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.)

ANSWERS - Mike and Molly- Arresting Victoria

1.     What did Victoria hear about?

Mike’s accident

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

Scary

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

Carl

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

Break the law in front of a cop.

5.     What did Victoria tell the family next door?

There’s a bunch of skunks living under the porch.

6.     What does Mike think the problem is?

A blatant lack of respect for the law and him.

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

Flush it.

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

Her dubi.

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

Boyfriend.

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

She broke the law right in front of him.

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

A skunk

12. Where does Victoria go next time?

jail

Mike and Molly- Boat

Vocabulary

SHE- Mike continually refers to the boat as “she.”  This old tradition is thought to stem from the fact that in the Romance languages, the word for "ship" is always in the feminine. For this reason, Mediterranean sailors always referred to their ship as "she", and the practice was adopted over the centuries by their English-speaking counterparts.

Arm floaties- plastic flotation devices usually used by children who can’t swim.

Crew- the people who work on the boat

Sea do re-do- he is referring to the boat because they are fixing it up.

See someone in a completely different light- see someone with a new perspective.

Hemorrhoids- a swollen vein or veins in the region of the rectum often caused by long periods of sitting, which is the case for Mike as he sits for long periods of time with Carl in their squad (police) car.

Playing along- doing what you think someone wants you to do to make them happy

Bear in mind- don’t forget

Talked it up- spoke well about it

Harpoon- a long spear like weapon used to catch fish or whales

Hunk a junk- something worthless

B.S. spiel- an elaborate story that is untrue

That sucker swallowed it hook, line, and sinker- that foolish person believe it

A tickle- a little amount of money

Cheesed off- angry

Questions

1.     Carl asks if he can’t just wear what?

2.     Ship rules say every passenger has to have their own what?

3.     What is Mike’s excuse for not having to wear a lifevest?

4.     What has the boat shown Mike?

5.     Who is Mike happy to call his captain?

6.     Carl says it’s about time Mike found someone else to look up to and that he’s done what all these years in his own quiet way?

7.     What does Mike say is the only thing Carl has ever given him?

8.     Mike believes that Vince sees him like a what?

9.     Mike thinks he can do what by playing along?

10. What does Mike tell Carl to bear in mind?

11. When Mike opens the garage door and the boat isn’t there what does Carl tell him to do?

12. What happened to the boat?

13. Vince tells the mailman a story about the boat.  What does Vince say he does with the boat?

14. What did it look like when the mailman took the boat away with his tiny little jeep?

15. Mike is upset Vince sold the boat and Mike says that he’s a bigger what than the mailman?

16. Carl takes Vince’s money and says it’s for what?

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- Soup

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Vocabulary

Mm, mm not good- the slogan for a popular brand of soup in America (Cambell’s Soup) is “Mm, mm good.”

Aloha- this is a greeting in Hawaii

Stench- bad smell

Lentils- a type of bean

Saddest of the soups- the worst soup

The limbo- a contest to see who can walk under a stick, leaning backwards, at its lowest point.

That’s our cue- that’s our signal to leave

Portapotty- a portable toilet often used on construction sites, or at outdoor fairs.

Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7.     Who did the laundry?

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?

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

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

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