I continue to watch You’ve Got Mail to practise my listening skills, but there are so many words I don’t know that I may not be learning how to listen. Anyway, I don’t plan to write a synopsis or impressions, I’m just going to list the phrases I’ve looked up and keep going one after the other.
8. Worrying About the Store
- They’re wondering where we’ve been all these years. #we should have opened the shop earlier
- novelty *> the quality of being new, unusual, and interesting
- It’ll all shake out. #to change over a period of time before a final result is known
- brag > to speak too proudly about what you have done or what you own
- I’m going to the nut shop,where it’s fun. #I’m going to refresh myself.
- We‘re excited about your new book. #are looking forward to
- No difference what so ever! #used after a negative phrase to add emphasis to the idea that is being expressed
- outrage *> a feeling of great anger and shock
9. Kathleen and Joe Argue
- emissary *> someone who is sent with an official message or to do official work
- garnish > to decorate food with a small amount of different food
- inconsequential > not important
- flatter *> to praise someone in order to make them feel attractive or important, sometimes in a way that is not sincere
- fascinate *> to interest someone a lot
- relevant *> connected with what is happening or being discussed
10. Writing About Getting Provoked
- down-to-earth > practical and direct in a sensible honest way
- obscure *> not clear and difficult to understand or see
- abstruse > unnecessarily complicated and difficult to understand
- arrogance > when someone behaves in a rude way because they think they are very important
- spite > to intentionally annoy, upset, or hurt someone
- condescension = look down on others
- provoke *> to cause a reaction, especially a negative one
- get tongue-tied > unable to talk in a relaxed way because you feel nervous or embarrassed
- belittle > to make someone or something seem small or unimportant
- bottom-dweller #is the worst kind of person
- zinger > a clever humorous remark that might also be insulting
- remorse = regret
- inevitably *> in a way that cannot be avoided
13. Go to the mattresses
- l wish I had a river I could skate away on.
- And tell me that everything going badly in my life will sort itself out. #It resolves itself naturally.
- If only you could help. #used to express a wish for something that is impossible or unlikely to happen
- losing your nerve = get scared, get cold feet
- Do you think it would be a gigantic conflict of interest if you wrote something about us? #I’m not in the right frame of mind
- gigantic *> very big
14. Save The Shop Around The Corner
- pull up = stop the car
- evil *> very bad and cruel
- face off > to fight, argue, or compete with someone, or to get into a position in which you are ready to do this
- over the top > too extreme and not suitable, or demanding too much attention or effort, especially in an uncontrolled way
- verge *> the edge, border, or limit of something
- pill > an annoying person
- bastard > an unpleasant person
- mingle *> to mix or combine, or be mixed or combined
- eloquent *> expressingideasclearly and in a way that influencespeople
- inevitable *> certain to happen and impossible to avoid