reacting. I always heard the Russians overdid things. "To overreact" to a situation is to react too strongly or too emotionally. In this case, "to overdue things" is to be too emotional, serious or obsessive in life in general. They are juveniles. They do get away with a lot of crap. A "juvenile" is a teenager or young person. "To get away with" something is to be able to do it without getting caught or punished, even though it is illegal or wrong. "Crap" is a vulgar but useful word to describe lies, nonsense or other bullshit, or more literally, junk, trash or animal shit. An apple turnover. A favorite pie dessert served at McDonalds. Do you think you were really better off in Russia? If a person is "better off" elsewhere, their life is easier, more profitable or more enjoyable there. Is it freedom for a woman to spread her legs like that for a magazine? "To spread" your legs is to separate them, the way women do in adult magazines (Of course, you also spread butter on the toast!). No freedom here. If there is, she is an orphan. An orphan is a child without parents. This is Vladimir’s way of saying people in the US have killed the freedom they have been given by behaving so badly (The crime, pornography, materialism, drugs, etc…) New York frightens me. It’s brutal. It’s crazy. If a city "frightens" you, it scares you. "Brutal" is a powerful adjective meaning very cruel, mean or even violent. What are you staring at? :: Take it easy! "To stare at" a person is to look at them for several seconds or longer, without looking elsewhere. "Take it easy" is a popular way of telling a person to calm down if they are too nervous or emotional. He’s telling me to go back to Moscow, turd. Literally, bird shit, though often used as an insult word like jerk or ass. In Moscow, we have to fight for a crumb of freedom. Here, you shit on it. A "crumb" is a very small piece of bread that has fallen off. "To shit on" something is to not appreciate it, or treat it without any respect. He says if I want law and order, I should go back to Moscow and stand in line for bread. Stale bread. "Law and order" is a set phrase to describe a situation where crime is under control and society functions efficiently. If bread is "stale," it is old and not fresh. Firecrackers. Independence Day. Firecrackers are small explosives that make a loud noise, which are set off at holiday celebrations. In the US, Independence Day, which celebrates independence from England, is on the 4th of July. "When in the course of human events, it becomes necessary... This is the poetic opening to the Declaration of Independence. ....We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator...with certain inalienable rights.... Note
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