[Quotes] I Don’t Wanna Lose You, Léon.

Léon: The Professional is a 1994 English-language French action thriller film written and directed by Luc Besson. It stars Jean Reno and Gary Oldman and features the motion picture debut of Natalie Portman. In the film, Léon (Reno), a professional hitman, reluctantly takes in 12-year-old Mathilda (Portman), after her family is murdered by corrupt Drug Enforcement Administration agent Norman Stansfield (Oldman). Léon and Mathilda form an unusual relationship, as she becomes his protégée and learns the hitman’s trade.

Some interesting quotes from the film are collected.

Mathilda: Leon, I think I’m kinda falling in love with you.

Mathilda: It’s the first time for me, you know?

Léon: [wiping himself off] How do you know it’s love if you’ve never been in love before?

Mathilda: ‘Cause I feel it.

Léon: Where?

Mathilda: [stoking her stomach] In my stomach. It’s all warm. I always had a knot there and now… it’s gone.

Léon: Mathilda, I’m glad you don’t have a stomach ache any more. I don’t think it means anything.

Mathilda: Is life always this hard, or is it just when you’re a kid?

Léon: Always like this.

Léon: You need some time to grow up a little.

Mathilda: I finished growing up, Léon. I just get older.

Léon: For me, it’s the opposite. I’m old enough. I need time to grow up.

Mathilda: I hope you’re not lying Leon. I really hope that deep down there’s no love in you. And if there is, I think in a few minutes you’ll regret you never said anything. I love you, Leon.

Fatman: Somebody’s coming up. Somebody serious.

Mathilda: How are we getting out of here now?

Léon: Leave it to me. We’re checking out.

Léon: There was someone a long time ago. Before I came to the States. Her father didn’t want her to see me. She was from a very respectable family. Mine was, you know, not so respectable. Her dad went nuts every time she’d take off to see me.

Léon: He killed her. One shot to the head. They kept him in jail for two days. They let him go free. They said it was an accident. So, one night I waited for him. 500 feet with a lens. He also had an accident.

Time to learn some collocations and sentence structures:

Fatman: Somebody’s coming up. Somebody serious.

1. come up: （1）to move towards someone

• A young girl came up to me and asked for money.
• He came up to me at a party and introduced himself.

（2） to happen, usually unexpectedly

• My exams are coming up soon.
• I’ve got to go – something has just come up at home and I’m needed there.

Léon: There was someone a long time ago. Before I came to the States. Her father didn’t want her to see me. She was from a very respectable family. Mine was, you know, not so respectable. Her dad went nuts every time she’d take off to see me.

2. take off: (1) to suddenly leave somewhere, usually without telling anyone that you are going

• When he saw me, he took off in the other direction.

(2) If an aircraft, bird, or insect takes off, it leaves the ground and begins to fly

• The plane took off at 8.30 a.m.

Please write down your own sentences by using one of the collocations, and leave your comments down below. We are looking forward to your answers!

Bye…

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