or not this is deserved. Etymology: Possibly based on a technique of building wattle and daub walls by throwing daub (mud mixed with straw) at the wattle, throwing hard enough that some obtained a good key and remained in place; compare slapdash, a pebbledash effect produced by throwing pebbles at a rendered wall. 6. All those man hours 人力( the amount of work that one person can do in an hour. Some people avoid using this word because they think it is offensive to women, and they use person-hour instead. A man-hour is the average amount of work that one person can do in an hour. Man-hours are used to estimate how long jobs take, or how many people are needed to do a job in a particular time. The restoration took almost 4,000 man-hours over four years. ...when output per man-hour is raised. ). You got taxpayer dollars, a SWAT team turned up nothing. But I know you weren't harassing my family because we made you look bad. Maybe you felt guilty because Catherine ran off, left her kid? You worked her too hard. She couldn't handle the stress. Is that why Baz killed her? He thought she was a C.I.? Nah, Baz didn't kill anyone. Yeah? And you didn't burn her parents to death? Catherine knew about that, by the way, and she still wouldn't talk. 7. ride 的三种用法: a. What do you mean, Smurf's out? They sprung 释放 ( spring someone This is a slang expression meaning "to free someone". It is most commonly used in the context of releasing someone from prison. The gangsters are planning to spring their boss in a midnight jailbreak. spring on someone To tell, present, or disclose something to someone that they were not expecting. to tell someone something or ask them to do something when they do not expect it and are not ready for it It's not fair to spring this on her without any warning. They sprung the news of their engagement on the family last night. I'm springing a trip to Barcelona on my wife for her birthday. The boss sprang several huge changes to the project on me at the last minute. ) her this morning. So, I'm looking for a ride 找人来接我, 找人载我一程(hitch a ride (UK use lift) (=ask for a ride) 搭顺风车: He hitched a ride with a passing car. easy/rough ride a period of time when you experience no problems/a lot of problems. Congress isn't going to give the new President an easy ride. take someone for a ride (to be taken for a ride) to trick, cheat, or lie to someone I found out I'd been taken for a ride by someone I really trusted. be/come/go along for the ride to take part in an activity that other people are doing although you are not really interested in it The guys all went to a football game, and I went along for the ride. park and ride 接驳系统 a transportation system in which drivers leave their cars in a place outside a town and travel by train or bus into the town. If you say that one thing is riding on another, you mean that the first thing depends on the second thing. Billions of pounds are riding on the outcome of the election. Everything rides on the judgment of these few men. to ride roughshod over If you say that someone is riding roughshod over a person or their views, you disapprove of them because they are using their power or authority to do what they want, completely ignoring that person's wishes. The security forces rode roughshod over the human rights of the people. be riding high If you say that someone or something is riding high, you mean that they are popular or successful at the present time. He was riding high in the public opinion polls. His team is riding high. ). I call Frankie. Who answers the phone? Smurf. Yeah. Almost ruined my high almost. b. You know, you should watch your shit around him, sweetheart. In the end, he's not worth the ride 他不值得你的付出, 不值得你跟着他. Believe me. c. You know, he shouldn't buy from down here. Lace all their shit with fentanyl. Billy can handle fentanyl. Yeah? You into that shit, too? Why? Would it bother you? You seem like you like to party. I don't do needles. Tequila, Molly, coke. That's more my speed( one's speed = one's style = one's scene: a person or thing that is compatible with or typical of one's ability, personality, desires, etc.: My speed is writing postcards on the porch while everyone else is tearing around the tennis court. something one would prefer to do instead of another activity He suggested that we pick up all the paper but sorting through cardboard boxes is more our speed. something that one is more able to do instead of another activity. He wanted us to load all the heavy packages but sorting through cardboard boxes is more our speed. "One's speed" when used by itself can indicate just something one likes to do or something one is suited to do. However, it can be used to imply preference or suitability in comparison with something else, too. After setting the pint of Guinness down, Jake smacked his lips and smiled at his friend. "I've got to tell you, Pat, visiting Dublin is really my speed." The phrase can also be used to express sarcasm in a less direct way: Seeing his brother washing their father's sports car, Doug sighed, "You're right, Dad. Sorting cardboard boxes is more my speed." not one's scene = not my scene If you say that an activity or place is not your scene, you