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  • The first thing we've got to do is see if old Stumpy's still out there.

  • -Can l borrow that shovel? -Yeah.

  • Doesn't he have a home to go to?

  • That's why Edgar never got down off that damn tower.

  • l have an idea.

  • You know, we have to come up with a plan or he's going to wait us to death.

  • -l was thinking-- -Why not run? We outran him yesterday.

  • Run for it? Running's not a plan. Running's what you do when a plan fails.

  • You're not trying to think of a plan.

  • lt ain't like we got a hell of a lot of options.

  • There's always options. We've just got to think of them.

  • Why don't you start thinking?

  • Why do l always have to do all the thinking?

  • -Who died and made you Einstein? -You know how to pole vault?

  • We just stay where he can't get us...

  • ...on these residual boulders. My truck's parked next to one.

  • Stay on those residual boulders!

  • That Tammy Lynn Baxter, she do much pole vaulting?

  • That's pretty good.

  • That slimebag won't give us much time once we hit that truck.

  • -l say we all jump together. -Right.

  • Wait.

  • Okay, ready.

  • One, two, three!

  • Go!

  • Watch it, Val!

  • Move!

  • Can somebody, perhaps, help me?

The first thing we've got to do is see if old Stumpy's still out there.

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Tremors (5/10) Movie CLIP - Pole Vault to Safety. (1990) HD

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thinking

US /ˈθɪŋkɪŋ/

UK /ˈθɪŋkɪŋ/

  • noun
  • Thoughts behind an idea, opinion or belief
  • The process of using one's mind to consider or reason about something.
  • verb
  • To have an idea, opinion or belief about something
  • Present participle of 'think': to have a particular belief or idea.
  • adjective
  • Having the faculty of thought; rational.
park

US /pɑ:rk/

UK /pɑ:k/

  • noun
  • Person's name
  • Public green area in a town for exercise, relaxing
  • Field upon which a sport is played, e.g. baseball
  • verb
  • To stay still without moving
  • To leave your car, bike in a certain place
run

US /rʌn/

UK /rʌn/

  • verb
  • To depart or travel according to a schedule
  • To cause an animal to move in a certain direction
  • (Of an engine) to be operating
  • To start or use a computer program
  • To flow in a certain direction, like a liquid
  • To manage or operate a business
  • To operate or drive something
  • (Of a road) to go from one place to another
  • To move your legs faster than walking
  • noun
  • A vertical line of broken stitches in stockings or tights.
  • A large number of fish swimming together to spawn.
  • A score in baseball.
  • A continuous period of success or popularity.
  • Journey between two places made by ship or car
  • The period of time that a play, movie, etc. is shown to the public.
  • An act of running, especially for exercise or pleasure.
  • Series of similar things or successes and failures
  • A prepared course or track for skiing.
  • Act of running; exercise of running
stay

US /ste/

UK /steɪ/

  • verb
  • To keep trying without giving up
  • To remain in the same place and not move away
  • To spend time visiting a place or someone's home
  • noun
  • Legal order to stop or delay an action
  • Strong rope or wire that supports a ship's mast
  • Period of time spent living in or visiting a place
wait

US /wet/

UK /weɪt/

  • verb
  • To delay or not do something until later
  • To spend time until an expected thing happens
  • To remain in a place until a thing happens
yesterday

US /ˈjestərdeɪ/

UK /ˈjestədeɪ/

  • adverb
  • Day before today
  • noun
  • Day before today
die

US /daɪ/

UK /daɪ/

  • noun
  • Cube with dots numbering 1-6 on it used in games
  • A small cube with a different number of spots on each side, used in games of chance
  • A tool for cutting an external thread
  • verb
  • To cease to function or work
  • (Of a thing) to stop being used or done
  • (Of a person) to stop living
  • other
  • To want something very much
  • To stop operating
  • other
  • To cut, form, or stamp with a die
ready

US /ˈrɛdi/

UK /'redɪ/

  • adjective
  • Being likely or about to do something
  • Being willing to do a task
  • verb
  • To prepare something for use or action
home

US /hom/

UK /həʊm/

  • noun
  • House, apartment or building to be rented or sold
  • Institution for sick or elderly people
  • Place where a person or a family lives
  • Country where a person lives or was born
  • Region that is native to peoples, plant or animals
  • adverb
  • Into the correct or intended position
  • adjective
  • A sports team's own field or place of play
  • verb
  • To move towards a particular target location
start

US /stɑrt/

UK /stɑ:t/

  • other
  • Beginning of something in place or time
  • noun
  • First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
  • First opportunity to achieve something, e.g. a job
  • Sudden action or movement because you are scared
  • verb
  • To do, be or happen for the first time; begin
  • To turn something on