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part of the clip so this is how this
lesson will work we have broken the
scene down into small parts you will
watch each part then learn all the most
important vocabulary pronunciation and
cultural context before watching the
next part you will find the full scene
in the description so after you finish
this lesson be sure to test your
learning by watching that
Hey Oh my friend Sarah had a great time
last night
yeah so you're gonna call this one back
no what are you talking about Sarah's
great oh really
I don't know what your great friend did
we're out to dinner okay we were getting
along having a really nice time I was
thinking she was really cool and then
out of nowhere
[Music]
my friend Sara had a great time last
night to have a good or great awesome
etc time is another way we commonly used
to say that we had fun doing something
we have a good time we laugh we play
it's like we're father and son a more
emphatic expression is to have a blast
doing something I can barely see him
wearing giant sunglasses and a girly hat
Alex and I are having a blast so you're
gonna call this one bad
no to call someone back means to ask
someone to return for something like a
job interview audition or as if the case
in the scene a second date
Phoebe asked Joey this because he's
known to go out with girls just once and
never call them back as he's always
tried to avoid serious relationships
whoa whoa no Shanna cool cuz she she
steals stuff
or maybe she doesn't steal stuff and
Joey just slept with her and never
called her back what are you talking
about Sarah's great we say this when
we're surprised at what the other person
is saying
and in this case Phoebe says it because
Sarah is great and it doesn't make sense
that he doesn't want to call her back
what are you going someplace quiet we're
talking about it's quiet here wait for
it what are you talking about Sarah's
great oh really you know what your great
friend did notice how Joey talks about
the past using the present continuous
we're out to dinner okay Lou getting
along having a really nice time this is
another common way of narrating a series
of events in the past using something
other than the past tenses we do this to
help put the person in the situation as
if it were happening now we say to go
out to dinner or to be out to dinner to
express we're eating dinner at a
restaurant as opposed to at home to get
a long means to have a friendly
relationship with someone example he
doesn't get along with his sister but
what Joey means in this context is that
he and the woman clicked that's to say
they liked and understood each other
come on you said so yourself the last
few weeks have been fantastic we get
along great why not and then out of
nowhere out of nowhere out of nowhere
and then out of nowhere
Joey describes how out of nowhere she
grabbed his food this means he wasn't
expecting her to do that this is what we
stay when something happens suddenly and
unexpectedly
kids your aunt Robin and only been
dating down a short while when one
evening out of nowhere right Joanna move
in
[Music]
similarly we can say out of the blue or
all of the sudden out of the blue and
now I have a brother
my father has another family let's now
watch the next part of the scene that's
it that's why you won't go out with her
again so she took some fries big deal
hey look it's not about a few fries it's
about what the fries represent what all
food I'm sorry I I can't believe I set
you up with such a monster hey she can
order whatever she wants the more the
better
all right just don't order a garden
salad and then eat my food that's a good
way to lose some fingers
that's why you won't go out of there
again this is an interesting use of
won't which has more to do with the
present than with the future sometimes
we use won't to say that something is
not functioning or doing what you expect
it to do example the door won't open the
car won't start
if someone doesn't want to do something
right now
we can use won't to express it she won't
tell me what's going on Taylor wrote
something about me on his computer and
he won't let me stay he won't he won't
I'm sure we talked to another time okay
Joey Chandler's here he was wondering
okay I guess he ran out of change
wanting to talk to me how am I gonna
apologize to him this morning to talk to
me you might think those sentences refer
to a few traction but actually the
describe states in the present in the
following example imagine you're calling
someone and they don't answer you could
say he won't answer my calls if you find
the future tense confusing be sure to
check out this lesson all about the
future tense by clicking at the top so
she took some fries big deal hey look
it's not about a few fries it's not
about a few fries it's not about a few
fries it's about what the fries
represent what all food I'm I'm sorry I
I can't believe I set you up with such a
monster to set someone up with someone
means to arrange for two people to meet
with a romantic intention example if
you're under my friend I can set you up
with her you know what there's some nice
guys in my office you want me to set you
up Phoebe here calls her friend Sarah a
monster in a sarcastic way she can't
believe Joey's a rationality of not
wanting to better get to know a likable
attractive person just because she ate
some of his fries she can order whatever
she wants she can hold her over she was
she can order whatever she wants she can
order whatever she wants the more the
better
all right to take someone out means to
suggest and go somewhere like a
restaurant the movies a sports game etc
with someone you're interested in
romantically Joey took Sarah out on a
