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00:00 - 1:00 Vocabulary (be) quiet

Scene: Monica and Rachel’s A. quiet = silent.

ROSS: Guys? There’s a somebody I’d like

you to meet1.
Pronunciation
1. I’d like you to meet:
ALL: Oooh! i’d-like-yuh duh meet

MONICA: W-wait. What is that2? 2. what is that: wuh-diz that

3. where did you get him:

ROSS: ‘That’ would be MarcelI. You
wher-dih-jew get him
wanna say hi?
4. rescued him: res-kew-dim
MONICA: No, no, I don’t.
Stress Pattern Focus
5. w: ss
RACHEL: Oh, he is precious! Where 5. why don’t you just get a roommate
did you get him3? WY-don you jus GEH-duh ROOmate
6. w: ss

ROSS: My friend Bethel rescued him4 References

from some labII. I. ‘That’ would be Marcel: Ironically, Ross
doesn’t like Monica treating the monkey as
PHOEBE: That is so cruel! Why? Why an animal by referring to it as a ‘that.’
would a parent name their child Bethel?
II. lab: A laboratory where monkeys are
kept imprisoned for experiments. This helps
CHANDLER: Hey, that monkey’s got a
explain the humor of Phoebe’s comment.
Ross on his assIII!
III. a Ross on its ass: from the monkey’s
MONICA: Ross, is he gonna live with perspective, it isn’t a monkey on his head,
you, like, in your apartment? but rather a Ross on its ass.

ROSS: Yeah. I mean, it’s been kinda qui- IV. It’s kinda pathetic: Monica and Rachel,
as well as Joey and Chandler (all room-
etA since Carol left, so...
mates), look at one another with a shameful
look after Ross says having a roommate is
MONICA: Why don’t you just get a pathetic.
roommate5?
V. Sanskrit: A classical language in Hindu-
ROSS: Nah, I don’t know. I think you ism.
reach a certain age, having a roommate
is kinda patheIV-.. Sorry, that’s, that’s
‘pathet’, which is SanskritV for ‘really
cool way to live’.
 1:47 - 2:48 Vocabulary snowman
Opening Credits A. snowman: a sculpture of a person
made of snow, especially by children.
Scene: Central Perk
PHOEBE: So you guys, I’m doing allB. (you) might want to...: used to
introduce a suggestion in a subtle way
new material tonight. I have twelve new
(rather than rough way in the form of
songs about my mother’s suicide, and
one about a snowmanA. a command.) >> You did a fine job with
the essay, but you might want to add the
CHANDLER: You might wantB to open sources you took the information from.
with the snowman.
C. jolly: another word for very happy/
joyful that is commonly used to de-
ALL: Hey, Joey. Hey, buddy.
scribe Santa Clause. slap in the face
MONICA: So, how did it go1? (literal)
D. slap in the face: an action that in-
sults or disrespects you. >> The fact the
JOEY: Ahhhhhh, I didn’t get the job. he decided to fire her in front of all those
people was a slap in the face.
ROSS: How could you not get it?You
were Santa last year. E. scramble: a sudden, impulsive,
fast movement. By ‘scramble to find...’
JOEY: I dunno. Some fat guy’s sleeping Chandler means to desperately and un-
with the store manager. He’s not even carefully look for a partner.
Times Square
jolly, it’s all political. ball drop
Pronunciation
MONICA: So what are you going to 1. how did it go?: how-dih go
be2?
2. what are you going to be?:
JOEY: Ah, I’m gonna be one of his help- wuh-duh-yuh gonna be
ers. It’s just such a slap in the faceCD, you
know? References
RACHEL: Hey, do you guys know what I. New Year’s: (short for New Year’s Day)
you’re doing for New Year’sI? Gee, the holiday that celebrates the first day of
what?! What is wrong with New Year’s? the new year.

II. The ball drop: used to refer to a ball

CHANDLER: Nothing for you, you have located on top of Times Square (tall build-
Paolo. You don’t have to face the horri- ing in New York) that on New Year’s eve
ble pressures of this holiday: desperate drops gradually from 23:59 to 00:01, when
scrambleE to find anything with lips just the new year begins. Chandler is ashamed
so you can have someone to kiss when because he has nobody to kiss.
the ball dropsII!! Man, I’m talking loud!
 2:48 - 4:22 Vocabulary you wish!
RACHEL: Well, for your informatio- A. for your information= just so you
nA, Paolo is gonna be in Rome this New know (usually said with fervor, contra-
YearI, so I’ll be just as pathetic as the rest dicting something person assumed).
of you1.
B. you wish!: said to indicate that what ash
PHOEBE: Yeah, you wishB! someone said is not true. >> A: I earn 1
million a year. B: You wish!
CHANDLER: It’s just that I’m sick ofC C. (to be) sick of: (also fed up with)
being a victim of this Dick ClarkII holi- not able to tolerate something any-
day. I say this year, no dates, we make a New Year’s Eve
more. >> I’m sick of all your crap.
pactD. Just the six of us- dinner.
D. pact = agreement.
ALL: Yeah, okay. Alright.
E. you’re on: in this context, it means
CHANDLER: You know, I was hoping it’s time for you to perform
for a little more enthusiasm.
F. (it) means a lot to me = (it) is im-
portant / has a lot of value for me.
ALL: Woooo! Yeah!
G. bewitching = captivating, attractive.
RACHEL: Phoebe, you’re on . E
Dick Clark
H. ash: remainders of burnt material.
PHOEBE: Oh, oh, good. In the Scene: by (her) ‘mother’s ashes’
Phoebe refers to the ashes she keeps
RACHEL: Okay, hi. Ladies and gen- from her mother’s cremation (the act of
tlemen, back by popular demand, Miss burning a cadaver into ashes to honor a
Phoebe Buffay. Wooh! person’s memory).

