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Some sentences from the movie "The Usual Suspects"


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Some sentences from the movie "The Usual Suspects" #16 (permalink) Sun Jun 10, 2007 18:55 pm   Some sentences from the movie "The Usual Suspects"
 

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The five of us being brought in on a trumped-up charge to be leaned on by half-wits.
Could you paraphrase the sentence paying attention only to the parts in bold?

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Keyser Soze's got the front burner under your ass to let me go so he can scoop me up 10 minutes later.
Should I understand that he can take advantage of his position of priority?

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Now get some rest. The boat will be ready for you on Friday. If I see you or any of your friends before then Ms. Finneran will find herself the victim of a most gruesome violation before she dies. I might only castrate Mr. McManus' nephew.
What do the words in bold suggest?
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Some sentences from the movie "The Usual Suspects" #17 (permalink) Mon Jun 11, 2007 4:35 am   Some sentences from the movie "The Usual Suspects"
 

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The first is not a complete sentence. The bold parts are only forms of the verb 'be' and should be understood as such.

The second indicates that Keyser Soze has caused the listener to be very busy or has been very insistent toward or demanding of the listener.

'Might only' suggests 'maybe just'.
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Some sentences from the movie "The Usual Suspects" #18 (permalink) Tue Jun 19, 2007 0:03 am   Some sentences from the movie "The Usual Suspects"
 

This is right off the script itself.
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A: Mr. Kint will plead guilty to weapons possession.
B: You're joking.
A: Weapons. Misdemeanor one.
B: Counselor, you're insulting me.
A:Counselor, you're bluffing. Shall I push for misdemeanor two?
B: Misdemeanor one. Fine. This is ludicrous.

From the subtitles.
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X: They take the statement and they cut him a deal.
Y: What? Did they charge him with anything?
X: Yeah, weapons. Misdemeanor two.

Well, am I right to think that they mean "misdemeanor number one/two"? Or do they suggest something else?

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I've been in L.A. county talking to a guy they pulled out of a drainpipe in San Pedro yesterday after the shoot-out. He came to this morning. He started talking. He was part of a Hungarian mob there to do a deal with a bunch of goats from Argentina and he says it was definitely not a dope deal. Our man says no way on the dope.

What might the part in bold imply?

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Some sentences from the movie "The Usual Suspects" #19 (permalink) Tue Jun 19, 2007 2:39 am   Some sentences from the movie "The Usual Suspects"
 

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Well, am I right to think that they mean "misdemeanor number one/two"? -- Maybe; it depends on what you mean. Misdemeanor One and Two are specific, defined infractions of the law; they are levels of seriousness of the crime and incur different penalties.
Or do they suggest something else?-- Nothing more than what I have stated

'Our man says no way on the dope.' What might the part in bold imply? -- It does not imply; it states outright that 'our man' says 'No!' regarding the drugs.
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