【边看边写】16 Jun 08 -24 June 08

Jimmy@Caribbean

等待绝望主妇和越狱，完整地钻研一下欲望城市，

有边看边写的习惯，记录一些觉得顺耳的句子，新词汇，新句子，新用法，==

GO！(请原谅我括号中的解释或联想功能)

White Knight. （中文翻译白马王子，联想到有个顾客姓就是Knight，英国人，要是他家族有人名white是不是很嚣张呢？）

For the record... 超常遇到的表达

goggle 护目镜

Gear （消防服，查字典得：中英文字典：特殊用途的衣服/英英字典clothing or personal belongings)

I'll see. （昨天顾客的那一句We'll see, 仍然徘徊在脑后）

Exclusively.

Ok, I hear you.   （ I got it/ U got it)

It's gonna be a turn on.  ( What turns you on? What you are into?)

I figure that might work.

pimp（拉皮条，lol)

One woman's trash is another woman's treasure.

political hot potato

midget侏儒 dwarf munchkin（The wonderful wizard of Oz 绿野仙踪里的矮子）  smurf蓝精灵

- I love making love to u  -The feeling is mutual.

Are you advocating that I doing this? (advocate 好久不见）

Sometimes with the right guy you have to make concessions.

Politico

There are so many eligible men here. （你合格了吗？）

You're making a mockery of this party.

Charlotte felt like she had unearthed a rare coin.

monogamy(It sounds like more than going steady? )

Steve had just said the one big pro that outweighed all the cons.

booster chair(翻译字幕儿童椅，搜索结果有点ambiguous,考证中）

parched & nervous

dribble warm tea on you (MS 滴蜡也可以用这个dribble)

Some people connected with the campaign read your column, they had a different take on it. (My take on this is...反应）

They thought it was kind of seamy. ( Seamy 阴暗面，involving the sordid & unpleasant aspects of life, such as crime, prostitution, poverty & violence)

So much for today

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Jimmy@Caribbean

comeback trail

one way or another

washed-up (金盆洗手？不确切）

foot in the bill

the next level

A man without fear is a man without hope.

take no further action

you leave no back

bull's eye

Kingpin （中枢銷-金霸王？）

Rough night.

Phase

rematch

mugger

sounds like farfetched.

u have no idea.

too much pride can kill a man.

Justice is served.

Alligator.

音正，人帅，会有续集。

寂寞的季节

Underachiever

Don't take it personal.

What's the catch.

It occures to me that...(蛮喜欢这一句的）

Did I say anything about the false economy of renting this thing instead of a real boat just to save a few measly dollars?(Jason的确是个勤俭持家的主）

Maui
Stranded
unanimously vote

We despise the idea in the very marrow of our bones. (恨到骨子里去了，他们比我们更牛，恨到骨髓）

I was totally stoked.(slang, exhilareted, or excited)

I second that.

I hereby move that we adjourn this meeting.

If this vocation dosen't happen, he'll be mopping around the house and cry for a month.

We won't mention a word of this to your father.

tinker bell puberty

make sure he's not out scamming babes? (trolling/ patrol an area in search of someone or sth.)

How can I break the news to Bobby?

zit cream

The family vote was rigged(作弊）

Jaws(Shark)

blowholes  commotion

Let's just say I've got a little rendezvous. (Butterfly effect 2 也出现了这个词）

How'd you spot me?

Lose the long faces.( )

I met some gorgeous hunk who swept me off my feet.

hotshot

Just stay with me(类似“听我说”，所以还是不建议直译此句）

spark plug

sulking

wasted so much time bobbing aimlessly about in the ocean.

I sense that about you. (我不sense好多年！）

graffito

This is a hollowed put pineapple with booze in it. What did you think it was? A thermounclear device?

Sounds like a hell of a guy.   (疯狂主妇台词也有出现哦He's not a hell of a husband,）

It's no exaggeration to say that he's married to a pretty terric lady.

You are more than welcome.

whoops

mushy stuff: informal, sentimental

Big luau 烤野猪宴（夏威夷特有，得去体验一下？）

It's generally conceded that Roman Empire fell when the inteligentisai shifed it's priorities from concern of the welfare of the empire to totally selfish & hedonistic pleasure.

This is what's been going on behind my back?

I'm really steamed.

Cancel/ reinstate

Carol cut my heart out and stomped on it.

寂寞的季节

I'd like to know something before go away forever. （顺便留一句顾客的原话）

Jimmy@Caribbean

Thirteen years earlier.
Creepy
make your super-duper promise
moron    goof
blackout (曾记否，布兰妮）
holly shit
shut up faggot/faget.
junk yard
I don't get it.
Save your breath

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straight-up
u should be where I am
blockbaster
2)

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That's lame.
recharge batteries
It's really freaking good.
I'm so psychoed for you guys.
That's all that counts.
what a klutz!
I need you to ride shotgun.
I'd say so.
250 grand  /gram
I don't want to pile on 火上加油翻译还是有点意思的。
bailed（项目失败）
I don't get it, were you asleep for our entire conversation yesterday?
What's the story?
Still working on it.
Happy belated birthday. 迟到的生日快乐祝福
V.P

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寂寞的季节

artist-aesthesia  (回想到了 aesthesia awareness 麻醉觉醒，有部电影叫AWAKE）
vehemence
take exception
romantic entanglement
litigation
ramble
superfluous
hypnotize
Chen San, completely taken by surprise & confused, merely muttered," I'm unworthy".

