英文电影宝典——My Cousin Vinny

时间:2008-05-04 11:04:38 来源:英文大吧 作者:
 

of sentences to express emotions like surprise or anger. The laws are medieval down here. Literally "from the middle ages," or in this case, meaning "very severe or strict." Fuck! God damn it! Two very common and crude ways to express anger. You don't have any money for bail! A legal term referring to the money you need to get released from jail while you prepare for a trial after being charged with a serious crime. Get them up! What a policeman screams if he thinks a suspect has a gun in his hands (Note that in rapid speech, "Get them up" ----> "get'em up"). Have you been made aware of your rights? This refers to rights that every person is guaranteed under the United States Constitution, such as the right to say nothing to the police, and the right to have a lawyer. Aiding and abetting. Legal terms for the act of helping a person commit a crime. Accessory?! A legal term for an "assistant to a criminal" (which makes the assistant a criminal himself!) Unless he's convicted...in which case there will be enough electricity going through him to light up Birmingham. To be "convicted" is to be found officially guilty of a crime. The entire sentence refers to the electric chair which is used to execute criminals such as murderers (Birmingham is the biggest city in Alabama). We were going to UCLA. The University of California, Los Angeles (A famous university). I shot the clerk?! :: I'm in the middle of a damn confession here! A "confession" is the act of admitting guilt. They're fucking with us. A crude way of saying "they're trying to harm us" Depending on the context, "fucking" used this way can mean "manipulate, tease, harm, etc..") I'm being booked for being an accessory to shoplifting?! A person who is "booked" is officially charged with a crime. Do you know any great attorneys? Another word for lawyer. Wazoo, Beechum County, Alabama The town, county and State where Bill and Stan are arrested. They're trying to set us up as patsies. "To set up" someone is to make people believe something untrue about them (i.e....that they committed a crime). "A patsy" is a person who is easily blamed for something they didn't do. They're all inbred. They sleep with their sisters. A crude word for people who are the children of incestuous relationships (i.e....whose parents are brother and sister, cousins, etc.). Bill's cousin Vinny arrives from New York to help get them out of prison, but he may not have the experience Bill had hoped for... You stick out like a sore thumb. A good expression meaning "You look very different from everyone else." Cowboy boots? Oh yeah, you blend. A shortened and sarcastic way to say "you blend in" (i.e...."you look like everyone else"). I don't

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