mean that you do not like it or enjoy it. [informal] Lying on the beach all week isn't my scene. not (really) (one's) scene Not something one particularly enjoys or is adept at. A: "Do you want to come with me to the concert this Saturday?" B: "No thanks, heavy metal isn't my scene." I'll give it a try, but car repair isn't really my scene. ride (one's) luck To find success through fortune or chance rather than through one's own agency or risk-taking. (Used especially in reference to sporting events.) Primarily heard in UK. Cheltenham has been riding their luck lately, winning their last two games on penalty kicks alone, but they'll need to step up their game if they hope to have a place in the championship. ride on someone's shoulders/back 背着, 驮着 if a small child rides on your shoulders or back, they sit there as you move along. ride on someone's coattails = hang on someone's coattails to have one's success dependent on that of someone else. ride on sth/sb When something important, such as your reputation or money, rides on a particular person or thing, it will be won or achieved if that person or thing is successful: The future of the company now rides on the new managing director. I have a lot of money riding on that horse (= I will win or lose a lot of money if that horse wins or loses the race). ). You don't like fuzzy. You like bright. That makes sense. So, you used to live in a van, huh? Family of gypsies? My dad was career military 职业军人. He had a wife, three kids, chocolate lab, picket fence, but he couldn't get comfortable. So he hooked up with my mom at a bar, had me, and they ran off together. Your sisters must have hated you. I've never met them. And what other people think of me is none of my business. What's Billy want with my brother? Doesn't really seem like the dad who's looking to reconnect. How would I know? Well you're with him, aren't you? You have an interesting aura. Oh, yeah? And what's it say? It says "Don't look at me. I'm the dumb one." It says you follow instead of lead. Except sex. That's your superpower, huh? You asking me if I'm any good? I know you are. But you're hiding behind it. Hiding from what? I don't know but I'm interested. You have to be smart to be good at it. Figure out what a person wants, give it to them. Good sex is spiritual. Psychological. Gotta know what makes a person tick 心痒难耐, what they're ashamed of, what they hate about themselves, what they wish other people could see. All right, so what are you doing with Billy? The dude's a loser. Billy? Yeah. Billy's just my ride. 只是玩玩的 一时欢愉 He's just your ride(a ride Someone who is attractive/fuckable can be called a ride. Mostly used in Northern Ireland. Sarah: Will you look at that bloke over there! Yasmin: Ock, he's a ride, isn't he? ). 8. A haul 抢劫品, 战利品 is a quantity of things that are stolen, or a quantity of stolen or illegal goods found by police or customs. I'm impressed with the haul. The size of the drugs haul shows that the international trade in heroin is still flourishing. Another break-in yielded a £4,000 haul of jewellery. haul ass (American very informal!) to
move very quickly, especially in order to escape. When the shooting
started we hauled ass out of there. haul/pull yourself up by your
bootstraps自力更生 to improve your situation by your own efforts without
any help from other people. My father pulled himself up by his bootstraps
to become one of the richest men in the country. drag/haul/rake somebody
over the coals to speak angrily to someone because they have done
something wrong. to give someone a severe scolding. If I make a spelling mistake, I get hauled over the
coals by my boss. (often + for ) They dragged her over the coals for
being late with her assignment. call/haul someone on the carpet Fig. to reprimand a person. (When done
by someone of clear superiority. Haul is stronger than call.) One more
error like that and the big boss will call you on the carpet. I'm sorry
it went wrong. I really hope the regional manager doesn't call me on the
carpet again. haul someone in Fig. to arrest someone; [for a
police officer] to take someone to the police station. The cop hauled
the drunk driver in. They hauled in the suspects. haul something (from some place) to some place to
drag something from one place to another. I don't want to have to haul
this thing from home to office and back again. I hauled my suitcase to
the airport from my hotel. haul somebody into somewhere to
use or threaten force to make someone go somewhere. He was hauled into
court and fined ten dollars for not putting his garbage in sealed bags. haul something down to pull something down from a higher
level. Terry hauled the sail down and put it away. Please haul down the
mainsail. over/in the long/short haul/run Fig. long term; over a long period of time. over the long haul, this model will prove best. This will last in the long haul. Over the short haul, you'd be better off to
put your money in the bank. over the short haul, you may wish you had
done something different. But things will work out all right. bootstrap
n. a loop of leather or cloth sewn at the top rear, or sometimes on
each side, of a boot to facilitate pulling it on. adj. 自举的. 自动启动的. 自启动的.
