"To tap a phone" is to put secret devices in the phone and the telephone wire so that police or others can listen to the conversation. A wounded guard swears he saw Kimball right outside the hospital. Note that "to swear" often means to promise that a statement is true (as well as to use obscene language, such as "fuck"). Get on the horn! Tell them to wait at the South Side of the Viaduct! A very slangy way to say "Get on the phone." A "viaduct" can be a tunnel (as in this case), though its actually a place where an arch carries one road or railroad over another one. What the hell is going on here?! The classic colloquial question when you find yourself in a situation in which you are completely confused. You have got to be kidding me! The standard colloquial statement when someone tells you something that you can't believe. Note that "have got to"----> "gotta" in rapid speech. "To kid" someone is to tease them. We got a gopher. A type of cute rodent or squirrel that is known for digging holes and living underground. Put your hands up. Over your head. Get down! Three things you may want to say if you're pointing a gun at someone and you want them to stop moving (or you could just say "freeze!"). Richard survives a 1,000 foot jump, but after returning to Chicago, a call to his lawyer puts the police right back on his trail. Yeah, boom. Right off of this dam. The word people use to simulate the dramatic sound that is made when something explodes, or in this case, when an object falls 1,000 feet to the ground. Holy shit! One of the truly great (though somewhat crude) colloquial expressions used to express surprise or other emotional excitement. Although it would seem logical, "sacred excrement!" is not used. Get patrolmen upstream and downstream. "Patrolmen" are police. Upstream is a direction opposite the current of a stream or river, while downstream is in the same direction as the current. Are you out of your mind? He's dead! Colloquial and common for "crazy." Do you got a search and rescue team in this county? A "search and rescue team" is made of local volunteers that look for missing people. A "county" is an administrative subdivision of a state. Inspector, I don't think there's anything to find. Term used for a high ranking police officer or detective. That guy is fish food. A colorful way to say that Richard must have died after he jumped into the waterfall. I don't want to tell you how to do your job, but... A very diplomatic way to say "I don't think you know what you're doing," often used by people who are lower in rank than the person they are speaking to do. Need a ride? A critical word, that many advanced ESL learners fail to internalize: The act of being
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