"This + guy + proper name" is a common construction when referring to someone you don't know or know little about. You're....the first person I can stand to be with. "I can not stand him" is a very common way of expressing dislike. Here, Ben uses "stand" in the positive to express something close to "I think you're OK," but this is rare. I can make things quite unpleasant. This is an interesting way to threaten somebody. Elaine escapes to Berkeley, but Ben is determined to win her back. When did you talk this over? "To talk over" something is to discuss it. Ben, this whole idea sounds pretty half-baked. An old-fashioned but fun expression used to describe a plan that is seen as silly or stupid, or even sure to fail. To be perfectly honest, she doesn't like me. Another interesting way to say "frankly." I'm just sort of traveling through. "Sort of" is very widely used, and means "somewhat, " or "rather," or, of course, "kind of. " All these expressions allow a speaker to say something is X, even though its really not totally X. I like to know what my boys are up to. To be "up to" something is simply to be doing it. A good question after not having seen a person for a while is "What have you been up to?" You're not one of those agitators? "To agitate" is an interesting verb meaning to move with violence or force, or to excite with words. In the 1960s, Berkeley had many student demonstrations, over issues from free speech to the Vietnam War. One of those outside agitators? When political agitation occurs somewhere, it is common to blame people who are from "outside" that community, whether true or not. I hate that. I won't stand for it. Note that if you won't stand for something, you will not accept it, but if you do stand for something, you embrace it and become a symbol for it. Well, how about this for a coincidence. "An accidental sequence of events that appear to have a causal relationship." A key word worth clarifying in a bilingual dictionary! But you're not enrolled. "Enrolled" is another word for registered. I just sit in. They don't seem to mind. "To sit in" a class is to attend it without actually registering or getting credit for it. A better way to say this is to "audit" it. They've been very congenial about it. An old-fashioned word for agreeable or sympathetic. Maybe we can get together and talk about it. "To get together" is a very common way of saying to meet. He certainly is a good walker. A silly comment from Ben. You can refer to a person as a "a good talker," which is somebody who can express themselves convincingly, but you're not likely to hear "a good walker." And when we got up in the room she starts taking her clothes off. Note how Ben mixes both the "sim
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