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Cream and sugar?

Thanks

I started with the baby.

Started?

Shh! Darling! Shh!

I cut it a little roomy for the free movement. The fabric is comfortable for sensitive skin, and can also withstand a temperature of over 1000 degrees. Completely bulletproof. And machine washable, darling. That’s a new feature.

What on earth do you think the baby will be doing?

Well, I’m sure I don’t know, darling. Luck favors the prepared. I didn’t know the baby’s powers, so I covered the basics.

Jack-Jack doesn’t have any powers.

No? Well, he’ll look fabulous anyway.

Your boy’s suit I designed to withstand enormous friction without heating up or wearing out a useful feature.

Your daughter’s suit was tricky. But I finally created a sturdy material that will disappear completely as she does.

Your suit can stretch as far as you can, without injuring yourself, and still retain its shape. Virtually indestructible, yet it breathes like Egyptian cotton.

As an extra feature, each suit contains a homing device, giving you the precise global location of the wearer at the touch of a button. Well, darling? What do you think?

What do I think? Bob is retired! I’m retired! Our family is underground. You helped my husband resume secret hero work behind my back?

Well, I assumed you knew, darling. Why would he keep secrets from you?

He wouldn’t. Didn’t. Doesn’t.

Men at Robert’s age are often unstable. Prone to weakness.

What are you saying?

Do you know where he is?

Of course.

Do you know where he is?

Cream and sugar?

Thanks

cream and sugar are the two additional items normally added to coffee. They’re usually requested or offered When somebody is getting coffee served, like we see Edna ask Helen. if you visit the USA, keep in mind that cream is not the same as milk, it is thicker.

if you want regular milk, be sure to specify that.

I started with the baby.

Started?

Shh! Darling! Shh!

I cut it a little roomy for the free movement.

Darling is a word used to address of a beloved person.

I see.

This is a hobo’s suit, darling. Ah, you can’t be seen in this. I won’t allow it.

Fifteen years ago, maybe. But, now?

Oh, what do you mean? You designed it.

I never look back, darling. It distracts from the now.

Darling, and other words like honey and sweetie, when used for the same effect, are known in English as terms of endearment.

check out these other examples.

Listen, honey, I’ve got a client here.

Say no more. Go save the world, one policy at a time, honey.

Oh! I gotta go pick up the kids from school.

See you tonight.

Bye, honey.

Excuse me.

It isn’t your fault.

It wasn’t fair from me to suddenly ask so much of you.

But things are different now.

and doubt is a luxury we can’t afford anymore, sweetie.

You have more power than you realize.

So Edna says she cut the baby’s suit a little roomy for the free movement.

I started with the baby.

Started?

Shh! Darling! Shh!

I cut it a little roomy for the free movement.

Stylist design and make clothes by cutting pieces of fabric and putting them together.

So, she means she designed and made his suit in a way that it has more room (or space) for the baby to be able to move comfortably.

Now, instead of saying she cut it in a way that has a little room, she says she cut it a little roomy.

Adding a “y” at the end of nouns like this is something natives often do to turn them into adjectives or adverbs, event if that word doesn’t actually exist in the dictionary.

Check out these other examples.

Cookie

Oh my God!

Whoa—okay.

Okay

So, he can still hear you

From the other dimension, yeah.

That is freaky.

Does anything want anything else?

Oh, yeah, last week you had a wonderful, nutty, chocolatey kind of a cakey pie thing that

Nothing, just, just, I’m fine.

The fabric is comfortable for sensitive skin, and can also withstand a temperature of over 1000 degrees.

Fabric is the material which clothes are made from, like silk or cotton. Or for example, denim, which is the fabric used to make jeans.

Edna is saying that the suit’s fabric feels comfortable in contact with soft skin (like the baby’s).

also, she says it can withstand a temperature of a 1000 degrees. which of these do you think is a synonym for withstand?

So, withstand means that something can resist something and remain unaffected.

This suit resist extreme temperature, despite it’s comfort and sensitivity.

completely bulletproof.

Bullet proof is the quality of something that can resist and protect you from bullets being fired.

For example, a common item worn by police officers is a bulletproof vest, and banks sometimes have bulletproof glass.

And machine washable, darling. That’s a new feature.

A washing machine is a home appliance used to wash laundry. So, if something like a piece of clothing is machine washable, that means it can be cleaned in a washing machine.

By the way, appliance is the term used to refer to tools and devices you would have at home that perform certain jobs, like a toaster, a hair dryer or large objects, like an oven. So Edna says that the suit is machine washable, and that this is a new feature.

And machine washable, darling. That’s a new feature.

The word features here refers to a main characteristic of something, or part of something that makes it special and able to work better .

For example, one of the features of the new iPhone is its camera’s Night Mode, which allows you to take very clear photos at night.

This is our new house?

Okay—easy, tiger.

It’s being loaned to us.

Well, check out the water features.

