Another great scene on a greater movie that takes place in a restaurant.
I´m quite sure that most of you have watched the most iconic of Quentin Tarantino´s movies more than once so I think it´s time to take a deep look into it´s vocabulary, that you will find below.
You will find lots of phrasal verbs and expressions used in informal American English, as most the main characters are a couple of criminals (as most of the characters in this movie). You will also learn some curse words that are very common in spoken street language and an interesting list of the different jobs in a restaurant.
For all these reasons I think this is a really good clip to improve your English.
Enjoy the scene
and, of course, enjoy the music!
Vocabulary
Garçon: a waiter in a French restaurant. It also means “boy” in French.
Coffee shop: a small, informal restaurant where drinks and small meals are served.
To rob: to take money or property illegally, often using violence
Bar: a place where drinks, especially alcoholic drinks, are sold and drunk.
Liquor store: a shop that sells mainly alcoholic drinks to be taken away and drunk at home.
Gas station: a place where fuel is sold for road vehicles.
To blow (your head) off: to make your head explode
To stick up: to threat someone with a gun in order to steal from them.
To catch with the pants down: to be embarrassed by something that happens because you are not prepared for it.
To expect: to think or believe something will happen.
To bet: to risk money on the result of an event or a competition. Also, to be certain that something is true or will happen.
To cut down: to reduce the amount or number of something.
To be insured: to have an insurance, which means that you pay a company money and they pay your costs if you have an accident, get robbed, etc.
Manager: a person in charge, responsible for a team or a business.
To plug the diners: a very rare expression that means “shooting the people”. A diner is a small and cheap restaurant, like the one where this scene takes place.
Waitress: a woman whose job is to bring the food to customers at their tables in a restaurant.
To take a bullet: to get shoot by a gun.
Register: a machine which record sales and in which money is kept in a restaurant or a shop.
Busboy: a person who works in a restaurant removing dirty dishes and bringing clean ones.
Wetback: an irregular immigrant in the United States, often from Mexico or other Latin-American country.
To give a fuck: to care. It´s a very informal and rude expression
Customer: a person who buys goods or a service.
Denver omelette: an omelette filled with ham, onion and green bell peppers.
Wallet: a small leather case for money, credit cards, etc.
Crowd: a large group of people.
To handle: to deal with something or someone.
Employee: someone who is paid to work for someone else
To be cool: to be calm and relaxed.
Prick: a stupid man.
To execute: to kill.
Motherfucker: an extremely
offensive name for someone you hate or has made you angry.
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