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From the episode 'Pilot'

FIGGINS: What is it with you and this club, Will? I love to see passion in my teachers, but this is bordering on obsession.
WILL: I was reading a study where they put these rats in a maze, not a normal one, a really hard one. In three months, not one rat had made it through. Then they started giving rats creative tasks, stuff to stimulate the artistic part of their brains. Within a week, every single rat had found its way out.
FIGGINS: Will, it's time to let it go. You've only got five kids, one of them is a cripple.
WILL: Then, I guess you've got nothing to worry about.
FIGGINS: Fine. Two months.

what is it?	qué sucede?
to border on something	rayar en algo, estar al borde de algo
maze	laberinto
hard	difícil
to make it through	lograr superar una situación difícil
task	tarea
stuff	cosas
within a week	al cabo de una semana
every single	todos y cada uno
to find one's way out	encontrar la salida
to let something go	dejar algo
cripple	lisiado
to guess	suponer
to worry about something	preocuparse por algo. Notar el uso de la preposición about.

TERRI: Isn't this fun? And it's so challenging.
WILL: So, you want to do this every week?
TERRI: Every Wednesday we'll have puzzle night. I know how important it is for you, having a creative outlet. So I've cleared my schedule.
WILL: The kids have been working so hard. I was thinking about taking them on a field trip next Saturday. Carmel High's performing a showcase down in Akron. It can't hurt to check out the competition, right? Carmel's going to be the team to beat at Regionals. I thought you might want to come chaperone it with me...

to be fun	ser divertido
challenging	que exige mucho esfuerzo, que supone un desafío
every week	todas las semanas
every Wednesday	todos los miércoles
puzzle	rompecabezas
outlet	salida, "válvula de escape". Por ejemplo, Playing football is a good outlet for him (Jugar al tenis es una válvula de escape para él, le sirve para relajarse).
to clear	vaciar, despejar
schedule	agenda, programa, horario, calendario
field trip	salida de excursión o de campo (en una escuela)
to perform	actuar, representar, interpretar
showcase	muestra
it can't hurt	no estaría mal, no nos haría mal si...
to check out	verificar
to beat somebody	vencer a alguien
to chaperone something	ir a algún lado de acompañante

 

WILL: I haven't had one of these in a long time. My wife's allergic to nuts.
EMMA: That's sweet of you, not eating something because she can't. How long have you, guys, been married?
WILL: Three years last March. But we've been together since high school. She was my first girlfriend, actually.
EMMA: Romantic! She must be pretty great to have lassoed you.
WILL: Thanks. We're just real compatible, you know? She's the realist, I get to be the dreamer. I'd be lost without her. Don't get me wrong, she can be tough on me, but it's only because she wants me to be a better person. That's what marriage is about. You make a commitment that no matter how good or bad things are, you're going to stick it out, keep struggling to get better, be better.

in a long time	por mucho tiempo
that's sweet of you	es dulce de su parte
to be married	estar casado
last March	el mes de marzo pasado
actually	realmente. No debe confundirse con actualmente, que se dice at present, nowadays.
to lasso something/somebody	enlazar algo/a alguien, atrapar algo/a alguien con un lazo
realist	realista
dreamer	soñador
I'd be lost	estaría perdido
to get somebody wrong	malinterpretar a alguien
to be tough on somebody	ser duro, servero con alguien. Notar el uso de la preposición on.
better	mejor
marriage	matrimonio
commitment	compromiso
no matter	independientemente de, sin hacer caso de
to stick it out	jugársela, aguantar algo
to struggle	luchar

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