It's centered around the local political boss, Enoch "Nucky" Thompson, and how he made sure the city was flowing with liquor.
* center around: to be the main focus of something
ex> The small, medieval village was centered around a castle of the former duke of the region.
He paid them hush money too.
* hush money: a bribe paid to keep someone from talking about sth
ex> The factory owner paid the safety inspector hush money to ignore the major violations at his plant.
Note> hush= to tell someone to be quiet
ex> Hush! You'll wake up the baby.
I'm sure a lot of it was made up out of thin air, but I heard they used a lot of real events and cobbled them together.
* out of thin air: sth that seems to appear out of nowhere
ex> After the drug dealer handed over the cocaine and took the cash, the police appeared out of thin air to arrest him.
* cobble together: to assemble sth from various parts
ex> The monster in the book "Frankenstein" was cobbled together from various cadavers.
Well, for starter we can dine at the Knife and Fork and then go to the Irish Pub, two of Nucky's favorite haunts.
* haunt [hɔ:nt]: a preferred place to spend leisure time
ex> If you want to find Dave, check all the local haunts where musicians hang out.
cf> haunt (v) = to appear habitually as a ghost ex> They say the murdered man haunts the house.
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