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Drunk Driving Conversation

Joe: [exhale] I just saw John at the store.

Kristin: Well what happened? You sound kind of bummed.

busted: to get in trouble

Joe: Well, he told me that Melissa just got busted again for drunk driving.

Kristin: Oh, no.

Joe: Yeah…

Kristin: That’s terrible.

Joe: …that’s her second offense in the last year.

Kristin: Jeez.

Joe: I mean, she just.... I think that she just got finished with the court case from the

last time when she got busted . And that was like, she got busted like ten months ago.

She doesn’t even have a license.

Kristin: Oh my god!

Joe: Yeah, I mean the first time she got…

Kristin: What was she thinking?

have no idea: does not

know

Joe: …busted, I have no idea . I mean, the first time she got busted she was, uh,

she had been out drinking with some friends, y’know, at a party. And, uh, y’know,

they had advised her not to drive because she had been drinking a bit too much. But,

y’know, she was like, “No, no, I’m fine.” So she was on her way home and, uh,

y’know, she was dr-, uh, driving a little erratically. And, uh, y’know a cop saw her and

y’know, pulled her over and smelled that she had alcohol on her breath. So, um,

yeah, so that’s how she got busted the first time. But this time, she’s really lucky.

She actually wrecked this time.

pulled her over: to be

stopped by the police

while driving

Kristin: Yeah,

Joe: And, uh…

Kristin: Yeah, she is lucky.

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Joe: …I mean, but she’s lucky that no one got hurt.

Kristin: Right.

thank goodness: to be

thankful for something

Joe: She wa-, she actually didn’t get hurt. She didn’t hit anybody, thank goodness ,

and uh…

Kristin: Well how serious was the accident?

totaled: damaged so

much that it cannot be

driven

Joe: Um, well she, uh, she was apparently driving and, uh, a little too fast and, uh,

y’know.... She was obviously drunk. She lost control of the car and, y’know, that was

it. Y’know, it’s totaled also. She hit into a, um, a telephone pole but thank goodness

she didn’t hit it head-on. Y’know, she just like lost control and skidded into it.

hit (it) head-on: hit

something with the head

or front first

Kristin: God, I just had this image of her wrapping it around the telephone pole.

wrapping it around:

crashed into badly

Joe: Yeah, well, check this out. Jeff said he saw her out at the bar last night doing

shots about an hour before she drove. He didn’t even…

Kristin: Oh, that’s smart.

Joe: …think she was driving, because h-, he knows she doesn’t have a-, a license.

Kristin: Yeah, that’s really smart.

Joe: Yeah, I just, oh my god, I just don’t even know what to say. I mean…

rear-ended: hit

something from behind

or from the back end

Kristin: Well, this makes me think of Matthew. Fairly recently, I can’t remember if it

was his second or third offense with drunk driving, but he was out at a bar one night.

Left with a friend and was driving drunk. Rear-ended a car. Y’know I guess the car in

front had come to a stop and he just plowed right into ‘em. And luckily he was okay.

His friend was okay. But there were three people in the car, the car that was ahead of

‘em. And I think two out of the three people actually got injured.

run-in (with the law): to

get in trouble (with the

police)

Joe: Ugh.

Kristin: So, like I said, I don’t remember if this was his second or third offense. But,

uh, yeah, since, since he had had a run-in with the law prior to that he got, uh,

thrown in jail for a year.

thrown in jail: to be put

in jail

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Joe: Oh, I’m not surprised. I mean, you.... If, if you’ve already had one offense

before, I think like it’s automatic that you’re gonna do jail time.

Kristin: Yeah. And he…

Joe: I mean it just depends on how much. Because, y’know, the laws vary from state

to state y’know. And Melissa actually got busted for drunk driving when she was like

20 years old when she lived in Texas. Before she moved here.

Kristin: Oh god.

Joe: You think that she would have, uh, y’know, learned something from that, y’know,

first event.

Kristin: Right, right.

Joe: My god.

throw away the key: to

make someone go to jail

for a long time

Kristin: Well, I’m surprised they didn’t just throw away the key with Matthew. I

mean he was trashed.

Joe: Yeah.

Kristin: Not only that, but, I mean, y’know.... The fact tha-, that he was so drunk, this

was his second or third drunk driving offense and he actually injured people. He’s

lucky he didn’t kill someone.

Joe: Yeah, I mean you don’t want that on your conscience.

Kristin: No!

get her off: to get her

out of trouble (with the

police)

Joe: My gosh. Well Melissa, um, I think that, uh, uh, Jeff told me that, uh, or John

said that Jeff told him that, uh.... She spoke with a lawyer. And, uh, y’know unlike last

time, um, last time she was hoping her lawyer was gonna get her off. And it, it didn’t

happen because her blood alcohol level was too high. But there’s no way she’s gettin’

off this time. I mean…

Kristin: No.

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Joe: …she wrecked a car. And the cops came while she was still at the car. So…

Kristin: Oh!

Joe: …they could obviously see, y’know.... They gave her a breathalyzer, but, uh…

throw the book at: to

make someone go to jail

for a long time

Kristin: They’re gonna throw the book at her.

Joe: Oh yeah, she’s, she’s gonna.... I mean she’s got, she’s looking at three to six

months. She’s definitely, uh, gonna get put away for three to six months. Yeah,

because that’s the law here. So…

get put away: to get put

in jail

Kristin: Right. If not longer.

Joe: Well, I, I don’t know how it works. I mean, I guess sometimes they let you take

these alcohol diversion classes and, uh…

Kristin: Oh, to lessen the time.

Joe: Yeah.

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