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MAYOR BORG: Across this nation, the words 'Gotham City' are synonymous with crime. Our streets are overrun, and our police officials have been helpless. As Mayor I promised you that I would root out the source of corruption at the root! Boss Carl Grissom! Our new District Attorney Harvey Dent will carry out that promise. I promise.
DENT: I'm a man of few words. But those words will count. And so will our actions. I have talked today to Police Commissioner Gordon. He's targeting businesses suspected of fronting for the syndicate in this city. Within one week we'll knock down their doors and shed the light of the law on that nest of vipers.

to be synonymous with	ser sinónimo de. Notar el uso de la preposición with. También puede usarse la forma to be a synonym of/for.
to overrun	invadir, excederse
helpless	incapaz, indefenso
to root out	arrancar de raíz, erradicar
at the root	desde la raíz
to carry out	llevar a cabo, realizar, cumplir
to promise	prometer. Como sustantivo, promise es una promesa. To keep a promise es cumplir una promesa. To break a promise es no cumplir una promesa. To free oneself from a promise significa liberarse de una promesa.
to count	Aparte de contar, significa, como en este caso, tener importancia
to talk to somebody	hablar con alguien. Notar el uso de la preposición to. Para aprender distintas formas de hablar, ver Ways of speaking.
to front for	cubrir un negocio
to knock down	derribar
to shed light	arrojar luz, dar a conocer
nest of vipers	nido de víboras

 

BATMAN: Take this to the press!
VICKI: I may have some trouble with that. A lot of people think you and the Joker work together.
BATMAN: Do me a favor. Don't flatter my enemy. The man's psychotic.
VICKI: Some people say the same about you.
BATMAN: What people?
VICKI: Well, let's face it, you're not exactly normal, are you?
BATMAN: It's not a normal world.
VICKI: Why did you bring me here?
BATMAN: People need that information.

the press	prensa, editorial
to do somebody a favour	hacer un favor a alguien. Notar que se utilizar el verbo to do y no el verbo to make. Para aprender más, ver Do or make?
to flatter somebody	adular, halagar
psychotic	psicótico
to face something	afrontar algo

JOKER: You climbed up the outside with a rope, you little monkey! God, look at you. You're a mess! They're gonna be real mad at the costume shop when they see what you did to their suit.
BATMAN: Yeah, and they asked me to bring your face back to the shop for some work. Even if I have to tear it off!
JOKER: You maniac, it was you who dropped me in the tanks. You made me.
BATMAN: I made you. And you made me.
JOKER: What is this? I say you made me and you have to say I made you? How childish can you get? You're insane.

to climb	trepar, escalar
rope	soga, cuerda
to be a mess	estar sucio, desprolijo. To make a mess of something  significa ensuciar algo, o hacer algo muy mal.
gonna	Forma coloquial de going to (ir a)
costume shop	tienda de disfraces
suit	traje
to tear something off	arrancar algo
maniac	maníaco, loco
to drop	lanzar,, dejar caer
childish	infantil
insane	loco, demente

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