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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?

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.

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.

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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