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Before Sunrise · 1995 — Capítulo 21 de 21 · 2'15" · B1

Two Lovers Say Goodbye at Track Nine, Explained: have a great life

They check the airport bus, then the train that is about to leave, and keep the goodbye on small details. A departure bell rings, and someone finally says, "I hate this." What started as a farewell turns into a plan to meet again at track nine.

Qué pasa

Two people are saying goodbye at a train station. They check which bus goes to the airport and mention a train that is about to leave. After the departure bell, one says, "I hate this." Then someone brings up all the talk about never seeing each other again, and the conversation reopens.

Goodbyes & funeralsConfessing feelingsConfessingPromisingCoupleB1mediumamerican
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I was waiting for you tohave a great lifesix months from nowI was afraid maybe

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Expresión de la escena

have a great life

wish someone a good life

The train is leaving, and one line turns the goodbye into a wish: have a great life, then Have fun with everything you're gonna do.

I hope you have a great life in Toronto.

También en esta escena

  • I was waiting for you to

    I was waiting for you to say it first

  • six months from now

    six months counted from now (or another starting point)

  • I was afraid maybe

    I was afraid that maybe...

  • seeing each other

    meeting or dating each other

  • all the way

    the whole distance

Todo lo marcado en esta escena

25 notas en 42 frases

Gramática · B1what bus you're taking

embedded question: The question is embedded, so the word order stays statement-like after 'what bus'.

Okay. You know what bus you're taking to the airport, right?
Sonidowhat bus you're

In fast speech, let 'what bus you're' run together and keep the t light.

Okay. You know what bus you're taking to the airport, right?
Expresión · A2get on a train/bus

board a vehicle

- Yeah, no problem. - I should get on this one.
Jerga · A2wanna

want to — Informal speech for 'want to'; avoid in writing.

- Right here? You wanna get on that one? - Yeah.
Expresión · A2have fun with something

enjoy doing something

Have a great life. Have fun with everything you're gonna do.
Expresión · A2good luck with something

wish success in something

All right, all right. Good luck with school and all that.
Expresión · B1and all that

and similar things

All right, all right. Good luck with school and all that.
Expresión · B1be about to do something

on the point of doing

- Me too. The train is about to leave. - Yeah.
Sonidoabout to

Keep 'about to' almost fused, with a very light t.

- Me too. The train is about to leave. - Yeah.
Expresión · A2talk about something

discuss something

Listen. All this bullshit we were talkin' about — about not seeing each other again?
Expresión · B1see each other

meeting or dating each other

In 'about not seeing each other again,' seeing each other simply means meeting or keeping in touch.

Listen. All this bullshit we were talkin' about — about not seeing each other again?
Gramática · B2we were talkin' about

omitted relative pronoun: The relative pronoun is left out after 'bullshit'; 'we were talking about' modifies it.

Listen. All this bullshit we were talkin' about — about not seeing each other again?
Jerga · B2bullshit

nonsense — Blunt and informal; avoid it in formal settings.

Listen. All this bullshit we were talkin' about — about not seeing each other again?
Expresión · B1wait for someone to do something

expect you to do something

- You don't either? - I was waiting for you to
Gramática · B1for you to

for-infinitive: 'For you to' marks who is expected to do the action after 'wait'.

- You don't either? - I was waiting for you to
Sonidowaiting for you

Let 'for' shrink to a soft f-sound; stress 'waiting' and 'you'.

- You don't either? - I was waiting for you to
Expresión · B1or something

or something like that

Maybe — Maybe we should meet here in five years or something.
Expresión · A2How 'bout + noun/clause?

how about

- How 'bout one year? - One year. All right. All — - One — How 'bout six months? - Six months?
Expresión · B1be freezing

be extremely cold

- Yeah. - It's gonna be freezing.
Expresión · A2somewhere else

another place

Who cares? We come here, we go somewhere else.
Gramática · B2which was, uh, June 16

non-restrictive relative clause: 'Which' refers back to last night and adds the date as extra information.

which was, uh, June 16.
Sonidoall the way

Put the stress on 'way' and hurry through 'all the' to show distance.

It's a train ride for you. I gotta fly all the way over here and shit like that.
Jerga · B2shit like that

stuff like that — Casual and vulgar; not for polite company.

It's a train ride for you. I gotta fly all the way over here and shit like that.
Expresión · A1say good-bye to someone

say farewell

All right. Your train's gonna leave. Say good-bye.
Jerga · A2Later.

see you later — Very casual goodbye; too offhand for formal partings.

Later.

Two Lovers Say Goodbye at Track Nine, explicado

What's really going on

The practical talk keeps the goodbye moving: the airport bus, the train about to leave, track nine. A departure bell interrupts, and "I hate this" is the first line that says what the schedule cannot; the reply, "Me too," makes the feeling shared. When someone calls the earlier no-contact talk "all this bullshit," the plan is reopened, and both say, "I don't wanna do that." Then the meeting gets negotiated like a schedule — five years is "a long time," one year, then six months, and the cold is waved off with "Who cares?" The careful part is in "I was afraid maybe you didn't want to see me."

Theme

RomanceA goodbye at a train station turns into a plan to meet six months later at track nine; talk of calling or writing is brushed aside.
HeartbreakThe farewell hurts because "I hate this" and "Me too" say what the travel plans leave out.

Escucha con atención

  • what bus you're — In fast speech, let 'what bus you're' run together and keep the t light.
  • about to — Keep 'about to' almost fused, with a very light t.
  • waiting for you — Let 'for' shrink to a soft f-sound; stress 'waiting' and 'you'.
  • all the way — Put the stress on 'way' and hurry through 'all the' to show distance.
Have a great life. Have fun with everything you're gonna do.

A farewell blessing that sounds casual but covers everything ahead: be happy and enjoy whatever you do. It avoids saying the harder thing directly.

Well, I hate this.

The polite goodbye breaks: one person admits the parting itself is unbearable, not the travel plan.

Maybe — Maybe we should meet here in five years or something.

A tentative proposal to turn a final goodbye into a future appointment, softened by 'maybe' and 'or something.'

Yes, it's awful. It's like a sociological experiment.

The five-year gap is called awful and compared to a test run on them, a half-joking way of saying the wait is absurd.

Who cares? We come here, we go somewhere else.

A dismissal of the cold weather: the meeting matters more than comfort, and the rest can be decided later.

But I'm gonna be here.

A plain promise of presence. After all the logistics and hesitation, this is the commitment that answers them.

Preguntas sobre esta escena

What does "How 'bout" mean in this scene?

It is the spoken form of "how about," used to suggest an option. Here it introduces a shorter wait: "How 'bout one year?" and then "How 'bout six months?"

Why do they agree not to call or write?

One line suggests no calling or writing, and the reply is "Nah, it's depressing." The dialogue gives that feeling as the reason.

Why does one of them point out the train ride versus the flight?

The line "It's a train ride for you. I gotta fly all the way over here" lays out the travel gap, and it is followed by "But I'm gonna be here."

What does "I was afraid maybe" add to the reply?

It softens the reason for not speaking. The reply is "I was afraid maybe you didn't want to see me": the fear, not indifference, kept the person quiet.

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