n as huge business opportunities. Well, dad snapped up the idea and he is going to build a factory out of Rochester. "To snap up" an idea is to quickly take it in order to use it before others do (Rochester is a big city in Northern New York State). You remember that old tool and machinery works? Tell your father that he could get that for a song. A "tool and machinery works" is a type of factory that made industrial tools. To get something "for a song" is to buy it very cheap. Mary, you’re in on this too. To be "in on" something is to be involved in it. I want you to put every cent you got into our stock, do you hear? Another line from this film that sounds like what millions of people sound like today (especially in Silicon Valley). This is the biggest thing since radio, and I’m letting you in on the ground floor. "The ground floor" is an important term in investing, referring to the possibility of buying stock in a company when it is still cheap and unknown. A good way to get rich. Tell him I’m giving you the chance of a lifetime. A common expression for a truly great or unique opportunity. Annie, were just two old maids now. :: Speak for yourself, Miss B. If someone says something about you while using the pronoun "we, "and you disagree with what is said, these are the words to use! Bert the cop sent this over. A "cop" is a very common slang word for a policeman. Count on it, Mary! I feel like a bootlegger’s wife. "To count on something" is to be able to depend on it happening. A "bootlegger" was a person who produced and sold beer and other alcoholic drinks when it was illegal to do so, in the 1920s. Harry and Mary must cancel their honeymoon, as a banking crisis hits Bedford Falls. I’ve never really seen one, but that has all the earmarks of being a run. An "earmark" is any identifying feature or characteristic. Here, a "run" is short for a bank run, which is the situation where people panic and demand their money from their bank before there is no money left. This is a pickle, George. A funny word to use for a very difficult situation or problem. All I know is that the bank called our loan. When a bank "calls a loan," it demands to get paid back immediately what it has lent out. George, there is a rumor around town that you’ve closed your doors. A "rumor" is gossip or talk on the street, which is often untrue. Police! What for?! :; Well, mobs get pretty ugly sometimes. A "mob" is a loud and often angry or violent group of people, who are often determined to destroy property. I’m going all out to help you in this crisis. "To go all out" for someone is to do all you can to help them. I have just guaranteed the banks sufficient funds… :: He just took over the banks! "Suf
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