Did he go after Jake Kane so obsessively because of the affair? 急迫,迫切 Cut to Veronica, stopped and leaning out探身出去 of the car, throwing up.呕吐
Those photos that were sent to Mom, the ones with me framed in a gun sight, was that how Jake finally stuck it to Dad, his old rival? If so, I'm taking this bastard down. Hard. I don't care whose father he is.V在以为JK是她父亲的情况下,还是向着Keith
downtown市区 uptown住宅区
My sole (要我的话肯定用only, sole也很好) reason for being in that part of town was that Mom insisted I see a counsellor after Lilly died. Every Thursday for six weeks, Dr Dave and I stared across an ottoman(无靠背无扶手的)长软椅 at each other. But which Thursday?
Wow, now there's an attitude I like to see in our post-literate文字后的,采用电子传媒的 age. It's still months away.还有几个月呢
In the picture, I'm standing in this exact spot. 强调就站在这个位置上
She sits at one of the tables at the edge, training her camera on the spot where she had been standing. 注意这边用的是现在完成进行时
Whoever took those photos had to be sitting at this exact table. It's the only one where the angle matches.注意时态
Aladdin阿拉丁 offers Mediterranean style cuisine厨房烹调法, 烹饪, 烹调风格
Dated and time-stamped.时间和日期都(印)有
Is it possible for you to pull just the ones from February 4th between 4:45 and 5:30? Someone's been stalking me.现在完成进行时
I'm positive(我很肯定I'm sure) whoever took these shots was sitting at that table over there.
Big mistake paying with a credit card. big mistake doing sth.
The weather has turned wet. 天下雨了(开始是晴朗的)
Main number主机号码 How may I direct your call?请问要如何转接您的电话?
Head of Security安全总管
I know who's responsible for scaring Mom away. So if Jake Kane is my biological father that information is gonna be worth millions. And after what that family has done to mine, I intend to collect.生父又怎样,V要collect(讨债)了.
A collision at home?在家里撞到了 Did you fall in the garbage disposal?你掉到垃圾箱里去了?LOL
imitating an umpire裁判员仲裁人
Chicks dig scars.女人爱伤疤,这边的dig和105出现过的I dig this song意思是一样的.
What is your deal? You're jacked up like some hillbilly山地内部的贫农,山地人,山里人,乡下人 kid who just stumbled into Daddy's meth[美俚]methamphetamine甲安菲他明(一种兴奋剂) lab.
Water bed sloshes.水床搅动,晃动.
You've wanted one of these things since you were, like, five years old. I also wanted to marry Vanilla Ice and build the world's largest collection of Z-bots科学小怪人.
Vanilla Ice: Robert Matthew Van Winkle, American rapper

Z-bots
You asked me, no, you begged me for a water bed like four years in a row. It was your obsession.
It's all coming back to me now.我都想起来了 The way you explained it, Santa was cool with the basic concept, but had grave doubts about second floor deployment展开部署调度. 你解释说圣诞老人觉得买水床可以,但是放在二楼不知能不能承重
That well known, bed-rock根底岩床基础 pragmatism实用主义 of elvish小精灵的,淘气的 culture.
You're so full of it. But...it is incredibly sweet of you. Yard sale, right? Ten bucks maybe. You forgot to remove the masking tape price tag sticker. Besides, our money situation being what it is, I'm glad you didn't blow your wad(a considerable amount of money大量的钱) on a whim(一时的兴致, 幻想, 反复无常, 怪念头, 奇想) gift for me.
You'll be even gladder to know that I got us a throw in[To add (an extra thing or amount) with no additional charge.外加,额外奉送:无偿地加入(额外的东西或数量)] with some old Gordon Lightfoot LPs(a long-playing phonograph record.密纹唱片:一个长时间演出的唱片). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Lightfoot
Well, anyway, sorry it took so long to get Santa's old dead ass in gear.对不起什么事sorry后面直接跟句子
He was as well adjusted a kid as you could ever want to meet, secure, extroverted, lots of friends and school activities. 外向的,喜社交的
Casey is just not the kind of kid who just up and joins a cult.异教,邪教
Spoiled rich boy raised in a soulless lap of luxury, no material whim denied, no spiritual need met.
