Comedies Flashcards

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1
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I’ve actually turned up.

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turned up = appear

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So we’ve got all the pedigrees for miles around. A big passing-out parade.

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passing-out = graduation from a military course

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Do you like being carried around by elderly homosexuals?

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elderly = old

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I don’t care about the backlash.

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backlash = reaction, retaliation, repercussion, response

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My girlfriend, Jane, she worries, so I wind her up.

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wind somebody up = annoy and upset

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They release more presenters, I take my pick

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take my pick = choose

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“You’re hunting lions”, - “No, we’re not. Look lions? we’ll get fucking mashed!”

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mashed = crashed

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Even on the day, on the way to the red carpet, in the limo.

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limo = limousine

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people going, “It was transphobic.” It wasn’t transphobic in the slightest.

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sligh = insult

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A celebrity kiling someone in their car, running home and popping on a dress.

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popping on = putting on (clothing) quickly

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It was clickbait, I rose to the bait.

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bait = food on a hook to catch fish with a rod

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They tweeted a different headline, and they @-ed me in.

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@-ed = mention on twitter

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I found out my crime, was that I dead-named her.

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dead name = a name that was used in the past for a trans person.

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He was on telly all the time, you know?

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telly = television

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All right, Bruce Jenner, how you doing, you fucker? You big old lunk.

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lunk = stupid, awkward

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They tweeted that and @-ed me in, because they want a celebrity feud.

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feud = an argument

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17
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But you should have left your shot puts outside.

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shot puts = a heavy metal sphere used in athleticism

18
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I’m a medical man. You’re a big bloke.

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bloke = a man.

19
Q

You would have a big old… cock and.. balls. They’re beautiful. Bit familiar, innit?

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innit = short form of isn’t it.

20
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I’m not a bigot who thinks having all that done is science going too far.

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bigot = a person with strong beliefs who doesn’t like persons who have another beliefs

21
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I’m halfway there. I’m short, with short legs and long arms. I stoop.

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stoop = bend forwards and down.

22
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I’m not a doctor! but that is… the gist of it.

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the gist = the main piece of information.

23
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You’ve gotta learn. Stop crying. Any more grizzling and this party’s cancelled.

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grizzling = weeping and moaning.

24
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If I say I’m a chimp. I am a chimp. Pre-op.

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Pre-op = short for pre operatory

25
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We’ll be all in love. Maybe matching jumpers.

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jumpers = sweaters

26
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That’s why the skull is in parts and supple.

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supple = flexible, not stiff

27
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Then we go on gestating outside the womb.

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womb = uterus

28
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A giraffe is walking along. It goes, “I’m proper pregnant.” Right?

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proper = real, satisfactory, suitable or correct.

29
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My school was on my street and I ran there every day, so I didn’t get mugged or molested.

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mugged = to attack a person and steal their money.

30
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I saw a knife once in Hampstead. It was a palette knife.

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palette knife = a rounded end, knife used to mix paint together.

31
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Just a bloke, oil painting, Broad daylight, no-one gobbing on it

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gobbing on = spit

32
Q

And there’s no one calling him bender

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bender = insult (gay)

33
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One thing kept cropping up, even as I prepared for this tour.

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cropping up = happening, appearing unexpectadly

34
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He’s out of touch. He’s rich. He’s mega rich.

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out of touch = not informed, don’t have the same ideas

35
Q

How can he say things that relate to ordinary scum.

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scum = rubbish and waste

36
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But even the papers, they try and get around to it.

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get around to something = do something you have been intending to do

37
Q

Do you know how much a pint of milk is?

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pint = 1/2 liter

38
Q

Next time a journalist asks me, I’ll say, “I don’t know. But there’s a grand. Runa and get me one.”

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grand = 1.000 dollars

39
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Another question I always get, particularly with the posh Sundays.

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posh = expensive and with high quality.

40
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They are doing a profile piece, and yet, they’re still trying to alienate you.

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profile piece = one journalist article describing the life of public figure.

41
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Kids are scroungers. Aren’t they? I mean, from day one, it’s all “me, me, me”

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scrounger = someone who tries to get things asking instead of working to buy them.