red-eye flight

A red-eye or a red-eye flight is a plane journey during the night. (INFORMAL)


Stoudamire spent some time in the building before moving into his own digs in the city.
digs Lodgings.

A city decorator to the stars wants to give the Knick sensation a plush, custom-made $16,000 couch complete with orange and blue basketball-shaped throw pillows embroidered with Lin’s number, 17.

“Jeremy Lin shouldn’t be sleeping on any old couch. This is no way to treat a rising star with a Harvard degree,” said Richard Harary, 57, a Brooklyn native and rabid Knick fan whose clients include Bill Cosby and Andy Pettitte.

Extremely zealous or enthusiastic; fanatical: a rabid football fan.


And Lin could chow down on his new couch in style, thanks to the Old Homestead Steakhouse in Chelsea, which wants to feed him sizzling cuts on the house.

Cold cuts are thin slices of cooked meat which are served cold. (AM)

But if No. 17 has proven one thing, it’s that talent, brains and perseverance can win, even in the unforgiving world of pro sports.
Providing little or no opportunity to forestall undesired results or mistakes: an unforgiving computer program.

Zachary Kilroy of Manhattan, 26, is equally smitten.
smit|ten /sm'ɪt^ən/
If you are smitten, you find someone so attractive that you are or seem to be in love with them.

phenom   n. Slang

A phenomenon, especially a remarkable or outstanding person.

Coming down the stretch, I know you're going to hit a 3."
a final stage

 He bagged groceries when he wasn't playing ball in junior college.

Cheap Labor

Guy does nothing and has a couple of good weeks and suddenly
 he's the greatest thing since sliced bread.
the best/greatest thing since sliced bread  (humorous)

if someone or something is described as the best thing since sliced bread, people think they are extremely good, often better than they really are

honest mistake

• An  is an unintentional one, one not made with malice aforethought.
• 
  
• The rest is rock and roll history.
• We don't flush No. 1.(上1號不沖馬桶)

2月18日筆記

So much of Anthony’s time as a Knick has been spent without a true point guard at his side. Chauncey Billups was banged up late last season, and Toney Douglas and Iman Shumpert were asked to play out of position this year. Lin has changed everything about not only how the Knicks play, but how they’re perceived.

bang up [bang sb/sth⇔up] phr v
AmE to seriously damage something

Celtics broadcaster and former player Cedric Maxwell is not sold on Lin.

“Now let’s not get crazy, OK,’’ he said on Boston radio. “It’s been [seven] games. That does not make the season. I know that this is a wonderful story ... Call me back in about two months. Because some of the team he’s played against so far have not had dominant point guards.

be sold on (doing) sth

(=think an idea or plan is very good)

2月17日

Melo’s Property Laws might have a bit to do with that apprehension: 
(1) If the ball’s in my hands, it’s mine.
(2) If I can take it from you, it’s mine. 
(3) If I had it a little while ago, it’s mine. 
(4) If it’s mine, it must never appear to be yours. 
(5) If I saw the ball first, it’s mine. 
(6) If you are playing with it and put it down, it becomes mine.
(7) If it’s a broken play, it’s yours.


The once-impecunious Lin can now rest easy--he’ll be pulling down $800,000 this season. He’s also kicked the futon habit, moving into an apartment in Trump Towers in White Plains, a building where the Knicks have previously housed other new hires.
pull sth⇔down
to destroy something or make it stop existing
My old school was pulled down.
pull down sth
to earn a particular amount of money
break/kick a habit (=stop doing something which is bad for you) 
that's all come through in spades in a short period of time, in about 10 days

Noting the differences between them — Yao was born in Shanghai and raised to play basketball, while Lin hails from Northern California and attended Harvard 

Someone who hails from a particular place was born there or lives there. (FORMAL)
Now it's a party: Sarah Palin is ready to raise the roof if you mention Jeremy Lin.
raise the roof Slang

1. To be extremely noisy and boisterous: They raised the roof at the party.

2. To complain loudly and bitterly: 

tip-off

the beginning of a basketball game, when the ball is thrown into the air and two players jump up to try to gain control of it

