Trouble getting used to law in Alabama.

District Attorney of Beechum county.

The prosecuting lawyer for the state.

All rise for the honorable Judge Haller.

The official words used to call people to attention

when a Judge enters a courtroom.

The People of Alabama vs. Gambini and Rothenstein.

The official name of this case.

When you address the court, you will rise.

"The court" refers to the actual judge in the courtroom.

What are you wearing? :: I don't get the question.

"To get" something is a common way to say understand.

Next time you will be lawyerly and wear a suit and tie.

Formal clothes used in business and other official situations.

Shoplifting a can of tuna.

"To shoplift" is to take something from a store without paying for it.

How do your clients plead?

An official legal term: You "plead" either guilty or not guilty.

The procedure involves an arraignment.

A legal term for an official hearing before the actual trial,

in which the state charges the defendants with a crime.

I'm not going to revamp the entire judicial process.

A curious little word meaning to change fundamentally.

You will be in contempt of court.

A legal expression that refers to those

who refuse to obey the orders of the judge.

Bail will be set at $200,000.

Money needed to get the defendant out of jail while waiting for trial.

Bailiff, take Mr. Gambini into custody.

A type of court clerk that assists the judge in a courtroom.

They're going to nuke this guy this weekend.

A very colloquial verb meaning to kill (from "nuclear" bomb).

If you screw up, these boys get fried.

This is a great and very common phrasal verb meaning

to do a bad job, or make a very bad mistake.

I thought I'd take off a couple months.

"To take off" is a common phrasal verb that in this case means

to stop work, though it also commonly means simply to leave.

Carburetor, manifold head, jet.

Unimportant terms that refer to parts of a car.

If you don't fix it, you're fucked.

"If you don’t fix it, you’re going to have lots of trouble."

I didn't want to bounce a check.

A useful expression meaning to write a check without money in

the bank account to cover it. In some states, this itself is a crime!

Vinny goes out to protect Lisa's honor.

I tried hustling the money, but I got stiffed.

In this case, "to hustle" is to get the money by beating people at a game of pool (billiards). "To get stiffed" is to not get paid money that people

owe you.

How about if I justkick your ass?

A very common (but crude) way to say "beat you up."

Oh, a counter-offer!

A legal term meaning "an offer in reaction to an offer"

(used often when people are negotiating).

Over my dead body!

A colloquial and dramatic way to say "No!" when

someone demands something you don't want to do.

What if I were to kick the shit out of you?

"To kick the shit out of" a person is to physically attack or harm them.

In your dreams!

A good colloquial expression which is basically

a way to say "You're not being realistic."

What happened? Rear ended?

If your car is "rear-ended," it is hit in the back (or rear) by another car.

He blew the arraignment!

"To blow" something is a common verb meaning to do it badly,

or to screw it up. "I blew it," is, sadly, a common expression.

Gambinis: They live to argue!

"To live to" do something is a colloquial way to say one loves it.

I twisted it just right.

"To twist" something is to turn it.

This faucet requires 16 foot pounds of torque.

Unimportant words, unless you're an engineer! (Torque is force).

A craftsmen torque wrench, used by NASA engineers.

More unimportant words describing a type of tool (a wrench), but

you should know that NASA is "the National Aeronautics and Space Administration" (the government agency that sends rockets and other satellites into space).

It was calibrated to be dead-on balls accurate.

"To calibrate" is a verb meaning "adjusted precisely." This whole sentence is a very slang way to say "It was designed to be accurate."

An industry term.

This refers to a word or expression used only in a particular industry.

I guess the fucking thing is broken.

Note that "fucking" as an adjective often expresses anger. Very crude.

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