英文电影宝典——Breakfast at Tiffany’s

crazy, but only in French!). It’s useful being top banana in the shock department. If a person is "the top banana" at something, they are the very best at it (This is Holly’s way of saying she likes shocking people, and is very good at doing it). I’m a writer, I guess. A common thing to say when you’re not sure if what you just said before is really true. Ringing affirmative. A poetic way of saying absolutely true. He’s written an awful lot of television stuff, but quel rat. Holly’s French way of saying "what a rat!" For Holly, all the men that she goes out with our unpleasant and awful, like rats. They’re not the kind of stories you can really tell. :: Too dirty? If a story or novel is "dirty," it is filled with lots of sex. They’re dirty, but only incidentally. Mainly, they’re angry, sensitive, intensely felt, and that dirtiest of all dirty words, promising. "Incidentally" is another way of saying by chance, or perhaps "by the way." If a story (or writer) is "promising," they have a lot of potential to be good or great, but they aren’t so great yet. Or so said the Times Book Review, October 1st, 1956. A reference to the book review section of the New York Times. This is kind of a ratty question, but what have you written lately? In this case, "ratty" means rude or shabby, but this is rarely used today. You must do very well. In this context, to "do well" means to make a lot of money. Everybody thought he was dotty, the way he gorged himself on peanut butter. "Dotty" means foolish or crazy, but this is rare today. "To gorge yourself" on food is to eat a lot of it very quickly, like a pig. He wasn’t dotty. Just sweet and vague and terribly slow. "Vague" means unclear, and is rarely used to describe a person, the way Holly does here (A plan or memory is often vague). In this context, if a person is "terribly slow," they are probably a little stupid. If we’re going to be friends, let’s get one thing straight right now! I hate snoops! "To get something straight" is to make it very clear or obvious, so that there is no misunderstanding. A "snoop" is a person who tries to secretly spy on others to see what they are doing or thinking. I may even take a wild boyish fling at writing. A "fling" is usually a brief but often intense period of satisfying one’s own desires. This is Paul’s way of saying he’s going to try and write. Holly has a party, and Paul meets all her rich and beautiful friends. Get yourself stuffed, ha, Polly, baby? Serves you right, big mouth. "Polly" is the typical name of a parrot, the bird which loves to imitate people (Dead animals are often "stuffed" for decoration, but "go stuff yourself" is not really used). "Serves you right" is a common way of telling someone they

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