" a situation is to make them suffer or experience great stress or anxiety. She’s going on and on, saying how my grandmother would turn over in her grave. If a person "goes on and on" about a subject, she continues to talk about it for a long time. When you say a person "would turn over in her grave," you’re saying that even though she is dead and buried, she would be so upset by some news, she would still become upset if she found out. A curious expression, in this case implying that Sally’s grandmother was very anti-Semitic. My friends, they just keep pestering me and all they can say is "What’s it like to kiss a Jew?" "To pester" a person is to continue to bother and annoy them, like a bee that won’t go away. "Does his nose get in the way?" :: Nice friends. If something "gets in the way," it prevents you from moving forward or getting what you want. Note that anti-Semitic people love to claim that all Jews have big noses. You’re not the first Jewish boy I ever met. You’re just the first one who ever denied it. "To deny" something is to claim it isn’t true (Of course, David never denied his Judaism---he just never spoke about it). Dillon throws both David and his class into crisis. Please sign your reaffirmation of your honor code in the place provided. A "reaffirmation" is a second or follow-up promise to act in a certain way. "To provide" something means to give it, or to supply it. This test will comprise 30% of your final grade. "To comprise" means to be made up of, or to include. My, my, Mr. Conners, you usually don’t have this much to communicate. :: You were bound to ask the right questions sooner or later, Sir. "My, my" is a gentle way of expressing emotion such as surprise or disbelief. If a person is "bound to" do something, it is extremely likely that they will do it. Dismissed, gentleman. One way a teacher tells students that the class is over and they are free to go ("To dismiss" literally means to allow to leave, or to remove). What’s with Rip? :: He must have gone down in flames. If a person asks "What’s with…" a particular person, they are asking what’s wrong with them, or why they are acting so strangely. "To go down in flames’ is a slangy way of saying to completely fail, or to do something very badly. Sure, and guess who aced it, right? "To ace" a test is to get an A on it. Conners, you jerk! An excellent word for an idiot, ass, bastard, etc. (The connotation can be either stupid or obnoxious and abusive). Be seated, gentleman. I regret to announce that someone in this class cheated on yesterday’s exam. "To regret" something is to feel badly about it. Everyone signed the honor code. Therefore, we have a rather bleak situation confronting us. "Bleak" is a sad little adjective meaning
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