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TRUMAN: Maybe I'm being
set up for something. You ever feel like that, Marlon? Like your whole life has been building to something?
MARLON: A coincidence. Haven't you ever heard of a coincidence?
TRUMAN: I'm a walking coincidence. I can't count them. No, something's happening, Marlon. I've got to get to the bottom of it.
MARLON: Of what? Why're you doing this to yourself?
TRUMAN: I'm scared, Marlon. I'm as scared as hell. But I've never felt more alive. It's just like she said.
MARLON: Who?
TRUMAN: It doesn't matter. She was too beautiful for here.
TRUMAN: Can you lend me some money? A hundred bucks.
MARLON: All I got on me is the takings from the machines. Why do you need it?
TRUMAN: I'm going away for a while.
MARLON: A coincidence. Haven't you ever heard of a coincidence?
TRUMAN: I'm a walking coincidence. I can't count them. No, something's happening, Marlon. I've got to get to the bottom of it.
MARLON: Of what? Why're you doing this to yourself?
TRUMAN: I'm scared, Marlon. I'm as scared as hell. But I've never felt more alive. It's just like she said.
MARLON: Who?
TRUMAN: It doesn't matter. She was too beautiful for here.
TRUMAN: Can you lend me some money? A hundred bucks.
MARLON: All I got on me is the takings from the machines. Why do you need it?
TRUMAN: I'm going away for a while.
| to set somebody up for something | preparar todo para que le pase algo a alguien. Aquí se usa en forma pasiva, indicando 'me están preparando todo esto por algo'. |
| to get to the bottom of something | llegar hasta el fondo de la cuestión |
| as scared as hell | literalmente, asustado como el infierno. Es una forma de decir 'realmente muy asustado'. |
| to lend | prestar. No debe confundirse con to borrow que significa tomar prestado. |
| all I got on me | todo lo que tengo encima |
| takings | dinero acumulado |
| to go away | escaparse |
| for a while | por un tiempo |
TRUMAN: I want to
book a flight to Australia.AGENT: Where exactly?
TRUMAN: Australia.
AGENT: Where in Australia? What city?
TRUMAN: Sorry, Sydney. Sydney, Australia. That's right.
AGENT: For how many?
TRUMAN: One.
AGENT: When do you want to leave, remembering, of course, that you do lose a day on the way there?
TRUMAN: Today.
AGENT: I'm sorry. I don't have anything for a week.
TRUMAN: A week?
AGENT: It's the busy season.
TRUMAN: Are you sure you're not trying to keep me here? You are a travel agent, aren't you? Your job is to help people travel, not keep them where they are. Or maybe you're a different kind of agent, Doris?
AGENT: I do have a fabulous rate on a cruise ship departing for Australia tomorrow. But you wouldn't want to do that.
TRUMAN: Why wouldn't I?
AGENT: I thought you were in a hurry.
TRUMAN: That's right.
| to book a flight to somewhere | reservar un vuelo a algún lugar. Notar el uso de la preposición to. |
| you do lose | usted sí que pierde. El auxiliar do se usa para enfatizar. |
| on the way | en el camino. Notar la diferencia con in the way = en el camino, pero obstruyendo el paso. |
| the busy season | la temporada alta |
| to keep somebody somewhere | detener a alguien en algún lugar |
| travel agent | agente de viajes. Para aprender más vocabulario de viajes ver Tourism. |
| to help people travel - to help somebody do something | Lo importante aquí es recordar la construcción con el verbo to help. Notar que se usa el verbo sin to. |
| a cruise ship | un crucero |
| to depart for somewhere | partir hacia algún lugar. Notar el uso de la preposición for. |
| in a hurry | en un apuro, en apuros |
CHRISTOF: How long will another chopper take?
SIMEON: By the time we pick up the pilots, too long.
CHRISTOF: We have to stop him for his own good. Turn him back with the elements.
SIMEON: There's no rescue boat in the area. He won't know what to do.
MOSES: For God's sake, Chris. The whole world is watching. We can't kill him in front of a live audience.
CHRISTOF: He was born in front of a live audience. Don't worry, he's not willing to risk his life for the truth. His doubts will turn him back.
SIMEON: By the time we pick up the pilots, too long.
CHRISTOF: We have to stop him for his own good. Turn him back with the elements.
SIMEON: There's no rescue boat in the area. He won't know what to do.
MOSES: For God's sake, Chris. The whole world is watching. We can't kill him in front of a live audience.
CHRISTOF: He was born in front of a live audience. Don't worry, he's not willing to risk his life for the truth. His doubts will turn him back.
| chopper | helicóptero |
| by the time | para cuando |
| to pick up | recoger |
| too long | demasiado, mucho (en este caso, tiempo) |
| for his own good | por su propio bien |
| to turn somebody back | hacer volver a alguien a su posición anterior |
| for God's sake | por Dios. Exclamación usada cuando se da una orden o para mostrar irritación, enojo. También suele usarse for Heaven's sake. |
| to watch | observar. Para aprender en detalle las formas de observar ver Ways of looking. |
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