Thanks 盈盈 for coming up this great idea for us to learn authentic oral english language.
I have never watched the TV show "Friends" before. But I heard about it when I first visited my brother in US during Chrismas time many years ago. When there was nothing else to do, my son and his cousins watched the "Friends" in the family room. Once in a while , the teenlagers gave loud laughing.
Unfortunally, I didn't watch the show together with them at that time. One of the reasons was that I didn't understand much and I thought that was a just teenager's show. The other reason was that we -- the adults were either playing Poker ( Looking for Friends) or playing MaJang in the ketchen area .
Guess what? Our laughers were louder than the teenager's.
Now, I finally I have a chance to catch it up.
Following are some some new words and expressons for me.
So does he have a hump? A hump and a hairpiece?
****hump: a rounded protuberance, on the back, as that due to abnormal curvature of the spine in humans, or that normally present in certain animals, as trhe camel or bison. ****hairpiece: a man's wig. a patch of false hair for covering a bald spot.
Why does everyone keep fixating on that? She didn't know, how should I know? ****fixate : to obsessively concentrate one's attention
MONICA: Buzz him in!
****buzz in: to admit someone to a building by activating an electronically controlled door
Ooh, this is a Dear Diary moment.
****an extraordianry circumstance
ROSS: So Rachel, what're you, uh... what're you up to tonight?
****what are you doing?
Well actually thanks, but I think I'm just gonna hang out here tonight..
whatsoever and- I cannot feel my legs.
She always drank it out of the can,
I should have caught on when she started going to the dentist four and five times a week. I mean, how clean can teeth get? ****catch on : to grasp mentally; understand
MONICA: My brother's going through that right now, he's such a mess. How did you get through it?
Welcome back to the world! Grab a spoon!
****Grab a spoon: get back in the game
PAUL: Ever since she walked out on me, I, uh...
****walk out on sb- to suddently leaver sb and end relationship with
JOEY: Congratulations. And while you're on a roll, if you feel like you gotta make like a Western omelette or something... ****on a roll: on a streak of success or intense activity
I can't believe you didn't know it was a line!
****a line: persuasive or flattering talk that is insincere , not true
RACHEL: Are you kidding? I'm trained for nothing! I was laughed out of twelve interviews today. ****laught out of: to causese or oresusure one to leave some place or position by mocking , ridiculing , or laughing at them.
CHANDLER: And yet you're surprisingly upbeat.
Give her a break, it's hard being on your own for the first time.
You gonna crash on the couch? ****crash on the couch: sleep on the couch
You did! Oh.... I always figured you just thought I was Monica's geeky older brother. ****geek: a person regarded as foolish, inept , or clumsy
See ya.... Waitwait, what's the deal
****what happened, is happening, or is going to happen
grab a spoon More like a metaphore than a slang word grab a spoon means that women are like different types of ice-cream and that you should grab a spoon (meaning that you should get back on the game)
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Thanks 盈盈 for coming up this great idea for us to learn authentic oral english language.
I have never watched the TV show "Friends" before. But I heard about it when I first visited my brother in US during Chrismas time many years ago. When there was nothing else to do, my son and his cousins watched the "Friends" in the family room. Once in a while , the teenlagers gave loud laughing.
Unfortunally, I didn't watch the show together with them at that time. One of the reasons was that I didn't understand much and I thought that was a just teenager's show. The other reason was that we -- the adults were either playing Poker ( Looking for Friends) or playing MaJang in the ketchen area .
Guess what? Our laughers were louder than the teenager's.
Now, I finally I have a chance to catch it up.
Following are some some new words and expressons for me.
So does he have a hump? A hump and a hairpiece?
****hump: a rounded protuberance, on the back, as that due to abnormal curvature of the spine in humans, or that normally present in certain animals, as trhe camel or bison.
****hairpiece: a man's wig. a patch of false hair for covering a bald spot.
Why does everyone keep fixating on that? She didn't know, how should I know?
****fixate : to obsessively concentrate one's attention
MONICA: Buzz him in!
****buzz in: to admit someone to a building by activating an electronically controlled door
Ooh, this is a Dear Diary moment.
****an extraordianry circumstance
ROSS: So Rachel, what're you, uh... what're you up to tonight?
****what are you doing?
Well actually thanks, but I think I'm just gonna hang out here tonight..
whatsoever and- I cannot feel my legs.
She always drank it out of the can,
I should have caught on when she started going to the dentist four and five
times a week. I mean, how clean can teeth get?
****catch on : to grasp mentally; understand
MONICA: My brother's going through that right now, he's such a
mess. How did you get through it?
Welcome back to the world! Grab a spoon!
****Grab a spoon: get back in the game
PAUL: Ever since she walked out on me, I, uh...
****walk out on sb- to suddently leaver sb and end relationship with
JOEY: Congratulations. And while you're on a roll, if you feel
like you gotta make like a Western omelette or something...
****on a roll: on a streak of success or intense activity
I can't believe you didn't know it was a line!
****a line: persuasive or flattering talk that is insincere , not true
RACHEL: Are you kidding? I'm trained for nothing! I was laughed out of twelve interviews today.
****laught out of: to causese or oresusure one to leave some place or position by mocking , ridiculing , or laughing at them.
CHANDLER: And yet you're surprisingly upbeat.
Give her a break, it's hard being on your own for the first time.
You gonna crash on the couch?
****crash on the couch: sleep on the couch
You did! Oh.... I always figured you just thought I was Monica's geeky older brother.
****geek: a person regarded as foolish, inept , or clumsy
See ya.... Waitwait, what's the deal
****what happened, is happening, or is going to happen
BTW, "Grab a spoon" means get back in the game only in that show-specific context.
grab a spoon More like a metaphore than a slang word grab a spoon means that women are like different types of ice-cream and that you should grab a spoon (meaning that you should get back on the game)
就是“（取把勺子）试试（某食物etc)"，简言之- -试试新事物， 不是get back in the game (至少这是不同的game）