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牌桌边警告别轻敌:cut this room up

牌桌边有人先泼冷水:这桌人都是 fast company(出手快、眼力毒的人),你稍有动作,他们就会看穿。紧接着又有人对迈克放话 cut this room up(把全场人的钱赢光)。想提醒朋友别轻敌,这两句牌桌上的话都用得上。

发生了什么

牌桌边,有人先提醒:别乱来,得 play on your belly(夹着尾巴小心打),因为这些人都是 fast company(出手快、眼力毒的人),会 spot every move(看穿每一个动作)。先有人提起迈克·麦克德莫特,接着又有人说到电脑差点把他删掉;桌上的局是 20-40 forced rotation(二十到四十强制轮换),也是 the only game going(眼下唯一的局)。有人问他们打不打,一个说不打,另一个说当然打;紧接着有人对迈克说 cut this room up(把全场人的钱赢光),之后还有人开口借两千。想聊赌局、提醒别人别轻敌,这些说法都能直接用。

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这场戏看什么

  • 留意迈克警告时的措辞轻重
  • 虫虫答“没问题”时的口气
  • 赌桌黑话与警局内线信息

留意这几个短语

fuck aroundfast companyplaying straightwiggle away

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cut this room up

把全场人的钱赢光win everything in the room

有人对迈克说,一小时就能 cut this room up(把这屋里的钱全赢光)。

With that lineup, they could cut this room up before midnight.以那套阵容,他们半夜前就能横扫全场。

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  • fuck around

    胡来;乱来

  • fast company

    出手快、眼力毒的人

  • playing straight

    规规矩矩地玩;不出千

  • wiggle away

    别扭着溜走;别耍滑头

  • on the payroll

    受雇拿钱;被收买

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35 句台词里标了 32 处

短语 · B2ain't the Ivy League

可不是什么名校/上流地方 这里拿名校反讽赌场寒酸

This may not look like Teddy's place, but it ain't the Ivy Leagues either.
俚语 · A2ain't

不是;没有——口语/方言,正式写作别用

This may not look like Teddy's place, but it ain't the Ivy Leagues either.
短语 · B2play on one's belly

趴低身子;夹着尾巴小心玩 赌桌上指低调谨慎,不出头

So don't fuck around. You gotta play on your belly.
发音don't fuck

don't 的 t 轻带,滑进 fuck,别拆开

So don't fuck around. You gotta play on your belly.
俚语 · B2fuck around

胡来;乱来——粗鲁警告,熟人冲突中用,正式场合绝不能用

So don't fuck around. You gotta play on your belly.
短语 · B2fast company

出手快、眼力毒的人

有人先给对方留面子,说不介意他 help yourself 的做法,紧接着把话锋转到桌上这群人:他们是 fast company,反应快、眼尖,不好糊弄。

Hey, you know I have no problem with the way you help yourself, but these guys are fast company.
短语 · A2help oneself

自己拿;随意取用 这里指你弄钱/出千的方式

Hey, you know I have no problem with the way you help yourself, but these guys are fast company.
语法 · B2the way you help yourself

定语从句:the way 后接句子,等于 in which,这里指弄钱方式。

Hey, you know I have no problem with the way you help yourself, but these guys are fast company.
短语 · B1spot every move

看穿每一个动作

- They'll spot every move. - Tough customers, huh?
短语 · B2tough customer

难对付的家伙 这里指难缠的赌客,不是顾客

- They'll spot every move. - Tough customers, huh?
发音spot every

spot every 的 t 滑进 e,别停

- They'll spot every move. - Tough customers, huh?
短语 · B2play straight

规规矩矩地玩;不出千

刚被连番警告后,对方只回一句 playing straight,明确表示这次会守规矩、不出花样。

I'm playing straight.
短语 · B1wiggle away

别扭着溜走;别耍滑头

刚有人自报绰号 Worm,紧接着一句 Don't wiggle away(别扭着溜走),借虫子扭动的动作打趣:既叫他别扭身走开,也像在看住他。

Hey. Don't wiggle away.
短语 · B2be wired into something

和…直通;有内线 指和警局有线、通消息

They're wired right into the precinct. They got 'em on the payroll.
短语 · B2on the payroll

受雇拿钱;被收买

有人问她为什么戴着那个徽章;回答的人说,这些人跟警局直通,还把警局的人列进工资单,也就是 on the payroll,意思是拿钱办事。

They're wired right into the precinct. They got 'em on the payroll.
短语 · C1forced rotation