relying entirely on one's efforts and resources. self-generating or
self-sustaining: a bootstrap operation. a bootstrap process. Bootstrapping
or booting refers to a group of metaphors which refer to a
self-sustaining process that proceeds without external help. The
phrase appears to have originated in the early 19th century United
States (particularly in the sense "pull oneself over a fence by one's
bootstraps"), to mean an absurdly impossible action, an adynaton. Dr.
Douglas Engelbart used the term centrally in his work from 1970 to
2010,[ referring to the process used by lumberjacks to hoist
themselves up trees (A heist [haɪst]
is a robbery from an institution such as a bank or a museum, or any
robbery in which there is a large haul of loot.) (to cut higher
branches) using a strap wrapped
around the tree. He founded an institute "The Bootstrap Alliance",
focused on "getting better at getting better" embodying the notion of
the Bootstrap Circuit, taking in feedback from the output and feeding it
back in to improve. Booting is the process of starting a computer,
specifically in regards to starting its software. The process involves a
chain of stages, in which, at each stage, a smaller simpler program
loads and then executes the larger more complicated program of the next
stage. It is in this sense that the computer "pulls itself up by its
bootstraps", i.e. it improves itself by its own efforts. The computer
term bootstrap began as a metaphor in the 1950s. In computers, pressing a
bootstrap button caused a hardwired program to read a bootstrap program
from an input unit. The computer would then execute the bootstrap
program, which caused it to read more program instructions. It became a
self-sustaining process that proceeded without external help from
manually entered instructions. 9. And besides, we need our cut, once Baz starts selling everything. Unless Smurf gets out. What? You ever known Smurf not to be working an angle ( play the angles = work the angles I. (idiomatic) 找到切入点, 找到办法. To seek ways to advance one's self-interest, especially by making choices in a calculating or crafty manner; to scheme. To make use or take advantage of every means or opportunity one can find in order to reach or attain one's goal. Unless you happen to be incredibly lucky, you have to play all the angles when you're an actor looking for work. You're not going to get anywhere in this industry if you aren't willing to play the angles. II. (sports, of a defensive player or goaltender) In a game which involves control of a moving object, such as a ball or puck, to allow for angular movements of the object caused by bounces, rebounds, ricochets, etc. or to carefully guard the corners of the goal, net, or other scoring target. III. (sports, of an offensive player) In a game which involves control of a moving object, such as a ball or puck, to seek scoring opportunities by advancing on or shooting at the scoring target in an angular manner across the field of play. work an angle to be manipulative. Work an angle"usually means to make something suit your needs or purposes. There's something in it for you even when there is not He offered me fifty thousand dollars for my half of the deed. That's almost as much as the whole apartment is worth. But I didn't sign it over to him because I thought he was working an angle. know all the angles to know all the tricks and artifices of dealing with someone or something. Ask my accountant about taxes. He knows all the angles. Larry knows all the angles. That's how he keeps out of the slammer. angle at/for (something) To plan or scheme to get or achieve something; to try to get something in an indirect or roundabout way. (Usually used in the continuous tense.) What exactly are you angling at? Just say it! With all the late nights he's spent at the office recently, I think Bruce is angling for a promotion We've been angling at securing a contract with a major development company from the Middle East for the last few months. What exactly are you angling at? If it's a pay raise, you can just forget about it. angle of attack The position of an airplane as it moves through the air. What is our angle of attack, Captain? Are we going to be able to land this plane as planned?)? 