PHOEBE: Thanks, hi. Um, I wanna start References eyelashes

with a song that means a lot to meF this
I. New Year’s (Day) vs New Year’s Dve
time of year.
New Year’s (Day) refers to January 1st, the
IV
I made a man with eyes of coal first day of the year. New Year’s Eve (short
And a smile so bewitchingG, for New Year’s Evening) is the celebratory jar
How was I supposed to know evening of December 31st.
That my mom was dead in the kitchen?
(shakes bell) La lalala la la la la lalala la II. Dick Clark: (1929-2012) TV person-
ality who hosted a popular New Year’s Eve
...My mother’s ashesH show called Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’
Even her eyelashesPIC Eve, live from the Time Squares’ Ball Drop.
Are resting in a little yellow jarPIC, coal
And sometimes when it’s breezy... III. man with eyes of coal: she refers to a
...I feel a little sneezy snowman, whose eyes are often coalPIC.
And now I-
 4:22 - 5:30 Vocabulary speak up
...excuse me1, excuse me! Yeah, noisy A. speak up: to raise your voice so that
boys! Is it something that you would like you can be heard better.
to share with the entire group? In a more metaphorical way, it can also
mean to express yourself without fear or
MAX: No. No, that’s- that’s okay. hesitation, like in a situation where you
have to defend your rights.
PHOEBE: Well, come on, if it’s import- B. hard quality: a rigid, non-flexible
ant enough to discuss while I’m playing, quality
then I assume it’s important enough for yell (at sb)
everyone else to hear! C. to yell (at sb): to raise your voice
either because you’re scared, angry, etc.
CHANDLER: That guy’s going home However, it’s also widely used with the
with a note! meaning of ‘tell off’ (to scold someone
or to attack them verbally for some-
DAVID: Noth- I was- I was just saying thing they’ve done that you don’t like),
to my- which is not always necessarily done
with a raised tone of voice >> Stop yell-
PHOEBE: Could you2 speak upA ing at me, I didn’t do it! >> The reason
please? why the boss started yelling at you is
because it was your fault.
DAVID: Sorry, I wa- I was just saying to Pronunciation in Splash
my friend3 that I thought you were the
most beautiful woman that I’d ever seen 1. excuse me: ss-kw me
in my- in my life. And then he said that- 2. could you: cou-jew
you said you thought
3. I was just saying to my friend:
MAX: Daryl HannahI. I-wuz-jus say-ih-nuh my friend

DAVID: Daryl Hannah was the most

References
beautiful woman that he’d ever seen in I. going home with a note: this is a joking
his life and I said yeah, I liked her in reference to how a teacher would punish a
student in class. (reference coming!) in Wall Street
SplashI a lot, but not so much in- in
Wall StreetI, I thought she had kind of a- II. Daryl Hannah: (1960) American ac-
tress. David mentions two of the most
MAX: Hard qualityB. important films she took part of: Splash and
Wall Street.
DAVID: -hard quality. And uh, while II. luminous with a kind of delicate grace:
Daryl Hannah is beautiful in a conven- David and Max seem like intellectual guys,
tional way, you are luminous with a and it shows in David’s language. He tends
kind of a delicate graceII. Then, uh, that- to use a varied, sophisticated selection of
that-that’s when you started yellingC. words.
 5:30 - 6:55 Vocabulary
PHOEBE: Okay, we’re gonna take a A. take a break: to have a short rest
smidge
short breakA. from an activity that you’re doing.

