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| LANGUAGE UNITS
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| 1.
| The sound you have just heard is landing gear locking into place.
| a wheeled structure beneath an aircraft, typically retracted when not in use, which supports the aircraft on the ground
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| 2.
| Come on, let’s get cracking.
| informal to start doing something or going somewhere quickly:
I think we need to get cracking if we're going to catch this train.
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| 3.
| Won’t have too much trouble picking them up in that[car], will you? The girls, the chicks, the teeny boppers.
| chick old-fashioned slang a girl or woman
teeny bopper old-fashioned term teenage girls who often love musicians who specialize in cute looks and stupid love songs
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| 4.
| How are you, track star?
| "Track and field" are sports such as running and long jumping that are popular in schools, and in the Olympics.
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| 5.
| -Plastics.
-Exactly how do you mean?
-There’s a great future in plastics.
| There was a noticeable increase in the fabrication of products and parts from polymers through the 60s and 70s. In 1967, there was a good future in plastics from the standpoint of many companies.
In ordinary household items from the 50s and early 60s, you'll find very little plastic, at least compared to today. What is more, plastic is made from oil.
Obviously, in the film, “plastics” also means everything superficial/false and fake in the American life of the 60’s as demonstrated by the Los Angeles suburbanites and the plastic lives they were all living. Bernie is being advised to invest in that world and he will do all right.
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| 6.
| Captain of the cross country team.
| a race that involves running or skiing across countryside and fields, not on a track, or the sport of doing this
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| 7.
| Do you know how to work a foreign shift? [car]
| = "stick shift" in a car, which allows a driver to change gears, or speed
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| 8.
| Haven’t you ever seen anyone in a slip before?
| a piece of underwear, similar to a thin dress or skirt, that a woman wears under a dress or skirt:
a white silk slip
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| 9.
| Come to the railing.
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| 10.
| Let’s have a nightcap together.
| an alcoholic drink that you have at the end of the evening, just before you go to bed
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| 11.
| Sow a few wild oats. Take things as they come. Have a good time with the girls and so forth.
| If a young man sows his wild oats, he has a period of his life when he does a lot of exciting things and has a lot of sexual relationships.
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| 12.
| You think that’s sound advice?
| sensible and likely to produce the right results:
The book is full of sound advice.
a man of great integrity and sound judgement
a sound investment
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| 13.
| You have yourself a few flings this summer. I bet you’re quite a ladies’ man.
| fling 1. a short and not very serious sexual relationship: They had a brief fling a few years ago.
2. short period of time during which you enjoy yourself without worrying about anything:
He sees this as his final fling before he retires.
a ladies’ man a man who enjoys spending time and flirting with women:
He was a bit of a ladies' man at an early age.
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| 14.
| You look to me like the kind of guy who has to fight them [girls] off.
| to keep someone away, or stop them doing something to you, by fighting or opposing them:
Bodyguards had to fight off the crowds.
The company managed to fight off a takeover attempt.
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| 15.
| Ladies and gentlemen, your attention, please, for this afternoon’s feature attraction.
| a part of something that you notice because it seems important, interesting, or typical:
Air bags are a standard feature in most new cars.
An important feature of Van Gogh's paintings is their bright colours.
Striped tails are a common feature of many animals.
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| 16.
| Let me amend this.
| formal to correct or make small changes to something that is written or spoken:
The law was amended to include women.
The defendant later amended his evidence.
'Steve stole it - or rather borrowed it,' he amended.
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| 17.
| I am a bit nervous. I mean it’s pretty hard to be suave when…
[swɑːv]
| someone who is suave is polite, confident, and relaxed, sometimes in an insincere way:
a suave and sophisticated gentleman
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| 18.
| I would say I’m just drifting. Here – in the pool.
| 1to move slowly on water or in the air:
The rubber raft drifted out to sea.
Smoke drifted up from the jungle ahead of us.
2 to move, change, or do something without any plan or purpose:
I just drifted into teaching, really.
The conversation drifted from one topic to another.
Idly she let her eyes drift over his desk.
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| 19.
| You got me.
| 1. = I don't know the answer to your question. Question: How far is it to the moon? Answer: You got ME! ... or ... I' don't know, you GOT me. 2. = You caught me, or you win. Police: Stop or I'll shoot! Robber: Okay, you GOT me!
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| 20.
| After a few weeks I believe that person would want to take some stock in himself and his situation and start to think about getting off his ass.
| take stock in himself old-fashioned examine or use the skills that he has
*take stock (of something) to think carefully about the things that have happened in a situation in order to decide what to do next:
While in hospital, Jeremy took stock of his life.
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| 21.
| I want you to call her up this time.
| informal especially American English to telephone someone:
He called me up to tell me about it.
