Video lesson#12: To tip or not to tip

To tip or not to tip, that is the question...

At least for Mr Pink, the main character of this clip from Quentin Tarantino´s first movie: Reservoir Dogs.

Watch this little video (with English subtitles) and take a look at the vocabulary below to understand all the money-related vocabulary, all the expressions, jokes and rude language used by these gangsters.

#Note: You might notice how they use the verb don´t with the third person (He don´t/ She don´t) instead of using the correct form (He doesn´t/ She doesn´t). Although it´s grammatically incorrect it´s very common in spoken English, especially in the United States.

Vocabulary

Check: a list showing what you have eaten and how much do you have to pay. It is also called bill in British English.

Tip: extra money given to the waiter in a restaurant to show that you have liked the service.

Buck: a dollar.

To change someone´s mind: to have an idea that you didn´t have before.

To shoot: to fire a bullet.

To cough up: to give money, especially when you do not really want to.

Green: dollar notes (because of their green color).

To tip: to give a tip.

Chick: a young woman.

To make: in this sense, to earn money.

To make shit: to earn a little amount of money.

To quit: to leave your job.

To have the balls: to have courage.

Let me get this straight: expression used when you want to understand or clarify something.

To deserve: to have earned something because of the way you have behaved.

To suck: to move the tongue and muscles of the mouth around something inside your mouth.

Dick: penis

To order: to ask for something to be made, supplied or delivered, especially in a restaurant or shop.

To fill: to put a substance into an empty space.

To be busy: to work hard or to have many things to do.

To starve: to become very weak or even die because there is not enough food to eat.

Minimum wage: the smallest amount of money that employers are legally allowed to pay to their employees.

To deem: to consider or judge in a particular way.

Worthy: deserving respect, admiration or support.

To bust your ass: to work hard.

Bullshit: complete nonsense or something that is not true.

Occupation: job.

College: university.

Non-college graduate: a person who has not gone to college.

To make a living: to earn enough money to buy the things you need to live.

To tax: to make somebody pay a tax (an amount of money paid to the Government).

To be fucked up: to be stupid and not reasonable.

On a regular basis: occurring in regular time intervals.

To sign: to write your name.

To play ball: to cooperate with others.

To type: to write using a machine such as a typewriter or a computer.

The rent: the money you pay monthly to the owner of the house you are living in.

Rambler: a person who enjoys walking on the countryside.

To ramble: to walk for pleasure, especially in the countryside.

Cheap bastard: a man usually of good socioeconomic status that never pays.

Goddamn/goddamned: rude expression used to emphasize what you are saying.

So, what do you think? Should you tip the waitress next time you go to a restaurant?

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