american beauty (1-1) guess who’s fighting at dinner
DIFFICULTY: A CHALLENGE OF SORTS
intro … Lester has been ignored by his daughter and ridiculed by his wife too long now. Today he finally snaps, quitting his job and speaking his mind at the dinner table.
guess who’s fighting at dinner
CAROLYN: Hi Jane. Come join us. Your father and I were just discussing his day at work. Why don’t you tell our daughter about it, honey?
LESTER: Janie, today I quit my job. I also told my boss to go _____ himself, and then _____ him for almost sixty-thousand dollars.
be aware of st … být si (n??eho) v?dom
blackmail … vydírat
blow big time … nestát za nic, být na prd (suck)
blow st off … odpálkovat, pohrdav? odmítnout
bug … otravovat, vadit (bother)
dead-end job … práce kde ?lov?k zkysne nav?ky
go through the motions … p?edstírat práci, fungovat mechanicky (na autopilota)
last time I checked … co já vím, tak… (pokud se n?co nezm?nilo, tak…)
let me put it another way … ?eknu to jinak
not give a damn about st … kašlat na n?co (not care)
screw you … seru na tebe
CAROLYN: Your father seems to think this kind of behavior is something to be _____ of.
LESTER: And your mother seems to prefer that I spend my days going through the _____ in a dead-end job. Another thing that _____ me is the way I’m _____ talked to in this house. But I don’t suppose you give a _____ about how I feel, do you?
CAROLYN: How _____ you speak to me like that in front of her?
LESTER: The question is, though, am I wrong? Or let me _____ it another way. My life blows big time. So _____ yours, by the way, except you’re not aware of it.
CAROLYN: I hope you don’t think for one minute I’m going to _____ you.
LESTER: Haven’t you been listening? I already have another job.
CAROLYN: I wonder if it pays as much as the one you just _____ off. Last time I _____ , serving burgers was not the way to get rich.
LESTER: I just wanted you to know how deeply miserable I’ve been. And it’s all because of you, in case you haven’t _____ that out yet.
enjoy or die trying.