date generally we would assume that the
person who is taking is paying for that
person so in this case Joey is paying
for Sarah and she can get whatever she
wants if we wanted to give more
ambiguity or not inferred that one
person is treating the other we can say
two people went out to
for example Joe and Sarah went out
together the more the better is a
construction that in this case
summarizes the idea that the more food
she orders the better it is instead of
the more you can use adjectives in
comparative form example I don't need an
expensive cellphone the cheaper the
better this is a bit funny because he's
saying that he likes women who eat a lot
you can make longer sentences with his
construction to the more points I get
the better just don't order a garden
salad and then eat my food that's a good
way to lose some fingers a garden salad
is a type of healthy meal that can
combine lettuce and a variety of
different vegetables Joey then says
that's a good way to lose some fingers
which is a phrase we can use when
something is potentially reckless or
dangerous as a parent might advise their
child example playing with firecrackers
is a good way to lose some fingers this
is funny because here Joey is the
potential danger so just like in this
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friend or out last night they're having
dinner and she reaches over and takes a
few of his fries Oh No
my god you're here listen to this listen
to this listen to this and she reaches
over and takes a few of his fries Oh No
the verb to reach has many different
meanings the one Phoebe uses here is
that of extending your arm to grab
something we often use this with the
preposition for she reached for the salt
and pepper we also commonly use words
like up down into etc to indicate the
direction of the movement example I
reached down for the coin I reached into
my bag for my pen the plate thing oh
yeah yeah no Joey doesn't share food I
mean just just last week we were having
breakfast and and he had a couple of
grapes on his plate you wouldn't let her
have a grape oh no not me Emma
Joey doesn't share food
[Applause]
I really am sorry about before and I
just want to make sure you know that I
really do like you sure just not as much
as clams well stuffed clams chocolate
torte for the lady cheesecake for the
gentleman excuse me sir
there seems to be some sort of red crap
on my cheesecake oh yes that's a
raspberry coulis so stupid ordering
cheesecake trying to be healthy I just
want to make sure you know that I really
do like you
as an auxilary besides being used to ask
questions or negate do can also be used
for emphasis I do have a laundry room in
my building similarly we use did with
the same function but in the past in the
dream I did enjoy the closest clamps
stuffed clams a clam is the type of
shellfish seen here when we say that a
particular food is stuffed or has
stuffing we mean that it has a mix of
another type of food inside
for example mushroom stuffed or chicken
turkey stuffing excuse me sir
there seems to be some sort of red crap
on my cheese head we sometimes refer to
something in a vague way as crap what's
comical in this situation is how Joey
attempts to speak with class but at the
same time uses the word crap which is a
less offensive alternative to but
still not something you would say in a
setting such as a restaurant stupid
ordering cheesecake trying to be healthy
the humor here is that obviously
cheesecake is not a healthy food however
for Joey at least cheesecake seems to be
a healthy option there is another
hilarious scene from friends about
cheesecake check out our lesson with
that up at the top of the video does
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description below alright I'll just have
what she's having instead oh I'm sorry
sir that was our last piece no this is
work I should call in can you excuse me
oh yeah sure no problem
what are you doing I thought you don't
share food sure I do
coulis if I can't have your clams you
can't have my dessert this is a two-way
street
really really now this all better be
here when I come back yeah of course I
can control myself stop staring at me
that's just a tiny little
I'm not even sorry if I can't have your
clams you can't have my dessert this is
a two-way street literally a two-way
street is a street that allows vehicles
to travel in both directions as opposed
to a one-way street as an idiom we use
this phrase to express that something is
reciprocal or that something works both
ways if you expect something from others
you also have to be willing to be
demanded the same things in this case if
Joey demands that his food shouldn't be
eaten he shouldn't expect to be able to
eat other people's food example this is
a two-way street
they helped us before so now we have to
help them now this all better be here
when I come back we use better in this
way to advise or demand that something
should happen in a certain way oh you
better act surprised about what well
he's in Friday's party no peeking no
peeking no peeking all right all right
you better be wearing clothes when I
open my eyes stop to stare is to look at
something or someone for a long time
without moving your eyes for example
because you are surprised angry or bored
why is that kid over there staring at me
I think I know what this is I think it
is finally happened I'm getting
recognized for my show the fact that
Joey tells the cake to stop staring at
him is funny because he is talking to it
as if it were a person we can imagine he
is trying to distract himself from the
temptation of eating his dates dessert
Joey doesn't share food
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