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Rachel: And everybody knows this?
Joey: Oh, yeah. Cushions the blow.
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To cushion the blow means “to ease the pain or stress of something unpleasant”. When you don't want to offend someone, you're trying to ease his pain by doing something nice (or lying). You're cushing the blow.
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Rachel: And everybody knows this?
Joey: Oh, yeah. Cushions the blow.
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To cushion the blow means “to ease the pain or stress of something unpleasant”. When you don't want to offend someone, you're trying to ease his pain by doing something nice (or lying). You're cushing the blow.
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Joey: I just wanna go back to my cell, because in my cell, I can smoke.
Chandler: ‘Smoke away.’
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According to the OED away is used after verbs to say that something is done continuously or with a lot of energy.
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Joey: I just wanna go back to my cell, because in my cell, I can smoke.
Chandler: ‘Smoke away.’
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According to the OED away is used after verbs to say that something is done continuously or with a lot of energy.
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Monica: Okay, let's let the Alan-bashing begin.
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Bashing is the act of criticizing someone or something. She had a date and asked friends to tell her what was wrong with Alan.
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Monica: Okay, let's let the Alan-bashing begin.
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Bashing is the act of criticizing someone or something. She had a date and asked friends to tell her what was wrong with Alan.
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Joey: Know what was great? The way his smile was kind of crooked.
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Crooked sometimes means “dishonest” or “unscrupulous”, but here Joey says literally about the way how Alan's smile was curved, like it was beautiful.
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Joey: Know what was great? The way his smile was kind of crooked.
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Crooked sometimes means “dishonest” or “unscrupulous”, but here Joey says literally about the way how Alan's smile was curved, like it was beautiful.
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Ross: So I think Alan... will become the yardstick... against which all future boyfriends will be measured.
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Yardstick is a measuring stick one yard length. Figuratively, this word is used as a “test” or “standard” for measurement. Get more in Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yardstick
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Ross: So I think Alan... will become the yardstick... against which all future boyfriends will be measured.
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Yardstick is a measuring stick one yard length. Figuratively, this word is used as a “test” or “standard” for measurement. Get more in Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yardstick
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Wikipedia
Meterstick
Straightedge or folding ruler used to physically measure lengths
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Ross: I mean, it was like he made us into a team.
Chandler: Yep. We sure showed those Hasidic Jewelers... a thing or two about softball.
Monica: Nice.
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The Hasidic Jews are a very religious Jewish group. There are lots of Hasidic Jews in and around New York City. Also Jews are stereotypically seen as working in (and being successful in) the jewelry business. So The Hasidic Jewelers is a joke name for softball team based in these facts.
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Ross: I mean, it was like he made us into a team.
Chandler: Yep. We sure showed those Hasidic Jewelers... a thing or two about softball.
Monica: Nice.
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The Hasidic Jews are a very religious Jewish group. There are lots of Hasidic Jews in and around New York City. Also Jews are stereotypically seen as working in (and being successful in) the jewelry business. So The Hasidic Jewelers is a joke name for softball team based in these facts.
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Ross: Yeah, it's his innate Alan-ness that we adore.
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Innate means “belonging to the essential nature”. Also “native”, “inborn”.
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Ross: Yeah, it's his innate Alan-ness that we adore.
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Innate means “belonging to the essential nature”. Also “native”, “inborn”.
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Phoebe: Um, I also have something else for you.
Lizzie: Saltines?
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Lizzie is talking about a saltine cracker:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saltine_cracker
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Phoebe: Um, I also have something else for you.
Lizzie: Saltines?
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Lizzie is talking about a saltine cracker:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saltine_cracker
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Saltine cracker
square cracker made from white flour, yeast, and baking soda
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Lizzie: Do you want my tinfoil hat?
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Tin is a chemistry element with the symbol Sn:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tin
A foil is a very thin sheet of metal.
Actually, “tinfoil hat” is a wrong name, because it's made of aluminium foil. Tin foil was widely used before World War II, but was superseded by aluminium one. Howerver, people didn't notice huge difference and since than call these hats “tin foil hats”.
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Lizzie: Do you want my tinfoil hat?
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Tin is a chemistry element with the symbol Sn:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tin
A foil is a very thin sheet of metal.
Actually, “tinfoil hat” is a wrong name, because it's made of aluminium foil. Tin foil was widely used before World War II, but was superseded by aluminium one. Howerver, people didn't notice huge difference and since than call these hats “tin foil hats”.
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Tin
Tin is a chemical element; it has symbol Sn (from Latin stannum) and atomic number 50. A silvery-colored metal, tin is soft enough to be cut with little force, and a bar of tin can be bent by hand with little effort. When bent, the so-called "tin cry" can…