Answers - I Love Lucy English Exercise

• at a girl- a phrase of encouragement.  Short for "that a girl."
• sunk in- was understood.
• stay in their place- they do what they're supposed to do and don't try to go beyond that.
• you've got the vote- you're able to vote; you're allowed to vote.

Mike and Molly- Parmesan Cheese

Mike and Molly- Parmesan Cheese (0:00-1:33)

Vocabulary

Kick my shoes off- take off my shoes

Stanky foot funk- the bad smell of feet

Air them out- dry them

Heating vents- the air vents in the car that produce hot and cold air

Galoshes- rubber boots that are waterproof

Compromise the dignity of uniform- make the uniform look bad

Pickle relish- a condiment used for hamburgers and hotdogs

Double shift- one shift at work usually consists of 8 hours, and a double shift is working twice this amount of time.

Romp in a flowery meadow- running through a flowery meadow implies a pleasant experience

Splashed on a couple of drops of my signature scent- put on a little of his usual cologne

Aromatic subtleties are lost on him- light smells may be difficult for him to detect or even understand

Two blocks of Parmesan cheese for feet- feet that smell like Parmesan cheese

Ten below- ten degrees below zero (very cold)

Parmesan foot lung- he is insinuating that he could develop a lung problem from breathing in the bad smell of Mike’s feet.  This is a take off from cases of “black lung” contracted by coal miners- a very serious disease.

Questions

1.     What is Mike going to do if they’re going to be there a while?

2.     What does Carl say to leave on?

3.     How did Mike’s socks get soaking wet?

4.     Carl says if he’s going to air his socks out over the heating vents he might as well stick his toes where?

5.     What did Carl tell Mike to wear today?

6.     What do the galoshes compromise according to Mike?

7.     Carl points out that Mike has a big glob of pickle relish on his badge, but what does Mike say it is?

8.     Carl doesn’t like all the bad smells he has to put up with in the car with Mike and he doesn’t want to add the smell of Mike’s feet and his what to the mix?

9.     Carl brushes his teeth, washes his face, and puts cologne on every time they stop for what?

10. What does Mike say Carl’s signature scent smells like?

11. Carl says that’s the what?

12. What does Mike want to buy at a drugstore?

13. What does Carl say he needs to buy?

14. What would Carl rather die from than a bad case of Parmesan foot lung?

ANSWERS- Everybody Loves Raymond- Kitchen Fire

1.     Ray asks Deborah to try a tissue and what is her response?

I don’t want to argue about this.

2.     Ray says they are going to display them proudly and they are going to be what?

The official tissues of the house

3.     Where does Deborah have to go in a few minutes?

To pick up the kids

4.     Where are they supposed to eat dinner?

At ray’s parents’ house

5.     What is it that makes her wonder if they’ll still have them over?

Ray had a little freak out

6.     Does Ray want to eat with them?

No

7.     Where is he going to make his own food?

Right here

8.     What does Ray say he happens to be?

A very good cook

9.     Who calls Raymond?

Gianni

10. What does he tell Gianni about Debora?

That she’s going all nutty on him.

11. Ray tells Gianni he can go golf tomorrow but what is Gianni’s concern?

That it might snow.

12. What is the temperature Ray says it’s going to be tomorrow?

40 degrees

13. Ray tells Gianni “red sky at night, sailor’s delight” and what does Gianni say instead of “sailor’s delight?”

Shaking with fright

14. Ray asks Gianni if he’s ever tried what kind of tissues?

The tissues with the lotion in them.

Idioms- throw into chaos

(0:58) "......throwing the world into chaos."
Throw into chaos- create confusion, disorganization, and damage

Everybody Loves Raymond- Active Listening

Everybody Loves Raymond

Raymond Uses Active Listening

Vocabulary

‘Cause- short for because

Active listening- a skill or technique someone uses to make a conscious effort to understand what someone is saying

Reflect back- think about and reiterate what happened in the past (one technique used in active listening).

Rip up- tear something up, destroy

Handling this- dealing with this, controlling a situation

Don’t go by me- don’t use me as the normal standard (in this phrase Ray is making the case that he is exceptional).

Dragged you- forced you to go

Mastered it- became an expert in an area

Where do you get off- what makes you think you can or should do something; you have no right to do that.

Questions

1.     When Debora asks Ally why she did this and told her this is terrible, what does Ray say?

2.     Whose giraffe is it?

3.     What is Ally’s response to the question of why she did it?

4.     Debora tells her that ‘cause is not an answer and what does Ray say?

5.     Does Debora believe that active listening works?

6.     Debora asks Ally if she’s feeling angry and what does Ray say to Debora?

7.     Debora tells Ally that what isn’t ok to do when we’re angry?

8.     What is Ray’s response to this?

9.     Ray tells Ally that she’s angry because it used to be her toy and she agrees.  He says “I see, I see” and that she thinks what?

10. What does Debora tell Ray?

11. Why does Ally ask for the giraffe back?

12. Debora says it’s pretty amazing and that he did it, and what does Ray ask?

13. Why does Ray tell Debora not to “go by him?”

14. He tells Debora not to worry that she’ll ____________.

15. What would Ray still be saying if Debora hadn’t dragged him to that stupid class?

16. Ray tells Debora that she’s feeling inadequate because he mastered it before her and what does she ask him?

ANSWERS- Everybody Loves Raymond, Let It Go

1.     Ray asks Debora what’s going on and what is her response?

“She rejected me.”

2.     Does Ray know what she’s talking about?

No

3.     What did Debora call her when she went over there?

Mom

4.     What was Marie’s response?

She turned her down

5.     Debora told her that she wanted to call her mom and what did she say?

That’s alright.

6.     What does Ray ask Ray while she is hitting him with the pillow?

Why did you make me do it?

7.     Debora asks Robert and her father in law if that was the most humiliating thing they’ve ever seen and what is Robert’s response?

Brutal Raymond

8.     Frank told her he felt bad for her and had trouble what?

Finishing his lunch

9.     What did Debora do after Marie said no?

Just sat there like an idiot

10. What did Marie do?

Just went about her business as if nothing had happened

11. Robert tells Deb that he understands and that only certain people are allowed into her pantheiard of affection.  Who in the room is on the list of people?

Ray

12. Robert tells her she has to what?

Let it go

13. Robert’s idea is to start calling his mother what?

Marie