Their figures were silhouetted against the evening sky. 剪影，超美的词

acolyte  festoon
topsy-turvy  颠倒地  乱七八糟的   in a ~ China
Outmoded anachronism 落伍的人或事物
cypress saplings
coterie  blotter, pincer

Kuomintang, Sun Yat-Sun
placard 布告
The warlords & the imperialists
Don't be prominent.

Aman was growing to be almost a replica of her beautiful mother.

affidavit   gunboat
Christian General 冯玉祥
oust  blockade
ultimatum, bayonet
a mammoth meeting 巨大的，长毛象的（冰河世纪里的长毛象，这里形容大）
garrison 驻军
forsake/forsook
surge toward the gate, pressed toward the gate
There was pandemonium 大混乱，混战场
prostrate
awe-stricken spectator
He began to grow hopeful.
grotesque position
The corpses strewn around them
Her thoughts wandered over the panorama of her childhood.
Pancreas

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寂寞的季节

【边看边写-Growing Pains】24 Jun 08
baton twirler
when r u gonna grow up?
rock bottom prices
It has no base salary.
Tardiness is unacceptable for any reason.
Didn't we forbit you to associate with Jerry Delish?
a nice conservative suit.
It never hurts to look sharp.
The road to success is hard work and don't expect others to make it easy for you. Each of us is responsible for himself.
He's got Mike wanting to be prompt & dependable.
I would just like to state for the record that...
check up on me
I have done quite a bit of growing up since then.
That dirt bag!
HECK
what the heck's goin on?
doing you aerobics 有氧运动
thesaurus
This is so sweet, thoughful, considerate, caring.
You amaze me
I figured that
I don't want to be ungrateful
Sing Sing 纽约新新监狱
rant, He ranted (on) me about my mistake.
U can rant & rave at the fine, but you'll still have to pay it.
I was completely off base. 打错特错，冷不防的
bait & switch “上钩调包”诱售法
nudged
the transmission was shot.(口用坏的，破旧的，精疲力尽的）
Everybody fudgeds a little bit on their taxes.
"Call Me Loco Sale"
reel in: to attack someone or sth.
u got to straighten up your act.
Diode
tipped
It's really beginning to get me tense.
Adios
Do you have any idea of what a rotten thing he did to me earlier tonight?
fairweather friends
hat in had: virtually admitting it was a mistake.
Mom's been bombing out on the Job market & she feels like dog meat.
To feel vital, to be a productive, self-reliant clock in the machinery of society. To forge her own identitu.
It finally dawned on (upon) me. 顿悟
self-important
walk on eggs around here.
a wedge of pie
scrambled, over easy, summy side up
I had an enlightening talk last night.
flapjack 烙饼
wallow in the warmth of your family.
Just get comfortable and we'll be with u in the teenist of moments.
Zilch
ad-libbing
to the core of my very soul.
anchor woman 女主播
bouncy baby

寂寞的季节

/ slash
I am not gonna slit my wrists.
That's tacky.
calla lilies 海宇花
I'm the sex column they run next to ads for penile implants.
Big wasn't the only one taking the plunge.冒险尝试
steering committee
veto
charity case
goodie-drawer
night-stand is private
You are deluded.
performing an exorcism 驱邪
cafe au lait 咖啡牛奶
splurge 挥霍
a complex about your looks.
I'd kill for your brests.
It was entrapment, false advertsing and blatant discrimination.公然的
I can't believe the bitch is a no-show.
Charged another outfit I can't afford.
match mentors with underprivileged children.
freshman year, sophomore year.
porker
go down on me   =  =!
It's been said that New Yorkers are the most jaded people.
We took it with the proverbial grain of salt.(be skeptical, to take sth lightly, esp with advice.)
The collision of illusion & reality.
Reminder, John Wayne is a Jane.Jane-average in appearance.
That's hygienic?
Drag King
What's inspired you to do this?
canape 小鱼烤面包
I can never make the first move.
He's 26. His gengeration has different letter than ours.
The ices for no woman.
I'm practicing my triple salchow in my head. 沙式三圈跳
half a flask. 小酒瓶
We weren't Y2K compatible  (2000年就绪）
I'm an old fart. (old man/ fellow)
It's just a layover on the way to Gaytown. （中途下车）
I'm very into labels.
Don't bust my balls批评,讥笑
Someone is being industrious.
Butch
This bisexual thing is throwing me for a loop."感到非常震惊"或者是"情绪很波动"
I dig you. Slang
Groovy
Boyish arrogance.
I'll tell you what...
There's no need to go at a warp speed.
I feel like I'm being suffocated.
A girly girl
Alpha dog-the leader or authority in a group.
Shitty attitude
It was a totally a spur of the moment.
Pleather: plastic leather.
Fall down to the rabbit hole.-Euphemism for bizzaro.