We're prepared to pay handsomely for you to do. 用handsomely来表示价格不菲!
draw a blood sample采血样
I am seriously punking on this fingerstick. 很怕
This is so endearing.惹人怜爱 My badass, action figure daughter is afraid to draw a teensy little drop of blood.很小的,小小的
Nobody'll know the difference. Besides, you've been sexually active, I haven't. Oh for crying out loud, you're serious about this, aren't you?搞什么for god's sake.
you wuss, wuss在这里是胆小鬼的意思
He's just another slice off the loaf of shallow, vapid, pain-in-the-ass 09erdom. 索然乏味的(他不过是又一个来自09社区的浅薄乏味讨人厌的家伙罢了.)
Despite your assessment, his parents are still a little irked about his decision to run off and join a cult. 苦恼(不管你怎么评价,他父母对于他跑去加入一个邪教还是有点苦恼.)
wedgies一种镶有楔形后跟的女式平底鞋
platinum cards白金铂金
It's time to focus like the proverbial laser.谚语的, 谚语式的, 众所周知的, 公认的 Target acquired and locked on. What they'd be paying us for is proof of any unlawful activity out there like firearms, drugs, kidnapping, anything'll work. All we need is a sound legal basis for the sheriff's department to shut 'em down. I'm still with ya.我听着呢. Maybe you can find something that'll shed some light.
Do not, under pain of slow, agonising death even think about going to the compound yourself. 这句under pain of slow, agonising death是插入,可以这样理解: do not think about going to the compound yourself evenwhen you're under pain of slow, agonising death. compound指的是A building or buildings enclosed by a barrier, an enclosed area围地
I'll run the title search, do the background check, take the recon shots, all of that, nous comprenon nous? Mais oui. Gotcha Frenchie. recon是reconnaissance的缩略形式, 侦察 nous comprenon nous [法语]明白?(we understand we?) Mais oui[yes]
Too many sweet memories have become chilling what-ifs.假设分析, 作假定推测
Hacky Sack [footbag]踢沙包
I mean one day, he's totally cool, the next, he's like alien lobotomy boy.[医]前脑叶白质切除术
Nothing that made a bit of sense. He started babbling about renouncing the toxic death style of late-stage capitalist society and un-remembering the consumer siren song. I think compost even came up too, once. It…it was just so bizarre. I mean, I had to cut him loose. renounce断绝关系 compost复合肥料 cut loose摆脱
The attributes and style of crap teen poetry: must be written in a funky古怪 colour of ink, must include dominant themes of alienation, sexual ambivalence矛盾情绪双重人格, self-loathing, death, etcetera.
gangland enforcer types黑社会
Can't you find someone to intimidate the maintenance supe into fixing the hot water problem? intimidate someone into doing sth.胁迫某人干某事
That nimrod好猎手,猎人 has been feeding us the same line for five months. Just try to tough it out. 试着忍过去吧.
ladies and gents绅士, time to get cracking开始
editorial content analyses 社论
Let's break into groups of four 四人一组and start comparing notes.交换意见
The students all shunt转向一边 their desks into groups of four. Veronica, slow to start, finds herself excluded.
I, um, read the poem you submitted for the literary journal, "I Cut Because I Can."小V真会搞i cut because i can这都能想出来.
There are a bunch I thought about submitting but that one seemed more...I don't know, relevant to where I am now.我有一堆想要投稿,但我觉得这篇更适合我现在的心境。
you have a very unique outlook你有一个独特的视角
Veronica pulls up to a halt停下了
I'm talking about the folks out at the Moon Calf Collective. 集体,社区
So Miss Mills lures kids out to cult headquarters? I'm ready to go whenever you are. Wait, what did Dad say about going out there?
Come on over.嗯后面加个OVER
I feel like I'm on a movie set or something. 电影外景基地之类的
You should take some time later, wander around and get a feel for the place. get A feel,可数,词霸说了[仅用单数]
way to throw me off your trail. way to do sth做某事的方法, throw off摆脱去掉, trail踪迹痕迹
Maybe I should play this needy, despondent waif card more often.流浪迷失迷途的人
Forbidden barn? Check. Implied polygamy一夫多妻一妻多夫? Check. Ladies and gentlemen, we have a cult. 前面说了这句让人遐想Come meet my man. Well, really he kind of belongs to all of us.
