ask for someone's number
Eddie wants your phone number.Blue Jasmine · 2013 — Capítulo 6 de 15 · 4'30" · B2
Houseguest Pressed on Length of Stay, Explained: find my feet
A private talk about how long a houseguest plans to stay turns into a probe about a breakdown and a wedding with “no secrets.” The reply is a boundary: “I don't think that this is any of your business.”
Qué pasa
At Ginger's apartment, groceries are carried in and a private conversation begins about how long a houseguest intends to stay. The talk drifts from an invitation to a nervous breakdown, then shifts to Chili, work, and plans to study decorating online.
Atento a
find my feetbig comedownany of your businessretarded
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Expresión de la escena
find my feet
settle in and adjust
Asked how long the stay with Ginger will last, someone brushes it off as a short adjustment period.
I'm still finding my feet in this city.
También en esta escena
- big comedown
a sharp fall in status or comfort
- any of your business
not your concern
- retarded
offensive: intellectually slow
- computer illiterate
have very poor computer skills
- ask someone out
invite someone on a date
Todo lo marcado en esta escena
32 notas en 75 frases
invite someone on a date
A go-between says a shy guy wants to invite someone to dinner, using you know to soften the matchmaking.
I think he wants to ask you out, you know, for dinner.right now
Look, I'm busy at the moment. He's a terrific guy. Look at him.Keep at the light and land the beat on moment.
Look, I'm busy at the moment. He's a terrific guy. Look at him.focus on school
Look, I'm concentrating on school, okay?not be interested in something
No, I have no interest in being a receptionist.be thinking of something
What did you have in mind, running a bank?embedded question: The question is folded into the sentence, so the word order stays you're planning instead of are you planning.
Is this what you wanted to talk about? And how long you're planning on staying with Ginger.settle in and adjust
Asked how long the stay with Ginger will last, someone brushes it off as a short adjustment period.
Oh, right. It's just till I find my feet.leave this place
No one wants to get out of here as fast as I do.Let fast run into as, then into I, as one smooth run.
No one wants to get out of here as fast as I do.a sharp fall in status or comfort
The previous line says no one wants to get out faster; this reply uses I'm sure to sound sympathetic, then big comedown turns it into a reminder of how far the person has fallen.
I'm sure this is a big comedown from what you're used to.thankful for someone's help
It's fine. it's-- I'm grateful for her help.a severe mental collapse
Ginger said you had a nervous breakdown.not your concern
Someone keeps pressing about a breakdown, so the reply starts with a softener and ends with a closed door.
You know, I don't think that this is any of your business.reason clause: Since introduces the reason for the claim that follows: because they are getting married, secrets are off the table.
No, but since I'm marrying her, we don't have any secrets between us.offensive: intellectually slow — A highly offensive insult; avoid it entirely.
His retarded boyfriend wanted a date, but he was too shy to ask.be strongly attracted to someone not heat; strong attraction
Yeah, I know. He's got the hots for me.Lighten the t in got the and clip the ts in hots.
Yeah, I know. He's got the hots for me.strong attraction — Informal and a bit gossipy; avoid in formal settings.
Yeah, I know. He's got the hots for me.click with someone not hitting; clicking at first
I could tell you two didn't hit it off.a pathetic failure — Casual insult; too harsh for work or polite talk.
He's another version of Augie. He's a loser.go crazy — Informal; use with friends, not in formal writing.
I'd go nuts.a dull, unthinking job
I can't just do some mindless job.contact clause: The clause after Friends tells us which friends: the ones she used to host at dinner parties.
Friends I'd had at dinner parties at our apartment came in and I waited on them. I mean, do you have any idea what that's like?leave quietly not slipping; leaving quietly
She saw me and was so embarrassed for me, she slipped out thinking I didn't see her.participle phrase: The participle gives the reason for slipping out: she believed she had not been seen.
She saw me and was so embarrassed for me, she slipped out thinking I didn't see her.have good taste
Hey, you got great taste.have very poor computer skills
When online study is suggested, someone hesitates and then makes a self-deprecating confession about computers.
I guess you could, but-- Yeah, I'm so computer illiterate.Stress the second syllable in computer and in illiterate.
I guess you could, but-- Yeah, I'm so computer illiterate.enroll in a computer course
But I could take a class in computers.try to get a license
You know, first you gotta learn computers, and then go for a decorator's license online.Houseguest Pressed on Length of Stay, explicado
What's really going on
The groceries and small talk hide an audit. The visitor is asked how long the visit will last, whether a date is welcome, and why a breakdown happened; each answer keeps the exchange light while refusing the premise that an explanation is owed. The sharpest turn comes when the questioner uses an upcoming marriage as a claim to know: “No, but since I'm marrying her, we don't have any secrets between us.” The reply, “You know, I don't think that this is any of your business,” is not a denial of the facts but a refusal of the intimacy being assumed. Later, the talk about work and school shows the same gap: one offers practical steps, the other hears judgment. Even “Don't worry, I'm not gonna ruin any of your big plans” is less reassurance than a recognition that someone is a problem to be managed.
Theme
ClassA houseguest's fall from luxury is measured in a borrowed room, a dentist's receptionist job, and a big comedown.
SecretsA coming marriage is used as a claim to know, while a breakdown is called none of the questioner's business.
Escucha con atención
- at the moment — Keep at the light and land the beat on moment.
- as fast as I — Let fast run into as, then into I, as one smooth run.
- got the hots — Lighten the t in got the and clip the ts in hots.
- computer illiterate — Stress the second syllable in computer and in illiterate.
No one wants to get out of here as fast as I do.The speaker claims to want to leave more than anyone; the line defends against the suspicion of settling in.
You know, I don't think that this is any of your business.A direct boundary: the question about a breakdown is private, and a coming marriage does not give the questioner a right to ask.
I wanna get my degree and become, you know, something substantial.The speaker wants school and a degree to restore status, not just any job; it explains why a receptionist post feels insulting.
You know, one minute, you're hosting women and the next, you're measuring their shoe size and fitting them.The story contrasts hosting dinner parties with serving former friends in a shoe store, making the loss of status concrete.
She saw me and was so embarrassed for me, she slipped out thinking I didn't see her.An old friend's quiet exit is remembered as pity; being seen in that job is the humiliating part, not the work itself.
Preguntas sobre esta escena
Why does the private conversation turn tense?
The questions move from a date to a nervous breakdown, and the reply treats the breakdown as private. When the questioner claims a coming marriage leaves “no secrets,” the boundary hardens: “I don't think that this is any of your business.”
Why does the visitor bring up selling shoes?
To explain why a menial job feels humiliating: the line says former dinner guests came into the store and the speaker waited on them.
Why doesn't the visitor want Eddie to call?
The reply says, “I'm not ready to go out at the moment,” and mentions concentrating on school, so the invitation is refused without being made into a promise.
Why does the decorating plan end in an argument?
One side suggests classes and an online license; the other calls the plan too complicated. The reply is “Why is your reaction always negative?” and the answer is “I'm just saying.”
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