an? A common addition to WH questions which shows emotion such as anger or frustration. Communist pope killer! A silly way of insulting Russians (It was believed that the person who tried to kill the Pope in 1981 may have been working for the KGB). There goes the neighborhood. A cliché’ that people will use jokingly whenever they think somebody is about to move into the community who is undesirable or going to cause trouble (It may have also been used more seriously by racists). She’s not the only piece of pasta on the menu, so you got to make a move for something else. This is Lionel’s silly way of telling Vladimir that Lucia is not the only attractive woman in New York, and that he (Vladimir) must try to romantically attract other women. Don’t turn up your nose, honey, it blocks the light. If a person "turns up their nose" at another person, they are looking down on them or acting snobby. The above is a funny way of dealing with those type of people. Hello, sweet thing. A completely ridiculous way for a man to say hi to a woman he doesn’t know. A nice round of applause for Ivanoff. A way of referring to clapping from an audience. Welcome aboard. The words said to a person who has just gotten on a plane, train or bus. Why don’t you sit in on it with us? To "sit in on" a song is to join the band on stage, usually by playing a musical instrument. You didn’t get smoked, man. Lionel’s very slangy way of saying embarrassed or humiliated. Better to know who you are. That way, you know your limits. Vladimir’s way of saying that a person should know what they are capable of doing so that they won’t disappoint themselves. All he said was practice and work on it. "To work on" something is to continually practice until you get it right. You’re full of shit, man. If a person is "full of shit," they are saying lies, nonsense or stupid things (Very slangy and vulgar, but useful). By the way, you are white. You just don’t pick up soul in two or three months. Lionel’s way of suggesting that black people have a natural talent for playing certain types of music that white people take longer to learn. That self-pitying ain’t gonna get you nowhere. If a person has "self-pity," they feel sorry for themselves because of their situation (Correct: "Self-pity won’t get you anywhere"). It gets so bad sometime I don’t think I’ll make it. In this case, "to make it" simply means to survive. It was my misery. I could hold it. I could caress it. "To caress" something is to touch, pet or stroke it gently (usually one caresses a person or cat, and not an emotion!). If that was wonderful, what happens when he hits deep depression? A colloquial way of saying to become psychologically very depressed. Hey, defections a
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