JOEY: Hey, that guy’s going home with B. smidge: a small amount of some-
more than a note! thing, like ‘a bit’ but even smaller. >> A
smidge of lemon juice in the drink.
Scene: Monica and Rachel’s
ROSS: Come here, Marcel. Sit here. C. where (sth) is going: (a topic of
conversation) directed to. If you say T.M.I.
RACHEL: Pheebs, I can’t believe he you know where a conversation is go- Too Much
hasn’t kissed you yet. I mean, God, by ing, you know what the person talking Information
my sixth date with Paolo, I mean he had wants to make a point about or what
already named both my breasts! ...Ooh. conclusion they are arriving at. Also
Did I just share too muchPIC? getting at (>> I know what you’re getting
at).
ROSS: Just a smidgeB.
Pronunciation
PHOEBE: David’s like, you know, Scien- 1. you’re going to ask him
tist Guy. He’s very methodical. yir-gonna Ass-kim

MONICA: I think it’s romantic. 2. wait a minute: way-duh minute

3. aren’t you: arn-chew

PHOEBE: Me too! Oh! Did you ever see
An Officer and a GentlemanI? When /t/ is after /y/, these two sounds
often merge into /ch/ (especially in
RACHEL: Yeah! relaxed speech).

PHOEBE: Well, he’s kind of like the guy References

I went to see that withII. Except, except I. An Officer and a Gentleman: 1982
he-he’s smarter, and gentler, and sweet- drama movie.
er... I just- I just wanna be with him all An Officer and a
the time. You know, dtay and night, and Gentleman
II. like the guy I went to see that with:
night and day... and special occasions... That’s an odd, roundabout way to direct
CHANDLER: Wait a minute1, wait the attention away from that person,
a minute, I see where this is goingC, since everybody was expecting Phoebe
you’re going to ask him2 to New Year’s, to expand her comments on the movie.
aren’t you3. You’re gonna break the pact. Classic Phoebe.
She’s gonna break the pact.

PHOEBE: No, no, no, no, no, no. Yeah,

could I just?
 6:55 - 8:05 Vocabulary snap
CHANDLER: Yeah, cuz I already asked A. snap: to react in a impulsively way
Janice. because you’ve lost control of a strong
feeling (like anger). See PIC-->
ROSS: Come on, this was a pact! This Imagine a twig being bent. There’s only so
was your pact! much pressure that the twig can resist, but
if the pressure is increasing constantly, it
CHANDLER: I snapped,A okay? I will snap (break and produce a cracking
couldn’t handleB the pressureI and I noise). The same applies to a person. If
snapped.
someone is being irritated, bothered, or Spatula
harassed, it might get to a point where that spA-chuh-luh
person can’t handle it anymore, and will
MONICA: Yeah, but Janice? That-that snap (react in an uncontrolled way).
was like the worst breakup in historyII!
B. handle: to deal with something dif-
CHANDLER: I’m not saying it was a ficult.
good idea, I’m saying I snapped! C. mock = make fun of.
JOEY: Hi. Hi, sorry I’m late. D. you’re killing me: when you say
that sb or sth is killing you, it’s because
CHANDLER: Too many jokes... must it makes you very anxious. If a part of Chandler and
mockC Joey! your body hurts a lot, you can also say Janice’s breakup
it’s killing you (>> My back is killing
JOEY: Nice shoes, huh? me!) Note: this expression is always
used in the continuous tense.
CHANDLER: Aah, you’re killing me!D
E. it has to do with: it’s related to the
MONICA: Ross! He’s playing with my fact that (because with is a preposition,
spatulasPIC again! it must be followed by a noun)

ROSS: Okay, look, he’s not gonna hurt

References
them, right? I. the pressure of Christmas: Chandler and
the rest of them talking about the social
pressure of needing a date on Christmas. Feces = Poop
MONICA: Do you always have to bring
him here? II. [flashback] Chandler’s breakup: Chan-
dler had the ‘worst breakup in history’ in
ROSS: Look, I didn’t wanna leave him episode 5. He was extremely nervous and
alone. Alright? We- we had our first behaved really awkwardly before telling Jan-
fight this morningIII. I think it has to ice he didn’t want to date her anymore.
do withE my working late. I said some III. Ross and Marcel’s first fight: Ross re-
things that I didn’t mean, and he- he fers to his relationship with the monkey as if
threw some fecesPIC ... it was a romantic one. He’s clearly still stuck
on the idea that Carol dumped him.
 8:05 - 9:24 Vocabulary
CHANDLER: You know, if you’re gonna A. look in on (sb): to pay someone a Particle
work late, I could look in on himA for you. visit and to check on them. Accelerator

ROSS: Oh, that’d be great1! Okay, but B. (be) nowhere near as [adjective]
if you do, make sure it seems like you’re as: used to emphasize the difference
there to see him, okay, and you’re not between two things or qualities. You
like doing it as a favor to me. can say ‘John is not as tall as Marcus’ but
if you want to stress that there’s a big
CHANDLER: Okay, but if he asks, I’m height difference, you might say ‘John is
not going to lie. nowhere (near) as tall as Marcus’.

