han the US. Mrs. Drayton meets John, and soon find herself in shock. I take it Joanna’s already busted out with the big news? In this case, "to bust out" with the big news is to reveal and talk about it in a quick and excited manner. She’s only known me for 10 days and so she can’t tell you when I’m blushing. "To blush" is to become red in the cheeks from embarrassment (It’s obviously harder to see when a black person is blushing). I hope you won’t think it presumptuous if I say that you ought to sit down before you fall down. If someone is "presumptuous," they are being too forward, confident or even arrogant. He thinks you’re gonna faint because he’s a Negro. "To faint" is to lose consciousness, often because of emotional shock. "Negro" is the very dated word for a black person, which quickly died out in the years immediately following the release of this movie (Note that in rapid speech, "going to"----->"gonna"). It would be all right if I say "My goodness," wouldn’t it? "My goodness" is a conservative way of expressing surprise or other emotion. What did they say when you told them that I wasn’t a colored girl? "Colored," like "Negro," is a very dated way to refer to black people. After all, a lot of people will think were a shocking pair. Note that a "pair" can refer to two of anything, from socks to people. John was invited to lecture at Hawaii University and we met at this big party at the Dean’s. The "dean" of a University is the person at the top who manages it. That’s marvelous. Another good alternative to wonderful, great or fantastic. And that’s the whole situation, in a nutshell. To tell about something "in a nutshell" is to give a summary, with just the most important details. I told him 97 times it wouldn’t make the slightest bit of difference to you or dad. If something "doesn’t make a difference," it’s unimportant. I told her not to spring all this on you so suddenly. In this case, to "spring this on" a person is to tell them all at once, without giving them time to absorb the news. You could give her half an hour to get adjusted. In this case, "to get adjusted" means to get used to the idea of Joanna being with a black man. All hell’s done broke loose. Tillie’s way of saying "All hell has broken loose," or that there is now lots of trouble in the house. Is the waste disposal out again? A "waste disposal," more commonly called the garbage disposal, is a device in kitchen sinks that dissolves food so that it can be washed down the kitchen pipes. If a machine is "out," it’s not working. Mr. Drayton meets John, and soon finds himself emotionally overwhelmed. Doctor, where are you practicing? Note that a doctor "practices" medicine, just like a
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