Phantom of Venice 里面的俚语

yinlij

南希系列我玩了十部，1-3，15-21。18是我玩的第一部也是最喜欢的一部，乘假期重玩了一次，主要把里面的英语全部弄清楚了。顺手收集了里面的一些俚语。
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, p9 c  U# A3 R* }- r Hang on to your hat! and Hold on to your hat!
Fig. Get ready for what's coming!; Here comes a big shock! There is a rough road ahead. Hang on to your hat! Here we go! Hold on to your hat!
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! b& q: X& a' V/ U9 i& p/ X talk up
1. To speak in favor of; promote: talked the candidate up; talked up the new product.
; I( V6 v- [4 G. j2. To speak up in a frank, often insolent manner.
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( e$ u! K& F8 Q1 @- H4 a4 i& l make off with
. O) O; k; w0 i$ C5 eTo snatch or steal: made off with the profits.

suit oneself
& k& E( q8 W0 r& }' U; bTo pursue one's own intentions without reference to others
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! y* l$ Q! |7 @6 Z2 R have/keep (one's) fingers crossed
To hope for a successful or advantageous outcome.
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on (one's) toes
7 S; G% R0 K) K* ]Ready to act; alert.
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to date
' J6 Z; X3 J# i5 {Until now: To date, only half of those invited have responded.
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keep to (oneself)
1. To shun the company of others: She kept to herself all morning.
2. To refrain from divulging: He kept the news to himself.
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take issue
To take an opposing point of view; disagree.

fill in
; ]. g- v/ c- u( c( ~1. Informal To provide with information that is essential or newly acquired: I wasn't there. Would you fill me in?
2. To act as a substitute; stand in: an understudy who filled in at the last minute.

$ ?- w! E* j- j; Y, P ring a bell Informal
3 \, ]! S! _& \9 H, B' }# C' k9 c2 |To arouse an often indistinct memory.
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- C% S, \2 j# c" {" H0 n in no time
Almost instantly; immediately.

% J' ~" p( {7 ~* d  u" _3 C beat it Slang
7 z9 r+ T+ e. F' nTo leave hurriedly.

rough edges
1. if a piece of work or a performance has rough edges, some parts of it are not of very good quality
He's a great footballer, but his game still has a few rough edges.
7 A$ _6 b7 O5 ~7 l# H2. if a person has rough edges, they do not always behave well and politely
  A% T/ u( F, T6 dI knew him before he was successful, and he had a lot of rough edges back then.

bring someone or something up
1. Lit. to cause someone or something to go up with one from a lower place to a higher place. We brought them up and let them view the city from the balcony. Why did you bring up Tom? Wasn't he comfortable down there?
" i/ |/ D# y! m6 ]0 P1 X' q; l2. Fig. to mention someone or something. Why did you have to bring that up? Why did you bring up Walter? I hate talking about him!
+ g9 J2 j  I0 J! G% X$ }8 H, u/ X3. Fig. to raise someone or something; to care for someone or something up to adulthood. We brought the dog up from a pup. We brought up the puppies carefully and sold them for a good profit.

5 {. d0 w0 I/ ^  h& m0 {( d- r you bet Informal
- P! g& n* k& D- nOf course; surely.

around/round the clock
Throughout the entire 24 hours of the day; continuously.

take the stand
* G% U- k% Q% |4 c' h6 D+ V; Y+ @to come and sit in the witness box in order to testify The witness was asked to take the stand.

, X4 _; s4 o6 N# \  D less than
, n7 M( A& ?1 Q' B2 a8 c$ @- RNot at all: He had a less than favorable view of the matter.
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pull off Informal
% L4 I+ @8 U8 TTo perform in spite of difficulties or obstacles; bring off: pulled off a last-minute victory.
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5 I  K( N, A* f& c make hay while the sun shines
$ Q/ [8 E" l1 w2 S! _3 Yto take full advantage of an opportunity
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write off
$ b( g5 N# h! `5 W0 g$ l! A1. To reduce to zero the book value of (an asset that has become worthless).
2. To cancel from accounts as a loss.
3. To consider as a loss or failure: wrote off the rainy first day of the vacation.
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. N8 a! k* F0 ^* W take a fancy to something or someone
7 x6 Y8 h% L, E* qstart liking, like, want, be fond of, hanker after, have a partiality for Sylvia took quite a fancy to him.
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, P8 D0 O$ s5 d9 j, q- Y lay on
1. To apply (something) by or as if by spreading onto a flat surface: laid on a thick Southern accent.
2. To prepare, usually in an elaborate fashion; arrange: laid on cocktails for 50 at the last minute.
8 Y2 p6 f8 V! w# x* q3. Slang To present or reveal to; confront with: "went around talking to people about anything until he could lay his standard question on them" (John Vinocur).

8 L% j$ n" H/ i3 S5 }4 g% f5 y) Q$ X brush up
# X9 o  g4 [" e4 L: k* p1. To refresh one's memory.
2. To renew a skill.
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! r+ y3 r; f! \: N out of the blue
- }7 D3 M; ^8 U; W% z5 c* i1 |1. From an unexpected or unforeseen source: criticism that came out of the blue.
3 j" [  ]) c$ b# l) g- o8 v2. At a completely unexpected time: a long-unseen friend who appeared out of the blue.
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detectivelyw

太棒了！赞LZ~
0 J0 m* o" r7 f! }0 _咱们玩Nancy Drew系列追求的就是这种品味。
4 h: o1 G4 X) i9 _3 X6 i, S' e. _在静谧的时光里进入Nancy的世界随她经历种种惊险，用智慧与耐心去破解谜题，领略异域文化的美妙。当然也少不了融入一个英语的语言环境~
像LZ这样细细品味Nancy世界里的一点一滴将会感到无穷的乐趣~
+ s& y( K0 V9 O+ ]$ N. N小弟虽然水平有限，但是也在不断追求这种乐趣~

detectivelyw

我最喜欢的也是Phantom of Venice。感觉情节十分连贯紧凑，而且谜题也一点不变态，这样比较容易有成就感。玩的整个过程都十分快乐~

jobwkg

支持這種帖....有收穫 [s:39]

yinlij

谢谢楼上的几位。
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ssfve

照片真不错

hana_bi

[s:45]
好东西
谢谢分享～