The Last Time I Saw Paris

That's a Nice Laugh

(Lesson 1)

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ballerina

a female ballet dancer
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Ahh, little ballerina.
beer

a general name for alcoholic beverages made by fermenting a cereal (or mixture of cereals) flavored with hops
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Noted for good beer, women with lovely legs, and practically no millionaires, ha, ha.
bourbon

whiskey distilled from a mash of corn and malt and rye and aged in charred oak barrels
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This calls for a very big and very cold bourbon and water.
business

a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it
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You're back on business, perhaps?
capacity

capability to perform or produce
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My dear, I'm afraid I've underestimated the alcoholic capacity of our guests.
character

an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story)
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Ooh, but you I was afraid that... Nah, don't you know that bad characters never die in war.
coincidence

an event that might have been arranged although it was really accidental
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Um, quite a a coincidence meeting here.
commandment

a doctrine that is taught
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That's his eleventh commandment, having fun.
company

small military unit; usually two or three platoons
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I parted company with you at Sarmi after Saint Low.
conclusion

a position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration
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And do you know that all these people came to precisely the same conclusion.
eleventh

position 11 in a countable series of things
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That's his eleventh commandment, having fun.
europe

the 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia); the British use `Europe' to refer to all of the continent except the British Isles
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Now that the war in Europe is over, what are you going to do?
feeling

the experiencing of affective and emotional states
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I have a feeling she'll be talking to me, too.
footstep

the act of taking a step in walking
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Ah, now look, let her alone. After all, I was expelled from Harvard, wasn't I? Why shouldn't a girl follow in her father's footsteps?
france

a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe
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Dad and I stayed on in unoccupied France, Lyon mostly.
frenchman

a person of French nationality
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To Frenchmen!
general

a general officer of the highest rank
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Back into the FFI? With the General de Gaulle.
general de gaulle

French general and statesman who became very popular during World War II as the leader of the Free French forces in exile (1890-1970)
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Back into the FFI? With the General de Gaulle.
german

a person of German nationality
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When the Germans came in 1940, I was sent to school in Switzerland.
gin

strong liquor flavored with juniper berries
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No bourbon, no gin, no cognac, no anything.
guest

a visitor to whom hospitality is extended
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My dear, I'm afraid I've underestimated the alcoholic capacity of our guests.
harvard

a university in Massachusetts
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Ah, now look, let her alone. After all, I was expelled from Harvard, wasn't I? Why shouldn't a girl follow in her father's footsteps?
influence

a power to affect persons or events especially power based on prestige etc
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Uh, you must have influence around here. You have a drink.
lady

a polite name for any woman
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That, uh, lady over there.
language

a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols
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We all miss you in any language.
legs

staying power
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Noted for good beer, women with lovely legs, and practically no millionaires, ha, ha.
lieutenant

a commissioned military officer
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Oh, Lieutenant, don't take the party with you. Oh, ha, ha.
look

the feelings expressed on a person's face
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Marion, ah! You, my boy, you have a thirsty look in your eye.
loot

goods or money obtained illegally
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That's where the loot's kept. No! Ha!
lyon

a city in east-central France on the Rhone River; a principal producer of silk and rayon
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Dad and I stayed on in unoccupied France, Lyon mostly.
ma'am

a woman of refinement
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Power of the press, ma'am.
maryland

a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
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Say, Wills, Wills, are you one of the wealthy Willses from Maryland? No! No!
matter

a vaguely specified concern
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Well, the fact of the matter is
minutes

a written account of what transpired at a meeting
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I'll only be a few minutes.
mirror

polished surface that forms images by reflecting light
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Well, if I hadn't seen you in the mirror uh,
monsieur

used as a French courtesy title; equivalent to English `Mr'
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Bonsoir, monsieur.
new york

the largest city in New York State and in the United States; located in southeastern New York at the mouth of the Hudson river; a major financial and cultural center
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New York till I was twelve. Then Daddy moved us to Paris.
normandy

a former province of northwestern France on the English channel; divided into Haute-Normandie and Basse-Normandie
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Haven't seen him since D-day in Normandy.
observer

an expert who observes and comments on something
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Oh, he was an observer with our outfit.
ooh

express admiration and pleasure by uttering `ooh' or `aah'
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Ooh, but you I was afraid that... Nah, don't you know that bad characters never die in war.
outfit

any cohesive unit such as a military company
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Oh, he was an observer with our outfit.
pacific

the largest ocean in the world
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Try to stay out of the war in the Pacific.
power

possession of controlling influence
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Power of the press, ma'am.
press

the print media responsible for gathering and publishing news in the form of newspapers or magazines
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Power of the press, ma'am.
reporter

a person who investigates and reports or edits news stories
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A reporter? We don't need a reporter, we need a bartender here. Ha, ha.
scene