The connection between the Knicks’ starting guards is on display before every tip-off. The two stand face to face, slap hands, pretend to put on glasses, flip through an imaginary Bible and then point to the heavens. The symbolism is evident: intelligence, faith and a unique fellowship.
ser|en|dipi|tous /s'erend'ɪpɪtəs/
A serendipitous event is one that is not planned but has a good result. 
It instantly became a running gag: that Lin owed his success to Fields’s furniture. Fields even posted a photo of the serendipitous sofa on Twitter.
set tongues (a)wagging

Fig. to cause people to start gossiping

這幾天的片語

in the catbird seat

In a superior or advantageous position.

buzzer beater

In basketball, a buzzer beater is a shot taken just before the game clock of a period expires, when the buzzer sounds.

alley-oop/aliˈuːp/
exclamationused to encourage or draw attention to an acrobatic feat.

alley-oop pass

Basketball a high pass caught by a leaping teammate who tries to dunk the ball before landing.

Without Remorse (Tom Clancy)-1

torched off

egress the area

egress  

the act of leaving a building or place, or the right to do this

The truck driver frowned as the light changed to amber.

oscillate  

formal to keep changing between two extreme amounts or limits

halter

a type of clothing for women that ties behind the neck and across the back, so that the arms and back are not covered

chastised himself for ogling the girl.

ogle

to look at someone in a way that shows you think they are sexually attractive - used in order to show disapproval

lecherous

a lecherous man shows his sexual desire for women in a way that is unpleasant or annoying

cumulonimbus clouds

ennui

formal a feeling of being tired, bored, and unsatisfied with your life

bosun

an officer on a ship whose job is to organize the work and look after the equipment

He extricated himself from her side and moved the blanket to cover her from the morning chill.

extricate

to remove someone from a place in which they are trapped

Kelly was stiff, and did some stretching exercises to get the kinks out,

Pirouette

a dance movement in which the dancer turns very quickly, standing on one toe or the front part of one foot

sortie from their various harbors today in pursuit of rockfish

a short trip, especially to an unfamiliar place

capacious

My crew is racked out

rack out Slang
To go to sleep or get some sleep.

Scruple

a belief about what is right and wrong that prevents you from doing bad things

he can’t drive a boat worth a damn!’

mensch

A person having admirable characteristics, such as fortitude and firmness of purpose

a dumpy woman, short and overweight

someone who is dumpy is fat, short, and unattractive

you measured risk against reward.

A fitting kind of revenge,

Fastidious

very careful about small details in your appearance, work etc

solemnity

the quality of being serious in behaviour or manner

to work up a sweat in the still morning air.

jamming it down

Sarah. Jesus, you’re a pushy broad!’

looking at the mirth in her eyes

literary happiness and laughter

Her ribs were less pronounced.

pronounced  

very great or noticeable

A gun got tossed, and I helped find it.

Environs

A surrounding area, especially of a city.
Surroundings; environment.

ermine coat.

a small animal whose fur is white in winter

He’s really not capable of talking to you with a full deck.

allude to someone 'having a bit missing', 'not all there' 

Feral

feral animals used to live with humans but have become wild

he’d push the envelope a little bit, enough to make them proud of their patient.

I think I canned him down enough

encourage the weak, and browbeat the strong;

to try to make someone do something, especially in a threatening way

it’s outside my field

Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother

Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother

slathering

colic

imperturbable

concierge

indomitable

turn heads

attract a great deal of attention or interest: she turned heads at parties.

railing against her to Jed behind her back.

he’d borne the brunt of the conflict.

the brunt

the worst part or chief impact of a specified thing: education will bear the brunt of the cuts.

Easing up would have been selling Lulu short.

luck out

achieve success or advantage by good luck:

dress rehearsal,

ebullient.

flat out

INFORMAL without hesitation or reservation; unequivocally: in those early days I'd just flat out vote against foreign aid

opprobrium

tossed off

glass of Sauternes. 2 produce something rapidly or without thought or effort:

affably.

hole up

we had pulled the wool over Miss Tanaka’s eyes.

onesies.

remission.

haranguing

played so many games of chicken

a game in which the first person to lose nerve and withdraw from a dangerous situation is the loser.

over-the-top

 the short end of the stick

an outcome in which one has less advantage than others.

always on the short end of the stick

sell someone/something short

fail to recognize or state the true value of: don't sell yourself shortyou've got what it takes.

ease up

relax one's efforts; do something with more moderation: