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Details
Directed
by:
Steven Soderbergh
Writing
credits:
George Clayton Johnson (1960 story) &
Jack Golden Russell (1960 story)
Plot
Outline:
Danny Ocean and his ten accomplices plan to rob three Las
Vegas casinos simultaneously.
Useful
Expressions
1. What would
you do if (you were) released?
= You're in prison now. Maybe we would let you leave prison.
What are you going to do?
2. He said
what we do could be considered research.
= Our actions are very clever or very strange. That's why
someone would be interested in studying what we do.
3. Let's stick
to cash.
= We have different options. Let's choose cash as a way
of payment.
To stick to something
= to limit yourself to doing or using one particular thing
and not change to anything else
4. Some
people lack vision.
To lack = to not have or not have enough of something that
is needed or wanted
Eg. We do not have enough space to keep old things.
= We lack space to keep old things.
5. God, I'm bored.
To be bored = feeling tired and unhappy because something
is not interesting or because you have nothing to do
Eg. This movie is not interesting at all. I'm so bored.
To be boring =
to be not interesting or exciting
Eg. This movie is boring. It's not interesting at all.
6. A: Did you practice
that speech?
B: Did I rush it?
To rush =- to do something very quickly
Eg. I rushed to find a phone.
7. Just out
of curiosity, which casinos did you - geniuses - pick to rob?
= I'm just interested to know which casinos did you choose
to take the money from?
8. What I'm about to propose is highly lucrative
& highly dangerous.
=The things I would like to offer you can bring a lot of
money (lucrative), as the same time they are very dangerous.
9. They're three
of the most profitable casinos in Las Vegas.
= These three casinos bring the biggest amount of money
to its owners.
Eg. Company prints
books & sells them to shops. It's a profitable
business.
= It brings money to the company.
10. This guy is
as smart as he is ruthless.
= This guy is very clever & very cruel in his actions
(ruthless).
11. Terry doesn't have to make the distinction.
= difference between two similar things
Eg. I have two apples. What is the distinction between them?
One apple is red & another is green.
12.  They'll
be watching you like hawks.
= a type of large bird which catches small birds and animals
for food
13. A: How long will
you be there?
B: 3 to 6 months, I guess.
= I think = I reckon = I suppose
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