英文电影宝典——Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner

时间:2008-04-30 11:50:22 来源:英文大吧 作者:
 

5,000. Note that if you write "cash" in the "Pay to the order of" line on a check, that check is considered just like cash. Then remove anything that might subsequently remind me that you had ever been there… "Subsequently" means later in time. …. including the yellow thing with the blue bulbs that you have such an affection for. "Bulbs" are a shortened way of referring to light bulbs. Then take that $5,000 and get permanently lost. "Get lost" is a harsh and very direct way of telling someone to leave. We’re not really the sort of people that you can afford to be associated with. Christina’s way of saying that Hillary would be embarrassed, if she were seen with people whose daughter was involved with a black man. If he had played his cards right, you would never even had met me, but he fell for some girl from Pomona. "To play one’s cards right" is to make the most of an opportunity or situation, in this case concerning a possible romance. "To fall" for somebody is to become greatly attracted to them. That will teach him! A common expression which means that hopefully this person will learn from their stupid mistake. She has a quite ruthless streak. "Ruthless" is a powerful word meaning very cruel or brutal, and if a person has a "ruthless streak," they can on occasion act very cruelly. No, don’t budge, please. "To budge" is to move or to cause to move just a little. If they know what lies in store for them… Another way of saying "what the future will bring…." You’re really thrashing about. "To thrash about" is to greatly struggle, like a fish out of water. It’s amazing to see a broken down phony old liberal come face to face with his principles. A person who is "broken down" is emotionally or physically exhausted, or wiped out. This is Ryan’s way of telling Matt that he is not acting as if he really believed all the talk he has made over the years about the importance of racial equality. I’ve always known that behind that fighting liberal façade there must be some sort of reactionary bigot trying to get out. A "façade" is a face, or perhaps surface. A "reactionary bigot" is generally a politically conservative or right wing racist. Oh, go to hell! You and your group are still preaching hell, aren’t you? "Go to hell" is one of the classic religiously oriented insults, both less common and less vulgar than "fuck you." This is Matt’s reference to the fact that many Christians still talk of heaven and hell after death ("To preach" is to give a religious talk or sermon, usually in a church). Well, I’m off. A very common way of saying "I’m leaving." I may be able to save a few souls before supper. A "soul" is the spiritual or non-physical part of a person that many think survives after d

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