Officer: Wake up, Glimmer Twins. You've got a winner. This guy goes by the name of Victor. His real name is Theodore Allen. His prints were found at the scene by Homicide. He's got a long history of serious mental illness. His parents gave him a very strict Southern Baptist upbringing. But somewhere along the line they fell short. Victor dabbled in drugs, armed robbery and assault, spent some time in prison here a while back for the attempted rape of a minor. But his lawyer saw to it that didn't last long. His lawyer,by the way, is recently the deceased Eli Gould, the Greed murder victim.
Man: Yes sir.
Officer: We're finishing this thing up today ladies and gentlemen. Victor's been out of circulation for a while, but there's still a residence in his name.
Mills: You're not buying all this, are you?
Somerset: Doesn't seem like our guy, does it?
Mills: You tell me.
Somerset: Our killer seems to have more purpose.
Mills: You ever take a bullet?
Somerset: Never in my thirty-four years, knock wood. I've only taken my gun out three times with the intention of using it. Neverpulled the trigger. Not once. You?
Mills: Yeah, but. No, I never, never took, never took a bullet. but I pulled my gun once, shot it once.
Somerset: Really?
Mills: It was my first one of these. We were the Secondary unit. I was pretty shaky going in. I was a rookie then. Anyway we bust open the door looking for this junkie. And the fucker just opened fire on us. One cop got hit in the arm. Christ, what was his name? Spun him like a top. You know, I mean, more like slow motion. I remember riding in that ambulance. Well, he died right there. Right there. Christ, what was his fucking name?
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1. Glimmer Twins
The Glimmer Twins is a nickname given to Mick Jagger and Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones. 这里是警官拿他们两个开玩笑。
2. fall short
这个片语的意思是“fail to satisfy, as of expectations, (通常指品质)低于预料、预期的,缺乏的”,例如:This month we may fall short of our goals. 这个月我们可能无法达到我们的目标。
3. out of circulation
这个短语在这里是指“不参加社交活动的,不参加应酬的”,例如:I've been out of circulation in order to prepare for the TOEFL. 为了准备托福考试,我已经不参加社交活动了。Grandpa has been out of circulation after the stroke. 中风之后,祖父已经不再去应酬了。