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[Vera2007]

ROSS: Tough noogies, we're watching Predators of the Serengetti.

1. What does "tough noogies" means?
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RACHEL: Now I'm mommy in this little play? Alright look, I refuse to get sucked into this like, weird little Geller dimension thing OK. So I'm gonna go and take a nice long hot bubble bath because you kids are driving me crazy.

2. "get sucked into" means "get involved in" ?

3. what is "dimension thing"?
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ESTELLE: Things change, roll with them.

4. What does" roll with them" mean?
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MONICA: So you can't lose, it's there in the title. Wonderfullness is baked right in.

5. What does" baked right in"mean?
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CHANDLER: Hey, look Joey, I'm just saying if you need something to hold you over, I can get you a job right here as an entry level processor.

6. "to hold over" means "to survive"?
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JOEY: Look, I'm sorry but that's what Joseph does, ok. If you try to pull something, he'll call you on it. 'What're you tryin' to pull,' he'll say.

7. what does "call you on it" mean?
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BARRY: And once again she is out of here. Okay who had 9:45? Um?

8. I totally have no idea what 9:45 means, can you please tell me?

Thanks a lot to teachers!

[bud]

1. It's a much nicer way to say, "Tough s h i t" (or "To hell with what you want").

2. Yes, against her wishes.

3. I think it's a reference to Uri Geller, a self-described mentalist. He claims, for example, to be able to bend a spoon with only his thoughts. So he operates beyond the four dimensions (width, length, depth, time) that the rest of the human world operates in.

4. Adapt to the changes.

5. It's a metaphor - as if baking a cake where woderfulness is one of the ingredients.

6. Yes, until something better comes along.

7. It's confronting someone's actions or words instead of politely accepting them. Or to put it another way, it's not letting them get away with saying someting absurd or doing something that bothers you.

8. It has to be the time. It sounds like they all had a bet on when she would leave.

[missdaredevil]

What is Serengetti?
a person?

[kerstin]

What does an entry level processor do?

[Corey]

Serengetti is a famous place in Africa.

Entry-level processor is a person / job which generally involves putting data into a computer. Entry-level means it is the person's first job in this field or area of work.

Corey
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[CP]

4. What does" roll with them" mean?

Boxers are told to "roll with the punches," or move the same way as the punch goes, to lessen the impact. If someone says to roll with something, it usually means to take things in stride, don't resist too much and make it worse.
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[Corey]

"roll with them" means adjust to changes, usually this phrase is said to a person who in not adjusting well.

Corey
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