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From the episode 'Roman Holiday'
DAN: This is a copy of 'The New Yorker'. Thank you, but you know I already have a
subscription.
VANESSA: There's something else in there, a letter. What does it say Serena?
SERENA: Dear Mr. Humphrey, we are pleased to advise you we would like to publish you short-story in our 'Summer Fiction' issue featuring '20 under 20'.
VANESSA: It's a contest for young unknown writers and I might have submitted you.
DAN: Oh, my God! I'm gonna be published! I mean 'The New Yorker'... This can't be, this can't be real! Is this... is this real?
SERENA: This is so great! I haven't even read one of your stories.
VANESSA: Don't worry. He doesn't show them to anyone. I swapped this one out of his drawer in the pretence of borrowing a stapler.
DAN: Click. You have to return that stapler by the way.
VANESSA: There's something else in there, a letter. What does it say Serena?
SERENA: Dear Mr. Humphrey, we are pleased to advise you we would like to publish you short-story in our 'Summer Fiction' issue featuring '20 under 20'.
VANESSA: It's a contest for young unknown writers and I might have submitted you.
DAN: Oh, my God! I'm gonna be published! I mean 'The New Yorker'... This can't be, this can't be real! Is this... is this real?
SERENA: This is so great! I haven't even read one of your stories.
VANESSA: Don't worry. He doesn't show them to anyone. I swapped this one out of his drawer in the pretence of borrowing a stapler.
DAN: Click. You have to return that stapler by the way.
| we are pleased to... | tenemos el placer de... |
| to advise | informar, notificar. También significa aconsejar. |
| issue | número (de una revista) |
| contest | concurso, competencia |
| to submit | presentar |
| Oh, my God! | Expresiòn coloquial muy habitual, que equivale al español ¡Dios mío! |
| gonna | Forma coloquial de going to (ir a) |
| to swap something | intercambiar, cambiar algo |
| drawer | cajón |
| in the pretence of | con el pretexto de |
| to borrow something | tomar prestado algo |
| stapler | grapadora, engrapadora, abrochadora |
| by the way | a propósito, por cierto |
LILY: Well, that was awkward.
BART: It wouldn't be if you let people know what we are doing together.
LILY: I'm just starting to trust you again.
BART: And the reason you didn't trust me last time was because of a misunderstanding.
LILY: Yes, and to avoid another one, please understand that if it doesn't work out between us again I'm gonna feel twice as humiliated.
BART: Not telling people about us ensures that we don't work out. Look, when I committed myself to you I meant it. You know I am in love with you. What are you waiting for?
BART: It wouldn't be if you let people know what we are doing together.
LILY: I'm just starting to trust you again.
BART: And the reason you didn't trust me last time was because of a misunderstanding.
LILY: Yes, and to avoid another one, please understand that if it doesn't work out between us again I'm gonna feel twice as humiliated.
BART: Not telling people about us ensures that we don't work out. Look, when I committed myself to you I meant it. You know I am in love with you. What are you waiting for?
| awkward | incómodo, difícil |
| to trust somebody | confiar en alguien. Trustful es confiado. Trustworthy significa digno de confianza. Untrustworthy significa de poca confianza. |
| misunderstanding | malentendido |
| to work out | funcionar, salir bien |
| to commit oneself to something | comprometerse a algo |
| to wait for something | esperar algo. Notar el uso de la preposición for. |
BLAIR: I can't believe you're OK with this.
ELEANOR: Who said I am OK with this? What am I supposed to do? Make a scene and then behave like some pathetic scorned wife? No!
BLAIR: Roman doesn't even know how to ice-skate! Can't you escort him out of the park on your way to your meeting and you drop him at a nail salon?
ELEANOR: I cannot bother myself trying to wrestle Roman away from you. I have to mentally prepare. I am meeting with the CEO of Victoria's Secret, after all.
ROMAN: Victoria's Secret?
ELEANOR: Yes. I'm designing a line of retro-chic sleepwear and lingerie.
BLAIR: I'm looking forward to the samples. We're all very proud. In fact, mom, why don't you tell Roman all about it? I'm sure he will be fascinated.
ELEANOR: Who said I am OK with this? What am I supposed to do? Make a scene and then behave like some pathetic scorned wife? No!
BLAIR: Roman doesn't even know how to ice-skate! Can't you escort him out of the park on your way to your meeting and you drop him at a nail salon?
ELEANOR: I cannot bother myself trying to wrestle Roman away from you. I have to mentally prepare. I am meeting with the CEO of Victoria's Secret, after all.
ROMAN: Victoria's Secret?
ELEANOR: Yes. I'm designing a line of retro-chic sleepwear and lingerie.
BLAIR: I'm looking forward to the samples. We're all very proud. In fact, mom, why don't you tell Roman all about it? I'm sure he will be fascinated.
| What am I supposed to do? | ¿Qué se supone que haga? |
| to make a scene | montar una escena, hacer un escándalo |
| to behave | comportarse |
| scorned | desdeñado |
| to escort somebody | acompañar a alguien |
| to drop somebody at a place | dejar a alguien en un lugar |
| nail salon | salón de belleza para uñas. No debe confundirse con saloon que significa bar. |
| to bother oneself doing something | molestarse, preocuparse en hacer algo |
| CEO | Abreviatura de Chief Executive Officer, gerente general |
| sleepwear | ropa para dormir |
| lingerie | lencería |
| to look forward to something | esperar algo, tener ganas de algo |
| sample | muestra |
| proud | orgulloso. Orgullo se dice pride. |
| mom | Término familiar que significa mamá. |
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