Shadowing Practice: The Judge Has a Grudge Against Harvey | Suits - Learn English Speaking with YouTube

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And I would have assumed that a lawyer appearing before a judge would come on time with his mouth shot and prepared with a courtesy brief.
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And I would have assumed that a lawyer appearing before a judge would come on time with his mouth shot and prepared with a courtesy brief.
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My apologies.
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Request denied.
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Court adjourned for the morning.
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Better luck next time, Harvey.
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Excluding friends, associates, and the clients that I represent, there are very few people that I'm on a first-name basis with.
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And I've never had anyone, let alone a judge I've never met, address me as Harvey in open court.
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But if you're going to screw me, I guess it's only fair that you call me by name.
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I could have you brought up in review for talking to me like that.
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Then we can get it all on record.
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Get what?
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Whatever it is that you seem to have against me for no apparent reason.
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I have a solid argument for any reasonable judge to grant my injunction.
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So solid, it begs the question, why do you have it in for me?
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And I don't even know your first name.
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Really?
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My wife never mentioned it?
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Your wife?
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The woman you had an affair with last month?
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If you're really interested, come back tomorrow around 1.
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The afternoon light really makes this canvas come alive.
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Pardon me.
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I was wondering, would I get a discount for being the guy you cheated on your husband with?
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Can you excuse me for a second?
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What are you doing here?
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I had a hearing in front of the judge this morning.
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It didn't go very well.
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Why did you lie to him?
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I'm sorry.
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I mean, I recall you being tipsy that night, but I'm finding it hard to believe that your memory is so cloudy you forgot I sent you home in a cab.
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After humiliating me.
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I was the perfect gentleman.
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Yes, exactly.
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I fall all over myself making a pass, and you do the right thing and send me home.
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I'm sorry you felt humiliated, but I told you I don't sleep with married women.
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Right.
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The moral code.
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No.
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It's too big of a pain in the ass.
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It was evidenced by my experience in court this morning.
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What do you want from me, Harvey?
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I need you to tell him the truth.
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I can't.
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Yes, you can.
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Why didn't you just tell him?
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He's never gonna believe me.
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And what makes you think he'll believe me?
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Because he'd want to.
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Our whole marriage, Donald's only ever cared about one thing.
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His sterling reputation.
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Never overturned.
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I was, when he found out you and I had, he changed.
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Looked at me for the first time again, like I mattered.
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I'm sorry.
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I can't tell him.

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