20-40 限额、强制轮换牌种的玩法

- What are they playing? - Uh, 20-40 forced rotation.
短语 · B1the only game going

眼下唯一开着的局

It's the only game going right now.
语法 · B1sitting 20-40

现在分词后置:sitting 20-40 是分词短语,跟在人名后,说明他正坐在这个级别的桌上。

Is that Fat Greggie sitting 20-40? The game's that soft?
短语 · B2a real live something

活生生、真能玩的局

Yeah. It's a real live game. So, you guys gonna play?
俚语 · B1Hell, yeah

当然;那还用说——熟人之间强烈同意,正式场合别用

- No. - Hell, yeah, I'm gonna play.
短语 · B1walk away from something

从…抽身;放着不碰

- Oh, come on, you're not gonna walk away from this. - Not gonna happen.
短语 · C1cut up the room

把全场人的钱赢光

有人对迈克说,一小时就能 cut this room up(把这屋里的钱全赢光)。

Mike, we could cut this room up in an hour.
短语 · B1run along

去吧;走开

All right, run along, then. Say hi to her for me.
短语 · A2take care of someone

照看/看住某人 这里也可能带“看住他”的意思

- Me, too. - I will. Take care of him.
俚语 · B1fuckin'

他妈的;该死的——强烈粗口,正式场合绝不能用

Jesus. What a fuckin' waste.
发音got him

got him 的 h 轻,像 got'im

Do you believe that? She's really got him by the balls.
俚语 · B2by the balls

被死死拿捏——粗俗隐喻,熟人调侃,正式场合别用

Do you believe that? She's really got him by the balls.
短语 · B2depend on the grip

得看谁攥得紧;看分寸

旁人问「那也不算太糟吧」,回答者顺着上一句粗俗比喻接了一句 depends on the grip(得看攥得多紧):被攥住不一定全是坏事,关键看谁攥、攥多紧。

- That's not so bad, is it? - Depends on the grip.
语法 · B1Depends on the grip.

省略主语:口语省掉 It,完整是 It depends on the grip。

- That's not so bad, is it? - Depends on the grip.
短语 · B2be good for it

付得起;靠得住

You heard Mike. He's good for it. Come on.
短语 · B1triple something

把…翻三倍

Look, I'm gonna triple that in half an hour, princess. Let's go.
俚语 · B2princess

小公主;娇小姐——带轻蔑或调情,别对陌生人用

Look, I'm gonna triple that in half an hour, princess. Let's go.

看懂「牌桌边警告别轻敌」

发音重点

  • don't fuck — don't 的 t 轻带,滑进 fuck,别拆开
  • spot every — spot every 的 t 滑进 e,别停
  • got him — got him 的 h 轻,像 got'im
This may not look like Teddy's place, but it ain't the Ivy Leagues either.

这儿看着不像泰迪的地盘,可也不是什么常春藤名校。 用两个地名拉开反差,一句自嘲就把低级赌局的分量说清。

Is that Fat Greggie sitting 20-40? The game's that soft?

那是胖格雷格坐在 20-40 的桌上?这局真有那么好赢? 用一句不敢相信的反问,把牌局的软和对手的弱全点出来。

Do you believe that? She's really got him by the balls.

你信吗?她可真是把他拿捏得死死的。 粗俗比喻一出口,控制关系立刻有了画面,比“她很强势”狠得多。

Mike, we could cut this room up in an hour.

迈克,我们一小时内就能把这屋里所有人的钱赢光。 could 不把话说死,却把整桌人当猎物,赌徒的狂劲全在轻描淡写里。

关于这一章的问题

fast company 是什么意思?

这里指出手快、眼力毒的人,不是「好相处的同伴」。后面紧接着说他们会看穿每一个动作,明显是在提醒对方别轻敌。

「把全场人的钱赢光」英语怎么说?

可以说 cut this room up。台词里有人说 Mike, we could cut this room up in an hour,就是放话一小时内把全场人的钱全赢走。

play on your belly 是字面「趴着」吗?

字面是趴低身子,这里是让人小心谨慎地玩,别张扬。前面一句还叫人别乱来,所以不是真的要求趴下。

on the payroll 在这里指什么?

这里说有人跟警局直通,警局的人被列在工资单上,也就是拿钱办事、被收买。不是正常的雇员关系。

depends on the grip 怎么理解?

这句话接在「那也不算太糟吧」之后,说「得看谁攥得紧」,语气像调侃:同样是被管住,松紧不同,感受也不一样。

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