ng service doesn’t answer. :: That’s the trouble with answering services A clever line. Before answering machines, wealthy people paid a small company to pick up their phone calls. This is some party. Who are these people, anyway? Note the use of "some" before certain nouns functions as a way of saying amazing, truly interesting or in some cases, disappointing! Who knows? The word gets out. A way of saying that some information spreads quickly between people. Reinforcements. An interesting word that usually refers to added military power in the form of extra soldiers, though here Holly is referring to extra drinks. She’s a model...and a thumping bore, but just look at the goodies she brought with her! "A thumping bore" is a Holly’s way of referring to a boring person (though thumping, which is a muffled pounding sound, is not used). "Goodies" usually refers to little gifts, especially sweets like chocolate, though here Holly is referring to rich men. He’s all right I suppose, if you like dark, handsome, rich looking men with passionate natures and too many teeth. If a person has a "passionate nature," they are intensely interested in life, and perhaps very sexual. Paul is describing what some women may think of as the perfect man. That is a remarkable piece of information to have at your finger tips! "Remarkable" is a useful adjective which means amazing, very interesting or worth noting. If you have information "at your fingertips," it is easily accessible or easily retrieved from memory. I keep track of these things. "To keep track of" something is to watch it move or develop over time. My wires got crossed somewhere. People speak of the brain as having lots of wires, and thus if "your wires get crossed," you become confused or disoriented. You’re not vexed at me for bringing him? :: Of course not. To be "vexed" at a person is to be angry or annoyed at them. Mr. Berman, we haven’t been formally introduced, but I’m Mag Wildwood, from Wildwood, Arkansas. That’s hill country. One way of referring to hilly land that is very rural and isolated. To think I’d find a beau of mine mousing after a piece of cheap Hollywood trash. A "beau" is a never used word for boyfriend (It is a French word for handsome). "To mouse after" a person means to try and seduce or charm them, but this isn’t used. "Cheap Hollywood trash" is Mag’s way of referring to a disgusting actor trying to make a career in film. I’m going to march you over to the zoo and feed you to the yak! An animal that is like an Ox, or a big funny looking cow. Timber! The word to yell when a person (or tree) is about to fall over. "Timber" is also the wood that is produced after a tree is cut down. Doc returns to take Holly home, but she is no longer the person that he wants her to be.
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