the terror that by-standers won't recover: 无法从恐惧中恢复，即无法摆脱的恐惧
the upshot: 结果
sweet-heart deal: 甜心协议
constantly hamstrung: 一直被妨碍 hamstring:妨碍,使不能正常工作(或行动)，原意是脚筋，引申为割断脚筋，如the project was hamstrung by lack of funds这个计划因缺乏资金而难以实现
let's circle back to that surprising court hearing today: 回到法庭听证
a regular senate ritual interrupted today by 19 seconds of silence: 常规的参议员
the boom of the crane collapsed: 起重机吊杆坠落 boom这里指吊杆
everything is mango like Godzilla takes it and just squishes: 就像被哥斯拉碾碎的芒果 Godzilla哥斯拉是著名怪兽，出自1954年日本同名电影
to douse the flames: 浇灭 又如to douse a fire
despite state troopers yelling at him not to do it: 尽管州警察向他呼喊，不要放狗
but the Feds wants inflation at two percent, and so a quater point hike today: 但联邦储备委员会希望通涨降到2%，所以将利率调高1/4点
microburst blowing through Brooklyn: 微下击暴流(一种强风类型)，另一种叫macroburst，都属于下沉气流(burst)
hopes to break even: 希望能达到收支平衡
it's so hot hey is spontaneously combusting: 天气炎热以致干草自燃 hay: 干草，如谚语make hay while the sun shines抓住机会、趁热打铁
coup by his own security forces: 安全部队发动政变
scenes of empty storefronts: 店面、临街房，就是建在马路街道旁边的商店房屋
sprialing into what headlines are calling a 'doom loop': 卷入媒体所称的"恶运循环" to sprial into卷入
says he needs to be here and wants to see staff in person: 他需要在这经营，因为他想员工在公司工作
brick and mortar business: 实体(店)生意 brick and mortar原指转和砂浆，这里表示实体的，如brick and mortar store: 实体店
because this is where the talent is: 因为这里是人才所在
cerebral valley: 脑谷(模仿硅谷名字) |
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