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In this section, we analyze parts of the TV show script to learn and understand the use of daily English language.
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From the episode 'Flushed'
MAX: He came looking for someone to blame it on.
LOGAN: It's hard to imagine a genetically enhanced killing machine like yourself putting up with that.
MAX: I was trying to fit in, you know? Act like a normal kid. Global chaos seemed as good a reason as any to bail on a bad situation, so I did.
LOGAN: Are you okay?
MAX: Like I said, I'm not feeling so hot.
LOGAN: It's pretty bad this time, huh?
LOGAN: It's hard to imagine a genetically enhanced killing machine like yourself putting up with that.
MAX: I was trying to fit in, you know? Act like a normal kid. Global chaos seemed as good a reason as any to bail on a bad situation, so I did.
LOGAN: Are you okay?
MAX: Like I said, I'm not feeling so hot.
LOGAN: It's pretty bad this time, huh?
| to look for someone | buscar a alguien |
| to blame something on somebody | culpar a alguien de algo |
| it's hard | es difícil |
| to put up with something | tolerar, soportar algo |
| to fit in | entrar, ser aceptado |
| as good a reason as any | una buena razón como cualquier otra |
| to bail | escapar, salir |
| so I did | y así hice |
| like I said | como dije |
| pretty bad | bastanto malo |
| huh? | Expresión coloquial del inglés americano, que usada al final de la oración sirve para preguntar si la otra persona está de acuerdo. Equivale a "¿verdad? ¿no es cierto?". |
KENDRA: I put the money in an envelope, and I put the envelope in this box, and now
it's gone.
WALTER: You know, I could take it out in trade. But I'm a married man.
KENDRA: You're a real pillar of virtue, Walter. Your wife's a lucky woman.
WALTER: Hey, you don't suppose somebody stole it?
KENDRA: I don't know what else could have happened to it.
WALTER: Oh, that's tough luck. Crime rate in this city's getting way out of hand. But if I don't get paid, you and everybody on this floor's going to be sleeping out in the street tonight.
WALTER: You know, I could take it out in trade. But I'm a married man.
KENDRA: You're a real pillar of virtue, Walter. Your wife's a lucky woman.
WALTER: Hey, you don't suppose somebody stole it?
KENDRA: I don't know what else could have happened to it.
WALTER: Oh, that's tough luck. Crime rate in this city's getting way out of hand. But if I don't get paid, you and everybody on this floor's going to be sleeping out in the street tonight.
| envelope | sobre |
| it's gone | desapareció |
| trade | negocios |
| married | casado. Recordemos que soltero se dice single, divorciado se dice divorced. Viuda es widow pero viudo se dice widower. |
| pillar | pilar |
| to steal something | robar algo. Las formas pasadas son stole, stolen. |
| what else | qué otra cosa |
| could have happened | pudo haber ocurrido |
| tough luck | mala suerte |
| to get out of hand | irse de las manos, ser incontrolable |
MAX: Hey, do you think there's a way out to the yard?
BREAK: Yeah, but they don't let anyone out after curfew.
MAX: There are too many rules in here. I'm going home.
BREAK: Well, don't let those big tall fences topped with the razor wire stop you.
MAX: I won't.
BREAK: Or the sharp shooters in the guard towers.
MAX: I've broken out of worse places than this.
BREAK: Look, the tough act routine might work with the boys, but you could get yourself killed.
MAX: Are you coming with me?
BREAK: Thank you, no. I have a date tonight.
BREAK: Yeah, but they don't let anyone out after curfew.
MAX: There are too many rules in here. I'm going home.
BREAK: Well, don't let those big tall fences topped with the razor wire stop you.
MAX: I won't.
BREAK: Or the sharp shooters in the guard towers.
MAX: I've broken out of worse places than this.
BREAK: Look, the tough act routine might work with the boys, but you could get yourself killed.
MAX: Are you coming with me?
BREAK: Thank you, no. I have a date tonight.
| a way out | una salida |
| to let somebody out | dejar que alguien quede afuera |
| curfew | toque de queda |
| fences | cercas |
| topped with | cubiertas de |
| razor wire | alambre de púas |
| sharp shooter | tirador de primera, francotirador |
| guard tower | torre de guardia |
| to break out of | escapar de |
| worse | peor(es) |
| tough | rudo |
| to have a date | tener una cita |
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