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  • [ gong clangs ]

  • Very clever dinner.

  • Appetizing food fit neatly into interesting round pie.

  • - It's a quiche. - Hmm. How do you spell ?

  • Well, you don't spell it, son. You eat it. [ guffawing ]

  • Dong has only been in our country a short time, fred.

  • - I think we could all help him assimilate. - [ chortling ] oh.

  • [ dorothy ] long duk dong is about your age, sam.

  • You two should have a lot to chat about.

  • I love, uh, visiting with grandma and grandpa...

  • And writing letters to parents...

  • And pushing lawn-mowing machine...

  • So grandpa's hyena don't get disturbed.

  • - Hernia ! - [ fred chortling ]

  • Oh, yes, yes, yes, indeedy.

  • He does the dishes and helps with the laundry. You betcha.

  • [ all chuckling ] may I be excused ?

  • Where are you going ?

  • I have a dance to go to... At school.

  • It's a very important dance.

  • Uh, we're being graded on it... For gym.

  • Wait a minute. I have a wonderful idea.

  • Would you like to go to the dance with sam ?

  • [ gong clangs ]

[ gong clangs ]

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Sixteen Candles (5/10) Movie CLIP - Very Clever Dinner (1984) HD

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Keywords

dance

US /dæns/

UK /dɑ:ns/

  • noun
  • A series of steps and movements in time to music
  • A social event with dancing while music is playing
  • verb
  • To move your body rhythmically to music
visit

US /ˈvɪzɪt/

UK /ˈvɪzɪt/

  • noun
  • An act of going to see a person or place.
  • The act of going to or staying in a place as a visitor.
  • Trip to a place for a time, usually for a reason
  • other
  • To go to see a person or place.
  • To go to a website.
  • other
  • To stay somewhere briefly as a guest or tourist.
  • verb
  • To go to a place for a time, usually for a reason
clever

US /ˈklɛvɚ/

UK /'klevə(r)/

  • adjective
  • Funny in a way that shows intelligence
  • Showing intelligence; quick to understand or learn
dinner

US /ˈdɪnɚ/

UK /ˈdɪnə(r)/

  • noun
  • Main meal of the day, often eaten in the evening
write

US /raɪt/

UK /raɪt/

  • verb
  • To compose letters and words on paper or a screen
  • To invent or create a computer program
  • To create a song or piece of music
age

US /edʒ/

UK /eɪdʒ/

  • verb
  • To keep food, wine for a long time to improve it
  • To get older
  • noun
  • Period of time in history
  • Number of years a person or thing has lived
short

US /ʃɔrt/

UK /ʃɔ:t/

  • noun
  • Burning out of an electric current
  • verb
  • (Of electric circuit) to spark because faulty
  • adjective
  • Measuring a small distance
  • Happening for a small amount of time
  • Unfriendly or rude
  • adverb
  • Less than what is needed
  • Suddenly stopping what you are saying or doing
country

US /ˈkʌntri/

UK /ˈkʌntri/

  • adjective
  • Relating to or characteristic of the countryside.
  • Representing one's nation in sports or other competitions.
  • noun
  • An area of land that is controlled by a government
  • Open land that is away from towns and cities
  • A genre of popular music originating in the rural southern United States.
  • A nation with its own government, occupying a particular territory.
  • The people of a nation or region.
  • The land and buildings outside of towns and cities.
  • The rural part of a region, as distinguished from towns or cities.
  • An area of land; a region.
  • other
  • A genre of popular music originating in the rural southern US.
  • A genre of popular music originating in the rural Southern US.
minute

US /ˈmɪnɪt/

UK /'mɪnɪt/

  • noun
  • Notes taken at a meeting to record what was said
  • Short period of time
  • Unit of time equal to 60 seconds
  • verb
  • To record in writing what is said at a meeting
  • adjective
  • Very very small
food

US /fud/

UK /fu:d/

  • noun
  • What people and animals eat to live
  • Things taken in by plants to maintain life
  • A particular style or type of cooking, e.g. Asian