I'm going to call up and cancel my subscription.
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| 22.
| I think you two would hit it off real well together.
| informal if two people hit it off, they like each other as soon as they meet:
I knew you'd hit it off with Mike.
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| 23.
| Benjamin, I don’t want to pry into your affairs, but I’d rather you didn’t say anything at all than be dishonest.
| o try to find out details about someone else's private life in an impolite way:
I don't want to pry, but I need to ask you one or two questions.
reporters prying into the affairs of celebrities
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| 24.
| Do you think we could liven it up with a conversation for a change?
| to become more exciting, or to make an event become more exciting:
The party really livened up when Mattie arrived.
Why don't we invite Jane? That'll liven things up!
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| 25.
| I’m too slimy to associate with your daughter.
| 1 covered with slime, or wet and slippery like slime:
slimy mud
2 informal friendly in an unpleasant way that does not seem sincere - used to show disapproval:
a slimy politician
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| 26.
| This is the sickest, most perverted thing that ever happened to me.
| morally wrong:
He derives a perverted pleasure from hurting other people.
the perverted logic of terrorism
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| 27.
| It’s about time you got around to this.
| to find time to do something:
I wanted to see that movie but never got around to it.
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| 28.
| I want you to keep your wits about you tonight.
| wits your ability to think quickly and make the right decisions:
Alone and penniless, I was forced to live on my wits.
keep/have your wits about you = be ready to think quickly and do what is necessary in a difficult situation
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| 29.
| I’ve had this kind of compulsion that I have to be rude.
| a strong and unreasonable desire to do something:
The desire to laugh became a compulsion.
Leith felt an overwhelming compulsion to tell him the truth.
the compulsion to smoke or eat too much
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| 30.
| This whole idea sounds pretty half-baked.
| informal insufficiently thought out; ill-conceived: a half-baked scheme.
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| 31.
| They don’t seem to mind. They’ve been very congenial about it.
| pleasant in a way that makes you feel comfortable and relaxed:
The department provides a congenial atmosphere for research.
Frank was a very congenial colleague.
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| 32.
| Glad to meet you. Swell seeing you.
| American English old-fashioned
very good [= great]: You look swell!
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| 33.
| How could you possibly rape my mother?
| to force (another person) to submit to sex acts, especially sexual intercourse
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| 34.
| I don’t think we’ll have any more of this agitation.
| 1. when you are so anxious, nervous, or upset that you cannot think calmly:
She was in a state of considerable agitation.
2. public argument or action for social or political change
mass agitation for political reform
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| 35.
| I don’t mean to be pushy….
| someone who is pushy does everything they can to get what they want from other people - used in order to show disapproval: a pushy salesman
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| 36.
| Do you have a special grudge against me?
| a feeling of dislike for someone because you cannot forget that they harmed you in the past:
Mr Gillis was not normally a man to bear grudges.
I'm not harbouring some secret grudge against you.
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| 37.
| Do you feel a particularly strong resentment?
| a feeling of anger because something has happened that you think is unfair:
She was filled with deep resentment at being passed over for promotion.
He felt considerable resentment towards Sheila for making him work late.
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| 38.
| Is there something I’ve said that’s caused that contempt? Or just the things I stand for that you despise?
| contempt a feeling that someone or something is not important and deserves no respect:
The report shows utter contempt for women's judgement.
She looked at him with undisguised contempt.
How could she have loved a man who so clearly held her in contempt?
stand for to support particular principles or values:
He wanted his party to stand for human rights.
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| 39.
| Do you want to unclench your fists, please.
| release (a clenched part of the body):
Slowly she unclenched her fist.
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| 40.
| I think I can get you behind bars if you ever look at my daughter again.
| informal in prison:
Her killer was finally put behind bars.
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| 41.
| I don’t want to mince words with you.
| mince to cut food, especially meat, into very small pieces, usually using a machine: minced lamb
Mince the meat up with some onion and garlic.
mince words to soften the effect of one's words:
Tell me what you think, and don't mince your words.
A frank person never minces words.
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| 42.
| You are to get her out of your filthy mind right now.
| 1. covered or smeared with filth; disgustingly dirty
2. obscene.
3. vile; nasty: a filthy traitor
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| 43.
| I think you are scum.
| 1. an unpleasant dirty substance that forms on the surface of water:
a pond covered with green scum
2. informal nasty, unpleasant people:
Scum like that should be locked away!
People like that are the scum of the earth.
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| 44.
| Where’s the Make Out King getting married?
| informal engage in sexual activity:
Teenagers were making out on the couch.
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| 45.
| I’m Reverend Smith.
| a title of respect used before the name of a minister in the Christian church
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| 46.
| You are crazy buck!
| old-fashioned a young man
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