10. Baz ripped off my storage unit. How do you know? Everything I do, I do for this family. You know that, right? Yeah. What are you gonna do to him? Families are complicated. Right? Here. You lay off ( lay off 暂停, 暂时中止 I. [transitive] to end someone's employment, especially temporarily, because there is not enough work for them. They've had to cut back production and lay off workers. II. [intransitive/transitive] [usually in imperative] to stop doing something that is annoying someone. Lay off! I'm trying to study. lay off doing something: Just lay off complaining for a minute! III. [intransitive/transitive]to stop doing or using something, especially for a short period of time. I had to lay off the medication for a while to see if that was causing my headaches.) the credit card for a while till I work this out. 11. And, uh, can I borrow a couple of grand? Me and Renn are getting a place, and I need to, uh, pay my half. I give you a couple of grand, you'll be coming back every month. So cut me in on your next job. No, I'm all manned up 人手够了( 人工的 operated or controlled by people. Some people avoid using this word because they think it is offensive to women, and they use staffed or crewed instead. an outpost manned by Israeli troops. a manned 载人的 space vehicle or aircraft has people on it who operate it.). Seriously? Yeah. What, you don't have room for one more guy? Nope. All right. Come on. Say it. Get it over with. Say what? That I shouldn't have gone to Mexico. That I screwed up again, and that's why you're freezing me out 冷淡, 置之不理, 关上大门( behave in a hostile or obstructive way so as to exclude someone. "during a banquet, she completely froze out her husband". to intentionally prevent someone from being involved in an activity: They tried to freeze me out of the bonus money. to make someone feel that they are not part of a group by being unfriendly towards that person, or to stop someone from being included in an arrangement or activity: I felt I was being frozen out of/from the discussions. He believed that organizations like theirs were being frozen out. ). I'm happy you went to Mexico. You should do you. 11. How many do you think they have in there? 100,000 plants easy. I got pulled out of 7th-grade English class in handcuffs for selling dime bags. Now this shit's legal. Insane. I know. It's the Goddamn golden goose, kid. State lets you grow it and sell it, Feds tell the banks they can't hold the money. Yeah, Baz always wanted to hit a dispensary 分发药物的地方, 取药处. I always thought it was too risky. Dude, everybody hits dispensaries, okay? These guys, they sell to 50 dispensaries at once. All right? All cash transactions. How do they move it? Vans. Armored? I don't know. Well, they're guarded, right? Yeah. So vans, probably armored, with security. How would you do it? You hit the vans, obviously. And how do you hit the van? Do you run it off the road? Do you point a gun in someone's face? How? All of the above. They're putting in 新开一个 a Starbucks down the block. A weed dispensary, too. This place could be a gold mine for the right buyer. 12. You look like shit. Is there a reason why you dragged me out so early? Yeah. I had to make sure I caught you. You're late. With the payment. No, I already gave that to you. Yeah, that was for last week. This is for this week. You're so hard up, why don't you just sell your truck? I'll get it to you by the end of the week. You want your grandma to get hurt in there? So you want another extension? Then you need to come do something with me later today. Do what? You want the extension or not? Mia tells me you want another extension.
That right? Yeah. So, two extensions in two weeks. See, the problem is,
you must think I'm some kind of bitch to be that soft. That it? You
think I'm a bitch? No. Did you see your face? You nearly shit your
pants, homes. Hey, look. I know you're in a tight spot, stepping into Smurf's shoes,
right? But I cannot keep giving you extensions. You understand that,
right? Good. Get this poor cabron a shot and some food. Okay, compadre,
enjoy yourself. You could have just said no to the extension. This was more fun. extension I. An extension is a new room or building which is added to an existing building or group of buildings. II. An extension is a new section of a road or rail line that is added to an existing road or line. ...the Jubilee Line extension. III. 延期, 延长时间, 宽限时间, An extension is an extra period of time for which something lasts or is valid, usually as a result of official permission. I need an extension for my research project. He first entered Britain on a six-month visa, and was given a further extension of six months. Many who stick around long enough suffer the effects of post-traumatic stress disorder. Some are on extended 延长的 leave — their wages and medical costs are being looked after by WorkCover. IV. 附加影响. 附加效果. Something that is an extension of something else is a development of it that includes or affects more people, things, or activities. He saw his civil rights activity as an extension of his ministry. That's the logical extension of my approach. V. An extension is a phone line that is connected to the switchboard of a company or institution, and that has its own number. The written abbreviation ext. is also used. She can get me on extension 308. For further information, please contact 414 3925, extension 2253. VI. 