What on earth do you think the baby will be doing?

Well, I’m sure I don’t know, darling.

The phrase on earth, as Helen uses it here, is added for emphasis in questions that begin with words such as ‘how’, ‘why’, ‘what’, or ‘where’.

It is often used to suggest that there is no obvious or easy answer to the being asked.

The green initiative, for only 12 million dollars, will change

Okay. I’ve heard enough. Now, don’t we already have a green initiative? I mean—

Didn’t we do all whole thing?

Hang a banner. Make a video. Sting was there. I thought I met Sting.

You did meet Sting.

Yeah, I met Sting.

So, why on earth would we spend another 12 million dollars?

Well, because we can always do more. What on earth do you think the baby will be doing?

Well, I’m sure I don’t know, darling. Luck favors the prepared. I didn’t know the baby’s powers, so I covered the basics.

“Luck favors the prepared” is a saying that tells you that you are more likely to be lucky and successful if you are prepared.

The noun saying refers to a short, well-known statement that generally contains advice or wisdom.

for example, another popular saying heard in many cultures, is “never put off until tomorrow what you can do today”. So Edna says she didn’t know the baby’s power, so she covered the basics.

she means she designed the suit while paying attention to the basic needs a superhero suit would have; she covered its basic needs.

However, it is funny to imagine things like bullet and fireproof material being “basics” for a baby.

Another similar expression you might hear from natives is to cover all the bases, which means prepared for every possibility, or to give attention to every aspect of a situation or problem.

And you’re giving him an EEG. Is that for the same thing?

It’s just a precaution.

I think the trauma caused some swelling and we need to keep him stable until the body can repair the damaged.

We’re just covering all the bases. We’re beings safe.

Luck favors the prepared. I didn’t know the baby’s powers, so I covered the basics.

Jack-Jack doesn’t have any powers.

Did you notice how Helen connected the words have and any in one short sound?

Let’s listen to it again.

Jack-Jack doesn’t have any powers.

That happens for two reasons.

First, the “e” at the end of “have” is silent e. learners often make the mistake of over enunciating sounds English due to their habit of doing it in their mother tongue and dependency on reading.

the issue is that English is a non-phonetic language. when speaking non-phonetic languages, you should not have the pronunciation be directly influenced by how the words are written.

In other words, learn to depend on your ears, not your eyes. So have should be pronounced hav, as should most of the letters “e” at the end of 4-letter words.

Zero-point energy.

I save the best inventions for myself.

You mean he got away?

Well, yeah.

Skippy here made sure of that.

IncrediBoy!

You’re not affiliated with me!

I didn’t looz my mind.

Okay? Janice and I have a lot in common.

We, yeah! I do! But, you know, I decided I would take a long lunch and spend some time with my friend Monica.

Another characteristic of spoken English is connected speech that’s a tendency natives have to cut, reduce, or link words together.

So, here, Helen connects have to any, thus creating the sound ha-vany.

Let’s practice after her.

I didn’t know the baby’s power, so I covered the basics.

Jack-Jack doesn’t have any powers.

I didn’t know the baby’s power, so I covered the basics.

Jack-Jack doesn’t have any powers.

Jack-Jack doesn’t have any powers.

No? Well, he’ll look fabulous anyway.

fabulous is an adjective used to describe something wonderful or excellent. Here, Edna means he’ll look very beautiful. This is a common, informal use of this word in the context of fashion.

Joey, sweetheart, you were fabulous!

Hey, you guys. This is my agent, Estelle.

Your boy’s suit I designed to withstand enormous friction without heating up or wearing out a useful feature.

Fiction is a word in the science of physics used to describe the force that works against an object as it slides along the surface of another object.

For example, if you’ve played air hockey, you know that because the puck doesn’t quite touch that table, there’s almost no friction, and so it is able to move very easily and quickly.

So Edna is saying that Dash’s suit was designed to resist great friction, which would be caused by his fast running movement, without heating up or wearing out.

These are few common phrasal verbs that are often used by natives. Do you know what they mean?

To heat up is to—

Robin here spent all day learning how to make kugel.

couldn’t figure it out. This is from Zabar’s.

Can we heat it up in your oven?

faster than heating it up in a refrigerator.

I’ve had a few cocktails.

I got it.

To wear out is

so if something wears out, losers its good condition and quality due to being used.

It can also be phrased as an active phrasal verb, that is, when you wear something out, you are causing it to lose its quality and good condition.

Not that news-worthy.

Now

Now, what?

The kids aren’t responding to antibiotics. Their white cell counts keep going down.

Their immune systems just aren’t doing their job

It’s like their bodies are wearing out.

It could also be used as an adjective. for example, some people prefer worn-out jeans, that is, jeans that have an appearance of being used.

Your daughter’s suit was tricky. But I finally created a sturdy material that will disappear completely as she does.

If something is tricky, it is difficult, like a tricky puzzle or a tricky challenge. Edna is saying that Violet’s suit was tricky to design.

