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Learn English from comedy (1)

From the episode season one of "Friends"

Ross is reading instructions while guys are there assembling furniture.
"I'm supposed to attach a brackety thing(1) to the side things(2), using a bunch of these little worm guys(3). I have no brackety thing, I see no whim guys whatsoever and- I cannot feel my legs(4)."

Notes:
(1)"brackety thing": when we don't know the name of something we add "-ey" "ety" etc to a word then thing, so brackety=bracket.
(2)"side things": if you are assembling something, there is a top and a side and a back and a bottom, etc. He does not know the name of the side piece, so it's a "side thing".
(3)"little worm guys" referes to some part that resembles a worm, maybe a screw. "guys" here means "things".
(4)"I cannot feel my legs" indicates that he's been doing this for a long time, sitting on the floor so he has no feeling in his legs and probably a sore butt. So it means "my legs are sleeping".
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  • 工作学习 / English / Learn English from comedy (1)
    From the episode season one of "Friends"

    Ross is reading instructions while guys are there assembling furniture.
    "I'm supposed to attach a brackety thing(1) to the side things(2), using a bunch of these little worm guys(3). I have no brackety thing, I see no whim guys whatsoever and- I cannot feel my legs(4)."

    Notes:
    (1)"brackety thing": when we don't know the name of something we add "-ey" "ety" etc to a word then thing, so brackety=bracket.
    (2)"side things": if you are assembling something, there is a top and a side and a back and a bottom, etc. He does not know the name of the side piece, so it's a "side thing".
    (3)"little worm guys" referes to some part that resembles a worm, maybe a screw. "guys" here means "things".
    (4)"I cannot feel my legs" indicates that he's been doing this for a long time, sitting on the floor so he has no feeling in his legs and probably a sore butt. So it means "my legs are sleeping".
    • good one, thanks a lot.
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      • Cool!How did you figure that out.