延长线. An extension is a part which is connected to a piece of equipment in order to make it reach something further away. ...a 30-foot extension cord. Some of the best extensions are made from sections of rod tube or drainpipe. But then you'd need an extension cord that's 22,000 miles long. 13. I was telling my friend, Luke, about you, and, uh Oh, you're telling your friends about me? I'm honored 深感荣幸, 受宠若惊. Um He said something, and I figured I'd just ask you about it. I don't want to make it weird or anything, but... Well, you're kind of making it weird. He said your mom's in prison? Uh, she's in jail, actually. She hasn't made it to trial yet. For murder? I'm sorry, man. You don't talk about your mom, and I kind of figured she was dead. Hey, I felt weird knowing that and not asking you. 14. Where is Lena's stuff? I left you messages. Lena's coming home today. I pulled a few strings. She'll be here later this afternoon. I was just in time. That foster family was looking to adopt. What is all this? I had to sign an affidavit agreeing to be the primary guardian. You're not even supposed to be alone in a room with her. That's bullshit. I know, baby, but they're never gonna let you have her, not with your record. Aggravated battery, assault with a deadly weapon, armed robbery... You just got out of jail. I wasn't convicted. I wasn't even indicted. I'll start the adoption proceedings right away. Lena will live here, you move back in. You'll be with her every day. I just want us to be a family again. 15. Every time I see him now, it's, like, just a general atmosphere of him wanting to throw an axe at my head. So, tell me about Frankie. Frankie's a trip 图好玩的 ( someone's a trip. that's a trip. Meaning that was crazy, weird. You didnt expect what happened or what someone did. Also means someone or a place or situation is funny, strange, not expected. This goes back to the 90s. That comedian is a trip! That was a trip when that lady started drooling and laughing when I asked her for directions. You're a trip Meaning you are funny, amusing, and abnormal in a positive way. A comparison of the positives of a trip such as the adventure, fun, memories, and being taken away from your comfort zone. Oh my goodness Cameron! You're a trip. This is a good example of a word in popular culture which has changed in meaning. Usually what happens is a word is adopted by a fringe culture, and then eventually it makes its way to popular culture and everyone uses it- but by then the meaning has changed to something milder that what it originally meant. A 'trip' means a drug trip, a psychedelic experience, which may be strange or puzzling. I think the closest analogy is when you take a boat ride you get on the boat and float somewhere, good or bad, and when you are on the trip you can't get off the boat until the ride is over, whether you like it or not. But then the term changed to also mean when someone is very stuck in their point of view- "oh, that's just their trip" -because it means something which only that person is experiencing, the people around are not. Like someone who is worried about something that nobody else is. So to say about someone 'She's a trip" or "He's a trip" or about something "it's a trip" means that it's strange, and that may be a good thing or a bad thing. Either way, it means something strange and intense and possibly difficult to deal with. Frankly, I hear people say this expression about someone as a way of avoiding saying much worse. For instance: "I've met his roommate. The guy's a trip." (raises eyebrows and sighs). And maybe the truth would really be: "I've met his roommate, all he does is talk about politics and he likes to get mad at you. I'd rather not talk to him." So to say something is a trip means either it's really strange and wild, or else it's challenging but the speaker doesn't want to directly say why. someone is tripping used for saying that you think someone is crazy or is behaving in an unreasonable way. She's tripping if she thinks she can buy an apartment in Manhattan. trip I. 绊倒. If you trip when you are walking, you knock your foot against something and fall or nearly fall. She tripped and fell last night and broke her hip. He tried to follow Jack's footsteps in the snow and tripped on a rock. The cables are all bright yellow to prevent you tripping over them. I tripped up and hurt my foot. Make sure trailing flexes are kept out of the way so you don't trip up over them. II. If you trip someone who is walking or running, you put your foot or something else in front of them, so that they knock their own foot against it and fall or nearly fall. One guy stuck his foot out and tried to trip me. He made a sudden dive for Uncle Jim's legs to try to trip him up. He was tripped up by a passer-by. III. If you say that someone is, for example, on a power trip, a guilt trip, or a nostalgia trip, you mean that their behaviour is motivated by power, guilt, or nostalgia. There's such pressure to be happy in Hawaii, if you're unhappy you're on a guilt trip. The biggest star perk, and the biggest power