Captain America

Well, this is awkward.

What are you doing?

Backing up the hard drive. It’s a good habit to get into.

Rumlow needed your help. What the hell are you doing here?

You’re saving S.H.I.E.L.D. intel.

Whatever I can get my hands on.

Our mission is to rescue hostages.

No, that’s your mission, and you’ve done it beautifully.

You just jeopardized this whole operation.

I think that’s overstating things.

Okay. That one’s on me.

You’re damn right.

Well, this is awkward.

As you know, we say something is awkward if it’s uncomfortable or embarrassing.

Leonard, is it awkward being here with Penny given that you recently proposed to her?

Most times when a situation is awkward, it just feels that way and we don’t say it.

But other times, as you’ll see in these examples, people actually address it.

Hi, Bruce.

Nat.

This is awkward.

Thank you for everything you do for Cassie.

Well, that’s my pleasure.

But, no. This one, I did for you.

This is awkward.

Yeah.

Yeah.

What are you doing?

Backing up the hard drive. It’s a good habit to get into.

If you back up files on a computer, you create a copy of those files and store them somewhere else for security.

Black Widow says creating backups is a good habit to get into.

This is a collection that you can use, similar to develop a habit or form a habit.

You can also say get in the habit of, as in:

You need to get in the habit of leaving the house 15 minutes earlier so you aren’t late to work.

How about when you have a bad habit and you want to stop doing it?

Which of these options is not a correct collocation?

It’s just, sometimes when things are going really good for me.

I screw them up before someone else can.

I know. It doesn’t make a lot of sense, but it’s a habit I’m trying to break.

You’re saving S.H.I.E.L.D. intel.

Whatever I can get my hands on.

Our mission is to rescue hostages.

No, that’s your mission.

Intel is short for intelligence As used in this context, this word refers to secret information.

A government, for example, may run an intelligence operation.

to get information about another government.

Let’s have the images.

Intelligence suggests that the devices seen in these photos.

are, in fact, attempts at making manned copies of Mr Stark’s suit.

This has been corroborated by our allies and local intelligence.

If you get your hands on something, you take it into your possession.

Often this implies that it is difficult to do.

Example: I got my hands on some tickets to the Coldplay concert. Do you want to come?

How long am I staying?

Once we get our hands on the Tesseract, you’re in the wind.

Often times this expressions carries a connotation of implied danger when someone gets their hands on something.

The weapons. We can’t let Daggett get his hands on Applied Sciences.

Applied Sciences is all locked up and off the books.

Our mission is to rescue hostages.

No, that’s your mission.

A hostage is someone who is kept as a prisoner.

In this scene, Captain America’s mission is to rescue the hostages, meaning to save them from the situation of danger.

Nat, you kill the engines and wait for instructions.

Rumlow, you sweep aft, find the hostages, get them to the life-pods, get them out.

And you’ve done it beautifully.

You just jeopardized this whole operation.

I think that overstating things.

If someone jeopardizes something, or if they put something in jeopardy, they risk it or put it in danger.

That was completely irresponsible and dangerous!

You jeopardized everything!

If we extend protection for the Light beyond Earth, we put Earth itself in jeopardy.

We have no choice. We must remain neutral.

To overstate means to describe or explain something in a way that makes it seem more important or serious than it really is.

We also often say, “That’s an overstatement.”

For the opposite meaning we say understate and understatement.

But, you know, then me, you’re my boss, and I’m…

I really don’t think…

dancing, because it makes me look like…

I really don’t think it was taken that way…

The one who’s trying to…

I just think you’re overstating, that’s all.

You know, and we’re here, and then I’m…

Okay. That one’s on me.

You’re damn right.

Black Widow says what just happens is on her as a way to admit that it’s her fault.

But we’re broke!

And the Karapetyan’s our last hope.

And if we don’t show up.

We’re done!

That’s terrible bossing!

Damn, bro!

That’s on me! That’s on me!

Hey!

You’re damn right is something that we say when we want to emphasize someone is right.

You see, a guy like me…

A freak.

Damn right.

A guy like me.

Look, listen.

You thought this was gonna be a street fight?

You’re goddamn right it is.

Need a medic?

I need a new set of lungs.

Dude, you just run, like, 13 miles in 30 minutes.

Guess I got a late start.

Really?

