Daddy's home Flashcards
I actually can’t father my own children, ever since I hit a little snafu at a dental office.
I’ve got a little bit of a gag reflex.(قد أتقيأ)
I am one lucky so-and-so.
A little rap session.
What are we gonna do about those snot-nosed fourth graders?
He’s going to try to do some trust falls on the playground.
I didn’t know he’d accept my offer so soon.
I mean, he really jumped at it.
snafu
If you describe a situation as a snafu, you mean that it is disorderly or disorganized and that it is usually like this.
[US, informal, disapproval]
Her internship was cut short because of a technical snafu.
It may be the judge’s fault. It may be a lawyer’s fault. It may be a procedural snafu.
You use so-and-so instead of a word, expression, or name when you are talking generally rather than giving a specific example of a particular thing.
rap session
an informal conversation or discussion
having mucus running from the nose
The last time I saw you, Paul, you were a snotty-nosed kid in short trousers.
snobbish; conceited
snotty-nosed remarks
Yeah, I just thought maybe he was really skinny and jittery
And I’m stuck there holding the bag and he’s nowhere to be found.
He sounds like a rascal
Brad, why do you want this deadbeat in your home?
I’m a hot habanero pepper right now.
jittery: If someone is jittery, they feel nervous or are behaving nervously.
hold the bag
in American English
informal
to be forced to bear the entire blame, responsibility, or loss that was to have been shared
His accomplices flew to South America on news of the theft and left him holding the bag
rascal
If you call a man or child a rascal, you mean that they behave badly and are rude or dishonest.
If you refer to someone as a deadbeat, you are criticizing them because you think they are lazy and do not want to be part of ordinary society.
I got a few bullet points I want to bring up with our friend Dusty, starting with airport etiquette, courtesy and expectation.
Who wants some more Starbursts and a couple of uncirculated silver dollars?
Bring it in, big guns.
I’m sure I’d remember a heavy hitter like yourself.
Look, these are tricky waters to navigate.
I mean, that is insightful.
Sounds like your dad’s spinning quite a yarn. Mind if I listen in?
Oh, actually, it’s getting late. You two need to get some sack time.
Good night, my little magical cherubs.
A bullet point is one of a series of important items for discussion or action in a document, usually marked by a square or round symbol.
circulation
the public availability or knowledge of something.
“his music has achieved wide circulation”
If you describe a person or their remarks as insightful, you mean that they show a very good understanding of people and situations.
A yarn is a story that someone tells, often a true story with invented details which make it more interesting.
sack time
in American English
slang
time spent sleeping
cherub
A cherub is a kind of angel that is represented in art as a naked child with wings.
Well, Brad, the truth is, I’m wheels-up a week from tomorrow.
I think more of us could stand to just cut the shit, you know.
he just blew by eight chapters in my stepdad book.
He has a very impressive, rugged bravado, there’s no question.
Did a little light sparring, then I whipped up a pan of piping-hot cinnamon rolls for my family.
You seemed really into it while I was teeing it up.
I found him this morning, living in a storm drain.
Oh, I’m gonna leave this one up to Brad.
He’s going potty! (pee)
Don’t worry. We’re on top of it.
Let’s not beat up on Brad here. Okay?
He was showboating for the kids a little bit, and things got out of hand.
My little nook.
bravado
Bravado is an appearance of courage or confidence that someone shows in order to impress other people.
‘You won’t get away with this,’ he said with unexpected bravado.
If you spar with someone, you box using fairly gentle blows instead of hitting your opponent hard, either when you are training or when you want to test how quickly your opponent reacts.
In golf, when you tee up a ball, you place it on a tee so that it is ready for you to hit it.
I bent down to tee up my ball. [VERB PARTICLE noun (not pronoun)]
storm drain
a drain intended to cope with the large amounts of water that appear in times of heavy rain or flooding
SHOWBOAT: to perform or behave in a showy and flamboyant way
A nook is a small and sheltered place.
The whole time you’re running guns for the freedom fighters right under the cartel’s noses, and they never suspected it was you once?
Well, I’m sure they started to suspect once they were in a ball of fire the size of four city blocks.
I mean, I think his voice has a warm dependability that all Panda listeners could trust.
I mean, it just seems a little flaccid.
I think you need a voice with
some virility and hope, that tells listeners,
“Hey! Maybe the next song won’t suck as bad as the last one.”
He sang the tagline.
Just the handyman I hired off Angie’s List.
Some framing, a little sheetrock repair, some masonry and basic window glazing?
I know where Brad keeps his tools. In the credenza.
This is a tackle box, Brad. Are we going fishing?
dependability
If you say that someone or something is dependable, you approve of them because you feel that you can be sure that they will always act consistently or sensibly, or do what you need them to do.
