ation. Broadcasting in the blind; How do you read? If a pilot is "broadcasting in the blind," he is making radio contact without being able to see anything outside the plane. "How do you read?" is a pilot’s way of asking "What do you think?" I’ve never been out of comm this long. A pilot’s slangy way of saying communication. Buckle up, Chuck. It’s gonna get bumpy. "To buckle up" is another way of saying to put on a seat belt. If a flight is "bumpy," there is a lot of shaking, or turbulence. We may have to ditch! Mayday, mayday! "To ditch" a plane is to jump out and abandon it. "Mayday" is an official way of screaming for help in an emergency. Chuck, life vest! A "life vest" is a type of padded shirt that people wear in order to be able to float on the water after a ship sinks or plane crashes. Brace for impact! "To brace oneself" is to physically or emotionally prepare for something horrible, in this case a plane crash (the "impact" refers to the moment that the plane crashes into the water). Chuck becomes a castaway, alone with Mr. Wilson... Over here! SOS, please! The letters "SOS," when written out, are the international way of asking for help (Some people say it means "save our souls"). Come on, come on! The most versatile phrasal verb in English, in this case used simply to mean "please." The time to hesitate is through, come on baby, light my fire! "To hesitate" is to wait or pause before taking action (These words are from the song "Light my Fire," by the 1960s rock group The Doors). Meteor shower! It’s a signal fire! A "meteor shower" is a shower of bright lights in the sky caused by falling bits of rock, perhaps from a comet. A "signal fire" is Chuck’s word for the same thing, though this is never used. You gotta love crab; Just in the nick of time. Note that "have got to"----> "gotta" in rapid speech. "Just in the nick of time" is a colloquial way of saying "just in time." Coconut is a natural laxative, too. A "laxative" is a food that causes a person to often go to the bathroom. Things that Gilligan never told us. This is a reference to the 1960s TV show "Gilligans’ Island," which was about seven people who were stuck on a deserted island. 400 miles squared. That’s 160,000 square miles times pi. Two math terms: A number "squared" is that number multiplied by itself. "Pi" is the famous number that refers to the number of times that the radius of a circle will go around the diameter of a circle (3.14…). This tooth is just killing me. If something is "killing you," it is hurting you very much. And just think, I used to avoid going to the dentist like the plague. The "plague" is the black death that killed millions in Europe in the 1300s (People who really want
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