Scene: Max and David’s lab C. sweep: the most basic meaning of sweeping
this word is to clean the floor by using a
DAVID: ...But, you can’t actually test this
broomPIC. However, it can also describe
theory, because today’s particle accel-
the motion of sweeping with broom on
eratorsPIC are nowhere nearB powerful
the floor. It’s common collocation to
enough to simulate these conditions.
say to sweep a woman off her feet.
PHOEBE: Okay, alright, I have a ques-
D. off (sth): here ‘off ’ is an adverb
tion, then.
that goes after certain verbs to mean
DAVID: Yuh. that something is ‘removed’ and often
‘dropped’ (falls from a higher position).
PHOEBE: Um, were you planning on >> He pushed the rock off the cliff. >>
kissing me ever ?I
The lightbulb fell off. >> Jump off.
nerd
DAVID: Uh, that’s definitely a, uh, valid E. sorta fella = sort of person.
question. And, uh, the answer would be
yes. Yes I was. But, see, I wanted it to be Pronunciation
this phenomenal kiss that happened at 1. that’d be great: thA-dih be great
this phenomenal moment, because, well,
cuz it’s you. 2. one of those: one-uh-those

PHOEBE: Sure. References

I. Were you planning on kissing me ever?:
DAVID: Right. But, see, the longer I David portrays the character of a nerd.
waited, the more phenomenal the kiss Stereotypically, nerds don’t know how to
had to be, and now we’ve reached a place talk to girls. They will use words and meta-
where it’s just gotta be one of those2 phors from the field they’re a nerd on, and
things where I just like... sweepC ev- that makes for a very awkward situation
erything offD the table and throw you when they try to seduce girls. That’s what’s
down on it. And, uh, I’m not really a, uh, happening in this scene. And when Phoebe
sweeping sorta fellaE. calls David out on his lack of advances, he
gets even more awkward.
 9:24 - 10:35 Vocabulary sweeper
PHOEBE: Oh, David, I, I think you are A. sweeper: someone whose occupa-
a sweeping sorta fella. I mean, you’re a tion is to sweep streets, but in this case,
sweeperA trapped inside a physicist’s she’s just referring to somebody who
body. makes the sweeping motion often.

DAVID: Really? B. to tidy (sth): to organize and clean

an area. tidy is also an adjective.
PHOEBE: Oh, yeah, oh, I’m sure of it1.
You should just do it, just sweep and C. hop: to make a short, quick jump. hop
throw me.
Pronunciation
DAVID: ...Now? Now?
1. I’m sure of it: I’m shur-ruh-vit
PHOEBE: Oh yeah, right now. Stress Pattern Focus
2. you want me to actually throw you or you
DAVID: Okay, okay, okay. You know YU WANme duh AK-chul-ee THROW you ir you
what, this is just really expensive. And I’ll
Remember that the UPPER CASED
take- this was a gift.
letters are the stressed syllables of con-
tent words. Some content words may
PHOEBE: Okay, now you’re just kinda
be made up of one syllable (THROW)
tidyingB.
and some might have more than one
syllable (AC-tua-lly). Native speakers
DAVID: Okay, what the hell, what the
intuitively put more emphasis on the
hell. (David sweeps the stuff off the table)
stressed syllables of content words. The
You want me to actually throw you or
rest is unstressed/reduced.
you2-you wanna just hopC?
3. I thought I’d ask: I-thaw-die-dAsk
PHOEBE: I can hop.
Scene: Central Perk
ROSS: So tell me something. What does
the phrase ‘no date pact’ mean to you?

MONICA: I’m sorry, okay. It’s just that

Chandler has somebody, and Phoebe has
somebody- I thought I’d ask3 Fun Bobby.

CHANDLER: Fun Bobby? Your ex-boy-

friend Fun Bobby?

MONICA: Yeah.
 10:35 - 11:23 Vocabulary
JOEY: You know more than one Fun A. happen to = by chance. >> She
Bobby? happened to be present at the time of the to sip
crime.
CHANDLER: I happen toA know a Fun We also often use happen to to ask ques-
Bob. tions when we want to imply that if the
other person doesn’t know the answer,
RACHEL: Okay, here we go... there’s nothing he or she should feel sorry
about –it’s a polite way to ask info. >> Do
JOEY: Ooh ooh ooh ooh, there’s no you happen to know where the museum is?
roomB for milk!
B. room = space.
(rachel sipsPIC to make room)

RACHEL: ThereC. Now there is. C. there: in this case, there is intended
to satisfy another by putting focus on
ROSS: Okay, so on our no-date evening, announcing a recently completed act.
three of you now are gonna have dates.
D. catch a flight: to book a ticket for a
plane or flight.
JOEY: Uh, four.
E. what’s a ______ to do: a common
ROSS: Four. construction that communicates that
the person had no choice (what’s a guy
RACHEL: Five. to do? What am I to do?)

