British English vs. American English- which do you fancy?

Fancy or Fancy? 

The word fancy in British English is commonly used as a verb meaning "like."
Would you "fancy" a donut?  (Would you like a donut?)

The word fancy in American English normally means "decorative" or "pretty" (used as an adjective).
That's a "fancy" dress.  (That's a pretty dress.)

Mike and Molly- Arresting Victoria

Vocabulary

Skunks- animals that have a very strong odor

Weed- marijuana

Blatant lack of respect for the law- obvious disrespect for the law

Flushin it- flushing it down the toilet

Stash- hidden supply

Citizen’s arrest- when a citizen takes it upon themself to make an arrest

Dubi- a cylinder of finely cut marijuana rolled in paper

Life on the line- risk his life

Wigged out pot head- a person high on marijuana

Sparking up- lighting marijuana to smoke it

Rough up- to get physical with someone to intimidate them

Take you all downtown- take you all to the police station

Who turns on who- who starts fighting with who

Questions

1.     What did Victoria hear about?

2.     Mike said that crime doesn’t stop for what?

3.     Who said it doesn’t work every time?

4.     Victoria says you get what you deserve if you’re dumb enough to do what?

5.     What did Victoria tell the family next door?

6.     What does Mike think the problem is?

7.     Victoria tells Mike to give it back and what does he say he’s going to do with it?

8.     Mike tells her to get off of him because she is assaulting a police officer and what does Victoria say he assaulted?

9.     Victoria tells him he can’t handcuff her because he isn’t her what?

10. Molly asks Mike why he handcuffed her sister and what is his reason?

11. He asks Molly if he’s supposed to ignore it.  She says yes and they’ve always pretended it was a what?

12. Where does Victoria go next time?

Idioms and Phrases- "a tad"

A tad- A little

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"Frankly we're a tad concerned with your performance history......"

Honestly we're a little concerned with your performance history

ANSWERS Mike and Molly- Soup

1.     When Joyce asks what the stench is, what is Mike’s response?

It’s his dinner.

2.     Mike says he hopes they had fun and Joyce tells him they had a blast.  What did Molly win?

A trivia contest

3.     What place did Joyce come in at the limbo contest?

Third

4.     What does Mike say he’s eating and how long has it been there?

A can of crap that’s been there since he moved in.

5.     Molly says that no one is forcing him to eat old soup.  What else is there?

Peanuts and beats.

6.     Mike asks Molly if she did anything productive today and she responds by saying she guesses he didn’t see what?

That the laundry got done.

7.     Who did the laundry?

Vince

8.     When Mike says she was supposed to do it and Molly gets upset, Joyce says that is their cue.  Victoria says good because what is getting to her?

The fumes from that portapotty soup.

9.     Mike says that stink is his dinner that he had to cook himself.  What is it that Molly didn’t realize?

Her job was to cook him dinner and be the perfect little wife.

10. Mike says what would probably happen if it was her job?

She’d be fired.

11. Where is Mike taking his sad, stinky soup?

To go

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- Suitcase

1.     What does Robert want to borrow Ray’s suitcase for?

His honeymoon

2.     Where did Raymond and Deborah go for the weekend?

Connecticut

3.     How many suitcases did they take with them?

Only the one

4.     They were very tired when they got home so what did they do?

Dropped everything

5.     What were Ray’s parents doing at his house?

Babysitting

6.     Where did they leave the suitcase?

On the landing

7.     How long ago was that?

Two weeks ago

8.     Why didn’t Ray just move the suitcase himself?

Because he’s at work all day

9.     How many times a day does Ray say Deborah is walking by the suitcase?

A hundred times a day

10. Ray noticed Deborah wearing a sweater she brought on the trip.  What does that mean?

She took it out of the suitcase

11. Ray does the same thing and takes his clothes out of the suitcase and wears them in front of her.  What is the result?

nothing

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.