repared ("To stab" a person is to push a knife into them). A "kike" is a dated and racist word for a Jewish person. You gonna keep your focus in the books for the rest of the year? A Person’s focus is what they are concentrating on or thinking about. What do you expect me to say? :: That it’s no big deal? If something is "no big deal," it is not considered important. You’re Methodist. And all the time I didn’t know it. One of the branches of Protestant Christianity (as is Lutheranism). OK, let’s get it out. :: You think all Jews are dirt, right? In this context, to "get it out" is to say exactly what you are thinking about a particular subject. Say it! Jews are dirty, money grubbing!... :: Come off it! Come on! If a person is "money-grubbing," they are always thinking of ways to make money ("To grub" is to dig in the ground, though this verb alone is very rare). "Come off it" is an excellent way of telling a person to stop saying nonsense or bullshit. I was thinking I would get into Harvard. And it’s not all that easy when you come from a podunk public high school. A fun little adjective that means small and unimportant, or more specifically, from a small and unimportant place. I didn’t want anything to mess it up. "To mess up" is to do something in such a way that it turns out badly. I knew the first night I got here, when I heard how McGivern got his hi-fi---"He jewed him down." "Hi-fi" is a old-fashioned word for a stereo or music system (It stood for "high-fidelity"). Your translation was a quantum leap over your previous year’s efforts. In this case, a "quantum leap" is a huge improvement (It is a term in physics that refers to a great change). Grow up, for Christ’s sake. If you tell a person to "grow up," you are telling them to stop acting so childishly. "For Christ’s sake" is an interesting way of expressing\ anger or frustration, but it has no real religious meaning. It’s so hard to find decent help nowadays. In this case, "decent" means good or adequate. This is a sentence that rich or snobby people say when they want to complain that it’s hard to find trustworthy people to be their maids, cooks, babysitters, etc. If you care to step outside, I’ll show you how fast I can move. This is David’s way of saying he will fight, but only outside the building, where a fight won’t effect so many others. Listen man, you need this job as much as I do. A common filler word used to express emotion such as excitement. Come on, Green, don’t blow it! "To blow it" is an excellent colloquial expression meaning to do something in a stupid, bad or destructive way. Cowards! A "coward" is a person who has no bravery or courage. You have no idea what you’ve put me through. In this context, "to put a person through
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