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[zeppy]

what do these bolds mean ? thanks in advance !

Phoebe: Ooh! Oh! (She starts to pluck at the air just in front of Ross.)
Ross: No, no don't! Stop cleansing my aura! No, just leave my aura alone, okay?
Phoebe: Fine! Be murky!
Ross: I'll be fine, alright? Really, everyone. I hope she'll be very happy.
Monica: No you don't.
Ross: No I don't, to hell with her, she left me!
Joey: Alright Ross, look. You're feeling a lot of pain right now. You're angry. You're hurting. Can I tell you what the answer is?

(Ross gestures his consent.)
Joey: Strip joint! C'mon, you're single! Have some hormones!
Ross: I don't want to be single, okay? I just... I just- I just wanna be married again!

[bud]

Hi Zeppy,

pluck - to pull something with your fingers again and again, using quick, small movements (from http://dictionary.cambridge.org)

If you had been cuddling a puppy, a friend might then pluck the puppy hairs off your shirt for you. When Phoebe was plucking at the air just in front of Ross, she was making similar motions but without actually touching him or his clothes. (The phrase 'at the air' is what tells us she wasn't actually touching him. 'Just in front of' tells us that she was almost touching him, but not quite.) She was pretending to be plucking the bad things out of his aura.

murky (from http://dictionary.cambridge.org)
adjective
1. dark and dirty or difficult to see through:
The river was brown and murky after the storm.

2. describes a situation that is complicated and unpleasant, and about which many facts are unclear:
He became involved in the murky world of international drug-dealing.
I don't want to get into the murky waters of family arguments.

When Phoebe tells him to be murky, she is reacting to his refusal to accept her help. She is telling him "Ok then, let your aura be dark and dirty with those bad things you won't let me pluck. It's your choice."

A strip joint is a place, usually similar to a bar, where the main attraction is strippers (women) on a stage seductively stripping (taking off their clothes) and dancing for the customers. Depending on local law, there is partial nudity or full nudity. Where allowed by law, alcoholic beverages are also sold. The customers tip (voluntarily give money to) the women, and in most places can buy private time with a stripper for a few minutes of sexually suggestive play. They are not like brothels, though, as no real sex is allowed.

Hope that helps.

[zeppy]

thanks for your comments ! !