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Scene: Central Perk A. hint: a small piece of information Riddle
RACHEL: Hey Joey, how’d the audition that helps you guess an answer or do
go1? something more easily. >>
out your riddle. Give me a hint. Also:
JOEY: Incredible! I met the director this something said in an indirect way. >>
time and you’ll never believe who it was. He hinted at me that I should not be
friends with that guy.
ALL: Who?
B. this:
JOEY: All right. I’ll give you one hintA. “a/an” when narrating something. Note: a type of ques-
tion that describes
Warren Beatty. something in a dif-
C. darn: used in the same way as confusing
ALL: Wow! “damn” (to intensify the meaning of an way and has a clever
adjective), but it’s considered to be less or funny answer, of-
damn” (which in itself ten asked as a game
JOEY: Yeah, there’s just one thing that
might be kind of a problem. See, I, uh, I it’s not extremely vulgar).
had to kiss2 thisB guy.
D. to be up for something: in a situa-
CHANDLER: Because he was just so tion to be considered or examined for
a particular status or job. >> - Mother Teresa
darnC cute.
dent is up for re-election next year.
JOEY: No, as part of the audition. See,
I’m up for this partD of this guy, who the E. suck it up = -
main guy kisses. ation and don’t complain about it. >>
Suck it up. It hurts in the beginning
ROSS: Well, hey. You’re an actor, I say you when you start going to the gym, but
just suck it upE and do it. Or you just do it.
Pronunciation
JOEY: I did do it, I’m a professional.
1. how did the audition go:
MONICA: haʊ di ɔˈdɪʃən goʊ Annette Bening
& Warren
2. I had to kiss: aɪ ɾə kɪs
JOEY: Beatty
comes up to me and says ‘good actor, bad
kisser’. Can you believe that, me not a References
good kisser, that’s like, like Mother Tere- I. Warren Beatty: in 1992, Warren
saPIC, not a good mother. Beatty along with Annette Bening were
nominated for Best Kiss, an award giv-
PHOEBE: Well, come on, who cares
what that guy thinks. What does Warren
Bugsy.
Beatty know about kissingI... Ooh.
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Scene: continued from earlier A. let’s go: besides its usual meaning,
gum
CHANDLER: Hey, what did your agent we use this to say “let’s do it”.
say1?
B. tender: gentle, mild, or light; not
JOEY: Yep, this kiss thing is definitely a rough or heavy. >> A tender touch.
problem, Mr. Beatty wants to see it again Collocation: used to describe food that
on Monday. Man, I gotta figure out what is soft and easy to chew.
I’m doing wrong. Oh, okay, one of you
girls2 come over here and kiss me. C. tense up: to become nervous, anx-
ious or uneasy. >> He tensed up when
MONICA: What, forget it! he saw his ex enter the room.
over my dead
RACHEL: Yeah, right. D. work (on something): to actively
body
try to improve something. >> I’ve been
JOEY: Come on, I need your help here. working on my aim a lot lately by shoot-
ing more often. >> Bill needs to work on
PHOEBE: All right. I’ll do it, I kissed his manners.
him before I can do it again.
E. make sense: to be reasonable or log-
JOEY: You see this, this is a friend. ical. >> Your explanation doesn’t make
sense. Note: we also use it as “to make Note: often used to
sense of something,” which means to say that you will nev-
PHOEBE: Uh-huh, let’s goA. Oh, wait er accept something.
I have gum . Okay. Good, very good,
PIC try to find the logic in something. >> I >> A. I’m going to
firm but tender . I’d recommend you to
B tried to make sense of this movie, but I take your job B. Over
a friend3. just couldn’t. my dead body!

JOEY: Then I don’t know what it is4. F. over my dead body: strong way to
What’s the problem? express that you don’t allow something.

MONICA: Joey, you know, maybe your Pronunciation

just not used to kissing men, maybe you shield
1. what did your agent say:
just tensed upC a little bit, maybe that’s wʌtˡ dʒər eɪ-dʒəntˡ seɪ
what you need to work onD.
2. one of you girls: wʌ-nə vju gɜrlz
JOEY: Yeah, that makes sense . E

3. I’d recommend you to a friend:

ROSS: Over my dead bodyF! aɪd ˌrekəˈmɛnd ju ɾʊ ə frend

4. I don’t know what it is:

CHANDLER: And I’ll be using his dead
aɪ ɾə noʊ wə-ɾɪ-ɾɪz
body as a shieldPIC.
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Scene: Chandler and Joey’s
JOEY: Come on, Chandler, I want this
part soo much. Just one kiss, I won’t tell
anyone.
CHANDLER: Joey, no means no!
RACHEL: Hey!
CHANDLER: I’m sorry we, we don’t
have your sheepI.
JOEY: Aww, Rach, I think you look cute
And you, uh, you, you I could eat with a
spoon.
ROSS: Get away from me I said no!
MONICA: Richard buzzedA. He’s wait-
ing downstairs.
JOEY: Oh, Richard’s here. I should run
down say goodbye to him1.
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Scene: Chandler and Joey’s
ROSS: All right I’ve been feeling incred
ibly guiltyB about this, because I
be a good friend, and damn itC I am a
good friend. So just, just shut up and
close your eyes.
JOEY: Wow, you are a good friend,
‘course the audition was this morning,
and I didn’t get it2. But that was a hell
ofD a kiss. Rachel is a very lucky girl.
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Vocabulary
PIC
A. to buzz: to press the buzzer to Little Bo-Peep
signal something or to announce your
-self at the door of the building.
B. feel guilty: to feel that one is to
blame for something; to feel intense
regret for something that one has done.
>> I feel guilty for forgetting about her
birthday.
C. damn it: said to express irritation,
anger or when something doesn’t go
buzzer
your way.
D. a hell of a (sth): used to intensify
how good something is.
Pronunciation I.
1. say goodbye to him:
seɪ gʊ.baɪ rʊ-əm
2. and I didn’t get it:
ə.naɪ nɪn ge-ɾɪtˡ
References
I. we don’t have your sheep: besides
mocking Rachel for the color of the
dress, Chandler also makes fun of her
by implying she looks like Little Bo-
Peep, which is a character from a fa
mous children’s nursery rhyme.