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hey anybody know a good taylor you need
some clothes altered
no no i'm just looking for a man to draw
on me with chalk
don't you go see frankie my family's
been going to him forever
you did my first suit when i was 15. no
wait
16. no excuse me
15. all right when was 1990. okay you
have to stop the q-tip when there's
resistance
i've got pants that need to be altered
oh hey chandler when you see frankie
tell him joey tribiani says hello
he'll know what it means
you sure he's gonna be able to crack
that code
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[Music]
hey anybody know a good tailor you need
some clothes altered
no no a tailor is someone who makes
repairs
or alters clothes professionally we also
say this as a verb
and often in the passive voice example
i had my suit tailored this means i had
my suit altered
or a suit that you already owned was
altered
another common way we use this word is
to have something tailor made
so if you have a suit tailor made for
you it's done specifically for your size
and exact measurements we also
frequently say taylor and taylormade in
a variety of different contexts
smart you tailored the ceremony to the
bride and groom's interests
i'm just looking for a man to draw on me
with chalk
because the answer to joey's question is
obvious chandler makes a sarcastic
answer here by saying he's going to the
tailor for a reason
no one would ever go tailors do use
chalk however
to make temporary marks on clothes
don't you go see frankie joey says this
with a significant
use of connected speech this is normal
in natural and relaxed colloquial speech
he uses a great deal of reduction and
morphing in his words
because of the way joey said this we can
talk about three levels of connected
speech
this question without any reduction
let's call it level zero
is why don't you go see frankie
level one in use of connected speech
would be changing the
don't you for don't you this is very
common in colloquial speech
when we have a t followed by a y pay
attention to this clip where chandler
says
what you're made of yeah i guess you're
right you're damn right i'm right i say
you show this guy what you're made of i
say you stand your ground i say you show
him that you are the baddest ombre west
of the lingerie
level two would be reducing even more
joey reduces this
and so it sounds like wine he says why
don't you go
see frankie here's a similar example
riches have non-fat milk um i
i don't know why don't you taste it
don't you go see frankie my family's
been going to him forever
you may have heard this word used in
sentences like
i'm just supposed to accept being alone
forever hey you will never
be alone because i will never leave you
no i don't but you can't stay there
forever
like in this clip we can use it in the
present perfect to mean that an
action has happened for a long time
it's like i've known you forever i
admire your loyalty
you've had that hairstyle forever
no excuse me 15.
all right when was 1990.
okay you have to stop the q-tip when
there's resistance
chandler's joking by implying that joey
may have damaged his brain
when trying to clean his ears with a
q-tip i've got pants that need to be
altered
oh hey chandler when you see frankie
tell him joey tribbiani says hello
he'll know what it means
you sure he's gonna be able to crack
that code
if you crack a code you decipher a
complex hidden message
think of a hacker trying to crack the
code of an informatic language
all right i think i
cracked the code to lower the drawbridge
great let's do it
here's another example where crack the
code is used sarcastically
let's hope the power isn't out here too
oh looks fine the porch light's on
turkey coming through
they moved the damn dinner here thank
you for cracking the code
crack a code or the code is a fixed
expression
but the verb crack can be used on its
own with the sense of decipher
interpret or find the solution to
something example
the lyrics of this song are hard to
crack but the music is fantastic
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how long do you want the cuffs at least
as long as i have the pants
i just got that
okay now we'll do your inseam
yo
can i talk to you for a sec
your tailor is a very bad man
frankie what are you talking about hey
what's going on
joey's taylor
took advantage of me
what no way i've been going to the guy
for 12 years
oh come on he said he was going to do my
inseam then he ran his hand
up my leg and then there was definite
what
cupping
that's how they do pants
first they go up one side they move it
over then they go up the other side they
move it back and then they do the rear
what ross will you tell him is that how
taylor measures pants yes yes it is
in prison
how long do you want the cuffs at least
as long as i have the pants
do you know which of these would be the
cuffs
