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Before Sunrise · 1995 — Capítulo 5 de 21 · 3'18" · B2

Two People Play a Q&A Game, Explained: scare the hell out of someone

Two people stuck together turn the time into a game: direct questions, 100% honesty. On the surface it is playful, but the first question — "Describe for me your first sexual feelings towards a person" — turns the game into a test of how much they are willing to expose.

Qué pasa

Two people stuck together start a question game. The rule is simple: ask direct questions and answer 100% honestly. The first question is about first sexual feelings, and one of them tells a summer-camp story about a swimmer and a crush. The love question gets only "Yes. Next question."

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the opportune timedeclarations of lovescare the hell out of someonemake up a story

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Expresión de la escena

scare the hell out of someone

frighten someone badly

The speaker uses 'scared the hell out of me' for their reaction and adds 'because I thought he was so fine': the jolt comes from attraction, not from anything threatening.

Loud noises can scare the hell out of someone who is asleep.

También en esta escena

  • the opportune time

    a fitting moment

  • declarations of love

    written or spoken statements of love

  • make up a story

    invent a story that isn't true

  • Hit me

    go ahead and ask me

  • go into details

    describe something in detail

Todo lo marcado en esta escena

26 notas en 57 frases

Expresión · B1be stuck together

forced to stay together here: temporarily forced to share the same space

We're stuck together, so we're gonna ask each other a few direct questions.
Expresión · B1ask a direct question

blunt, clear questions

We're stuck together, so we're gonna ask each other a few direct questions.
Sonidogonna ask

Let 'gonna' slide straight into 'ask' rather than resetting between them.

We're stuck together, so we're gonna ask each other a few direct questions.
Expresión · A2answer (someone) honestly

answer with complete honesty

- And you have to answer 100% honestly. - Of course.
Sonidohave to

'Have to' often rushes together, with 'to' barely taking a beat.

- And you have to answer 100% honestly. - Of course.
Expresión · B2first sexual feelings towards someone

early sexual attraction

Describe for me your first sexual feelings towards a person.
Expresión · B1have a crush on someone

had a strong crush on him

And my friend Emma had a big, big crush on him.
Sonidoout of me

Keep 'of' light so 'out of me' flows as one little group.

So — Yeah. It scared the hell out of me because I thought he was so fine.
Jerga · B2so fine

very attractive — Informal praise for looks; keep it out of formal comments.

So — Yeah. It scared the hell out of me because I thought he was so fine.
Expresión · B1ask someone out on a date

invited me on a date

And then he officially asked me out on a date.
Gramática · B2what I might do

nominal clause: The clause 'what I might do' is the object of 'of' and names the feared action.

You know, I was so afraid of what I might do.
Expresión · C1a declaration of love

written or spoken statements of love

Near the end of the summer-camp story, the speaker uses 'declarations of love' for the notes the two exchanged; a later 'Of course not' says they did not keep writing.

You know, we kind of wrote these little declarations of love to each other at the end of the summer and
Gramática · B2would keep writing

future in the past: After 'promised,' 'would keep' shows a future promise seen from the past.

promised we would keep writing forever and, like, meet again very soon.
Expresión · C1the opportune time to do something

a fitting moment

Right after the story about the swimmer, the line uses 'the opportune time' to say the speaker happens to be a great swimmer too; it means a fitting moment and is more formal than 'a good time'.

Then I think this is the opportune time to tell you that I happen to be a fantastic swimmer.
Expresión · B2happen to be something

by chance be

Then I think this is the opportune time to tell you that I happen to be a fantastic swimmer.
Gramática · B2that I happen to be

object clause: The clause 'that I happen to be...' is the object of 'tell you,' naming what he wants to tell.

Then I think this is the opportune time to tell you that I happen to be a fantastic swimmer.
SonidoHit me

Put the beat on 'hit' and let 'me' fall away quickly.

- Hit me. - Um...
Jerga · B2Hit me

go ahead, ask me — Casual, between friends; avoid it in formal settings.