ROSS: Five. F. (to be) so not...: we use ‘so’ to add

more emphasis to the meaning of an
RACHEL: Sorry. Paolo is catchingI an adjective (>> this is so good!). Colloqui-
earlier flightD. ally, it’s also common to use it before a
negative construction (>> this is so not
JOEY: Yeah, and I met this really hot good!). >> This is so not true! >> This is
single mom at the store. What’s an elf to so not fair! Friends exaggerated so so much
doE? that it actually influenced the English language.

ROSS: Okay, so I’m gonna be the only Grammar

one standing there alone when the ball
Present Continuous with Future meaning
drops?
I. Paolo is catching an earlier flight.
RACHEL: Oh, come on. We’ll have, The present continuous with future mean-
we’ll have a big party, and no one’ll know ing is used just as much as ‘to be going to’
who’s with who. and ‘will’ to form sentences with a future
reference. >> I’m meeting with Martin
ROSS: Hey, you know, this is so notF tomorrow.
what I needed right now.
 11:23 - 12:15 Vocabulary
MONICA: What’s the matter? A. (sb/sth) keeps (doing sth): to con- dragging your
tinue doing something repeatedly, feet
ROSS: Oh, it’s-it’s Marcel. He keeps A
especially something annoying or that
shutting me out , you know? He’s walk- you don’t like. >> He keeps calling. >>
B

ing around all the time draggingC his He just kept bugging me.
hands...
B. to shut sb out: to ignore someone
CHANDLER: That’s so weird, I had completely, or to prevent someone or
juggle
such a blastD with him the other nightE. something from taking part. >> After
the divorce, she shut him out of her life.
ROSS: Really. C. to drag: to pull something along
without lifting it from the floor. Drag
CHANDLER: Yeah, we played, we
your hands is a reference to drag your
watched TV.. that jugglingF thingG is
feet (Marcel uses his hands as if they
amazing.
were his feet), which means to lazily do
something and take too long to do it.
ROSS: What, uh... what juggling thing?
D. to have a blast (with sb): to have a
CHANDLER: With the balled-up sock- really good time. balled up socks
s ? I figured you taught him that.
PIC H

E. the other night: the other ______

ROSS: No. means a few nights/ days/ weekends in
the past.
CHANDLER: You know, it wasn’t that
big of a dealI. He just balled up socks... F. to juggle: to repeatedly throw several
melon
and a melonPIC... objects into the air and catch them with
your hands. It can also mean to deal
MAX: Phoebe. Hi. with many tasks at the same time.

PHOEBE: Oh, hi Max! Hey, do you G. [something] thing: this construc-

know everybody? tion is used to refer to something
vaguely >> He came up with this con-
Minsk
MAX: No. Have you seen David? spiracy thing that made no sense. >>
This whole work from home thing came
PHOEBE: No, no, he hasn’t been on with the advent of the Internet.
aroundJ.
H. to figure = to think; to assume, etc.
MAX: Well, if you see him, tell him to
I. big deal = important or relevant thing
pack his bags. We are going to MinskK +
PIC
. J. around: in the area

PHOEBE: Minsk? K. Minsk: biggest city in Belarus.

 12:15 - 13:22 Vocabulary
MAX: Minsk. It’s in Russia. A. a grant: a sum of $$ given by the
government or another organization
PHOEBE: I know where Minsk is.
for a particular purpose. A Scholarship
MAX: We got the grantA. Three years, is similar, but given for education on
all expenses paidB. basis of merit - academic, athletic, mu-
PHOEBE: So when, when do you sical or any other talent.
leave1? As a verb, to grant someone sth means
MAX: January2 first. to let them have or do something they
asked for. You can grant someone per-
Scene: Max and David’s lab mission to do something (formal) or
PHOEBE: Hello? a genie might grant you a wish. >> He
was granted a scholarship. >> They’re
DAVID: Hey! going to grant her another chance.
PHOEBE: Hi.
Something that’s granted to you isn’t
DAVID: Hi! What-what’re you doing 3
something you necessarily have enti-
here? tlement to, but rather depends on oth-
PHOEBE: Um, well, Max told me about ers to allow you the right to have or do
Minsk, so you know congratulations! something. This is what the expression make out
This is so exciting! ‘take sth for granted’ is based upon- to
not value sth for it’s true worth.
MAX: It’d be even more exciting if we
were going. B. all expenses paid = for free.

