1-- What's it take to shake down another inmate?

Get something he's taken from you?

Definition of take:
Ø to remove something, especially without permission:
Example:
Ø Here's your pen - I took it by mistake.
Definition of another:
Ø one more person or thing or an extra amount:
Example:
Ø I'm going to have another piece of cake.
Definition of inmate:
Ø a person who is forced by law to stay in a prison
or hospital:
Example:
Ø The inmates were living in terrible conditions.

2-- - I promise you that. - When the time is right.

- The time is right now. No, the time is right
when you and I are both standing outside those walls.

Definition of promise:
Ø to tell someone that you will certainly do something:
Example:
Ø He promised faithfully to call me every week.
Definition of outside:
Ø not inside a building:
Example:
Ø It was a sunny day outside.
Definition of wall:
Ø a vertical structure, often made of stone or brick, that
divides or surrounds something:
Example:
Ø The Berlin Wall came down in 1989.

3 - someone who knew a way out. - What do you say, John?

- I say I've heard nothing but blabber.

Definition of knew:
Ø past simple of know
Ø to have information in your mind:
Example:
"Where did he go?" "I don't know."
Definition of nothing:
Ø not anything:
Example:
Ø I have nothing new to tell you.
Definition of blabber:
Ø to talk a lot, especially in a way people find annoying or
embarrassing:
Example:
Ø He's always blabbering on about computers.

4 - Now, if he testifies at that hearing a lot of people are

going down, including me.

Definition of testify:
Ø to speak seriously about something, especially in a law court,
or to give or provide proof:
Example:
Ø They were subpoenaed to testify before the judge.
Definition of hearing:
Ø an official meeting that is held to collect the facts about
an event or problem:
Example:
Ø He didn't feel he got a fair hearing in court.
Definition of include:
Ø to contain something as a part of something else, or to make
something part of something else:
Example:
Ø The bill includes tax and service.

5 - It would be a shame if anything happened to your kids.

I know my kids would miss them.
- You don't need to do this.
- I do.

Definition of shame:
Ø If something is described as a shame, it is disappointing
or not satisfactory:
Example:
Ø What a shame that you couldn't go to the party.
Definition of anything:
Ø used in questions and negatives to mean "something":
Example:
Ø Is there anything I can do to help?
Definition of need:
Ø to have to have something, or to want something very
much:
Example:
Ø The doctor said I needed an operation.