Polk’s way of telling Hooker that if he tries to escape, they’ll shoot him immediately (To be "on the lam" is to escape from the law). You’re not saying much. :: I just got the jump, that’s all. In this case, Hooker’s way of saying he is impatient to start the con. Chicago was a rigged town. The fix was in, and the dicks took their end without a beef. If a town is "rigged," the police and politicians are corrupt and paid off by the Mafia. In this context, a "fix" is a bribe or pay-off and "dicks" are the police. If a person "doesn’t have a beef," they have no complaints. Nothing’s going to make up for Luther. Revenge is for suckers. If something "makes up for" the death of a person, it at least makes it easier to deal with that death, or more specifically, it compensates for it. "Revenge" is the act of doing something bad to somebody who has done something bad to you. A "sucker" is a slang word for a person who is easily fooled, or more generally, a loser. Why are you doing it? :: It seems worthwhile, doesn’t it? If something is "worthwhile" it is worth the cost in money, time, effort or anything else. I was wondering if you might want to come out for a while. Maybe have a drink or something. :: You move right along, don’t you? "I was wondering if" is the safest way to begin a request when you want to ask out a person for a date. "To move right along" is to act quickly. Come on, Henry. :: Knock off. A fairly rare way of telling a person to go to sleep. Everything’s all set. They’ll be a guy or two at the door, but nobody’s carrying any heaters , so you shouldn’t have any trouble. If everything in a plan is "set," it is prepared and ready (Here, "heaters" is a slang word for guns, but this is not used). Hooker escapes one last time and Lonnegan walks into Gondorff’s trap... Lonnegan’s people set her up in the diner. If a person has been "set up" at a place, she has been assisted in getting settled there by others. A "diner" is a casual restaurant with a counter. Gondorff asked me to look after you. "To look after" a person is to watch them over a period of time, to make sure that they are OK. Get him out of there fast, before the reporters show up. A widely used phrasal verb meaning to arrive or appear. I don’t want any big shots around to mess this up for me. A "big shot" is a person who is important, or at least thinks they are. "To mess up" something is to hurt, damage or destroy it. Place it on Lucky Dan, 3rd race, at Riverside park. Note the ambiguity!: "To place" a bet is to make it, but if you bet on a horse "to place," you are betting that it will finish just 3rd or better. Not only are you a cheat, you’re a gutless cheat as well. Although it’s usually a verb, note that a person
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