I knew I should have included a few discreet小心慎重 lesbian overtones蕴涵或暗示 in that poem.早知道我就在诗里面暗示一点女同情绪了.
I heard you were coming but I had to see to believe. Yeah, I don't blame you. This is off my beaten path a bit. But now that I think about it, it makes perfect sense that you'd wind up here sooner or later. 到达,达到,经过或因为一系列行为而到达某地或某种情况
I'll be seeing a lot more of you and I'll catch up with you later, okay?
Cinnamon肉桂
raise the culinary bar a bit higher 厨房的, 烹调用的, 厨房用的
Fair warning though. My idea of gourmet cooking is sprinkling on some three year old Bacos to my microwave soup. Yeah, same here actually. But most of us are just grunt workers anyways.普通工作人员,处理日常工作与事务的人 V的意思是她的手艺不行,这人说一般大家也就打打下手
I'm Rain. Glad to meet you.-- Veronica. Likewise.一句Likewise就行了
I've just about done here 我就做完了[现在完成时] but...I'll hook you up with a job that's a little more fun.
milk a cow. It's pretty easy once you get the rhythm down. Easy for you but I'm not getting a freaking drop. She may be a little nervous.
got the youngest moonie教会成员 away from the herd. Time to dig up dirt.
rerun重播(电影电视)
I was under the assumption that milking takes place in a barn. Well, sometimes, I guess. But I don't think there's any hard, fast rule though. 没想到fast还有牢固彻底忠实耐久绝食斋戒的意思
a kick-ass harvest 大丰收的大用上了kick-ass
I don't think I asked what you guys were growing.否定句其实是疑问
I guess you could say it's the ultimate cash crop.最赚钱的经济作物
Yahtzee这个词是说搞定了?can't even begin to describe, it'll blow your mind.这么厉害?是什么作物呢?大麻?
Enough, already with this mellow incense熏香 and peppermints薄荷油 vibe.
Let's break out取出 the mushrooms有些蘑菇有致幻作用的这里就代指大麻一类的迷幻药物 and dance naked! Strap on把...用带子捆绑 the goat skull headgear头饰帽子, sacrifice a few infants. V觉得这是邪教嘛该有邪教的样子 Come on, people, you're cultists. Start acting like it.
Why don't you come on over here? I feel like I gave you the hit and run treatment earlier. hit and run指之前他和V打了声招呼后就闪人了,有点过意不去.
Look, we've been going to classes together for, what, three years? And...I don't think we actually ever really talked. 三年没有好好说过话,正常啊. Lately, I feel like I've been missing out on a lot. miss out遗漏错过
undercover做密探做卧底
How we believe more in the reality of pain.在痛苦的现实中我们又怎能相信更多?(是这个意思吗)
suddenly I realised I was conscious only of my own voice and delivery. I was like directing myself in a play. delivery讲话,演讲,说话的方式风格
I'm feeling you there我能理解你的感受, brother. I have to watch that all the time myself.
four out of five cult leaders like their handmaidens侍女女仆 nubile适婚, flighty轻浮轻狂, and teetering步履蹒跚摇摇欲坠 on the edge of a breakdown崩溃.
There.用于表达情感,如放松满意同情或生气 That performance should have them asking me back. I was freaked out and just wanted someplace to sit and pull myself together before driving.
One of our neighbours was going to put down Hildegard here. 在这里指to subject (an animal) to euthanasia使(动物)无痛苦的死亡
full blooded 纯种纯血统
I can't get it out of my mind.挥之不去止不住地想
But if I am an heiress, as God is my witness, I'll never take cold showers again.这后面半句是模仿gone with the wind里面的思嘉丽吧.
Wait up停下来等候,就是等等我的意思
meltdown彻底垮台
rampage狂暴
the koran古兰经(伊斯兰教) the Talmud犹太法典
I'm floored.击败,使震惊,使不知所措
That fake fur was a poor choice to infiltrate渗透 utopia?
