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Boy: What's for dinner?
Pitts: Spaghetti and meatballs!
Neil: Save some for me. "But, room, Fairy! Here comes
Oberon."
Neil: Father.
Mr. Perry: Neil.
Neil: Before you say anything, please let me ex-
Mr. Perry: Don't you dare
talk back to me! It's bad enough that you've wasted your time
with this, this absurd acting business. But you deliberately
deceived me! How, how, how did you expect to
get away with this? Answer me. Who
put you up to
it? Was it this new
man? This, uh, Mr. Keating?
Neil: No. Nobody--I thought I'd surprise you. I've gotten all
A's in every class.
Mr. Perry: Did you think I wasn't going to find out? "Oh, my
niece is in a play with your son," says Mrs. Marks. "No, no,
no," I say, "you must be mistaken. My son's not in a play." You
made me a liar out of me, Neil! Now, tomorrow you go to them and
you tell them that you're quitting.
Neil: No, I can't. I have the main part. The performance is
tomorrow night.
Mr. Perry: I don't care if the world comes to an end tomorrow
night. You are
through with
that play. Is that clear? Is that clear?
Neil: Yes, sir.
Mr. Perry: I made a great many sacrifices to get you here,
Neil, and you will not
let me down.
Neil: No, sir. |
| Answers
1.
talk back
( reply rudely
)
2.
get away with
( escape the consequences or blame )
3.
put you up to
( [ put sb up to sth ] is to encourage someone to do something,
usually something wrong )
4.
through with
( having no further connection )
5.
let me down
( disappoint me ) |
