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  • Move!

  • Ten... Nine, eight,

  • seven, six, five,

  • four, three, two...

  • Uh-oh. Holy shit, it's headed for the mine!

  • - I told you we didn't know what we were doin'!

  • I told you! Oh, no. Oh, no.

  • I don't believe this. Go ahead.

  • God in heaven, I thought it was a guided missile!

  • I thought the damn Russians were attackin'us.

  • The boy's in trouble now.

  • So this is what you been up to in the basement, huh?

  • Yes, sir. Damn, Homer.

  • You could've killed somebody with this idiot thing.

  • I know, sir. I'm sorry. I was...

  • Well, Homer here wants to be a rocket scientist. Is that it, John?

  • He has no idea what he wants to be.

  • But I know what he is. He's a menace,

  • and he's a damn thief.

  • Dad... And so is whoever helped you.

  • Ike Bykovsky did this, didn't he?

  • Don't you ever let me catch you...

  • with these fool things on company property again, you understand me?

  • Yes, sir. Then go home.

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October Sky (1/11) Movie CLIP - It's Headed for the Mine! (1999)

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Keywords

property

US /ˈprɑpəti/

UK /'prɒpətɪ/

  • noun
  • Particular quality that someone or something has
  • A quality or characteristic of something.
  • A building or area of land.
  • A rule or fact in mathematics.
  • Buildings or piece of land owned by someone
  • A quality or characteristic of something.
  • An object used on stage or in a film.
  • An object used on the stage in a play or film; a prop.
  • other
  • Land and buildings.
  • The legal right to own something.
  • Something that is owned by a person or organization.
guide

US /ɡaɪd/

UK /ɡaɪd/

  • verb
  • To help or advise someone about something
  • To control missile to hit a target by radio signal
  • Show or direct the way; influence the behavior or development of.
  • To lead people visiting a new or unknown place
  • noun
  • Book or a magazine containing information/advice
  • A device or structure that directs or controls the movement of something.
  • A person who shows the way to others, especially one employed to show tourists around.
  • A book or pamphlet that gives information about a place.
  • Person leading others visiting an unknown place
  • other
  • To influence someone's behavior or thinking.
  • To show someone the way to a place.
idiot

US /ˈɪdiət/

UK /'ɪdɪət/

  • noun
  • A person who is foolish or not very smart
  • A stupid person.
company

US /ˈkʌmpəni/

UK /'kʌmpənɪ/

  • noun
  • Good feeling from being with someone else
  • A business that sells things or provides services
  • A group of people gathered together.
  • A group of people gathered together.
  • Guests, especially in your home
  • A military unit, typically consisting of around 100 soldiers.
  • A unit of soldiers.
  • A group of actors who perform together.
  • Being with another person rather than alone
holy

US /ˈholi/

UK /'həʊlɪ/

  • adjective
  • Being good according to religious standards
  • Associated with or belonging to God or a religion.
  • Regarded with reverence; worthy of respect.
  • Dedicated or consecrated to God or a religious purpose; sacred.
  • Morally and spiritually excellent; virtuous; righteous.
  • other
  • An exclamation of surprise, shock, or awe.
catch

US /kætʃ, kɛtʃ/

UK /kætʃ/

  • noun
  • Amount of something that has been caught
  • A device for fastening something.
  • A person considered to be a good marriage partner.
  • Trick or something trying to deceive
  • verb
  • To stop something flying and hold it
  • To stop something and not let it go, e.g. animals
  • To contract or be infected with (an illness).
  • To get sick or get a disease from someone else
  • To find someone to do something, a task
  • To intercept and hold (something thrown, propelled, or falling).
  • To get stuck on or in something
  • To discover (someone) in the act of doing something wrong.
  • To be trapped so you can’t escape
  • To be able to understand what someone is saying
  • other
  • To contract or be infected with (a disease).
  • To intercept and hold (something thrown, propelled, or falling).
  • To capture or trap.
  • To hear and understand.
basement

US /ˈbesmənt/

UK /ˈbeɪsmənt/

  • noun
  • Floor or room in a building beneath the ground
scientist

US /ˈsaɪəntɪst/

UK /ˈsaɪəntɪst/

  • noun
  • Person who is trained in a science
head

US /hɛd/

UK /hed/

  • verb
  • To hit a ball with your head in a game
  • To be first or at the front or top (e.g. a list)
  • To travel or move toward a particular place; To go in a particular direction
  • To become the leader of something
  • To lead or be responsible for something
  • noun
  • Counter for the number of cattle
  • Natural mental ability or intelligence
  • Leader or person with the greatest authority
  • Mind; mental ability; mental state
  • Side of a coin with a head on it
  • Top part of your body with eyes and a mouth
  • Starting point of something, e.g. a river
missile

US /ˈmɪsəl/

UK /ˈmisail/

  • noun
  • A weapon that is thrown, shot or launched
  • Something that causes damage or harm, like a weapon.
  • An object that is forcibly propelled at a target, either by hand or from a mechanical weapon.
  • A self-propelled guided weapon.
  • adjective
  • Relating to or used in missiles.