PHOEBE: Oh, you’re not going? Oh, C. make out (with sb): to kiss someone
why? or have romantic relations (not sex).
MAX: Tell her1, David. ‘I don’t wanna D. I just...: often said to express frus-
go to Minsk and work with Lifson and tration or confusion (not finishing.) If
Yamaguchi and Flench, on nononono. I he were to finish, it might be something
wanna stay here and make outC with my >>I just can’t do this/ I just don’t know
girlfriend!!’
DAVID: Thank you, Max. Thank you. Pronunciation
PHOEBE: So-so you’re really not going? 1. when do you leave: wen-dew u-leev
DAVID: I don’t know. I don’t know what 2. January: jAn-u-air-ee
I’m gonna do. I justD- you decide.
Make sure you pronounce this word as
PHOEBE: Oh don’t do that. containing four syllables, not three, or two.
DAVID: Please. 3. what’re you doing: wuh-duh-yuh-doin

PHOEBE: Oh no no. 4. tell her: teh-lir

 13:22 - 14:52 Vocabulary someone’s stuff
DAVID: No, but I’m asking- A. stuff: (also shit - vulgar) this word
is frequently used to refer to someone’s
PHOEBE: Oh, but I can’t1 do that-
things or belongings. >> Could you
DAVID: No, but I can’t- move your stuff off the table please?
PHOEBE: It’s your thing, and-
B. artichoke: edible plant (see PIC).
PHOEBE: Okay, um, stay.
DAVID: Stay? C. vividly: (of memories) very clear
and lively in your mind.
PHOEBE: Stay.
PHOEBE: Getting so good at that! D. Come on in is actually the com-
bination of two phrasal verbs. Come
DAVID: It was Max’s stuffA. on is to prompt someone to do some-
Scene: Monica and Rachel’s thing faster; it’s similar to ‘hurry up.’ artichoke
Come in, on the other hand means ‘to
JANICE: I love this artichokeB + 3 thing!
come inside’. The combination of these
Oh, don’t tell me what’s in it, the diet
two phrasal verbs is come on in, and it
starts tomorrow!
means come inside this very moment.
CHANDLER: You remember Janice.
E. par-tay: a different -cooler- way to
MONICA: VividlyC...Hi. say ‘party.’
SANDY: Hi, I’m Sandy.
F. show up: to arrive to a place.
JOEY: Sandy! Hi! come on inD!..You
brought your kids. Pronunciation
SANDY: Yeah. That’s okay, right?
1. Pronounce can’t with a wide A as in
ROSS: Partay ! (with Marcel on his shoulder) back. Then, if you want to pronounce
E

MONICA: That thing (Marcel) is not it like natives do 90 percent of time,

coming in here. pronounce the T as a stop T. There
is almost no release of the T sound,
ROSS: ‘That thing’? This is how you even though your tongue gets into the
greet guests3 at a party? Let me ask you T position. Before the final T, the N
something, if I showed upF here with my sound is perceived as an abruptly cut
new girlfriend, she wouldn’t be welcome N sound: /cann/, which represents the
in your home? Stop T.

MONICA: I’m thinking your new girl- 2. artichoke: ar-dih-choke

friend wouldn’t urinate on my coffee
3. guests: guesss
table.
When /t/ is in between /s/ sounds, it
ROSS: Okay. He was more embarrassed often gets absorbed.
 14:52 - 16:42 Vocabulary to mingle
about that than anyone. Okay? And for A. to mingle: to socially interact with
him to have the courage to walk back in other people. >> The DJ is mingling
here like nothing happened... with those girls rather than not doing his
job.
MONICA: Alright. Just keep him away
from me. B. catch up (with sb): to inform some- cab
one of the latest happenings in your life
ROSS: Thank you. Come on, Marcel, that they don’t know about (because
what do you say1 you and II do a little they haven’t seen you for a while).
minglingA? Alright, I’ll, uh... catch up C. jerk = (insult) idiot.
withB you later. pocketbook
D. bloated: with a general swelling in
MONICA: Oh my gosh! Rachel, honey.. some part of your body (especially your
are you okay? Where-where’s Paolo? belly).

RACHEL: Rome. The JerkC missed his E. planet: apparently she means a big
flight. woman (not a common expression). to tackle

PHOEBE: And then... your face is F. ...and then (the) next thing I know:
bloatedD? used in a narration to make a transition
from an unexpected cause to and ef-
RACHEL: No. Okay. I was at the airport, fect, or to connect two events . >> This
getting into a cabPIC, when this woman- weird looking man came up to me in curb
this blonde planetE with a pocketbook- what sounded like an awkward attempt
PIC
- starts yelling at me. Something about to strike a conversation, he asked me
how it was her cab first. And then the the time and then next thing I know he
next thing I know she just starts- starts snatched my purse and ran off.
F

