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00:00 - 1:26 Vocabulary

Scene: Apartment A. tailor: someone who makes, repairs drawing w/ chalk
CHANDLER: Hey. Anybody know a or alters clothes professionally. Related
good tailorA? “tailor-made” is to make to one’s spe-
cific requirements.
JOEY: Needs some clothes alteredB?
B. alter: (clothing) to make changes to
CHANDLER: No, no, I’m just looking for an item of clothing for better fit.
a man to draw on me with chalkPIC.
C. forever = for a long time
JOEY: Why don’t you go see Frankie?
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My family’s been going to him2 foreverC. D. crack the code: decipher a complex suit
He did my first suitPIC when I was 15. No hidden message.
wait, 16. No, excuse me, 15. All right,
when was 1990I? Pronunciation
CHANDLER: Okay. You have to stop 1. Why don’t you go:
the Q-tipPIC when there’s resistanceI! Why-own-chew go...
New Scene: Apartment (Later) 2. going to him:
goin-uh-him Q-tip
JOEY: You know, I think I was sixteen.
New Scene: Apartment References
CHANDLER: I’ve got pantsPIC that need I. draw on me with chalk: Chandler’s
to be altered. typical sarcastic humor. (See picture of
kid drawing with chalk). A tailor uses
JOEY: Hey, Chandler, when you see
chalk to measure.
Frankie, tell him Joey Tribbiani says hel-
lo. He’ll know what it means. (pant) cuffs
II. stop when there’s resistance: mean-
CHANDLER: Are you sure he’s going to ing Joey damaged his brain with Q-tips.
be able to crack that codeD?
III. Joey’s confusion about his age:
New Scene: Frank’s tailor shop
Joey’s simple confusion is funny, but
FRANKIE: How long do you want the considering this episode was showed
cuffs ?
PIC
in 1994, that makes no sense (Joey is measuring
supposed to be 25 years old). pants inseam
CHANDLER: At least as long as I have
the pantsIV. IV. at least as long as the pants: “How
FRANKIE: I just got that. Ok, now we’ll long” questions can be about physical
do your inseamPIC. length or time. Frankie’s is asking about
As Frankie measuresPIC Chandler’s pants, Chan-
the length of the pants, Chandler’s joke
dler suddenly gets a shocked look on his face.
is about time.

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1:26 - 3:21
New Scene: Joey on the telephone
CHANDLER: YoA, paisanB! Can I talk to
you for a secC? Your tailor is a very bad
man!
JOEY: Frankie? What’re you talking about1? use informally for friend. (not common)
ROSS: Hey, what’s going onD?
CHANDLER: Joey’s tailor... took advan-
tage of meE.
ROSS: What?
JOEY: No way. I’ve been going to the guy
for 12 years.
CHANDLER: Oh come on! He said he
was going to do my inseam, and he ran
his handF up my leg, and then, there was
definite...
ROSS: What?
CHANDLER: CuppingG.
JOEY: That’s how they do pants! First
they go up one side, they move it overI,
then they go up the other side, they
move it back, and then they do the rearH.
What? Ross, will you tell him2? Isn’t that
how a tailor measures pants?
ROSS: Yes, yes it is. In prison! What’s the
matter with you3?
JOEY What? That’s not? Oh my God.
New Scene: Joey on the Telephone
JOEY: No way. I’ve been going to the guy
for 12 years.
CHANDLER: Oh (Joey looks shocked)
New Scene: Joey on the Telephone
JOEY: I swear to GodI, Dad. That’s not
how they measureD pants.
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Vocabulary
A. yo: common greeting/ way to say hi
amongst young people (slang, informal) yo
>> Yo, man. Pass me that bottle. (PIC).
B. paisan: a word Italian Americans
C. for a sec: informal way to say “for a
second.”
cupping
D. what’s going on? = What’s happening
here? Also: often a simple greeting (read
23 Ways to Greet Someone in English)
E. to take advantage of: impose upon
(sexually) Also: to make use for gain.
sports cup
F. to run his hand up: to slide/ move
his hand up on the surface of.
G. to cup/ cupping: to hold some-
thing by making your hands into a
cup shape. Also for grabbing male
genitals (see PICS)- not common.
prison
H. rear: less vulgar word for butt/ ass,
also for the back part of something.
I. to swear to God: to promise very
strongly.
Pronunciation
1. what are you talking about:
wha-da-ya talkin’-about
2. will you tell him:
will-ya-tell-im
3. what’s the matter with you?:
wha-za mA-da with you?
References
I. move it over: the it here refers to Frankie
moving his penis to the side.