[Music]
it's c cuffs are the end part of a
sleeve or the trouser leg
that's usually turned up like in this
picture
how long do you want the cuffs at least
as long as i have the pants
as long as means during the whole time
that
example they've been living there as
long as i can remember
how long questions can be about physical
length or time
frankie is asking about the length of
the pants and chandler's joke is about
time
i just got that
okay now we'll do your inseam
the seam is a line where two pieces of
fabric are sewn together
in a pair of pants the inseam is the
seam on the inside of the leg
yo piezo
can i talk to you for a sec paisan
is a word italian americans use
informally for a friend
chandler probably uses this to reference
joey's italian heritage
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of better ways to refer to your friends
in english
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after this lesson
for a sec is a shortening of for a
second
and we say it to communicate that
something will last a short period of
time
especially when questing someone's
attention
hey ronnie let's go outside for a second
your tailor is a very bad man
frankie what are you talking about
here's another question
also said by joey that has quite a bit
of connected speech
notice that it's not what are you
talking about
the what are you reduces and connects
turning into
what are you let's see other examples
what are you talking about she's coming
home friday i don't think so
what what are you talking about
joey's taylor
took advantage of me if you take
advantage of a certain situation
you do something that produces a benefit
or gain for you
example they took advantage of the low
prices and booked a plane ticket to
australia
in the specific context of this clip to
take advantage of someone is to impose
oneself sexually upon a person
what no way i've been going to the guy
for 12 years
we say no way to show that we're
surprised and to say emphatically that
something is not possible
example she's 45 no way
which of these other common expressions
has the same meaning
[Music]
i absolutely love it i'll tell you where
i got it i got it from the guy you so
callously referred to as the soup nazi
okay
[Applause]
well i told him the whole story and he
just let me have it
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oh come on he said he was going to do my
inseam then he ran his hand
up my leg and then there was definite
what
cupping as used here run means to slide
or move your hand
or something else up or across a surface
cupping refers to a way in which you
position your hand
if you cup your hand you make the shape
of a cup with your hand
he likes to bounce a little can you cop
your hand so that he doesn't feel like
you're slapping
that's how they do pants
first they go up one side they move it
over and they go up the other side they
move it back and then they do the rear
if you move something over you move it
to a side
here they're comically talking about
chandler's genitals
the cupping from the line before also
refers to how the tailor used his hand
to perform that action
finally rear is a less vulgar word for
one's butt
or ass but more generally it designates
the back of something
like the rear of the car or the rear
legs of a dog for example
[Music]
hey anybody know a good taylor you need
some clothes altered
no no i'm just looking for a man to draw
on me with chalk
don't you go see frankie my family's
been going to him forever
he did my first suit when i was 15. no
wait
16. no excuse me
15. all right when was 1990
you have to stop the q-tip when there's
resistance
i've got pants that need to be altered
oh hey chandler when you see frankie
tell him joey tribiani says hello
he'll know what it means
you sure he's gonna be able to crack
that code
how long do you want the cuffs at least
as long as i have the pants
i just got that
okay now we'll do your inseam
yo
can i talk to you for a sec
your tailor is a very bad man
frankie what are you talking about hey
what's going on
joey's taylor
took advantage of me
[Music]
what no way i've been going to the guy
for 12
years oh come on he said he was gonna do
my inseam then he ran his hand
up my leg and then there was definite
what
cupping
that's how they do pits
first they go up one side they move it
over and they go up the other side they
move it back and then they do the rear
what ross will you tell them isn't that
how taylor measures pants
yes yes it is in prison
[Music]
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ah yeah yeah there's just one thing that
might be
kind of a problem see i uh i had to kiss
this guy
because he was just so darn cute
no as part of the audition see i'm up
for the part of this guy who the main
guy
kisses well hey you're an actor i see
you you just suck it up and you do it
or you just do it i did do it i'm a
professional