寂寞的季节

Inanimate 无生命的 oracle 神谕
This world is to chaotic.
Her tone was earnest.    Tendon 腱
Insinuate 暗示，暗讽
Ambush 埋伏  extenuate 掩饰  blackguard 流氓
Judical, cool-headed, impartical 公平的，不偏不倚的
Lifu had worked himself into a rage.
Restrain yourself, be prudent
Anarchy 混乱，无政府状态
Legation quarter
Rebuffed by both side.
Shops were closed & business was at a standstill.
He love straight, clean deals, & simple language that he could understand.
Smother闷死   subordinate 下级的  jest 笑柄
He had a robust, rustic humor.
Stamp out 镇压
He did what he preached.
Synonymous
Killing a chicken as a warning to the monkeys.
Terrorized  outspoken  直言不讳地
Misgovernment 恶政
Mochow felt as if a heavy stone had been lifted fron her heart.
Irked by her openly imposing her will upon him. 使厌倦，使苦恼
Ransack
He felt the unspoken gravity of an expectant mother & respected it.
Get them out of the way for prudence's sake.
Inside crying plaintivly. 哀怨地，悲哀地
Lifu cast a look of intense concern upon his women relatives weeping together.
Infuential friends.
Mochow was left standing stunned on the threshold.
A sharp sense of disaster.
I am only carrying out my official duties.
Revive
Knowing the need of immediate action
Monstrosities
Her sister with eyes of infinite softness
For nothing escaped her shrewd eyes.
She inwardly admired Mochow for great presence of mind in this crisis.
Plaintiff 原告
With eyes in narrow slits.
Brusquely 唐突地 粗率地
Sinister 凶恶的，不吉利的
This new development put a sinister outlook on the whole situation, & the family was more than ever worried.
Don't be impertinent. 无理地
Profoundly thanked him
Oppress
Your excellency 阁下
Debarred 排除 禁止
Prepared a report carefully worded.
Preliminary 准备工作，预赛，初步的
Usurpation 篡夺 侵占
Bombastic 夸大的，言过其实的
Diabolical 恶魔的
Briskly 轻快地
This kind of theory tends to stir up trouble in the hearts of the people.
I merely say.
There is a graver charge against you.
Nominally, yes.
Expecting some handsome tips.
Assuming a serious countenance, he said... (He assumed a look of surprise 装出)
Monstrous theories
Mr. Fu promised to exert further efforts.
Stretch his fingers
Centipede 蜈蚣
Thermos bottle
He was overjoyed to see them.
Take them & don't refuse you must allow us to show our appreciation.
"I'll do my best," said the warden with a full simle.
Nonchalantly 冷淡地
Everybody is helping, & gladly.
Family enmity.
Lifu's eyes dimmed.( her yeys dimed with tears)
The jailer beamed with gratitude & assured her that she need not worry.
Manchurian faction 满洲派
Emissary 密使，使者，间谍
Coalition 联合
The nes created fresh consternation in the intellectuall circles. 惊愕
Generalissimo 大元帅
Medieval 中世纪
Her heart palpitating 发抖，悸动
Beckon 示意
Waver 颤抖
Lamppost
Set one's teeth.
Mulan stepped into the room trembling, cold perspiration on her forehead.
An apparition of beauty. 幻影
Delivering this unusal discourse
Susceptible to flattery 敏感的
We would be so much in your debt.
The general was amused by mulan's poise and familiarity.
Genii 鬼
On account of personal grudge.
With it's winning simle
Her heart delighted beyond measure,
Fret 苦恼
Writ 文书
Half approvingly and half insinuatingly.
Be abashed 羞愧
Whimsical ideas 古怪的
Going into the tiger's den to capture a cub.
Skeptically
Dysentery 痢疾
The experiences of the past two months had sopped her vitality.
Indigestion    stout        infirm
Militarist   north expedition
To mulan pearls were nothing from a monetary point of view.
Dregs 残渣 糟粕
He was developing an authoritative, complacement manner, & was never willing to be contradicted.
Imploringly 哀求地 meekly 温顺地
Out of filial piety.
It was the breaking of all precedents
Beyond the pitfalls & temptations of youth.
Insensible & inexcusable
All agog 激励地
Friendship reciprocity 互惠
Rotound body 圆的，矮而胖的
She looked unhappy & dry with the dryness which came from a face no longer capable of joy.
Vermillion 朱红
Accost 招呼，搭讪
Look defiantly at
Brooch 胸针
Adjoining room
Strain one's ears to listen
She will come to a bad end.
Unperturbed 平静的
Pictorial 图示的 decipher 译解
Keep abrest 并排地
Paleographist 古字体学者
Handbill
Waft
Unduly sentiment
I push the problem down into the dim recess of my mind. 内心深处
Resignation 认命（with ~)
Reassert   impetuosity 性急
Institutionalize  
Straightjacket 紧身衣  phenobarbital 镇静安眠剂
Protest
Rock/ bounce the baby.  Give in the despair
When faced with an imppsible choice.
Wet nurse奶妈
Conspicuously  torment