pulling me out by my hair! And I’m blow-

ing my attack whistle thingy and three G. to tackle (sb): to throw yourself at
someone’s legs or body (with arms) to dip
more cabs show up, and as I’m going to
get into a cab she tackleG me. And I hit hurt, stop, and/or take them down.
my head on the curbPIC and cut my lip on H. (chip) dip: a bowl with some type of
my whistle...oh...everybody having fun at sauce in it. This sauce is eaten with any
the party? Are people eating my dipH? kind of food you can hold with your
hands, but you dip the piece of food elf
SANDY: You know, when I saw you at
(i.e. chips) inside the bowel to soak it
the store last week, it was probably the
with the sauce or add a layer on top
first time I ever mentally undressedI an
elfPIC. I. to mentally undress (sb): to look at
someone with significant sexual desire
and imagine them naked.
 16:42 - 18:15 Vocabulary
JOEY: Wow, that’s, uh, dirtyA. A. dirty: referring to sexual acts. (liter-
al meaning unclean)
SANDY: Yeah.
B. check in: inform someone where
JOEY: Hey, kids... you are, what you’re doing, and let
ROSS: Look at him1. I’m not saying he them know you’re there. (literally mean-
ing to register at a hotel or airport)
has to spend the whole evening with me,
but at least check inB. C. get away: to move in the opposite
JANICE: There you are! Haaah, you got direction from something or someone,
awayC from me! especially because you want to keep a
distance from that person or thing.
CHANDLER: But you found me!
D. kill me (now)!: figure of speech kill me now
JANICE: Here, Ross, take our picture. used to communicate frustration and
Smile! You’re on Janice CameraI! desire to remove oneself from a un-
comfortable or pathetic situation.
CHANDLER: Kill meD. Kill me now.
Other variations are it kills me and you’re
MONICA: Hey everybody! It’s Fun Bob- killing me. The different tenses in these
by! variations changes their meaning slightly. it
kills me is used in situations when something
FUN BOBBY: Hey, sorry I’m late. But produces a strong feeling in you (>> It kills
my, uh, grandfather, he- died about two me to see children working on the streets).
You’re killing me, on the other hand, is used
hours ago. But I-I-I couldn’t get a flight
on occasions when you’re anxious.
out ‘til tomorrow, so here I am!
JOEY: Hey Fun Bobby, How’s it going, Pronunciation glitter
man? Whoah! Who diedII? 1. look at him: loo-kuh-dim
Time lapse: Everybody listening to Fun Bobby
2. I get to see him: I geh-tuh-see-im
FUN BOBBY: It’s gonna be an open cas-
ketD + III, you know, so at least I’ll- I get to References
see him2 again. I. Janice Camera: A reference to popular
American hidden camera show Candid
JANICE: Oh, I’m gonna blow this one Camera (it rhymes with Janice Camera)
up, and I’m gonna write ‘Reunited’ in
glitterPIC. II. who died?: common way to ask why the
energy is so low. In this case it’s really true.
CHANDLER: Alright, Janice, that’s it! The main joke is that Fun Bobby is not fun.
Janice... Janice... Hey, Janice, when I in-
III. open casket: at a funeral, an open cas-
vited you to this party I didn’t necessarily ket means that the coffin with the deceased
think that it meant that we- person is open.
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18:15 - 19:49 Vocabulary break up

JANICE: Oh, no. Oh, no. (with sb)
A. to belong (in some place/group):
CHANDLER: I’m sorry you misunder- have the special requirements that it
stoodI... takes for someone to be in a certain
place/ among certain people. If some-
JANICE: Oh my God. You listen to me, one is an amateur soccer player, it
Chandler, you listen to me. One of these could be said that he doesn’t belong
times it’s just gonna be your last chance in the professional league. >> You’re a
with me. great actor. You belong in Hollywood. tear apart
CHANDLER: Oh, will you give me the >> You don’t belong in the kitchen with (literally)
thing. me (you’re not as good as chef as I am).

PHOEBE: Hi, Max! Not to be confused with belong to,

which indicates a sense of possession.
MAX: YokoII. I’ve decided to go to
B. to break up (with sb): to end a ro-
Minsk1 without you.
mantic relationship with someone.
tear apart
DAVID: Wow.
C. to tear (sb) apart: to destroy some- (figuratively)
MAX: It won’t be the same- but it’ll still2 one emotionally or hurt someone really
be Minsk. Happy New Year. badly. (literally: to forcefully pull/ rip
PHOEBE: Are you alright? something into pieces)

