Power Lesson - Joey's Tailor (Includes MP3s)

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00:00 - 1:26 Vocabulary

Scene: Apartment A. tailor: someone who makes, repairs drawing w/ chalk
CHANDLER: Hey. Anybody know a or alters clothes professionally. Related
good tailorA? “tailor-made” is to make to one’s spe-
cific requirements.
JOEY: Needs some clothes alteredB?
B. alter: (clothing) to make changes to
CHANDLER: No, no, I’m just looking for an item of clothing for better fit.
a man to draw on me with chalkPIC.
C. forever = for a long time
JOEY: Why don’t you go see Frankie?
1
My family’s been going to him2 foreverC. D. crack the code: decipher a complex suit
He did my first suitPIC when I was 15. No hidden message.
wait, 16. No, excuse me, 15. All right,
when was 1990I? Pronunciation
CHANDLER: Okay. You have to stop 1. Why don’t you go:
the Q-tipPIC when there’s resistanceI! Why-own-chew go...
New Scene: Apartment (Later) 2. going to him:
goin-uh-him Q-tip
JOEY: You know, I think I was sixteen.
New Scene: Apartment References
CHANDLER: I’ve got pantsPIC that need I. draw on me with chalk: Chandler’s
to be altered. typical sarcastic humor. (See picture of
kid drawing with chalk). A tailor uses
JOEY: Hey, Chandler, when you see
chalk to measure.
Frankie, tell him Joey Tribbiani says hel-
lo. He’ll know what it means. (pant) cuffs
II. stop when there’s resistance: mean-
CHANDLER: Are you sure he’s going to ing Joey damaged his brain with Q-tips.
be able to crack that codeD?
III. Joey’s confusion about his age:
New Scene: Frank’s tailor shop
Joey’s simple confusion is funny, but
FRANKIE: How long do you want the considering this episode was showed
cuffs ?
PIC
in 1994, that makes no sense (Joey is measuring
supposed to be 25 years old). pants inseam
CHANDLER: At least as long as I have
the pantsIV. IV. at least as long as the pants: “How
FRANKIE: I just got that. Ok, now we’ll long” questions can be about physical
do your inseamPIC. length or time. Frankie’s is asking about
As Frankie measuresPIC Chandler’s pants, Chan-
the length of the pants, Chandler’s joke
dler suddenly gets a shocked look on his face.
is about time.
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1:26 - 3:21 Vocabulary

New Scene: Joey on the telephone A. yo: common greeting/ way to say hi
amongst young people (slang, informal) yo
CHANDLER: YoA, paisanB! Can I talk to
you for a secC? Your tailor is a very bad >> Yo, man. Pass me that bottle. (PIC).
man! B. paisan: a word Italian Americans
JOEY: Frankie? What’re you talking about1? use informally for friend. (not common)
ROSS: Hey, what’s going onD? C. for a sec: informal way to say “for a
second.”
CHANDLER: Joey’s tailor... took advan- cupping
tage of meE. D. what’s going on? = What’s happening
here? Also: often a simple greeting (read
ROSS: What?
23 Ways to Greet Someone in English)
JOEY: No way. I’ve been going to the guy
for 12 years. E. to take advantage of: impose upon
(sexually) Also: to make use for gain.
CHANDLER: Oh come on! He said he
sports cup
was going to do my inseam, and he ran F. to run his hand up: to slide/ move
his handF up my leg, and then, there was his hand up on the surface of.
definite...
G. to cup/ cupping: to hold some-
ROSS: What? thing by making your hands into a
cup shape. Also for grabbing male
CHANDLER: CuppingG.
genitals (see PICS)- not common.
JOEY: That’s how they do pants! First prison
they go up one side, they move it overI, H. rear: less vulgar word for butt/ ass,
then they go up the other side, they also for the back part of something.
move it back, and then they do the rearH.
I. to swear to God: to promise very
What? Ross, will you tell him2? Isn’t that
strongly.
how a tailor measures pants?
ROSS: Yes, yes it is. In prison! What’s the Pronunciation
matter with you3? 1. what are you talking about:
JOEY What? That’s not? Oh my God. wha-da-ya talkin’-about
New Scene: Joey on the Telephone 2. will you tell him:
JOEY: No way. I’ve been going to the guy
will-ya-tell-im
for 12 years. 3. what’s the matter with you?:
CHANDLER: Oh (Joey looks shocked)
wha-za mA-da with you?
New Scene: Joey on the Telephone References

JOEY: I swear to GodI, Dad. That’s not I. move it over: the it here refers to Frankie
how they measureD pants. moving his penis to the side.

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1:26 - 3:21 Vocabulary

New Scene: Joey on the Telephone References

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