. He never mentioned narcotics. These wretched people keep persecuting him. "Wretched" is a powerful adjective that means extremely poor, pitiful and often just useless. "To persecute" a person is to treat them very cruelly, often because of their religious or political beliefs. "Tomato’s Tomato pinched by Cops" [Headline] In this case, a "tomato" is a woman (Holly), and to be pinched by the cops means to be caught by the police (To pinch a person is to hold their skin tightly between your thumb and finger, and cops is a very common slang term for the police). A ridiculous headline! I spoke to my lawyer in New York. I told him to take care of everything, bill me and keep my name "anominous." OJ meant to say "anonymous," which is an important word which means that the identity of a person is unknown. They only got her on $10,000 bail. My lawyer can get her out at 10 in the morning. "Bail" is the money required to get a person out of jail after they have been charged with a crime, but before the actual trial. You bust into that dump she lives in, collect all the junk, go down to jail, get her out and take her to a hotel under a phony name. "To bust into" an apartment is to break into it, often in a manner that is very quick in order to steal something. A "phony name" is a fake or false name that is used to hide one’s true identity. Not that I owe her anything, if you want to get right down to it. "To get right down to it" is a common way of saying "when you really look closely at the situation." Jose decides he can’t be married to Holly, but Paul and the cat soon teach her that there are more important things in life than just a rich husband. I did a little housebreaking why you were away. A rarely used word meaning to enter a house in order to steal something. Did you find that plane ticket? :: We can cash it in. "To cash in" a ticket is to sell it in order to get the cash value. Cash it in, are you kidding? If a person is "kidding," they are joking around or not being serious. You don’t understand. You’re under indictment! If a person is "under indictment" they have been officially charged with a crime, and will have to face a trial. If you jump bail, they’ll throw away the key. "To jump bail" means to flee or escape, often to another state or country, after having paid the bail money. If a person jumps bail and is later caught, they can be sentenced to prison for that alone, even if they’re found innocent of the originally charged crime. The day after tomorrow, I’ll be married to the future President of Brazil and that will give me diplomatic immunity, or something. :: I wouldn’t bet on it. "Diplomatic immunity" is a legal term that prevents diplomats and other state officials from bei
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