Phantom of Venice 里面的俚语

yinlij · 发表于 2010-1-2 14:45

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。

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!

talk up
1. To speak in favor of; promote: talked the candidate up; talked up the new product.
2. To speak up in a frank, often insolent manner.

make off with
To snatch or steal: made off with the profits.

suit oneself
To pursue one's own intentions without reference to others

have/keep (one's) fingers crossed
To hope for a successful or advantageous outcome.

on (one's) toes
Ready to act; alert.

to date
Until now: To date, only half of those invited have responded.

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.

take issue
To take an opposing point of view; disagree.

fill in
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.

ring a bell Informal
To arouse an often indistinct memory.

in no time
Almost instantly; immediately.

beat it Slang
To 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.
2. if a person has rough edges, they do not always behave well and politely
I 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?
2. 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!
3. 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.

you bet Informal
Of course; surely.

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

take the stand
to come and sit in the witness box in order to testify The witness was asked to take the stand.

less than
Not at all: He had a less than favorable view of the matter.

pull off Informal
To perform in spite of difficulties or obstacles; bring off: pulled off a last-minute victory.

make hay while the sun shines
to take full advantage of an opportunity

write off
1. 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.

take a fancy to something or someone
start liking, like, want, be fond of, hanker after, have a partiality for Sylvia took quite a fancy to him.

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.
3. 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).

brush up
1. To refresh one's memory.
2. To renew a skill.

out of the blue
1. From an unexpected or unforeseen source: criticism that came out of the blue.
2. At a completely unexpected time: a long-unseen friend who appeared out of the blue.

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detectivelyw · 发表于 2010-1-4 21:35

太棒了！赞LZ~
咱们玩Nancy Drew系列追求的就是这种品味。
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~
小弟虽然水平有限，但是也在不断追求这种乐趣~

detectivelyw · 发表于 2010-1-4 21:38

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 · 发表于 2010-1-5 16:21

支持這種帖....有收穫 [s:39]

yinlij · 发表于 2010-1-6 13:26

谢谢楼上的几位。
今天看到别人贴的从威尼斯回来拍的照片，和游戏里面的很像。

ssfve · 发表于 2010-1-6 20:17

照片真不错

hana_bi · 发表于 2010-1-6 21:42

[s:45]
好东西
谢谢分享～

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