Here it is – the Polyjuice potion.

probably brewed, the Polyjuice potion allows the drinker to transform himself temporarily into physical form of another.

But, it’s tricky. I’ve never seen a more complicated patient.

Sturdy is the quality of something or someone that’s strong and resistant to injuries or damage.

Your suit can stretch as far as you can, without injuring yourself, and still retain its shape.

to stretch an object is to extend it and make it longer (beyond it’s normal length), like Elastigirl does with her body.

If you stretch something as far as you can, you are extending it to its maximum capacity - the most you can.

in that case, it can also mean the suit will be able to stretch the same distance (that is, as far) as Helen is able to stretch.

So she says the suit will do this without having hurt herself, and that it will retain its shape - it will keep its form/ appearance.

Virtually indestructible, yet it breathes like Egyptian cotton.

Virtually is an adverb that means nearly or almost.

Edna is saying that Helen’s suit is extremely durable, and difficult to destroy; it is practically indestructible.

The word yet has many different uses.

In this case, it is used to add something that seems surprising, considering what you said before. for example, this tool is simple, yet effective.

This project has completely confiscated my life, darling.

Consumed me as only hero-work can. My best work, I must admit. Simple, elegant, yet bold. You will die.

So she says the suit is virtually indestructible, but surprisingly (and humorously), it breathes like if it were made of Egyption cotton.

by that, she means the suit’s fabric allows your skin to breathe and prevents sweating.

As an extra feature, each suit contains a homing device, giving you the precise global location of the wearer at the touch of a button

Homing device normally refers to a mechanism of a missile, or airplane for example, that makes it aim towards its objective.

It’s usually associated with technology like GPS, which is something you might be used to.

So here, this extra feature, at Edna describes, just gives you the precise location of the person wearing the suit.

Well, darling? What do you think?

What do I think? Bob is retired! I’m retired! Our family is underground. If you’ve watched the movie, you know from the beginning that all superheroes were forced by society to live a “normal” life, and not reveal their superpower and act as superheroes.

If something is literally underground, it means it is below the surface of the Earth.

However, Helen means it figuratively. she means her family is acting normal and keeping their secret; their superpower is being hidden from the public.

Violet, let go of your brother!

Example, During the Cold War, communists in the USA had to keep their operations underground.

I’m retired! Our family is underground. You helped my husband resume secret hero work behind my back?

Well, I assumed you knew, darling.

if you do something behind someone’s back, you do it without them knowing, normally in a way that is unfair or disrespectful.

I reckon you’d have to be barking mad to put your name in the Goblet of Fire

Caught on, have you? Took you long enough.

I wasn’t the only one who thought you’d done it. Everyone was saying it behind your back.

Brilliant. That make me feel loads better.

You helped my husband resume secret hero work behind my back?

Well, I assumed you knew, darling.

be careful with this commonly confused false cognate.

To assume something, like Edna says she assumed Helen knew about Bob working as a secret hero, means to think or guess that something is the case, without actual proof.

I thought you’d be back by 11.

I said I’d be back later.

I assumed you’d be back later.

If you came back at all, you’d be back “later”.

well, I’m back, okay?

Why would he keep secrets from you?

He wouldn’t. Didn’t. Doesn’t.

Men at Robert’s age are often unstable. Prone to weakness.

to be prone to something, usually something bad, means to have a tendency to be affected by it or to do it.

For example, people who are prone to getting the flu every winter should probably get a flu shot in the fall.

Come, sit.

Cream and sugar?

Thanks

I started with the baby.

Started?

Shh! Darling! Shh!

I cut it a little roomy for the free movement. The fabric is comfortable for sensitive skin, and can also withstand a temperature of over 1000 degrees. Completely bulletproof. And machine washable, darling. That’s a new feature.

What on earth do you think the baby will be doing?

Well, I’m sure I don’t know, darling. Luck favors the prepared. I didn’t know the baby’s powers, so I covered the basics.

Jack-Jack doesn’t have any powers.

No? Well, he’ll look fabulous anyway.

Your boy’s suit I designed to withstand enormous friction without heating up or wearing out a useful feature.

Your daughter’s suit was tricky. But I finally created a sturdy material that will disappear completely as she does.

Your suit can stretch as far as you can, without injuring yourself, and still retain its shape. Virtually indestructible, yet it breathes like Egyptian cotton.

As an extra feature, each suit contains a homing device, giving you the precise global location of the wearer at the touch of a button. Well, darling? What do you think?

What do I think? Bob is retired! I’m retired! Our family is underground. You helped my husband resume secret hero work behind my back?

Well, I assumed you knew, darling. Why would he keep secrets from you?

He wouldn’t. Didn’t. Doesn’t.

Men at Robert’s age are often unstable. Prone to weakness.

What are you saying?

Do you know where he is?

Of course.

Do you know where he is?