though much romanticized in the film as an alternative to the uncaring and powerful banks, it looks a little like a modern Savings and Loan, which today are very similar to banks. Captain Cook, where are you heading? "To head" someplace is simply to go in that direction (Captain Cook was a famous 18th century British explorer). I got to see pop. "Pop" is a common slang word for dad. Note that in rapid speech, the "have" is dropped from "have got to" (meaning "must"). Bank Examiner. A bank examiner is an official of the government that makes sure that the bank’s records are in order, and that they don’t lend out more money than they can do so safely. Just 30 short days, Mr. Potter. I’ll dig up that $5000 somehow. "To dig up" money is to find it by looking for it in any possible place. Have you put any pressure on these people of yours to pay their mortgages? An important word in business, and for all people trying to buy a house! A "mortgage" is the loan one gets from a bank in order to buy the house, with the understanding that the bank can take it back if the buyer can not make his mortgage payments. A lot of these people are out of work! :: Then foreclose! When a bank "forecloses" on a house, it forces the owner to leave if he can no longer make their loan payments. A powerful and hated verb! Are you running a business or a charity ward? An organization to help poor people feed and shelter themselves. What makes you so hard-skulled? An old expression for a person who is stubborn or mean. I suppose I should give it to miserable failures like you and that idiot brother of yours. In this context, "miserable" means pathetic, or somebody who is pitiful, though it usually means somebody who is very unhappy. An "idiot" is a common insult meaning stupid, and is both a noun and adjective. Where’s Mrs. Blaine’s box of capsules? What kind of tricks are you playing? In this context, "tricks" refers to actions that involve lies, cheating or types of manipulation. Why didn’t you deliver them right away? The most common way of saying immediately. You’re hurting my sore ear. If a body part is "sore," it hurts because it has been injured or overworked. I won’t tell a soul or hope to die, I won’t! A "soul" is the spiritual or non-physical part of a person, though here it just means a single individual. This is George’s way of promising Mr. Gower that he won’t tell anyone that he (Gower) accidentally gave his patients poison. George grows into a young man and prepares to see the world. An overnight bag, genuine English cowhide…fitted up with brushes, combs… "Genuine English cowhide" is what we would probably call today real (English) leather. If a bag is "fitted up" with brushes, it includes them. George Baily? You
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