English phrases and quotes from The Heartbreakers

TRAILER:

“Ahhh.. [It was the perfect romance]… that’s how much I love you baby… [It was the perfect wedding].. Is it hard? What? Getting married… I’ve heard a tons of stories about you and women [But most of all..] Screw it… My client has agreed to settle for 300 thousand dollars [it was the perfect con].. Oh, and she keeps the Mercedes [Angela and Page aren’t just partners in crime]… I am in terrific shape. Feel my butt. I am not feeling your butt again, mother, OK. We all know it’s wonderful. [They’re family]. One more con. No more small time crap. Has to be big.. Oh, my god, she has cracked her head open… We can only let you to have this suite for one night.. ahhhh”

QUOTES:

Page Conners:You spy on people humping in boats? That’s so perverted.
Jack Withrowe:No, I look at stars.
Page Conners:Look, just because they’re famous doesn’t mean they don’t deserve their privacy too. Who ya got?
Jack Withrowe:The stars up there.[points to sky]

Dean:No more conning! No more! If you’re gonna be my wife, you’re gonna live a respectable life, chopping cars!

PHRASES AND VOCABULARY FROM THE HEARTBREAKERS: (90 terms)
to spare	to prevent someone from having or listening to something unpleasant
stop by	to make a quick stop
loaded	rich
jerk-off	vulgar and insulting word for a male, idiot
crap	poor, terrible, low quality (slang)
Piss off!	Angrily saying someone to leave, Get away, Get lost
blown away	to be amazed, impressed
hag	ugly or hysterical older woman (negative)
shut up	be quiet
bullshit	stupid talk
rude	impolite, indecent
to strand	to leave someone stranded
fall asleep	to start sleeping
bartender	barman, barkeeper
tax evasion	not paying taxes
old bag	grumpy old woman
move forward	the next step in a process
turn down	to fold or prepare the bedsheets
irreparable	unable to be repaired
hunk	good looking male (slang)
houskeeping	house cleaning service
weird	strange, bizarre
final score	the last successful robbery
flat tires	tires with no air
put up with	to endure negative experience
ironclad	rigid, not flexible
take it slow	to do something slowly
moron	stupid person (slang)
to off (somebody)	to kill somebody
slut	whore, prostitute
wish on a star	to make a wish when a star is falling
pile up	accumulate
criminal charges	formal accusation that somebody has commited a crime
go nuts	to go crazy
taken	someone who is not single
member	male penis
green	rookie, greenhorn
slap around	hit someone's face with a palm
to flop	to fall on the ground
without consent	without agreement or approval from other person
busboy	assistant of waiter
set up	to prepare a trap
cable	cable television
to have second thoughts	to be uncertain and undecided
screw around	to cheat a partner, to have sex outside relationship
seldom	not often, rarely
set up on my own	to start own business, to become independent
set for life	to have enough money for the rest of life
The best is yet to come	the best experience is still to come
take chances	to go into risk
prenups	written agreement before marriage
dime	ten cents
self-esteem	feeling good about own personality
lousy	poor, cheap, miserable
to kick	to die
pay off	to return a debt
dry up	to become dry, to get old
evade responsibility	to run away from responsibility
to suffer	to be affected by something
turn down	to reject, to refuse
to be stood up	when girlfriend or boyfriend does not come to a date
pull off	to achieve or make something happen
freshen up	to regain vitality
middle of nowhere	far from a civilization
mook	stupid person
best man	friend of the bridegroom at the wedding
screw around with	to play with emotions in a negative way
to be better off	to be in a better position than before
child’s play	easy situation
conning	performing scams or fraud
whipped cream	cream mixed using a whisk or mixer
make it up to	to compensate or repay a favor to somebody
pop the question	when a man asks a woman to marry him
(something is) set	(something is) ready
scam	swindle, fraud
innocence	not being guilty
hacky	disgusting, filthy, dirty
happen to notice	to see accidentally
gorgeous	good looking person (usually woman)
sort out	to solve a problem
lockdown	prison with high level of security
get around	to bypass
frostbite	injury to skin caused by ice
filthy	dirty, disgusting
squeeze out	to push somebody out from a position in order to get someone's benefits
rip off	to rob, to steal
hang up	to end a call
pick up where we left off	to continue where the previous activity was stopped
spy on (somebody)	to secretly watch somebody
file (tax) returns	to submit taxes to authorities