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Learn English with Mad About YouIn 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 'Nat and Arley'

JAMIE: Are you okay?
PAUL: I’m just so exhausted. I got this bruise on my thigh, I don’t understand.
JAMIE: Uh-huh. So, what you’re saying is you’re not able to come to disco night at my office.
PAUL: You know, sweetie, haven't you read a paper in the last 20 years? You know, disco is dead.
JAMIE: That’s incorrect. It was dead, now it’s back. It’s having a whole retro thing.
PAUL: I’m aware of that, I’m saying the retro thing’s dead already.
JAMIE: No, it’s not. Come on, come on, dance with me!

to be okay

 estar bien
exhausted agotado, muy cansado
bruise lastimadura, contusión
thigh muslo. Para aprender todas las partes del cuerpo humano, ver Parts of the body.
uh-huh Interjección para indicar que se entiendió lo que dijo la otra persona, o cuando se desea que la otra persona siga hablando. Equivale al español aha/ajá.  
to be able to do something poder hacer algo
sweetie cariño
dead muerto. El verbo morir se dice to die. El pasado de este verbo es died.
to be back estar de vuelta, regresar
whole completo/a o completamente
to be aware of something saber algo, estar al tanto de algo
come on! ¡dale!, ¡vamos!

Come on, come on, dance with me!

JAMIE: Hey, Arley!
ARLEY: Hey, Jamie!
JAMIE: How’s my little girl?
ARLEY: Very chatty today.
JAMIE: Hi!
ARLEY: Jamie, can I ask you a question?
JAMIE: Sure.
ARLEY: It’s about Nat.
JAMIE: Oh, the answer is yes.
ARLEY: What?
JAMIE: He always wears the jacket.
ARLEY: Oh, no, no. That’s not what I meant. What I meant to say is, how should I put this... er... do you think Nat is... eccentric?
JAMIE: What do you mean by 'eccentric'?
ARLEY: Well, not eccentric like he thinks he’s a carton of orange juice.
JAMIE: No, not that kind of eccentric.
hey Una forma de saludo equivalente a Hi! Hello!
chatty conversador/a
to ask a question hacer una pregunta. Notar que no se utiliza el verbo to make, sino to ask.
sure claro, por supuesto
answer respuesta. El verbo responder es to answer.
to wear vestir, llevar puesto
jacket chaqueta. Para aprender otras prendas de vestir, ver Clothes.
what I meant lo que quise decir. El verbo to mean es  'significar', 'querer decir'.
how should I put this cómo diría
er Interjección que se usa cuando no se sabe exactamente qué decir
a carton un envase de cartón
kind tipo

 

PAUL: This may sound strange, but... you look good.
JAMIE: I would so much rather be at disco night.
PAUL: It’ll be all right.
JAMIE: What? Are you kidding me?
PAUL: I’m sorry, I thought it would help you get to sleep!
JAMIE: I don’t need help getting to sleep, which is why I don’t need to be here.
PAUL: All right, come on, just for one night, all right?
to sound strange parecer extraño. Para aprender otras formas de decir extraño, ver Ways of saying strange.
to look good lucir bien
I would rather be Perferiría estar
all right bien, en orden. También puede escribirse alright.
Are you kidding me? Estás bromeando?
to help somebody do something ayudar a alguien a hacer algo
to get to sleep dormirse

 

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