Vocabulary tailor

Scene: At Monica's Apartment

A. Tailor: someone who makes, repairs
CHANDLER: Hey. Anybody know a or alters clothes professionally. Related
good tailorA? “tailor-made”: this refers literally to a
man’s suit that is design according to
JOEY: Needs some clothes alteredB? the exact size of a man. In a figurative
sense, it’s also used to refer to some-
CHANDLER: No, no, I’m just looking thing that is made to one’s specific
for a man to drawPIC on me with chalkPIC. requirements.
JOEY: Why don’t you go1 see Frankie?
My family’s been going to him2 foreverC. B. Alter: (clothing) to make changes to
He did my first suit when I was 15. No an item of clothing for better fit or to
wait, 16. No, excuse me, 15. All right, adapt it to newer fashion trends.
when was 1990?
C. (doing sth/since) forever: we
CHANDLER: Okay. You have to stop usually use this word to say that
the Q-tipPIC when there’s resistanceI! something has existed or been
happening for a long time. >> We’ve
been friends since forever. to draw

D. crack the code: figure out some-

Scene: Next Day
thing complex; to discover a solution
to something.
CHANDLER: I’ve got pants that need to
be altered.
Pronunciation
JOEY Hey, Chandler, when you see
Frankie, tell him Joey Tribbiani says hel- 1. why don’t you go: why n-chu go chalk
lo. He’ll know what it means.
2. going to him: goin-nuh him
CHANDLER: Are you sure he’s gonna
be able to crack that codeD?
References
I. Stop the Q-tip when there’s
resistance: Q-tip is a brand of cotton
swabsPIC. Chandler says this because Cotton swab
when there’s resis-tance one should (Q-tip)
not push the swab further inside one’s
ear, as it might be harmful. Chandler
could be implying that Joey vdamaged
his brain when cleaning his ears, which
explains why he says stupid things.
 Scene: Frank’s tailor shop
Vocabulary pants cuff
FRANKIE: How long do you want the
cuffsPIC? A. inseam: the inner leg area in a pair
of pants. “Seam” is the line were the
CHANDLER: At least as long as I have two pieces of a pair of paints are sewn
the pants. together. The inseam is the inner
seam.
FRANKIE: I just got that. Ok, now we’ll B. yo: (slang, very informal) used to ad-
do your inseamA. dress a person. >> Yo, man. Pass me that shirt cuff
bottle. Also: used to greet someone.
Scene: At Monica's Apartment
CHANDLER: YoB, paisanI! Can I talk to C. take advantage of someone: to sex-
you for a sec? Your tailor is a very bad ually abuse someone, especially using
man! their weaknesses to impose control over
them. Also: to benefit yourself by using
JOEY Frankie? What’re you talking about? someone’s weaknesses. >> He doesn’t inseam
realize that she’s just with him to take
ROSS: Hey, what’s going on? advantage of his money.

CHANDLER: Joey’s tailor... took advan- D. cupping: to hold something by

tage of meC. making your hands into a cup shape.
Most commonly used for holding male
JOEY: No way. I’ve been going to the genitals, like a protective cup in sports.
guy for 12 years.

CHANDLER: Oh come on! He said he

Pronunciation
sports cup
was going to do my inseam, and he ran 1. took advantage of me:
his hand up my leg, and then, there was too-kad-vA-nich ov me
definite...
2. would you tell him:
ROSS: What? woo-juh TEH-lim
CHANDLER: CuppingD. 3. prison: prih-suhn
JOEY: That’s how they do pants! First
they go up one side, they move it over, rear
then they go up the other side, they References
move it back, and then they do the rear .
PIC
I. paisan: word used by Italians to ad-
What? Ross, Ross, would you tell him2?
dress someone in a friendly way.
Isn’t that how a tailor measure pants?

ROSS: Yes, yes it is. In prison3!