You use flaccid to describe a part of someone’s body when it is unpleasantly soft and not hard or firm.
I picked up her wrist. It was limp and flaccid.
A handyman is a man who earns money by doing small jobs for people such as making and repairing things in their houses. You can also describe a man who is good at making or repairing things in his home as a handyman.
Come on, Brad. We can bang that out tonight.
but, heck, the Queen needed a meal ticket.
and he came valiantly to their rescue.
Pretty cool zip-line.
Look, Griffy helped me knock this out, all right?
and he would breeze in from God only knows where
He’s flailing a bit, but he has a good point.
Now you only got one bully to contend with.
Yeah, but once Dylan tuned you up, I switched sides.
I ran, I cried underneath the bleachers.
And I socked Jesse Hubbard right in the nose.
If you say that something or someone is a meal ticket, you mean that they provide a person with money or a lifestyle which they would not otherwise have.
breeze into, breeze out
to move or act with a casual or careless attitude
He breezed out without paying attention to anyone
If you have to contend with a problem or difficulty, you have to deal with it or overcome it.
Um, the incessant crying, 100% true.
I pretended to be blind for an entire school year, just to elicit empathy.
if I don’t stick up for myself now, I’ll grow up to be a huge wussy like you?
The second the papers come through, guess what happens?
Hey, come on, I’m just lighting you up, man
Well, it cuts off blood flow, okay? Limits potency.
So, ready to milk the cow, see if we even got a sliver of hope?
Give me something to brag about at the next symposium.
How difficult would it be for someone to whip up a batch of your Cinnabons?
An incessant process or activity is one that continues without stopping.
If you elicit a response or a reaction, you do or say something which makes other people respond or react.
A sliver of something is a small thin piece or amount of it.
A symposium is a conference in which experts or academics discuss a particular subject.
Bradsky, could you pass this along to Dusty?
That’s where your mom and I met, doing The King and I in summer stock.
Which the King easily brushed aside like the feather of a gull. And then the King did counter with a barrage of slashes and thrusts so fast and precise that the Step King had no way to parry.
I was underhanded and disingenuous about it.
That’s exemplary.
I mean, we’re through all that, right?
I can clear out some stable space in the garage.
No! A scalper gouged me 18 grand for these seats. I’m not leaving them!
I crapped in the wastebasket.
It’s over-discussed at this point.
the production of plays, musical comedy, etc, during the summer, esp. in a suburban or resort area, often by a repertory company
If you brush aside or brush away an idea, remark, or feeling, you refuse to consider it because you think it is not important or useful, even though it may be.
If you thrust something or someone somewhere, you push or move them there quickly with a lot of force.
If you slash at a person or thing, you quickly hit at them with something such as a knife.
If you parry a question or argument, you cleverly avoid answering it or dealing with it.
another word for underhand, short-handed
A scalper is someone who sells tickets outside a sports ground or theatre, usually for more than their original value.
If you say that a business gouges its customers, you mean that it forces them to pay an unfairly high price for its goods or services.
I was gonna put a spite baby in her mother.
So you’ve been telling some tall tales, huh?
It’s something I’ve wanted to hear for a long time, so it’s a bit poignant.
Quit being an instigator, or I’m gonna have to rap you in the mouth.
You’re sweating profusely.
Something that is poignant affects you deeply and makes you feel sadness or regret.
The instigator of an event is the person who causes it to happen.
part 2
-Where are all your undies? -[Dylan] I don’t know.
I put a little licorice root in there too.
Leather pants and side boob.
That’s perfect for a school function.
You and Mommy are so sassy all the time.
Hold on, hold on. We don’t have to circle the wagons every time one of the kids expresses a negative emotion.
He’s gonna scoff at everything we do. He’s a scoffer, Brad.
[in Spanish] My son is an abysmal disappointment whose birth I regret more each day.
He looks as if he’s been chiseled from Gibraltar itself.
You can refer to underwear for women or girls as their undies.
licorice: عرق سوس
A function is a large formal dinner or party.
Sassy is used to describe things that are smart and stylish.
unite in defence of a common interest.
“the Lakers quickly circled the wagons, against the Spurs and the crowd”
If you scoff at something, you speak about it in a way that shows you think it is ridiculous or inadequate.
If you describe a situation or the condition of something as abysmal, you think that it is very bad or poor in quality.
Uncle Arny came down with a bad case of the shingles.
-Zinger!(بديهي) -That’s provocative, too.
Let me capture this for posterity.
What? No! The thermostat is a sacred covenant.
If you come down with an illness, you get it.
You can refer to everyone who will be alive in the future as posterity.
A covenant is a formal written agreement between two or more people or groups of people which is recognized in law.
