here Max uses it to mean just an interest or goal. My little visit was a gesture made out of your stature in this industry. A "gesture" is an act taken to show one’s true feelings. "Stature" is a good word meaning reputation or esteem, usually used in a positive sense, and achieved from many years of hard work. I was in the audience, and I had a terrible school girl crush on you… To have a "crush on" someone is to secretly like them very much. Son of a bitch; I got a feeling I’m being made. Max’s way of saying he feels he’s being sexually used by Diana. I don’t do anything on my first date. The type of thing an innocent girl would say to a boy when they go out for the first time, so that they boy would not try to do anything sexual. I had six years of analysis and pretended to be sane. In this context, "analysis" is psychological counseling, and "sane" means emotionally stable, or the opposite of insane or crazy. My husband ran off with his boyfriend and I had an affair with my analyst, who told me I was the worst lay he ever had. "To get laid" is crude but common slang, meaning to have sex, and thus to be a "bad lay" is to be bad at having sex! I apparently have a masculine temperament, I arouse quickly, consummate prematurely, and can’t wait to get my clothes on and get out of that bedroom. A classic line from Diana; "Temperament" is one’s way of acting or thinking, and in this context, "to arouse" is to get sexually excited, while "to consummate" is to climax or have an orgasm. I seem to be inept at everything except my work. "Inept" is a useful word meaning incompetent, unable or bad. Middle aged man reaffirming his middle aged manhood and a terrified young woman with a father complex. What sort of script can we make out of this? "A father complex" is a psychological term for a girl who is obsessed with her father. A "script" is the written story for a movie, and a key word in this film, since Diana is obsessed with possible TV scripts. What about your loves, lusts and allegiances? "Lusts" are sexual attractions, and "allegiances" are people a person is loyal to. Note that these words are usually not used as plural nouns. Max and Hackett fight over the future of the news division, and soon Howard tells America that they must become angry. I’m killing this whole screwball angry prophet thing. Another word for silly, foolish or completely ridiculous. He’s sharp……..and he had everybody cracking up at the meeting. If someone is "sharp," they are thinking logically and clearly. "To crack up" is a good phrasal verb meaning to laugh out loud (though it can also mean to go crazy or have a nervous breakdown). Last night I was awakened from a fitful sleep by a shrill, sibilant faceless voice. A "fitful" sleep is restless
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