1.1.23 Eng

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Mom, do you think that Christopher would have his own company right now if we'd gotten married? Do you think he would be anything at all? Yes, I do. Your father would have put him in the insurance business and you'd be living a lovely life right now. He didn't like the insurance business and I am living a lovely life right now. Right, far away from us. Oh, here we go. You took that girl, completely shut us out of your life. You wanted to control me. You were still a child. I stopped being a child the minute the strip turned pink, ok?. I had to figure out how to live.  I found a good job. As a maid. With all your brains and talent. I worked my way up. I run the place now. I built a life on my own with no help from anyone. Yes, and think where you'd be if you'd accepted a little help. And where Rory would have been. But no, always too proud to accept anything from anyone. Well, I wasn't too proud to come here to you two begging for money for my kid's school, was I? 'No, you certainly weren't. But you're proud to tell her' 'where you got it from, aren't you?' Well, fine. You have your precious pride and I have my weekly dinners. Isn't that nice? We both win.

{sighs} Mom? - I'm okay. I just.. Do I look shorter? 'Cause I feel shorter. Hey, how about I buy you a cup of coffee? Aw. Yeah. You drive, though, okay, 'cause.. I don't think my feet will reach the pedals. So, nice dinner at the grandparents' house. Oh, yeah, her dishes have never been cleaner. You and grandma seemed to have a nice talk. How much did you hear? Not much. You know, snippets. - Snippets? Little snippets. - So basically everything? - Basically, yes. Well, the best laid plans.

Vocabs:

gotten
UK ​ /ˈɡɒt.ən/ US ​ /ˈɡɑː.t̬ən/ us
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past participle of get :
They were so pleased that they'd finally gotten to visit (= succeeded in visiting) England.

get
verb UK ​ /ɡet/ US ​ /ɡet/ present participle getting, past tense got, past participle got or us usually gotten
get verb (OBTAIN)

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A1 [ T ] to obtain, buy, or earn something:
He went to the shop to get some milk.
uk I think she gets about £40,000 a year.
We stopped on the way to get some breakfast.

snippet
noun [ C ] UK ​ /ˈsnɪp.ɪt/ US ​ /ˈsnɪp.ɪt/ informal
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/snippet
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a small and often interesting piece of news, information, or conversation:

I heard an interesting snippet on the radio this morning.
I love listening to snippets of conversation in restaurants.


dish
noun UK ​ /dɪʃ/ US ​ /dɪʃ/
dish noun (CONTAINER)
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/dish
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A2 [ C ] a container, flatter than a bowl and sometimes with a lid, from which food can be served or which can be used for cooking:
an oven-proof dish
See also
satellite dish
the dishes A2 [ plural ]
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all the plates, glasses, knives, forks, etc. that have been used during a meal:
Have you done/washed the dishes?
More examples

There's no butter left in the butter dish.
When you have rolled out the pastry, place it in a pie dish.
Shred the lettuce and arrange it around the edge of the dish.
Are you sure this dish is ovenproof?
I keep the serving dishes in that cupboard in the corner.
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dish noun (FOOD)

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A2 [ C ] food prepared in a particular way as part of a meal:
a chicken/vegetarian dish

weren’t
US ​ /ˈwɜr·ənt/
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/weren-t?q=weren%27t
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contraction of were not:
They weren’t outside.

weren't
UK ​ /wɜːnt/ 
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/weren-t?q=weren%27t

basically
adverb UK ​ /ˈbeɪ.sɪ.kəl.i/ US ​ /ˈbeɪ.sɪ.kəl.i/
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/basically
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B2 used when referring to the main or most important characteristic or feature of something:
Basically, (= the most important thing is that) they want a lot more information about the project before they'll put any money into it.
"So what's the difference between these two TVs?" "Well, they're basically the same, but the more expensive one has 3D."

laid
verb UK ​ /leɪd/ US ​ /leɪd/ /l aye d/
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/laid
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past simple and past participle of lay

[ T ] to prepare a plan or a method of doing something:
Even the best laid plans go wrong sometimes.


lay
verb UK ​ /leɪ/ US ​ /leɪ/ laid
lay verb (PUT DOWN)

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C1 [ T usually + adv/prep ] to put something in especially a flat or horizontal position, usually carefully or for a particular purpose:
She laid the baby on the bed.
He laid the tray down on the table.
She laid aside her book and went to answer the phone.
We're having a new carpet laid in the hall next week.

maid
noun [ C ] UK ​ /meɪd/ US ​ /meɪd/
maid noun [ C ] (SERVANT)
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/maid
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a woman who works as a servant in a hotel or in someone's home:
In the beach resort, the apartments and villas have daily maid service.
In California many illegal immigrants work as maids and gardeners.


strip
noun UK ​ /strɪp/ US ​ /strɪp/
strip noun (PIECE)
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/strip

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C1 [ C ] a long, flat, narrow piece:
a narrow strip of land
He didn't have a bandage, so he ripped up his shirt into thin strips.
Protect the magnetic strip on your credit card from scratches, heat, or other damage.
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strip noun (CLOTHING)

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[ C usually singular ] uk the clothing worn by a football team that has the team's colours on it:
The team will be wearing its new strip at next Saturday's match.
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strip noun (REMOVE CLOTHING)

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[ S ] uk an entertainment in which the performer removes all his or her clothing:
He jumped up on the table and started to do a strip.
Synonym
striptease

strip

verb UK ​ /strɪp/ US ​ /strɪp/ -pp-
strip verb (REMOVE COVER)

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[ T ] to remove, pull, or tear the covering or outer layer from something:
Because of the pollution, the trees are almost completely stripped of bark.
The paintwork was so bad that we decided to strip off all the paint and start again.
[ + adj ] During the summer months, the sheep strip the mountains bare.
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Removing and getting rid of things

abandon  banish  be scattered to the four winds idiom  bin cast sb/sth aside/away/off  elimination  flay  fling sth/sb out flush  flush sth out  fly-tipping  free sb from/of sth  scrap slough  throw sth away/out throw the baby out with the bathwater idiom  toss toss sth aside  toss sth out  weed
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strip verb (REMOVE CLOTHING)

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[ I or T ] uk also strip off [ I ] to remove your clothing, or to remove all the clothing of someone else:
The men were ordered to strip.
uk Suddenly he stripped off and ran into the sea.
[ + adj ] He had been stripped naked, beaten and robbed.
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[ I ] to remove your clothing as an entertainment:
She stripped to pay her way through college.
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strip verb (REMOVE PARTS)

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[ T ] to remove parts of a machine, vehicle, or engine in order to clean or repair it:
I've decided to strip down my motorbike and rebuild it.
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[ T ] mainly us to remove the parts of a car, etc. in order to sell them