0
Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary
To role over on somebody
What does this conversation mean:
Sargeant: That puts Cervantes at both crime scenes. Let's nail his (Cervantes') coffin and ship it.
Lieutenant: Hang on, sargeant. We get him (Cervantes) to roll over on Guererro, and we own them both.
Sargeant: You talking about throwing him a deal? And then what? He walks?
Lieutenant: If he does, we pick him on other charges. If he gets up Guererro it's a win-win
Sargeant: That puts Cervantes at both crime scenes. Let's nail his (Cervantes') coffin and ship it.
Lieutenant: Hang on, sargeant. We get him (Cervantes) to roll over on Guererro, and we own them both.
Sargeant: You talking about throwing him a deal? And then what? He walks?
Lieutenant: If he does, we pick him on other charges. If he gets up Guererro it's a win-win
Top answer
Hi, Anonymous: What does this conversation mean: Sargeant: That puts Cervantes at both crime scenes. Let's nail his (Cervantes') coffin and ship it. Lieutenant: Hang on, sargeant.
- Hi, Anonymous: What does this conversation mean: Sargeant: That puts Cervantes at both crime scenes.
- Let's nail his (Cervantes') coffin and ship it.
- Lieutenant: Hang on, sargeant.
- We get him (Cervantes) to roll over on Guererro, to provide information to the police that wlll prove his colleague Guerrerro is guilty and we own them both.
- Sargeant: You talking about throwing him a deal?
Get the Weekly English Kit 📬
New words, one handy idiom, and a 2-minute quiz — delivered to your inbox to keep your streak alive.
10 Answers
0
Hi,
Anonymous:
What does this conversation mean:
Sargeant: That puts Cervantes at both crime scenes. Let's nail his (Cervantes') coffin and ship it.
Lieutenant: Hang on, sargeant. We get him (Cervantes)
to roll over on Guererro, to provide information to the police that wlll prove his c
Anonymous:
What does this conversation mean:
Sargeant: That puts Cervantes at both crime scenes. Let's nail his (Cervantes') coffin and ship it.
Lieutenant: Hang on, sargeant. We get him (Cervantes)
to roll over on Guererro, to provide information to the police that wlll prove his c
00
Anonymous If he gets up GuererroShouldn't this be "If he gives up Guererro"?
This is full of special slang.
To roll over on somebody is to "turn state's evidence on them," or to "rat them out."
One criminal agrees to become a witness against the other, usually in exchange for special treatment.
00
We get him (Cervantes) to roll over on Guererro, and we own them both.
Sargeant: You talking about throwing him a deal? And then what? He walks?
to roll over on = to "betray". They want the one guy to betray the other one.
throwing him a deal = offer him a deal
He walks ? = He goes free?
Hope that helps !
Sargeant: You talking about throwing him a deal? And then what? He walks?
to roll over on = to "betray". They want the one guy to betray the other one.
throwing him a deal = offer him a deal
He walks ? = He goes free?
Hope that helps !
00
Thank you very much. I get it now!
Sorry for the mistake. It should be: If he gets us Guererro it's a win-win. Not up.
Sorry for the mistake. It should be: If he gets us Guererro it's a win-win. Not up.
00
One more question regarding above conversation. What does it mean "to take a point on Guerrero"?
Lieutenant says to sargeant: Take a point on Guerrero!
Could it mean to catch him?
Lieutenant says to sargeant: Take a point on Guerrero!
Could it mean to catch him?
00
Hi,
Lieutenant says to sergeant: Take a point on Guerrero!
I don't know. Can you show us the sentence in its context, please?
Clive
Lieutenant says to sergeant: Take a point on Guerrero!
I don't know. Can you show us the sentence in its context, please?
Clive
00
Basically lieutenant and sergeant are talking about a criminal (Guerrero) that needs to be caught.
Sergeant is highly motivated to catch him and the lieutenant says to him: Take a point on Guerrero!
Maybe try catching him or something?
Sergeant is highly motivated to catch him and the lieutenant says to him: Take a point on Guerrero!
Maybe try catching him or something?
00
Hi,
That just doesn't seem right to me.
Are you listening to it, or reading it?
Clive
That just doesn't seem right to me.
Are you listening to it, or reading it?
Clive
00
I'm both listening and reading. It's definitely right. It doesn't seem right to me either, but I actually Googled this phrase a bit and found out that somebody else posted this phrase also.
Here is the explanation on forum. Do you think this explains it?
To take point means to take the lead (it comes from the military, where the "point" position of a patrol is the soldier out ahe
Here is the explanation on forum. Do you think this explains it?
To take point means to take the lead (it comes from the military, where the "point" position of a patrol is the soldier out ahe
00
Hi,
To take point means to take the lead (it comes from the military, where the "point" position of a patrol is the soldier out ahead of the rest). The lieutenant is instructing the person he's addressing to be the lead investigator on Andrew.
I don't know in this explanation, though, what it means "to take the lead"? To be the leader, ie to be
To take point means to take the lead (it comes from the military, where the "point" position of a patrol is the soldier out ahead of the rest). The lieutenant is instructing the person he's addressing to be the lead investigator on Andrew.
I don't know in this explanation, though, what it means "to take the lead"? To be the leader, ie to be
0
Related Questions