is to do your best to try and succeed. You’re a two-bit pirate and green mailer. Nothing more. "Two pit" is a negative word which means very poor, bad or pitiful. A "pirate" is man who sails the seas, stopping and robbing other ships. A "green mailer" is a person who buys weak companies, often in order to break them up, sell off their assets (property) and destroy them. Not only would you sell your mother to make a deal, you’d send her C.O.D. Cash on Demand. A product sent COD must be paid for by the receiver. I had to sell. The key to the game is capital reserves, and if you don’t have enough, you can’t piss with the big boys. "Capital reserves" is the amount of money that a person or company has which is ready to use for a potential purchase. This is Gekko’s way of saying he didn’t have enough money to compete with Larry. All warfare is based on deception. Sun Tzu. "Deception" is the act of fooling a person into believing something is true which is not. Tzu was a famous Chinese philosopher. If your enemy is superior, evade him, if angry, irritate him, if equally matched, fight, and if not, split and reevaluate. "To evade" a person is to avoid or hide from them, and "to irritate" a person is to greatly bother or annoy them. "To split" is a very slangy way of saying to leave. I want to be surprised. Astonish me, pal. New info. I don’t care where or how you get it, just get it. "To astonish" a person is to greatly surprise them. "Info" is a very common way of meaning information. As the money grows bigger, Ben increases the risks in his search for corporate information. My wife tells me you made a move on Derrian. "To make a move" on a woman is to try and attract or seduce her, so that she will go out with you later. Here’s some inside info for you. The Euroflash GQ type she’s going out with has big bucks, but he’s putting her feet to sleep. A "Euroflash GQ type" is Gekko’s way of referring to a rich man who dresses well (GQ is a fashion magazine). If a person "has big bucks," they are wealthy. Gekko is telling Buddy that this guy is boring to Darien, but "putting her feet to sleep" is never used. This is your wake-up call, pal. Go to work. In this context, a "wake-up call" is a dramatic notice or announcement that makes a person act in some way which will hopefully change their life for the better. What is this, déjà vu? What has it been, a year and a half? A widely used French term which means "already seen," and thus it is used in those situations where you feel that in some strange way you’ve already experienced a situation before. Still seeing that sexy French chick? :: No, she asked me the wrong question. "Chick" is a common but silly slang word for a young woman (The "wrong quest
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