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From the episode 'Roman Holiday'

DAN: This is a copy of 'The New Yorker'. Thank you, but you know I already have a subscription.
VANESSA: There's something else in there, a letter. What does it say Serena?
SERENA: Dear Mr. Humphrey, we are pleased to advise you we would like to publish you short-story in our 'Summer Fiction' issue featuring '20 under 20'.
VANESSA: It's a contest for young unknown writers and I might have submitted you.
DAN: Oh, my God! I'm gonna be published! I mean 'The New Yorker'... This can't be, this can't be real! Is this... is this real?
SERENA: This is so great! I haven't even read one of your stories.
VANESSA: Don't worry. He doesn't show them to anyone. I swapped this one out of his drawer in the pretence of borrowing a stapler.
DAN: Click. You have to return that stapler by the way.

we are pleased to...	tenemos el placer de...
to advise	informar, notificar. También significa aconsejar.
issue	número (de una revista)
contest	concurso, competencia
to submit	presentar
Oh, my God!	Expresiòn coloquial muy habitual, que equivale al español ¡Dios mío!
gonna	Forma coloquial de going to (ir a)
to swap something	intercambiar, cambiar algo
drawer	cajón
in the pretence of	con el pretexto de
to borrow something	tomar prestado algo
stapler	grapadora, engrapadora, abrochadora
by the way	a propósito, por cierto

LILY: Well, that was awkward.
BART: It wouldn't be if you let people know what we are doing together.
LILY: I'm just starting to trust you again.
BART: And the reason you didn't trust me last time was because of a misunderstanding.
LILY: Yes, and to avoid another one, please understand that if it doesn't work out between us again I'm gonna feel twice as humiliated.
BART: Not telling people about us ensures that we don't work out. Look, when I committed myself to you I meant it. You know I am in love with you. What are you waiting for?

awkward	incómodo, difícil
to trust somebody	confiar en alguien. Trustful es confiado. Trustworthy significa digno de confianza. Untrustworthy significa de poca confianza.
misunderstanding	malentendido
to work out	funcionar, salir bien
to commit oneself to something	comprometerse a algo
to wait for something	esperar algo. Notar el uso de la preposición for.

 

BLAIR: I can't believe you're OK with this.
ELEANOR: Who said I am OK with this? What am I supposed to do? Make a scene and then behave like some pathetic scorned wife? No!
BLAIR: Roman doesn't even know how to ice-skate! Can't you escort him out of the park on your way to your meeting and you drop him at a nail salon?
ELEANOR: I cannot bother myself trying to wrestle Roman away from you. I have to mentally prepare. I am meeting with the CEO of Victoria's Secret, after all.
ROMAN: Victoria's Secret?
ELEANOR: Yes. I'm designing a line of retro-chic sleepwear and lingerie.
BLAIR: I'm looking forward to the samples. We're all very proud. In fact, mom, why don't you tell Roman all about it? I'm sure he will be fascinated.

What am I supposed to do?	¿Qué se supone que haga?
to make a scene	montar una escena, hacer un escándalo
to behave	comportarse
scorned	desdeñado
to escort somebody	acompañar a alguien
to drop somebody at a place	dejar a alguien en un lugar
nail salon	salón de belleza para uñas. No debe confundirse con saloon que significa bar.
to bother oneself doing something	molestarse, preocuparse en hacer algo
CEO	Abreviatura de Chief Executive Officer, gerente general
sleepwear	ropa para dormir
lingerie	lencería
to look forward to something	esperar algo, tener ganas de algo
sample	muestra
proud	orgulloso. Orgullo se dice pride.
mom	Término familiar que significa mamá.

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