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HENNESSEY: I'm really sorry about this morning, John, really sorry. Please don't hate me for dragging you into that. Please don't...
JOHN: I don't hate you.
HENNESSEY: That's good to hear. Really good.
JOHN: But could you at least wait until I call for you before you show up?
HENNESSEY: You didn't call?
JOHN: Not yet. Jesus, Hennessey, you freak me out sometimes.
HENNESSEY: So you want me to go away and come back?
JOHN: No. I've got an assignment for you.
HENNESSEY: Really? What kind of assignment?
JOHN: The kind you'll have to be sober for.

I'm really sorry	lo siento mucho
to drag somebody into something	arrastrar a alguien a algo
to hear	escuchar
to show up	aparecerse
to freak somebody out	asustar a alguien
to go away	irse
assignment	misión, función, tarea
sober	sobrio

ANGELA: I killed a man today. Another one.
FATHER GARRET: I'm sorry, Angela.
ANGELA: Most cops go twenty years without firing their gun. Not me. I always seem to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. I didn't even see his face. I just pulled the trigger and he went away. Just like all the others.
FATHER GARRET: These feelings are natural in your line of work, Angela. I'd be worried if you didn't have them. But you have to be strong. You can't allow your faith to be overshadowed by guilt.
ANGELA: I'm trying. I'm trying really hard.

cop	poli, policía
to fire a gun	disparar un arma
to pull the trigger	apretar el gatillo
worried	preocupado
faith	fe. Faithful significa fiel. Faithless significa infiel, desleal. Blind faith es fe ciega.
to be overshadowed	ser eclipsado
guilt	culpa. Culpable se dice guilty.
to try really hard	intentar mucho

 

JOHN: No, I've beaten things, insurmountable things, things most people have never even heard of and after all that, you think I'm going to be done in by this?
DR. ARCHER: You wouldn't be the first, John.
JOHN: It can't be that simple. I mean, come on, Les, you saved me before. You can do it again, right?
DR. ARCHER: This is different. This is aggressive. Twenty years ago you didn't want to be here. Now you don't want to leave.
JOHN: That's because I know exactly where I'm going this time.

to beat something	golpear algo
insurmountable	insuperable
to do in	dejar a alguien muy cansado, extenuar
to save somebody	salvar a alguien
to leave	irse

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