the card game (3) no rain checks, please
DIFFICULTY: A CHALLENGE OF SORTS
intro … We’re in the middle of a poker game. There are only two players in the game, Rachel and her ex-boyfriend Ross. Rachel is expecting a call from a potential employer. It’s a job that she wants really badly.
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no rain checks, please
Rachel: Hey, the phone’s ringing. I’ll get that. Hello, Rachel Green. It’s _____ the job, right? Uh-huh. Oh. No, I understand. Yeah. Come on, I’m fine. Don’t be silly. Yeah… but if anything else _____ up, be sure to let me know. Bye.
Ross: Sorry, Rachel. But you know, there’s gonna be lots of other stuff. Look, why don’t we take a _____ on this. I mean, we don’t have to do this tonight.
call sb names … nadávat n?komu
fold … zde: zabalit to (vzdát)
mean … zlý, nedobrý
miss out on st … p?ijít o n?co
see - raise … (v pokeru) dorovnat - p?ihodit
stick to st … držet se n??eho
take a rain check on st … nechat na jindy
the second you see … jakmile uvidíš
you’re full of it … kecáš, vymýšlíš si
Rachel: Yes, we do. _____ we stop playing I’ll just start feeling sorry for myself. Let’s get the game _____. I see your fifty cents and I raise you five dollars.
Ross: I thought there was a fifty cent limit. _____? I mean, what’s the point of having rules if you you don’t have to _____ them?
Rachel: Well, I just _____ on a job that I wanted really _____ , and right now I _____ raising the bet five bucks. Does anybody have a problem with that? Loser?
Ross: I really hate it when you call me _____. I wish you’d stop doing that. Anyway, I fold.
Rachel: What do you mean, you fold? Hey, come on! What is this? I clearly remember you saying ‘once the cards are dealt, I’m not a nice guy _____.’ Come on, get mean for me, will you? I mean, what, were you just _____?
Ross: You’re really _____ it.
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