trip, must be the private plane. IV. A trip is an experience that someone has when their mind is affected by a drug such as LSD. An anxious or depressed person can experience a really bad trip. If someone is tripping, they are having an experience in which their mind is affected by a drug such as LSD. One night I was tripping on acid. V. If someone trips somewhere, they walk there with light, quick steps. A girl in a red smock tripped down the hill. They tripped along with scarcely a care in the world. ). Bad idea bringing her around my boys. What do you mean? Well, look at my boys. And look at you. Okay. Let me illuminate you about Frankie and me, okay? First of all, we're not married, and second of all 首先, 其次, I have the distinct advantage of wisdom over youth. And let me tell you something. Youth is pretty goddamn boring. I'd rather focus on you. You probably can't even get it up anymore with all that shit you've been putting in your veins. There are many things people can do in the bedroom, all right? And intercourse happens to be one of the least interesting items on the menu. Are you schooling me about sex now, Billy? 'Cause I'm the little girl that taught you everything you know. Why don't you meet me in my bedroom and show me what a good memory you have? 16. reminisce [ˌremɪˈnɪs] 怀旧, 回忆过去, 畅谈过去, 怀念过去
If you reminisce about something from your past, you write or talk
about it, often with pleasure. to talk, think, or write about enjoyable
experiences in your past. reminisce about: What are you doing out here? Reminiscing 怀想 about the good old days. We spent the evening reminiscing about our university days. Ray and I ate our meal and reminisced about the trip. I don't like reminiscing because it makes me feel old. I'm going for a swim, and then I'm gonna smoke a joint. You're welcome to join me once you're done reminiscing. "Reminiscing" That's an interesting way to put it. So the boys gave you your cut of the money already, huh? No, but they will. You were always such a trusting man. Yeah. And then I met you. You're never gonna see a penny of that money. Yeah, I will. Honor among thieves. Shit like that, huh? Now, if you want me to talk to them for you, I can do that. No, no. I don't want you talking to them, okay? Nobody hates you more than those boys. Really? With the possible exception of me. You raised some smart kids, and they know not to screw the idea man. Smurf might just be messing with my mind, but I gotta ask. You're not gonna screw me on my money, right? No. Okay. I'm sorry I even asked. You just know how she is. I just I spend a little time with her, you know what I mean? Yeah. Well, you just... You can't let her. I'm tryin'. Yeah. You're not gonna screw me, right? 17. What happened? I just had a little conversation with Pope. Uh-huh. Jesus, he got you. Got you good 打够呛, 痛打, 狂扁. I got him good a couple times. Oh, yeah. 18. What's up with that? Passed out last night, and I couldn't move him. That must've been a big night to knock Tim on his ass. Said he was celebrating. Bought two rounds for the bar. Wait. Celebrating? He kept saying he "sold four of the big ones." He's such an asshole. What? Yeah, every day, Tim sets up a little seashell stand by the pier. And he's got this big-ass seashell with a sign in front of it that says "Not For Sale." And every day, some idiot 傻逼 tourists walk by, and they ask him how much he wants for it. Sometimes they give him like 200 bucks, all for some shitty shell he found at low tide. Yeah, it's classic. Is he paid up yet 埋单, 买单, 结账, 付钱( to pay money that you owe, especially when you are unwilling to pay. We're waiting for the insurance company to pay up. be paid up I. having given all of the money that one owes on a debt until a specific date. You're (all) paid up through June. II. If a person or country is a paid-up member of a group, they are an enthusiastic member or are recognized by most people as being a member of it. Despite a past in an inner-city comprehensive, I am a fully paid-up member of the middle classes now. II. If someone is a paid-up member of a political party or other organization, they have paid the money needed to become an official member. ...a fully paid-up member of the Labour Party. paid-up member 付钱会员 informal someone who has paid the money needed to be a member of a club, political party etc. someone who has paid the money necessary to be a member of a particular organization. A paid-up member of a group is a loyal and enthusiastic member. The competition is open to all paid-up members of the Women's Institute.)