- Hit me. - Um...
Expresión · B1give one-word answers

answers of a single word

- So we can give one-word answers? - Sure. Why not?
Expresión · C1go into detail(s) about something

described private details at length

No, no. After I went into such private details about my first sexual feelings?
Expresión · B1make up a story

invent a story that isn't true

One line says that if asked about love, the speaker would have lied but at least made up a great story; 'make up a story' means to invent one out of nothing.

- (giggles) I would have lied, but at least I would have made up a great story.
Gramática · B2would have lied

conditional perfect: It describes a past possibility that did not happen: 'I would have lied.'

- (giggles) I would have lied, but at least I would have made up a great story.
Sonidowould have lied

Let 'would have' blur before landing on 'lied'.

- (giggles) I would have lied, but at least I would have made up a great story.
Expresión · B2a complex issue

a complicated matter

You would've lied! Great. Love is a complex issue.
Expresión · C1as far as something goes

as for sexual feelings

But as far as sexual feelings go,
Expresión · C1an obsessive relationship

a relationship marked by obsession

I'll have you know it started with an obsessive relationship with Miss July 1978.

Two People Play a Q&A Game, explicado

What's really going on

The game sounds casual, but it also allows questions ordinary conversation would not. The rule of answering "100% honestly" gives both people permission to be direct, and the first question goes straight to sexual feelings. The answer is not a joke: one line gives a detailed summer-camp story about a swimmer, a friend's crush, and a confession. When the love question comes, the answer is "Yes. Next question." — and the objection that follows points to the imbalance: one side has told a private story, the other has given a single word. After the talk about love runs on, a line beginning "But as far as sexual feelings go" pulls the conversation back to where it started.

Theme

RomanceTwo people use a direct-question game to reveal attraction and past love while calling it just a game.
TrustThe 100% honesty rule depends on both sides answering; one detailed confession and one-word reply expose how uneven that trust is.

Escucha con atención

  • gonna ask — Let 'gonna' slide straight into 'ask' rather than resetting between them.
  • have to — 'Have to' often rushes together, with 'to' barely taking a beat.
  • out of me — Keep 'of' light so 'out of me' flows as one little group.
  • Hit me — Put the beat on 'hit' and let 'me' fall away quickly.
We're stuck together, so we're gonna ask each other a few direct questions.

Since they cannot leave each other's company, they turn the time into a game of blunt questions.

And then he officially asked me out on a date.

After the summer-camp confession, the swimmer made a formal request for a date.

Then I think this is the opportune time to tell you that I happen to be a fantastic swimmer.

After the swimmer story, this line says now is the perfect moment to reveal a similar talent.

Have you ever been in love?

A direct question about whether the other person has ever loved someone.

You would've lied! Great. Love is a complex issue.

The reply responds to a hypothetical lie with 'Great,' then calls love a complicated thing.

I'll have you know it started with an obsessive relationship with Miss July 1978.

A formal-sounding way of introducing a crush on Miss July 1978, a Playboy centerfold.

Preguntas sobre esta escena

What happens between the swimmer, Emma and the storyteller?

Emma is the friend who had a big, big crush on the swimmer. The storyteller says, "You should date Emma," and he answers, "Well, that's too bad, because I have a big crush on you."

How does the conversation get back to sexual feelings?

The love question gets "Yes. Next question." and the talk stays on love for a while: one line says love is a complex issue, and another says "I have told somebody that I loved them before, and I had meant it." Later, a line beginning "But as far as sexual feelings go" returns the conversation to that topic, then Miss July 1978 and Playboy come up.

What is Miss July 1978 in the final lines?

The next lines ask "Do you know Playboy magazine?" and "Do you know Crystal?", so Miss July 1978 is tied to a Playboy issue and someone named Crystal, whom the speaker says he knew.

Did the two keep their promise to keep writing?

No. One line says they promised to keep writing forever and meet again soon; the next exchange is "Did you?" "Of course not."

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