Sentence:  I 'm sending you a couple of customers - yeah - just get them out of my hair and keep them out - I do n't give a damn what you tell them - only do n't believe a word they say - they 're out to make trouble for me and it <WSD>is</WSD> up to you to stop them - I do n't care how - and one more thing - Cate 's Cafe closed at eleven like always last night and Rose and Clarence Corsi left for Quebec yesterday - some shrine or other - I think it was called Saint Simon 's - yeah , yesterday . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)