m gonna do that, I might as well get paid for it. "To figure" is a common way of saying to think or believe. "Might as well" is another way of saying should. Uptown? South Bronx? Harlem? Three areas of New York city. South Bronx and Harlem are poor African-American areas. Chauffeur’s license. In this case, a license to drive a taxi. A "chauffeur" is usually a driver of cars for wealthy people. How’s your driving record? :: It’s real clean, like my conscience. If a person’s driving record is "clean," they haven’t had any accidents or driving tickets. A person’s "conscience" is their ability to see what is right and wrong, and if it is clean, they have no guilty feelings. Military Record? :: Honorable discharge, May 1973. An "honorable discharge" is an official statement by the military that a person is leaving them in good standing, or with excellence or dignity. Were you in the army? Marines. A branch of the military that is best known for fighting on beaches. Are you moonlighting? "To moonlight" is to work an extra job at night, in addition to a regular day job. Fill out these forms and check back tomorrow when the shift breaks. A "shift" refers to the specific hours that a group of people normally work (The "night shift" might be from 12 midnight to 8am). The time when the shift breaks is the time one group takes over for another. It’s a long hustle, but it keeps me real busy. This is now a rare noun, but the verb "to hustle" means to work hard and often very quickly. I can take in 350 a week, sometimes more when I do it off the meter. If a taxi driver earns money "off the meter," he doesn’t report it to the taxi company but keeps it for himself. The meter is the machine in the taxi that tells passengers how much they owe. All the animals come out at night. Whores...queers, fairies, dopers, junkies. This is from a longer list of generally crude names, but these words are at least worth recognizing: A "whore" is a prostitute, a "queer" and a "fairy" are negative words for a homosexual, a "doper" is a person who uses lots of illegal drugs, and a "junkie" is a drug addict. Sick, venal. "Venal" is an educated word for a person who will do anything for money, or a person without any honor or integrity. Someday a real rain will come wash all of this scum off the streets. "Scum" is the filth that is found in between the tiles of a dirty shower, but it is often used to refer to disgusting, immoral or horrible people. Some won’t even take spooks. Don’t make no difference to me. A dated racist word that refers to black people. Each night when I return the cab, I have to clean the cum off the back seat. A slang word for a man’s semen or sperm. What’s your name? :: Give me a break! An excellen
责任编辑:yechenglu
