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CHANDLER: Ok, while Ross is on the phone, everybody owes me 62 bucks for his birthday.
PHOEBE: Um, is, is there any chance that you're rounding up? You know, like from, like 20?
CHANDLER: Hey, come on, we got the gift, the concert, and the cake.
JOEY: Do we need a cake?
CHANDLER: Look guys, I know it's a little steep.
RACHEL: Yeah, whoosh!
CHANDLER: But it's Ross.
PHOEBE: It's Ross.
JOEY: All right.
CHANDLER: I'll see you guys later, I gotta go...do a thing.

An example of rounding up is:

3.6 = 4

3.6 = 3

"Look guys, I know it's a little steep" means

It's a little like boiling water

It's a higher angle

It's a bit expensive

"I'll see you guys later, I gotta go...do a thing" means

I want to take a nap

I have a concert tonight

I have to go do something

RACHEL: So uh, what are you guys doing for dinner tonight?
JOEY: Well I guess I gotta start savin' up for Ross's birthday, so I guess I'll just stay home and eat dust bunnies.
PHOEBE: Can you believe how much this is gonna cost?
RACHEL: Do you guys ever get the feeling that um, Chandler and those guys just don't get that we don't make as much money as they do?
JOEY: Yes! Yeah, it's like they're always saying "let's go here, let's go there". Like we can afford to go here and there.
PHOEBE: Yes, yes, and it's, and we always have to go to, you know, someplace nice, you know? God, and it's not like we can say anything about it, 'cause, like this birthday thing, it's for Ross.

"Well I guess I gotta start savin' up for Ross's birthday, so I guess I'll just stay home and eat dust bunnies." means:

I need to feed my pet rabbits.

I'm staying home, I can't afford to eat out tonight.

I will eat chocolate Easter bunnies instead.

"... those guys just don't get that we don't make as much money as they do?" means

they don't know that we lost our money gambling.

they don't understand we don't have a lot of extra money

they understand that we make a lot of money.

"...and we always have to go to, you know, someplace nice, " means

... and we always have to go to the park for picnics

... and we always have to go to Monica's apartment

... and we always have to go to expensive places

MONICA: (enters) Oh my god.
PHOEBE,JOEY, RACHEL: What?
MONICA: I'm at work, ordinary day, … All of a sudden, Leon, the manager, calls me into his office. It turns out they fired the head lunch chef, and guess who got the job.
JOEY: If it's not you, this is a horrible story.
MONICA: Fortunately, it is me. And, they made me head of purchasing, thank you very much. Anyway, I just ran into Ross and Chandler downstairs, and they think we should go out and celebrate. You know, someplace nice.
JOEY: Yeah, someplace nice. (to Phoebe and Rachel) How much do you think I can get for my kidney?

"It turns out they fired the head lunch chef, and guess who got the job?" means:

Monica is the new head chef.

Monica was fired.

Monica doesn't want a promotion.

" ...they made me head of purchasing" means

I'm now in charge of purchasing

...they made me head out the door

I'm not in charge of purchasing

"...How much do you think I can get for my kidney? " means

... it's a joke about can he sell his kidney for extra cash

... it's not a joke, he really wants to sell his kidney for extra cash

... it's a joke about can he eat kidney beans

(At a nice restaurant)
...
[Phoebe looks at the menu]
PHOEBE: Wow, look at these prices.
RACHEL: Yeah, these are pretty cha-ching.
JOEY: What are these, like famous chickens?

Phoebe, Joey, and Rachel mean:

The items on the menu are expensive.

This menu doesn't have a lot of choices.

This is not a very special menu.

ROSS: (using calculator) Plus tip, divided by six. Ok, everyone owes 28 bucks.
RACHEL: Um, everyone?
ROSS: Oh, you're right, I'm sorry.
JOEY: Thank you.
ROSS: Monica's big night, she shouldn't pay.
MONICA: Oh, thank you!
ROSS: So five of us is, $33.50 apiece.
PHOEBE: No, huh uh, no way, I'm sorry, not gonna happen.
… I’m sorry, Monica, I'm really happy you got promoted, but cold cucumber mush for thirty-something bucks? No! Rachel just had that, that, that salad, and, and Joey with his like teeny pizza! It's just...

"Plus tip, divided by six":

Ross will pay for everything.

Ross won't leave a tip.

Ross is trying to calculate what each person owes for the dinner bill.

"Monica shouldn't have to pay" means:

It's should be our treat OR it's on us.

It's on the house.

The treat's on Monica.

"So five of us is, $33.50 apiece" | apiece means:

it's free for everyone

pies for each person

per person

Phoebe is upset because:

She thinks that splitting the bill evenly is not fair.

She thinks the others should have shared their food.

She thinks she, Rachel, and Joey ate too much food.

ROSS: Ok, Pheebs! How 'bout we'll each just pay for what we had. It's no big deal.
PHOEBE: Not for you.
MONICA: All right, what's goin' on?
RACHEL: Ok, look you guys, I really don't want to get into this right now. I think it'll just make everyone uncomfortable.
PHOEBE: Fine. All right, fine.
JOEY: Yeah.
CHANDLER: You can tell us.
ROSS: Hello, it's us, all right? It'll be fine.
JOEY: Ok, um, uh, we three feel like, that uh, sometimes you guys don't get that uh, we don't have as much money as you.
MONICA: Ok.
ROSS: I hear ya.
CHANDLER: We can talk about that.
PHOEBE: Well, then...Let's.
ROSS: I, I just never think of money as an issue.
RACHEL: That's 'cause you have it.
ROSS: That's a good point.

"Ok, Pheebs! How 'bout we'll each just pay for what we had. It's no big deal." means:

We'll each pay for our own order. It's really no problem."

You pay for mine, and I'll pay for Monica's.

We shouldn't eat out together anymore.

" I really don't want to get into this right now. I think it'll just make everyone uncomfortable." means:

This meal is super great, I'm really into this.

I don't want to talk about this now, it might get awkward.

My seat is not comfortable.

"I just never think of money as an issue." means:

I won't ignore this issue of money.

I never thought money was a problem

Money is something I never think about