英文电影宝典——Awakenings

uring summer). That’s a tire. :: I know it’s a tire. I’m not an idiot. A very common word for a stupid person, a fool or a jerk. They’re treating me alike an asshole. :: We’ll take care of that. A vulgar insult word to describe a mean or abusive person. Don’t get me wrong, doc. It’s a nice place, but after the first hour, it loses something. "Don’t get me wrong" is a colloquial way of saying "Don’t misunderstand what I am saying." If a place "loses something" after the first hour or two, it becomes less interesting. The Museum of Natural History? :: No, it’s just a lot of dead stuffed things. A dead animal that is "stuffed" is filled with material to make it look better when it is hung on a wall (To stuff is to fill). Is it legal again? :: Yes, for some time. This conversation is referring to alcohol, which was illegal in the United States from 1919 to 1933! A RobRoy on the rocks. :: Can you make that a virgin RobRoy? If a drink is "on the rocks," it is served with ice (A RobRoy is a type of alcoholic drink, but I had never heard of it). If a drink is "virgin," it is served without alcohol (although normally it does have it). I work the night shift at this diner. At a job, the "night shift" is the hours that are worked at night (perhaps 4PM to midnight). For a moment, I see him like he was, you know, before the stroke. A "stroke" is a cut-off of the blood supply to the brain, which often seriously injures the brain, and makes it difficult for people to speak. I receive medication. Without it, I’m sort of like your father. Another word for medicine. He was granted a divorce from you in 1953. "To grant" is a very official or legal verb meaning to give. My parents are dead, my wife is in an institution, my son has disappeared out West somewhere. I feel old, and I feel swindled! That’s how I feel! An "institution" generally means a large and long-standing organization such as a business or school or church, but in this context, it refers specifically to a hospital for the mentally disturbed. If a person has been "swindled," they have been cheated by others, often in the course of a business deal. He never talked about girls before. Certainly never had anything to do with them. If a person has "nothing to do" with another group of people, they never have any contact with them. What I feel is the joy of life…the wonderment of life! A rarely used but poetic word for wonder, mystery or even beauty. I don’t know if this is depression...or mania. "Mania" is a type of extreme emotional excitement, that is not particularly rational and often lasts only a short time. Leonard struggles to lead a normal life, but soon it becomes apparent to all that the miracle drug has its limits. Look, I’m not a cr

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