You should be ashamed of yourself.

You should take another lap.

Did you just take it?

I assume you just took it.

What unit you with?

58th Pararescue.

But now I’m working down at the VA.

Sam Wilson.

Steve Rogers.

I kind of put that together.

Must have freaked you out, coming home after the whole defrosting thing.

It takes some getting used to.

Good to meet you Sam.

Need a medic?

I need a new set of lungs.

A medic is someone who does medical work, often in the military.

You’re out of your mind, pal.

Back off.

Medic right away to the holding tank.

Come on. Get the door open.

I need a new set of lungs.

Sometimes we refer to a pair of something as a set.

For example, you and someone else could be trying to find something.

If a third person offers to join, you could say, “ Another set of eyes would be helpful.”

Maybe I should take a look.

Oh, yeah, ‘ cause you’re the doctor with a specialty in bio-chem.

I’m just saying maybe you could use another set of eyes, considering…

Dude, you just run, like, 13 miles in 30 minutes.

Guess I got a late start.

Oh, really?

Can you notice how he connects his words here?

Guess I got a late start.

He says this in two units: guess I got / a late start.

Let’s see some similar examples:

Guess I should’ve knocked.

Oh my god.

Guess I got my wish.

And by the way do you ever find it difficult understand native when speak like this?

You probably think that is because we speak to fast. but…

You should be ashamed of yourself.

You should take another lap.

He says this in a joking way, but usually if you tell someone they should be ashamed of themselves.

That’s serious remark that’s used to communicate that someone should feel bad for what they did.

Twenty pound to win…

Ajay Bhatt.

Hold on. Hold on.

Isn’t he playing your brother?

You should be ashamed of yourself.

Yeah, but, curiously, I’m not.

A lap is a complete trip around a race track that is repeated several times during a competition.

Sam Wilson.

Steve Rogers.

I kind of put that together.

What do you think put that together means in this contex?

figure that out.

forget that.

research that

As used in this context, to put something together means to figure something out.

Judging by how extraordinary Steve is, Sam could tell who he was.

In a more general sense, to put something together means to create or assemble something.

It can also mean “ to put together an event.”

Must have freaked you out, coming home after the whole defrosting thing.

Must is a model verb that can be used to state a strong assumption.

For example, if you know someone had just arrived from a 10-hour trip, you could say:

You must be really tired.

When we want to express this in the past, we use have.

You must have been really tired yesterday when you arrived.

If you freak out, you have a strong emotional reaction to something.

For example, this could be because you are excited:

I got into Harvard Law School, I’m freaking out!

Or because you are scared:

That haunted house freaked me out.

Let’s now take a look at the connected speech here:

Must have freaked you out.

Notice how have turns into [uhv].

You can even say it like [musta].

Then he says freaked you out as [freak-chu-out].

Let’s hear it again and then try mimicking.

Must have freaked you out.

Must have freaked you out.

Must have freaked you out, coming home after the whole defrosting thing.

If you’re not familiar with the Captain America storyline, Steve was frozen (put in ice) in the 40’s, and defrosted in recent times.

This guy is still alive.

It takes some getting used to.

You may be familiar with the verb phrase to get used to something.

A more advanced way to say this is like how Steve did here:

It takes some getting used to.

Well, what’s that like?

One day you put them away, next day you set them free.

Takes a little getting used to.

Pays better though, doesn’t it?

Yes, it does.

Well, this is awkward.

What are you doing?

Backing up the hard drive.

It’s a good habit to get into.

Rumlow needed your help.

What the hell are you doing here?

You’re saving S.H.I.E.L.D. intel.

Whatever I can get my hands on.

Our mission is to rescue hostages.

No, that’s your mission, and you’ve done it beautifully.

You just jeopardized this whole operation.

I think that’s overstating things.

Okay. That one’s on me.

You’re damn right.

Need a medic?

I need a new set of lungs.

Dude, you just run, like, 13 miles in 30 minutes.

Guess I got a late start.

Really?

You should be ashamed of yourself.

You should take another lap.

Did you just take it?

I assume you just took it.

What unit you with?

58th Pararescue.

But now I’m working down at the VA.

Sam Wilson.

Steve Rogers.

I kind of put that together.

Must have freaked you out, coming home after the whole defrosting thing.

It takes some getting used to.

Good to meet you Sam.