chance. You can't follow me from time to time like The Flying Dutchman. A famous literary character. Herbert, what you cannot do is bluff. "To bluff" means to mislead, or engage in a false display of strength or confidence (A critical verb in card games such as poker). A tall flaxen haired distinguished looking Englishman. A rare word for a gray-yellow color. He died 20 minutes ago. We had him listed as John Doe #6. "John Doe" is the name given in official documents when the name of a person is not known (In this case, for a death certificate). Amy offers to show Wells around San Francisco. Lunch on me. If a meal is "on you," then you agree to pay for it. This is what you had in mine? "This is what you were thinking?." All set? This is a common way to ask people if they are ready. We've had no trouble since the big one in 1906. A reference to the 1906 San Francisco earthquake (Remember that this film was made in 1979, 10 years before the 1989 San Francisco earthquake). Knock (on) wood. A interesting way of saying "I hope the good situation continues." It leveled the whole schabang. A slangy way to say "the whole thing" (In this case, the whole city). We had a bit of a falling out. If two people have a "falling out," they usually have had a serious argument, and thus have stopped communicating with each other. You probably move in different circles. "You probably have different friends." Are you a scientist? Just a hunch. A "hunch" is an excellent word for an intuitive feeling or guess. I have the impression you're cloistered away. To be "cloistered away" is to be secluded, often in a quiet place like a library. I wrote on whatever struck my fancy. A pretty and British way to say "...whatever interested me." Did you think it was forward of me to invite you? Here, "forward" means too assertive, or perhaps lacking restraint. It's not often that a strange man turns me on. A truly great phrasal verb, both semantically and grammatically. If you "turn somebody on," as in the case above, then you have basically excited them, in a sexual sense. But if you "turn on somebody," this means that you have decided to go against, and even physically attack them ("Even though I fed it, the dog turned on me"). Of course, you can always just "turn on a light," or any other appliance or machine. For lovers of English grammar, all of this is "a turn-on" (i.e....like most really cool phrasal verbs, it can function as a noun!). I don't sleep around. Common colloquial phrase meaning "to have sex with lots of people." Dyke. A somewhat crude word for lesbian. I go for months without anyone who does it for me. "...without anyone who excites or interests me." I have to like the guy or it’s a no-go. A
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