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Lyrics & Translation

[English]

monica i'm quitting i just helped an 81

year old woman put on a thong and she

didn't even buy it

i'm telling you i'm quitting that's it

i'm talking to my boss right now yes i

am yes i am you say i'm just saying i'm

just saying i'm just ham okay bye call

me when you get this message

oh mr waltham i uh really need to talk

to you in a moment please i'm in the

middle of a task

and you have a customer

hi hi i'm joshua hi i'm rachel green

what can i do for you joshua

well uh i need a whole new wardrobe my

wife well my ex-wife oh i'm so sorry

anyway she burned all of my clothes i

got away with two things this suit or

turned out to be a uh skirt

well at least that's a great suit yeah

but it wasn't much fun dropping off the

dry cleaners in the skirt

so i need everything down to underwear

so if you're willing i'm uh i'm all

yours

okay

rachel you needed to speak to me no no

that wasn't me

well

we should get started let me show you my

underwear

the selection of underwear that we carry

oh i'm sorry this way this way this way

yeah sorry

would you like to go to a basketball

game with

you know it's funny basketball because i

happen to have tickets to

um

who likes the nick

what do you think

oh well as a single woman

who is available

i think you look great

huh huh

yep

oh yeah you look great

oh yeah yeah this looks great

um so you like it i do i do i love it in

fact i think i'm gonna wear it home

great all right well thank you so much

for all your help

well i guess uh i guess this is it

thanks

maybe i'll see you in the spring you

know with the uh for the bathing suits

well you don't want to do that now

that's okay i

oh anyway hopefully i'll see you around

sometime

basketball

sorry

i uh

i have two tickets to the knicks game

tonight if you're interested just as a

thank you for this week

wow

that would be great really yeah that

would be fantastic my nephew is crazy

about the knicks

is fantastic thank you so much rachel

good morning hi

okay for next time what do you say

i have an extra ticket an extra ticket

not two tickets i have an extra ticket

so the first time you asked a guy out he

he turned you down

he didn't turn me down he's at the game

isn't he i got the date i'm just not on

it

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
quit /kwɪt/ A2	verb - to stop doing something
help /hɛlp/ A1	verb - to give assistance noun - assistance; aid
woman /ˈwʊmən/ A1	noun - an adult female human
thong /θɒŋ/ B1	noun - a narrow piece of material worn between the buttocks, often as underwear
wardrobe /ˈwɔːr.droʊb/ B2	noun - a closet or a collection of clothing
clothes /kloʊðz/ A1	noun - garments worn on the body
suit /suːt/ A2	noun - a set of matching jacket and trousers, often formal
skirt /skɜːrt/ A1	noun - a garment that hangs from the waist and covers the hips and legs
underwear /ˈʌn.dər.wɛər/ A2	noun - clothing worn next to the skin, under outer garments
basketball /ˈbæs.kɪt.bɔːl/ A2	noun - a sport played by two teams who try to score by throwing a ball through a hoop
ticket /ˈtɪk.ɪt/ A2	noun - a piece of paper or electronic record that gives the holder permission to enter an event or use a service
game /ɡeɪm/ A1	noun - an activity that one engages in for amusement or competition
Knicks /nɪks/ B2	proper noun - nickname of the New York Knicks, an NBA basketball team
nephew /ˈnɛfjuː/ A2	noun - son of one's sibling or sibling-in-law
great /ɡreɪt/ A1	adjective - very good; admirable
fantastic /fænˈtæstɪk/ B1	adjective - extraordinarily good or attractive
single /ˈsɪŋ.ɡəl/ A2	adjective - unmarried; not accompanied by another
available /əˈveɪ.lə.bəl/ B2	adjective - able to be obtained or used; free

Key Grammar Structures

• i'm quitting that's it

  ➔ Present continuous (am + verb‑ing)

  ➔ The present continuous is used for actions happening now. In this sentence the word "quitting" shows the action in progress.

• i'm talking to my boss right now yes i am

  ➔ Present continuous for temporary actions + emphatic affirmation (yes + subject + verb)

  ➔ The phrase "I'm talking" uses the present continuous for a temporary activity. The repetition "yes I am" adds emphatic confirmation; the word "am" is highlighted.

• i need a whole new wardrobe

  ➔ Modal verb "need" + infinitive (bare verb) as a semi‑modal

  ➔ "need" functions like a modal verb and is followed directly by the base form "a"; the word "need" is highlighted.

• she burned all of my clothes

  ➔ Simple past tense (regular verb + -ed)

  ➔ The verb "burned" is the regular past form of "burn"; the word "burned" is highlighted.

• if you're willing I'm all yours

  ➔ First conditional (if + present simple, present simple)

  ➔ The clause "if you're willing" uses the present simple after "if" to talk about a possible future situation; the word "willing" is highlighted.

• i have an extra ticket

  ➔ Present simple with indefinite article "an" before a vowel sound

  ➔ The verb "have" is in the present simple, and the noun phrase "an extra ticket" uses "an" because "extra" begins with a vowel sound; "extra" is highlighted.

• he didn't turn me down

  ➔ Past simple negative with phrasal verb "turn down"

  ➔ "didn't" is the negative auxiliary for the past; the phrasal verb "turn down" means "reject"; the word "down" is highlighted.

• i think you're great

  ➔ Verb of opinion + that‑clause (that omitted)

  ➔ "think" is a verb that introduces a clause; the word "you're" contracts "you are" and is highlighted.

• i have two tickets to the knicks game tonight

  ➔ Prepositional phrase of purpose (to + noun) + adverb of time (tonight)

  ➔ "to the knicks game" shows the purpose of the tickets; the word "to" is highlighted.