海外ドラマ英語学習 "The Good Place" Season1 Episode3

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housewarming: 新築祝いの

Hump day! 水曜日。折り返し。つらい一週間の山場。

Not if I see you first. （→わかりやすく解説してくれてるサイト）

And now I'm complementing her. And kind of turned on.

（引用: https://study-z.net/6209）

The point is, she straight up sucks, bro.

straight up: 本当に

Bring us a faulty plant so she can brag about being a better gardener.

faulty[/ˈfɔːlti $ ˈfɒːlti/]: 不完全な

brag[/bræɡ/]: 偉そうに自慢する

when you're mean to her, it starts to wilt.

wilt[/wɪlt/]: 枯れる、しおれる

phony = phoney [/ˈfəʊni $ ˈfoʊ-/]: fake

skim off the top: （他人の金・利益などの一部を）くすねる

I was a model, a museum curator, an "It Girl," and ...

curator[/kjʊˈreɪtə $ -ər/]: （博物館・図書館などの）館長

it girl: セクシーな女性、魅力的な女性

rock bottom: どん底

Couture just doesn't fit my body. 

couture[/kuːˈtjʊə $ -ˈtʊr/]: the design and production of expensive and fashionable clothes, or the clothes themselves

I'm cursed with ample bosom.

ample bosom: 豊かな胸

And yet you soldier on.

soldier on A: Aに負けずに頑張る 

scorpion[/ˈskɔːpiən $ -ɔːr-/]: サソリ

I steered her away from colloquialisms and into "fun facts" and "trivia tidbits."

steer A away from B: AをBから遠ざける

steer[/stɪə $ stɪr/]: 舵を切る

colloquialism[/kəˈləʊkwiəlɪzəm $ -ˈloʊ-/]: an expression or word used in informal conversation

tidbit[/ˈtɪdˌbɪt/]: とっておきのおもしろい話

I thought it'd be more in her wheelhouse.

in one's wheelhouse: （その人の）得意な分野である、適性がある

she seems to have slipped right into overt sexuality.

slip into A: Aに着替える

overt sexuality: あからさまな性的アピール

cutie-pants: （無邪気で）かわいらしい人

= cutie-pie: カワイ子ちゃん

it's so convoluted

convoluted[/ˈkɒnvəluːtɪd $ ˈkɑːn-/]: complicated and difficult to understand

It has been proven by an infallible formula.

infallible[/ɪnˈfæləbəl/]: always right and never making mistakes

Turns out two of the players have DUIs.

DUI = driving under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs

So if spending eternity getting blunt feedback on your circular, rambling ideas will make you happy, ...

blunt[/blʌnt/]: speaking in an honest way even if this upsets people

rambling[/ˈræmblɪŋ/]: rambling speech or writing is very long and does not seem to have any clear organization or purpose