? Yeah. Good. 19. word is bond 说话算数, 说到做到 (African American Vernacular) The speaker purports that he has told the truth or is trustworthy. One always keeps one's promises. I promise that I'll be there in time with the money for the deposit: my word is my bond. What do you want? Word is bond, son. Word is bond. Mm. How long are you gonna keep punishing me, Deran? Maybe till you stop dragging me into all your bullshit. I'm worried about Pope. I'm thinking Lucy got into his head down in Mexico. He isn't sleeping. You heard anything from him? He's got that look he gets, that that somewhere-else look. He hasn't spoken to me in long time. Etymology: Shortening of "my word is my bond", popularized by its use among the Five-Percenter movement and hip-hop music. 20. We gotta do something about Pope, man. What now? He didn't wipe out yesterday. He charged the cops, man. Just pulled out his gun and headed straight for 'em. Yo, I had to drag him the hell out of there, man. And trust me. He didn't want to go. We got to do something, or somebody's gonna end up dead. Just knew he shouldn't have moved in with Smurf. Just made him worse. Well, then, we just got to get him away from her. Like, during the day, at at least. To do what? I don't know. Like a job? A job. A "job" job? Yeah. Do you remember what happened the last time Pope had a normal job? Smurf's tire shop that she owned? He didn't even last two weeks before he beat the shit out of that guy 'cause he didn't like the Firestones he sold him. No. Also, nobody's gonna hire that guy, because, first of all, he's a felon 重刑犯, and he's scary as shit. 21. Where you from? Around. Around? What are you doing here? You asked me to come with you. You know what I mean. I'm with Jake. Jake's not why you rob banks. So what? You're slumming it ( slum it 体验生活, 忆苦思甜 To endure or tolerate worse arrangements, conditions, or accommodation than one is used to. Often used humorously or facetiously. live in worse conditions than you do usually: What are you doing coming on the bus today? Are you slumming it? My car broke down, so I have I've been slumming it on the metro to work each morning. The plane tickets were a lot more expensive than I was expecting, so we may have to slum it in a hostel while we're there. When rich kids go and live in poverty for the experience , to prove they are artists, musicians , for entertainment , feel like they are connected to real life , but usually get money from mom, dad, uncle, to exist. And they can leave it anytime they want and go back to the upper middle class and upper class milieu live off of wealthy parents, relatives, friends . As usual they usually go and work in finance and banking and screw the common people . A song by Pulp called Common People is an example in the lyrics.), right? Acting like a badass, picking up stories to mail home, turn Mommy and Daddy's hair gray? 22. What are you watching? Is it a good show? Hey, I need some help, man. What? Uh, at the bar. You interested in a job? A job? You mean, like, as a bartender? Uh, no. I'm set with 已经都有了 ( be set in one's ways 狗改不了吃屎, 恶习难改 If you say that someone is set in their ways, you are being critical of the fact that they have fixed habits and ideas which they will not easily change, even though they may be old-fashioned. be set on/upon sth to be determined to do something: She seems set on marrying him. ) bartenders. Like, bouncer? Uh, no. Like, general maintenance, you know? 23. They have a steady coke connection from Brazil. I got a job. Yeah? Yeah. Where? 101 Diner. Dishwasher, but I can move up to waitress if I show up steady 按时来. When? Couple hours. You should get some sleep. That's what coffee's for, right? Hey, um I lied to you. I ripped Julia off. And then, I ran out on her and J. I've been lying my whole life. It's easier than the truth. But I'm trying to be better, so. vodka belongs to the freezer. 24. Uh, I didn't know you had a key. What is this piece of shit here? The stove? Uh, yeah, it was here when we moved in. Where's your fire extinguisher? What? And vodka belongs in 应该放在 the freezer. 25. So, Olivia says you are smart. What are you studying? I'm undeclared 专业未定的( You've probably heard the term "undecided major" (also referred to as an "undeclared major") tossed around in a conversation about going to college or choosing a career path. In reality, "undecided" isn't actually a major at all—you're not going to get a diploma with the word printed on it. The term is a placeholder. It indicates a student has yet to declare the degree they plan to pursue and hope to graduate with. (Reminder: Your major is what your degree is in. So if you're an English major, you graduate from college with an English degree or a Bachelor of Arts in English.) Fortunately, even though the term sounds somewhat wishy-washy, being an "undecided major" isn't necessarily a bad thing in college. Eventually, you'll have to settle on a degree you'd like to earn and make sure you're taking the required curriculum, but many schools allow you use your early terms to explore. ). Business, Pre-Law, Civil Law, maybe. I'm not sure. There's no need to kiss ass, Josh. Well, lawyers make a lot of money, right? Eh, lawyers make good money. Business people make real money.
