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Read the same dialogue translated into Standard English and compare it with your variant of translation

At school

(dialogue in standard English)

 

Anne joins Peggy, who seems to be in a daze

Anne: You seem really angry. What’s the matter?

Peggy: Just leave me alone, alright?

Anne: Relax! What’s the matter with you, anyway?

Peggy: Sorry. It’s just that I think I failed the final examination and now my parents are going to get all upset. I, uh, couldn’t think of the answer!

Anne: Well. now you’re going to be mad when I tell you who got 100% on it... I forgot her name... the one who always flatters the teacher.

Peggy: Jennifer Davies? You’re ridding! I don’t like her! She’s such a moron! How could she possibly get 100% on it when she’s absent from class all the time?

Anne: She’s the teacher’s favorite student, that’s why. Besides, he’s so casual he permits her to do it. There’s just something about her I don’t like. And you know what? I think she really likes him, too.

Peggy: You’ve go to be joking!

Anne: I’m very serious. Yesterday, before class starts, she walks up to Mr. Edward’s desk and says, «Good morning, Jim».

Peggy: Oh, that makes me sick! She’s totally disgusting!

 

Read the following dialogue in slang and try to guess the meaning of the expressions

At the movies

(dialogue in slang)

Chris and Lisa are seated in the movie theater waiting for Steve to arrive.

 

Chris: I wonder what’s keeping Steve?

Lisa:Oh, I forgot to tell you. He’s not gonna show up. He called just before we took off.

Chris: What kind of line did he hand you this time?

Lisa:Something about his car dying again

Chris: What a bunch of noise. He doesn’t even have a car. He gets around everywhere by bike, I don’t know what he’s trying to pull. The guy’s a total flake.

Lisa:You said it. That’s the last straw. The guy lies like a rug. I dunno why we’ve put up with him for this long. I’m telling you, if run into him tomorrow, I’m reading him the riot act. This time, he blew it big time. Man, I’m gonna have a field day with him.

Chris: Try not to lose your cool too much. One thing’s for sure. It’ll be a cold day in hell before we invite him to the movies again. By the way, do you even know what this movie’s about?

Lisa: All I know is that the critics panned it. They all said the star kept blowing his lines. But you can always count on one thing... if a critic thinks a movie’s a bomb, it’ll be a smash hit.

Use the explanations given below and compile the dialogue in standard English

Vocabulary

 

1) Blow it big time (to) –to make a terrible mistake.

2) Blow one’s lines (to) –to make a mistake while speaking one’s lines from a script.

3) bomb –bad production (theater, television, movies, etc.)

E.g.The show was a real bomb. The show was really bad.

4) Bunch –a lot.

E.g.Thanks a bunch! Thanks a lot!

5) by the way –incidentally.

6) cold day in hell –never.

7) count on (to) –to depend on (someone or something).

8) die (to) –to become inoperable; (lit); to expise, to pass away.



9) field day –a great time; complete self-indulgence.

10) flake –an unreliable person.

11) get around (to) –1.to commute; 2.to go from one sexual partness to the other; 3.to avoid.

12) guy –man

13) hand someone something (to) –to give someone something.

14) keep someone (to) –to detain someone.

E.g.What’s keeping him? What’s detaining him?

15) Last straw –the final act that one can tolerate.

16) lie like a rug (to) –to tell enormous lies.

17) line –1.an excuse; 2.an overused statement used to allure.

18) lose one’s cool (to) – to lose one’s temper;

19) noise – nonsense;

20) pan (to) – to criticize brutally an element of the arts (such as a play, a movie, an actor, etc.)

21) pull something (to) – to succeed at doing something dishonest.

E.g. What’s he trying to pull this time? What dishonest thing is he trying to do this time?

22) put up with (to) – to tolerate (someone or something).

23) read someone the riot act (to) – to reprimand someone.

24) run into someone (to) – to encounter someone unintentionally.

25) show up (to) – to arrive

26) smash hit – a tremendous success

27) take off (to) – to leave

28) «You said it!» – «I agree!»

 


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