| A: | Really, gentlemen, you can't take me to jail! Don't you know who I am? Kris Kringle, you know, Papa Noel, Pere Noel, Babbo Natale, sheng dan lao ren! |
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| B: | Yeah, Yeah, we've heard that one before, haven't we Joe? |
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| C: | Yeah, last week we booked this guy who claimed to be the tooth fairy! Can you believe that? |
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| A: | It's Christmas Eve and I have all these presents to deliver! Where is your Christmas spirit? What will happen when all the children wake up tomorrow and don't find any gifts in their stockings? |
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| B: | Sorry buddy, you were parked in a no-parking zone, you were speeding, and you have no ID! |
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| C: | Besides that, even if we let you go now, your sleigh has been impounded and those reindeer were taken to the city zoo. |
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| A: | What! This is unbelievable! What's this world coming to? Christmas is ruined! |
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| C: | What's that up ahead? It looks like... elves!! Elves!! Whoa, they're shooting candy canes! Mayday, Mayday, we are under heavy attack! We need backup! |
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| take someone to jail | phrase | take someone who is arrested to a place where other criminals are kept |
| book | verb | arrest (informal) |
| claim | verb | say something is true when some people say it may not be true |
| stocking | common noun, singular | large sock; traditionally, Christmas gifts are put inside on the Christmas Eve |
| speed | verb | drive faster than legal speed limit |
| impound | verb | held by the police |
| ruined | Adjective | damaged or destroyed |
| reindeer | common noun, non-variable | large deer that lives in the north part of the globe |
| elf | common noun, singular | small creature (in stories) that have pointed ears and magic powers |
| candy cane | common noun, plural | a stick-shaped candy with red and white curves on the top |
| under heavy | phrase | being attacked or hurt |
| backup | common noun, non-variable | help |