iving in institutions that care for the mentally disabled. Still other autistics are what are called "idiot savants," in that they have the ordinary limitations of most autistics, but they also have special mental skills that are reflective of pure genius. For example, in the case of Raymond, he appears to have both the memory and basic math abilities of a computer, not a person. Over the last several years (perhaps in part because of this movie), a growing body of literature on the experience of autism has emerged that you may want to explore. Much of this material is available on the web. Some Words And Expressions that You may not Know Charlie desperately tries to close a key business deal, and then learns of the death of his father. The EPA. The Environmental Protection Agency (An agency of the federal government). A NASA Engineer National Aeronautics and Space Administration (The guys who put the rockets into space). Lamborghini. The type of very expensive Italian sports cars that Charlie buys and sells for a living. A time frame. Term used to describe the amount of time that one has to get something done (In this case, to sell the cars). I'm into him for $200,000. Charlie's slangy way of saying that he has already spent much money working with this car salesmen. I have all my money tied up in these cars. If money is "tied up" in something, it has already been spent on it. If I don't get my money, I am fucked. In this case, a crude and not common way to say "in big trouble." I don't give a shit about your problems. A crude and widely used variation of "I don't care." I have sharks snapping at my heals, and they could have taken my cars and business days ago. Sharks are the vicious big fish that eat everything they can catch, though this can also refer to "loan sharks," who are people who loan money for high interest, often associated with organized crime."To snap" is to try and bite down on, and a "heal" is the bottom part of the foot. Fucking EPA. The whole world is choking on smog and they're going to solve the problem by keeping my cars off the road. Reference to the fact that the EPA will not allow cars to be sold unless it can be proved that they do not cause too much air pollution. If he doesn't get his money by 5:30, he's going to seize the cars. "To seize" is a legal term meaning to take physical possession. Come on, Come on. I need this The greatest and most versatile of all English phrasal verbs, meaning everything from "Be serious" to "Stop it." Here, meaning "hurry up!" Mr. Bateman wants to back out on his cars. "To back out" on a business deal is to decide you no longer want to do it. Tell him the cars just passed EPA emissions and paperwork. "EPA emissions" refers to the smog test that all cars must pass.
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