You've built this fortress around yourself. Now, it does offer a limited amount of protection but it also keeps other people and all they have to offer at bay, starving your soul. Now, you might want to consider opening yourself up. Letting other people inside. Got anyone particular in mind?
poinsettia一品红,一种热带美洲灌木(一品红或猩猩木,象牙红,圣诞花 大戟属),在黄色花状的小花簇下开有艳丽的,通常是深红色的花朵
I wish I wasn't so broke一文不名 right now, otherwise, I'd try to chip in捐助下注 too.
like water. Lots of symbolic power but really just a lifeless substance when you get right down to it, but the paradox自相矛盾似非而是 is that life as we know it would be impossible without it, if you see what I'm saying.
What the hell were you thinking Veronica? That's got to be the worst decision I've ever seen by someone who wasn't literally brain damaged. Since when do you reserve the right to totally blow of my instructions? Does my judgement, my concern for your safety carry that little weight with you? I'm sorry. Dad, I screwed up, big time, I know.错得一塌糊涂
The absence of swastikas纳粹党所用的十字记号 engraved on their foreheads? Please, reassure me that you aren't that dense笨.
incriminate控告...有罪
a reggae soundtrack 瑞格舞(西印度群岛的一种舞蹈及舞曲)
One day, without warning, he quit his job, cashed out his stock 卖掉了他的股票 and used it to buy the land for the collective.
She had a severe stroke中风,脑溢血 on Tuesday night, she's effectively brain dead and not expected to make it more than a couple of days. My condolences 哀悼,吊唁
This has been a tough, disorienting time for us. 迷茫的痛苦时期
the bulk of her fortune 大部分
I wish I could say that I found something that we could nail them on but that's not the case. I mean, not yet anyway. 用钉子钉在...上面
与某人意见不同时,可以说"I'm sorry to contradict you, Mr Mars. But I have substantial experience with these groups."切身体验
Any relevant experience you can share, I'll be happy to consider it.
SMSPI - Systematic Manipulation of Social and Psychological Influence. One vulgar通俗 term is deprogramming反思想侵蚀,抵消(或尽力抵消)思想灌输(尤其指宗教或教派的思想灌输).
In simple terms, I control the elements of a subject's social and psychological environment to eradicate undesirable modes of behaviour. I'm then able to instil or re-instil desirable ones. 听他说的真是玄而又玄还很自信地说I'm quite good at my work. oh, really?
The case is dead in the water.案子泡汤了 We found diddly squat. A small or worthless amount 不重要的或无价值
rationale基本原理
Casey, noxious有害的, overbearing傲慢专横的 09er butthead Casey has become a really sweet guy and I think this so-called cult deserves most of the credit.
Sounds to me, Veronica, like you've been drinking the Kool-Aid.这儿点题
Thank you for being my own personal Springer audience. Should I check myself before I wreck myself? All I'm saying is, is you may be getting a little soft.
minor未成年人
Don't tell me the prospect of having new digs寓所住处 and steady hot water doesn't sound good to you.
They're contributing to the delinquency(青少年的)不法行为 of a minor. It's a serious crime.
a bunch of sweet, naïve, sixties throwbacks.重现倒退 [六十年代的人]
beside the point偏离了主题
The moon was so bright, you could almost read by it. [wow, I like it.]
We get the picture.我们明白状况了 Everything's gonna be just fine. We appreciate you being up front with us.
For no reason that I can see, you've been a real friend to me lately.
Once you get past all the sixties theme park trappings外表装饰, that community's a lot more wholesome有益心智的,有益于精神,道德或社交健康的 and functional than, just for example, Neptune is.
foster homes 抚养孤儿的家庭
Can a lab tech really see the shape of my soul in a drunken conga康茄舞 line of genes? Jake Kane could be my father. But whether he is or isn't, would I really claim him as such and deny the man who raised me?
It's my call now. 现在全由我决定
shredder碎纸机
这篇笔记写了这么久难道是因为全篇Logan都没有出现的原因吗?