a display of bad temper
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If we're going to have scene, either ask this young man to leave or introduce us.
stranger

an individual that one is not acquainted with
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I thought some stranger was giving me the eye.
sure

having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
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Would you help me? Sure!
switzerland

a landlocked federal republic in central Europe
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When the Germans came in 1940, I was sent to school in Switzerland.
tiger

large feline of forests in most of Asia having a tawny coat with black stripes; endangered
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That ought to be enough to tame the tiger. Yeah!
town

an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city
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I invited him here because it seems to be the only place in town where you can get a drink.
uniform

clothing of distinctive design worn by members of a particular group as a means of identification
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Ha, ha, no, it's the only other place I ran into more uniforms today. Ha, ha.
university

the body of faculty and students at a university
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We couldn't tell you the good news before but Helen has been expelled from the university.
whiskey

a liquor made from fermented mash of grain
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Well, where would he get enough whiskey for a party.
young man

a teenager or a young adult male
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If we're going to have scene, either ask this young man to leave or introduce us.
accomplish

put in effect
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Let's see what my influence and lots of money can accomplish. Maurice!
celebrate

behave as expected during of holidays or rites
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How are you celebrating?
come back

go back to something earlier
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Could you come back later?
die

pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
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Ooh, but you I was afraid that... Nah, don't you know that bad characters never die in war.
do

engage in
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Now that the war in Europe is over, what are you going to do?
expel

force to leave or move out
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We couldn't tell you the good news before but Helen has been expelled from the university.
feed

provide as food
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That means she wants to feed you.
finish off

finish a task completely
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No, does that finish me off?
follow

to travel behind, go after, come after
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Ah, now look, let her alone. After all, I was expelled from Harvard, wasn't I? Why shouldn't a girl follow in her father's footsteps?
interrupt

make a break in
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Am I interrupting anything important?
introduce

cause to come to know personally
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If we're going to have scene, either ask this young man to leave or introduce us.
invite

ask someone in a friendly way to do something
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I invited him here because it seems to be the only place in town where you can get a drink.
make it

continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.)
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Ah, I knew you would make it.
meet

get to know; get acquainted with
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Everybody's waiting to meet you.
miss

feel or suffer from the lack of
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We all miss you in any language.
part

go one's own way; move apart
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I parted company with you at Sarmi after Saint Low.
report

to give an account or representation of in words
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Well, I've really got to report back to the paper with some sort of story.
send

cause to go somewhere
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When the Germans came in 1940, I was sent to school in Switzerland.
slow up

become slow or slower
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No, but it does slow us up a little.
smile

change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure
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She's not even smiling at me.
speak

express in speech
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Only people who speak English would put things like that in their stomachs.
stay on

continue in a place, position, or situation
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Dad and I stayed on in unoccupied France, Lyon mostly.
tame

make less strong or intense; soften
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That ought to be enough to tame the tiger. Yeah!
wonder

have a wish or desire to know something
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Charles, I was wondering what had happened to you.
afraid

filled with fear or apprehension
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Ooh, but you I was afraid that... Nah, don't you know that bad characters never die in war.
afraid

filled with regret or concern; used often to soften an unpleasant statement
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My dear, I'm afraid I've underestimated the alcoholic capacity of our guests.
alcoholic

characteristic of or containing alcohol
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My dear, I'm afraid I've underestimated the alcoholic capacity of our guests.
better

(comparative of `good') superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another
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I've got a better idea, let's go to my Father's celebration.
cheap

relatively low in price or charging low prices
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Daddy says it's the same thing only it's much cheaper.
civilian

associated with civil life or performed by persons who are not active members of the military
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I wish were a bartender, a nice civilian bartender.
dangerous

involving or causing danger or risk; liable to hurt or harm
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The eye without a smile, is the most dangerous eye.
dear

dearly loved
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This is my dear and crazy friend, Charles Wills, Miss Ellswirth. Miss Ellswirth.
fat

having an (over)abundance of flesh
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You're fat!
gay

bright and pleasant; promoting a feeling of cheer
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He says that after a war everybody should always be gay and have fun.
like

having the same or similar characteristics
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It's not so crazy anymore like it was after the war, huh?
lovely

appealing to the emotions as well as the eye
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Noted for good beer, women with lovely legs, and practically no millionaires, ha, ha.
old

of long duration; not new
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Excuse me, I saw my old friend and I...
proud

feeling self-respect or pleasure in something by which you measure your self-worth; or being a reason for pride
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Your sister has made me very proud.
resourceful

having inner resources; adroit or imaginative
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Very resourceful man.
straight

without water
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Bourbon straight, water on the side.
thirsty

needing moisture
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Marion, ah! You, my boy, you have a thirsty look in your eye.
unoccupied

not held or filled or in use
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Dad and I stayed on in unoccupied France, Lyon mostly.
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