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Ljswave Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

would you please explain the meaning of them that "make out" and "playing out"?

In this cut scripts of Movie"The Bucket list"
I can't understand two parts of the script below

Would you please explain easily the meaning of them?
I'm wondering the skipped speech after like of I'm supposed to make out like,

Video cut link:
http://www.anyclip.com/movies/the-bucket-list/EGkK4ubn4htmb/

Dialog in the Cut goes like:
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Edward-You have no *** idea who I am!
I built a billion-dollar business up from nothing!
Presidents have asked my advice.
I have dined with royalty and I'm supposed to make out like, what... ...this trip was supposed to mean something to me?
Like it was gonna change me?

-How did you see it playing out, Carter?
I knock on the door, she answers. she's surprised and angry... ...but I tell her how much I love her and miss her. And, "Oh. By the way,I'm gonna be dead soon...

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Top answer

"make out means "to have ***" And with "playing out" he meant "happening" or "turn out"

— Ayadi Ghait

  • "make out means "to have ***" And with "playing out" he meant "happening" or "turn out"
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"make out means "to have ***"
And with "playing out" he meant "happening" or "turn out"
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Ayadi Ghait"make out means "to have ***"
In the context of the clip "make out" means something like "believe" or "expect" not "to have ***."
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MalReyIn the context of the clip
I respect your point of view. I'm sure you know better than me. But IN THIS CONTEXT, I can't see how t can mean "believe" or "expect". I don't know if you have actually seen the whole movie
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"Make out" does not mean to have *** in any event. It means to do everything but, usually just to kiss, what the Brits call "snogging".

In this case, "make out like" means something like "pretend that". He breaks off after "what", the "what" having turned the previous clause into a question—"What am I supposed to make out like?" He then rhetorically ventures a sarcastic answer: "this trip
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enoon"Make out" does not mean to have *** in any event. It means to do everything but, usually just to kiss, what the Brits call "snogging".In this case, "make out like" means something like "pretend that". He breaks off after "what", the "what" having turned the previous clause into a question—"What am I supposed to make out like?" He then rhetorically ventures a sarcastic answer: "t
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His speech is highly colloquial, and it is a bit confused because he is angry. I think he actually misspoke a little. "To make like" is "to pretend that". "To make out like" is not quite right in this context, but we understand what he means. The "like" is the same one we see in "act like", as in "Am I supposed to act like I care?"

"What am I supposed to pretend?" would be a good paraphra
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