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Welcome to English at the movies where we teach you American English.
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Heard at the movies.
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Meet Deanna at the beginning of this film.
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She is getting a divorce and feeling very bad about her life.
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Listen for the phrase down the tubes, 23 years of marriage is just down the tubes.
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Move!
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What am I gonna do?
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40 something year old woman that doesn't even have a degree.
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God, I know what I'm gonna dio.
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Let me see you staying at home being your mom.
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But I regret not getting my degree.
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That's why somebody's mom just rolled in college.
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So what do you think down the tubes?
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Means is it wasted or wanted?
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Listen again.
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Did you have the right answer?
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23 years of marriage is just down the tubes.
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Move!
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What am I gonna do?
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40 something year old woman that doesn't even have a degree.
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God, I know what I'm gonna dio.
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Let me see you down the tubes means wasted.
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But Deanna decides to make the best of her time.
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Now by going to college, she enrolls in school with her daughter and soon becomes the title of this movie Life of the Party.