find the truth as to the mystery of Professor Schriener and the stolen Rembrandts. This movie is a good comedy, with huge amounts of colloquial vocabulary, some of which is already a bit old-fashioned. It is also a good look at a struggling form of mass transportation in the United States: The long-distance passenger train. Words and Expression that You may not Know George leaves for Chicago, and quickly meets an interesting group of fellow travelers. Where to? A colloquial short cut for "Where are you going to?," or, "Where do you want to go?" Let's get this show on the road! A popular cliché: "Lets get going..." Partition. Something that divides or separates, such as a wall. This latch seems to be stuck. A lock or fastener for a door. All aboard! What is typically said before a train leaves the station. So long, L.A.! The way everyone refers to "Los Angeles" (America's greatest city, and my home town). Lovely, very nice! A more British adjective for pretty or in this case, good. Nevada, The Colorado Rockies, Kansas City, Kansas, The Mississippi River. Places that the train will pass on the way from L.A. to Chicago. (A state, a mountain range, a city and a river; Look at your map!) What racket are you in? :: I'm in vitamins. A very slang way to say job, or perhaps business. ("A racket" often connotes something illegal or unethical). Vitamin E is great for the old pecker. A ridiculous way to refer to penis (birds "peck" at their food). That keeps the pencil sharpened. Another ridiculous thing to say, this time implying that vitamin E keeps men hard during sex. Have you checked out the action? In this case, a colloquial reference to the women on the train. Chickies...hug and munch all the way to Chicago. Never talk like Mr. Sweet!: "Chickies" is his totally silly way to say "chicks," which itself is a very slangy way to say girls or women. "To munch" means to eat with pleasure, though here it probably has a sexual connotation. It's a cathouse on wheels! A "cathouse" is a whorehouse (i.e....house of prostitution). All that motion makes a girl horny. A key word! If a person is horny, they have a strong desire for sex. A shipboard romance. Exactly what it says, though usually referring to romantic encounters on ships, not trains! Can I buy you a drink? The quintessential "opening line" that men use to meet women at bars. Do you go all the way...to Chicago? A very clever play on words: "To go all the way" is high school English meaning to have sexual intercourse. Are you hot? :: Lady, I'm always hot? Here, meaning sexually excited (Rarely used outside a bedroom). Maybe I can cool you down. A good phrasal verb and funny response to a person using "hot" as a sexual adje
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