英文电影宝典——Clerks

g to the expression of grief or sadness. I'm stuck in this pit, with slave wages, dealing with the most backward people on the planet. A "pit" is a hole in the ground, often used to mean a disgusting place. "Slave wages" generally means very low pay or salary. In this context, people who are "backwards" are uneducated, stupid or pathetic. I'd like to stew a bit "To stew" is an interesting little verb meaning to think and reflect and perhaps to get angry about what one is thinking.! You should shit or get off the pot. A common and crude expression meaning "Decide what you want to do and then go out and do it." The pathetic microcosm that is your life. "Pathetic" is a great word meaning worthy of pity, or truly very bad. A "microcosm" is a small biological system representative of a much bigger biological system. Veronica is convenient and low maintenance. Great slang: A "low-maintenance" girlfriend is one that is emotionally stable and easy to be with. The opposite is a "high-maintenance" girlfriend, which is one that requires a lot of care. Melodrama from you is as normal as an oral bowel movement. A clever line: "Melodrama" is exaggerated emotion (which is common in movies). A "bowel movement" is the medical term for excrement (shit) and obviously has nothing to do with a mouth! Jesus H. Christ Note the middle initial that people occasionally add when saying "Jesus Christ," to express anger or other emotion. Juxtaposition. A useful word meaning the contrast or difference between two things. You don't have the guts to force change. Guts are intestines, but colloquially it means courage. Do you smoke weed, drink beers, get high? "Weed" is a dated word for marijuana. "To get high" is a common alternative to becoming "stoned" or inebriated on illegal drugs. I heard he was jerking off. "To jerk off" is to masturbate. Knock it off! That used to be my girlfriend. A great expression that simply means "stop it!" Randal tells Veronica that Dante is going back to Caitlin. It isn't true, but Veronica believes him, and thus Dante's day goes from bad to worse... The latent homosexual part. That's my theory. "Latent" is an educated word that means existing in the present, but developing later. "Latent homosexuality" is the idea that people may be gay very early in life, but only realize it years later. Why did you pussyfoot around my back? "To pussyfoot" around someone means to do something secretly, without telling them. Why did you pull that shit? "Why did you do that?" Crude, but not uncommon. You dumped me for her? "To dump" someone is to break up with them, or to stop going out with them. A slangy but useful verb. Catharsis. An emotional or religious p

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