Make an appointment for a week Hi! In a movie I'm watching a doctor says this to a woman: "Just get this filled. Make an appointment for a week" Saying this the doctor hands over some blank. Most likely it's a prescription. Could you tell me what "make an appointment for a week" means, please? "For a week" doesn't sound right to me. Shouldn't it be "in a week"?

Made famous in a spectacular showing Hello! I started playing a fantasy video game today. This is a description of one of skills the main character can use while holding a shield: "A secret technique that automatically counter-blocks all oncoming attacks for a short time. Made famous in a spectacular showing in the Bullhead Court." I find the word "showing" confusing here. Does it mean that there was a event held to specially demonstrate this technique? Or maybe some knight demonstrated it during a jousting tournament? I just really don't know. Any chance you could help me understand it? Please.

raking snakes over dry, dry cereal Hi! I'm playing a video game where an old fish asks you to find her grandchildren scattered around. She says that "Keeping tabs on the little rascals is like raking snakes over dry, dry cereal." Unfortunately I don't know what she means by that. What is "raking snakes over dry, dry cereal"? Does it make sense to you?

Either myself or my admitting will follow up with you Hi! I was watching the latest take on Invisible-Man yesterday and in one of the scenes a doctor said this to a woman: Either myself or my admitting will follow up with you with the results of the blood test. Okay? Can you just leave a number with the nurse? Is there any chance you could tell me what the doctor means by "my admitting"? I thoroughly looked up the word admit in various dictionaries but still have no idea what "my admitting" could possibly mean here. Could you shed some light on it please?

I ordered it from the TV. Hi. While I was watching an American movie I heard this: Man: It's the Badger Milk. I ordered it from the TV. The man saw a TV ad for the milk and he ordered it. "From the TV" sounds really weird to my ear. Could you tell me why he used the definite article there? He is not talking about the TV set, is he? Thanks in advance.

That's your game. Hi. I'm watching an American movie where two college friends, Evan and Thumper, are playing pool at the bar. Thumper is a goth who is also fat and because of that a bunch of fraternity boys is mocking him. So eventually Thumper snaps, strikes the cue ball onto their table, then breaks his cue in half and shakes it at the boys, which settles them down at once. Evan responds: Well, I guess that's your game. Could you explain to me what "that''s your game" means, please? Thank you.

Off and on me now? Hello. I'm watching Alien 3, where a group of men are fighting the alien at a refinery. They lured it into a waste tank with thick steel walls and shut the door. Later, Golic, a man who finds the creature fascinating, arrives at the containment chamber and after looking at the shut door says to Arthur, who is standing guard: Golic: Off and on me now? Arthur: What the hell you talking about? Golic: Talk to me, the beast. Arthur: You can't go in there, idiot. The big mother will eat you alive. After that, Golic kills Arthur, opens up the door and enters the tank. It seems that by saying "Off and on me now?" Golic asks Arthur to let him in, but the wording doesn't make any sense to me. I wonder if you could explain it to me. And I think this is important: Golic seems to be a retard.

the hardship and grief for those of us left behind Hi! I heard this in an American movie. It was said by a religious man at a child and a man's funeral. They died in a crash but the mother survived it and is present at the funeral. "Why are the innocent punished? Why the sacrifice? Why the pain? There aren't any promises.Nothing's certain. Only that some get called, some get saved. She won't ever know the hardship and grief for those of us left behind. We commit these bodies to the void with a glad heart." I don't understand "She won't ever know the hardship and grief for those of us left behind." Does the man mean the child or the mother? "The hardship and grief for those of us left behind" doesn't make much sense to me as well: I don't understand why the for preposition is used here and not "over". So could you please clear this up for me? I would appreciate any help very much. Thank you!

study hour Hi. Could you please tell me what a study hour is? "Hey, girl, freshman year has been a total blast! Next year will be even better, as long as Mitch doesn't share **our study hour** again. What a lamer." Thanks!