ak him. "To rat" on a person is to tell their secrets to somebody else (though it’s never used as a noun, as Lonnegan does here). In this context, a gangster’s "operation" refers to the illegal business they run and the mobsters who help him run it, and "to break" a person is to destroy or at least severely hurt them. We’re pulling in. If a train or bus "pulls in" to a station, it is in the process of arriving. I’m giving you a lift home. "A lift" is the act of being driven in a car. I know his organization backwards and forwards and I need someone respectable, but not completely legit. To know something "backwards and forwards" is to know or understand it very well, or in great detail. If a person is "legit," they can be trusted and are who they claim to be (though here it’s used more in the sense of a good member of society). I keep his books. He trusts me. "To keep the books" in a business is to take care of the financial records, or accounting. I’m going to have to keep you away from this guy; You’re liable to get ideas. If a person is "liable to" do something, they are likely to do it (Lonnegan is worried Floyd will get the same ideas Hooker’s had). "The big con" moves forward as Lonnegan sees the horse racing fraud in action, while Hooker himself keeps just one step ahead of Snyder. What about Lonnegan? :: I gave him the breakdown, just like you said. A "breakdown" of a story is a detailed summary of the facts. He threatened to kill me. :: If they don’t do that, you’re not getting to him. "To threaten" a person is to warn that you may hurt them. In this context, "to get to" a person is to emotionally upset them. Somebody must have wised him up. Here, "to wise up" a person is to tell them some important information (If a person is wise, they show good sense or judgement). Put Salino on to it. :: Why waste our best people on a small-time job? "To put a person on a job" is to have them take care of it. This is a nickel and dime grifter were after. If a grifter or con man is "nickel and dime," he is a small-time and unimportant criminal (A nickel is five cents, and a dime is 10 cents). He won’t be coming in; Not to be getting bounced off a job, anyway. If a person is "bounced off," a job, they are removed or taken away from it (A ball that bounces off a wall springs or moves back from it). If Cole wants to muscle in, that’s his business, but he’s breaking the rules and Salino won’t like it. "To muscle in" on a Mafia operation is to try and take it over. Those odds on the 3rd race are wrong. The "odds" in a horse race refers to the amount of money you will win if the horse you bet on wins (3-1, 7-2, etc). All you have to do is take this two grand across the street to Shaw’s place and bet it on tha
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