(In this case, "stop saying those horrible things about him"). You did this! :: I’ll get you, Cleary! A short way of saying "I will punish you for the bad thing you have done to me." You can’t go after a teacher like that here. In this case, "to go after" a teacher is to try and harm them because they did something harmful or disrespectful to you. Good grade. The right college. The right connections. These are the keys to the kingdom. In this context, "connections" are powerful or influential people that can help you find things like a good job or other favors. A very important word and concept. "The keys to the kingdom" is Dillon’s way of referring to the things, like connections, that allow a person to become rich and powerful themselves (A "kingdom" is a nation headed by a king). None of us ever goes off and lives by his wits. "To go off" someplace is to travel there. If you "live by your wits," you survive by your own intelligence and skills, without the help of others, and in theory without a lot of money. I’ve heard of nervous breakdowns before, but I always thought it happened to women at 40 years old. A "nervous breakdown" is a psychological term used to describe a condition in which a person becomes so overwhelmed by life that they are no longer able to function normally. When I was a sophomore, there was a senior, William Whitman...he hung himself in the gym. In universities, the four years of collage are called freshman, sophomore, junior and senior, in that order. If a person "hangs himself," he kills himself by putting a rope around his neck and jumping from a chair, thus breaking his neck. I envy you. "To envy" a person is to want something that they have, such as a lot of money or perhaps a great skill. If you get what you want, you’ll deserve it, and if you don’t, you’ll manage. In this case, "to manage" means to survive or get by. You don’t have to live up to anyone else’s expectations. "To live up to another person’s expectations" is to accomplish something that they believe or expect that you can do. That’s really what draws people to you; It’s not that you’re the cool quarterback. If a person "draws" others to them, they attract or seduce others. "Cool" is a key adjective for young people meaning good or excellent. If my name weren’t Dillon, that would be different. Note the use of the subjunctive tense! Yes, it is still used today! David and Sally grow closer, and Dillon just grows angrier. You don’t smoke? :: I tried it, but it didn’t take. In this case, "to take" means to become attractive or pleasurable. An interesting but fairly rare usage of this verb. On garbage day, we had to haul our own trash to the dump. "To haul" something is to pull it with great effort, us
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