hat money! Note that any word can be made into a noun, including "maybe!" I’ve gone over the whole house, even in rooms locked since I lost Laura. In this case, "to go over" a place is to search it very carefully. Where’s that money, you silly stupid old fool!? One of the most dramatic and cruelest sentences that George says in this movie! It means bankruptcy and scandal and prison! "Bankruptcy" is the legal term for when a person declares they do not have enough money to pay all that they owe. Isn’t it wonderful about Harry? I bet I had 50 calls today about the banquet and the parade. "I bet" is a very common way of saying "I’m sure that…" A "banquet" is a formal dinner party, usually in honor of a person. Mom said we can stay up to midnight and sing Christmas carols. Holiday songs that people sing in church and on city streets. Did you have a hectic day? :: Another big red letter day for the Baileys. "Hectic" is a useful adjective meaning extremely busy or stressful. If a business has a "red letter day," it makes a lot of money. Is she running a temperature? :: Just a teensy one: 99.6 degrees. "Teensy" is a child’s word for small or tiny. It’s this old house; We’ll all have pneumonia! A serious disease of the lungs that makes it difficult to breath. Why do we have to live here and stay around this measly, crummy old town? "Measly" means small and unimportant, and "crummy" is poor and dirty, or perhaps worn out. Mrs. Welch, what kind of teacher are you, sending Zuzu home half naked? One way of saying under dressed, or dressed too lightly for the weather. Will you get out and let me handle this? "To handle" a situation is a common way of saying to take care of it. Janie, haven’t you learned that silly tune yet? A "tune" is another word for a song or arrangement of musical notes. George, why must you torture the children? Note that "torture" can be both physical and emotional. My company is short in their accounts and the bank examiner got there today. If a business is "short in their accounts," they do not have enough money to pay what they owe. There’s a man from the D.A.’s office looking for you too. The D.A. is the District Attorney, or the local government prosecutor who is the person who officially charges people with a crime. I’ll pay any bonus on the loan, any interest. In this context, a "bonus" is probably an extra amount of money beyond whatever the interest on the loan is. Could it be there’s a discrepancy in the books? A "discrepancy" is a lack of agreement or official difference, perhaps caused by a mistake in adding up the numbers. No sir, I’ve just misplaced $8,000. "To misplace" is a gentle way of saying to lose. What have you been doing George? Playing the market with the company’s mon
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