se, throw rocks accurately and hit what they’re aiming at. I’m shaking the dust of this crummy little town off of my feet, and I’m going to see the world! "Crummy" is a sad adjective meaning poor, dirty, or even miserable. Then I’m going home, back to college to see what they know, and then I’m going to build things. This is one of the funnier lines about the value of higher education. I’ll build airfields and skyscrapers that are 100 stories high. The word for very tall office buildings. What did you wish? Do you want the moon? Just say the word, and I’ll throw a lasso around it and pull it down. A "lasso" is a rope tied in a large circle at the end that can be used for pulling cows (or in theory, the moon). Then you could swallow it and it would all dissolve, and the moonbeams would shoot out your fingers and toes. This is George’s way of being poetic. "To dissolve" is to melt into liquid, or break up completely. A "moonbeam" is a ray of moonlight. Why don’t you kiss her instead of talking her to death? "To talk a person to death" is to talk so much that they get bored. Youth is wasted on the wrong people. A classic line, and probably one that many old people agree with! Oh, I give up. Where are you? "To give up" is a key phrasal verb meaning to surrender or stop trying. Gazunteit! A German word that means "bless you," used by some in English after a person sneezes. I’ll call the police. :: They’re way downtown, and they’d be on my side, too. "To be on someone’s side" is to support them against someone else. I’ll make a deal with you, Mary. "To make a deal" is a common way of saying to come to an agreement. George’s trip to Europe is cancelled as a crisis strikes the family, and he soon learns that it’s up to him to save the Building and Loan. George, come on home, your father’s had a stroke. A "stroke" is sudden and severe illness in the brain which can prevent the person from controlling his muscles. That’s all we’ll need you for. I know you’re anxious to make a train. "Anxious" is a important word meaning nervous or worried. I want the Board to know that George gave up his trip to Europe to help straighten things out these past few months. The "Board" is a short way for referring to a company’s Board of Directors. In this case, "to straighten out" a situation is to fix it. The real purpose of this meeting is to appoint a successor to our dear friend, Peter Baily. A "successor" is a person who replaces another who has left or died. I make a motion to dissolve this institution and give its assets and liabilities to the receiver. This is Potter’s way of officially proposing that the Building and Loan be permanently closed down. A "motion" is an official proposal. "Assets" are the things of value
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