DAVID: Yeah, I’m fine, I’m fine. Pronunciation

PHOEBE: You’re going to Minsk. 1. decided to go to Minsk:
decided duh go duh minsk
DAVID: No, I’m... not going to Minsk.
PHOEBE: Oh, you are so going to 2. but it’ll still: buh-dill still
Minsk. You belong inA Minsk. You can’t 3. because of me: kuh-zuh me
stay here just because of me3.
DAVID: Yes, I can. Because if I go it References
means I have to break upB with you, and I. s: s. I. Prefix -mis
I can’t break up with you. Used to mean ‘mistaken’, ‘incorrectly’, etc.
II. s: s.used to form a negation word.
or just
PHOEBE: Oh yes, yes, yes you can. Just
misplace misuse
say, um, ‘Phoebe, I love you but my work II. s: s.
misconception mislead
is my life and that’s what I have to do misinterpret misinform
right now’. And I say ‘your work?! Your misunderstand mistaken
work?! How can you say that?!’ And then
you say, um, ‘it’s tearing me apartC, but II. Yoko: A reference to Yoko Ono, John
I have no choice. Can’t you understand Lennon’s famous wife, who influenced him
to diverge from the Beatles just as Phoebe is
that?’. And I say ‘no! No! I can’t under-
breaking up Max and David’s “dream team.”
stand that!’.
 19:49 - 21:14 Vocabulary snowstorm
DAVID: Uh, ow. A. virtual: almost (real). >> It’s virtual-
ly impossible that they pick you for that
PHOEBE: Ooh, sorry. Um, and, and
job. >> The queens lifestyle has virtually
then you put your arms around me. And
been the same for the last 50 years.
then you put your arms around me. And,
um, and then you tell me that you love B. confetti: small pieces of colorful pa-
me and you’ll never forget me. per and other materials that are thrown
at festive occasions like parades, birth-
DAVID: No, I’ll never forget you. day parties, etc.
confetti
PHOEBE: And then you say that it’s C. bit: past tense of bite.
almost midnight and you have to go be-
cause you don’t wanna start the new year D. get it on (with sb): to have sex with
with me if you can’t finish it. I’m gonna someone. Famous Song: Let’s Get it On
miss you. You scientist guy. E. geek: someone who’s really intelli-
gent about something like computers,
DICK CLARK: Hi, this is Dick Clark, books, etc.
live in Times Square. We’re in a virtualA
snowstormPIC of confettiB here in Times
SquarePIC...
Times Square
JOEY: There you go, kids.

CHANDLER: And then the peacockPIC

bitC me. Please kiss me at midnightPIC.

JOEY: Have you seen SandyI?

CHANDLER: Ooh. Uh, I don’t know peacock

how to tell1 you this, but she’s in Moni-
ca’s bedroom, getting it onD with Max, Pronunciation
that scientist geek . Ooh, look at that, I
2 E
1. how to tell: how-duh-tell
did know how to tell you.
2. scientist: sy-ih-nist
RACHEL: Vrrbddy, the bll is drrbing.
3. it’ll be: ih-dill bee
ALL: What? midnight
References
RACHEL: The bll is drrbing!
I. you seen Sandy?: colloquial omission of
DICK CLARK: In twenty seconds it’ll auxiliary verb have (have you seen Sandy?).
be3 midnight...
 21:14 Vocabulary joy
CHANDLER: And the moment of joyA A. joy: happiness, cheerfulness.
is upon usB.
B. (to be) upon (us/me, etc) = (of an
JOEY: Looks like that no date pact thing event or moment) here and now; pres-
worked outC. ent. If summer is finally upon us, it’s
PHOEBE: Everybody looks so happy. I because it’s just beginning or is very
close. kid having a
hate that.
tantrum
MONICA: Not everybody’s happy. Hey C. to work out: result in a satisfactory
Bobby! or good way. >> It’s great to know that
CHANDLER: You know, I uh.. just the plan worked out just fine.
thought I’d throw this out hereD. I’m noI D. to throw sth (out t/here): to make a
math whizE, but I do believe there are comment. >> ...So let me throw this out
three girls and three guys right here. there. What are we gonna do if we get a
PHOEBE: I don’t feel like kissing anyone flat tire in the middle of nowhere?
tonight. diaper
E. [discipline] whiz: someone with ex-
RACHEL: I can’t kiss anyone. traordinary skills in a discipline, short
MONICA: So I’m kissing everyone? for wizard (magician) >> a computer
whiz; a movie whiz; a car whiz.
JOEY: No no no, you can’t kiss Ross,
that’s your brother. F. tantrum: a short outburst of frustra-
ROSS: Perfect. Perfect. So now every- tion expressed through cry-like com-
body’s gonna kiss but meII. plaints and disturbed body-language.
It’s very common in children.
CHANDLER: Alright, somebody kiss
me. (has tantrumF attack) Somebody G. phone (sth) in: to do something flea
kiss me, it’s midnight! Somebody kiss me! without putting the necessary ef-
fort. (literally: to communicate sth by
JOEY: Alrightalrightalright. (Joey kisses
phone)
him) There.

Closing Credits H. bitch: an unpleasant or annoying

Scene: Monica and Rachel’s woman. Read Justin’s article on the correct
use of the word Bitch
ROSS: I wanted this to work so much.
cracked tooth
I’m still in there, you know, changing his References
diapers , picking his fleas ... but he’s
PIC PIC
I. verb negation vs noun negation
just phoning it inG. It’s just so hard to ac-
Noun negation is in certain occasions as,
cept the fact that something you love so or even more, common than verb negation.
much doesn’t love you back, you know? Verb negation is with ‘not’ after an auxiliary
RACHEL: I think that bitchH cracked (I don’t have time). Noun negation is with
my toothPIC. ‘no’ before a noun. (I have no time)