Anything Goes

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A very delicious
shipboard romance
about love and honesty.
This musical show
features many
Cole Porter classics,
this being the star song.

Anything Goes

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Glossary & Grammar

to rewind the clock = to go back to the past
to rewind / rewound / rewound / rewinding
Puritans: People adhering to strict religious principles and opposed to sensual pleasures
to get a shock = to scandalise: to strike with disgust or revulsion
Plymouth: a town in Massachusetts founded by Pilgrims in 1620
Plymouth Rock: A large mass of rock in Plymouth supposed to be where the Pilgrims disembarked
to stem: to stop (detener, frenar, reprimir) -  to stem / stemmed / stemmed / stemming
'stead = instead (used for metrical reasons): in place of (en lugar de, en su lugar)
in olden days: in the past
a glimpse of stocking: a look to a woman's legs
to look on / to look upon = to consider

FOUR-LETTER WORDS (palabras de cuatro letras)
This expression refers to some words, rejected in polite society but accepted by vulgar Anglo-Saxon caustic style, which have become known simply as four-letter words. Common four-letter words (in this sense, of course!!) include damn, fuck, and shit which are all considered vulgar or offensive.

prose: ordinary writing as distinguished from verse (prosa)
to go mad = to become crazy (volverse loco)
guy: an informal term for a youth or man
to prize = to regard highly (valorar, apreciar)
gigolo: a man who has sex with and is supported by a woman (mantenido, acompañante)
though = although: despite the fact that (aunque)
to be bound to: to be governed by fate or destiny (estar seguro que, dar por seguro que)

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