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Blue Jasmine · 2013 — Capítulo 9 de 15 · 2'29" · B2

Dr. Flicker Hits on an Employee, Explained: beat around the bush

A routine job check-in at the clinic slides into a come-on. One line calls a dress style “arousing”; the reply says, “I don't think I dress in the slightest provocatively.” The real tension is power: the one making the advance is also the employer, and the flattery arrives as a confession the employee never asked to hear.

Qué pasa

At the clinic, a job check-in covers computer class and the effort to make the job work. “I like having you around” sounds friendly, then “Can I--? Can I make a confession?” changes the tone. Talk of finding someone attractive and alluring follows. The reply is “I'm flattered, but...”; soon after, she asks to grab her coat and ends up short of breath.

Talking to the bossConfessingSaying noBoss & employeeB2slowamericanClean
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have someone aroundhear a confessionbeat around the bushI'm flattered, but

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Expresión de la escena

beat around the bush

avoid saying something directly

The speaker claims not to beat around the bush, then uses that claim to move straight into an unwanted personal remark.

Let's not beat around the bush: the deadline is too tight.

También en esta escena

  • have someone around

    have someone present around you

  • hear a confession

    listen to someone's confession

  • I'm flattered, but

    accept the compliment, then set a boundary

  • come out of your shell

    become less reserved

  • standoffish

    aloof and unfriendly

Todo lo marcado en esta escena

25 notas en 39 frases

Sonidowhen you're done

Let you're glide by and land the stress on done.

When you're done, when you're done.
Expresión · B1make something work

make something succeed

I hope you're pleased, because I am determined to make it work.
Expresión · B2fit in with something

match something well

It fits in perfectly with my class. Are you getting better on the computer?
Expresión · B2relax into a job

settle into a role

I'm glad you're relaxing more into this job.
Expresión · B1have someone around

have someone present around you

A routine workplace compliment slides into a personal remark about enjoying someone's presence.

Heh, I must say, I like having you around.
Expresión · B1make a confession

admit something personal Not a religious confession here; a personal admission.

Can I--? Can I make a confession?
Expresión · B2hear a confession

listen to someone's confession

The reply turns a romantic confession into a religious one, politely refusing the role the speaker is being pushed into.

I don't know that I should be the one to hear a confession, doctor.
Expresión · B1the way someone dresses

someone's style of dressing

The way you dress, I sometimes find very...
Expresión · B2not ... in the slightest

not at all

Really? I don't think I dress in the slightest provocatively.
Expresión · B1find someone attractive

think someone is attractive

Does it upset you if I tell you that I, um, find you attractive?
Gramática · B2if I tell you that I, um, find you attractive

conditional plus clause: The if-clause frames the question as a test of her reaction.

Does it upset you if I tell you that I, um, find you attractive?
Expresión · B2beat around the bush

avoid saying something directly

The speaker claims not to beat around the bush, then uses that claim to move straight into an unwanted personal remark.

Dr. Flicker, where is all this talk leading? Well, I'm not the kind of person who likes to beat around the bush. I find you a very alluring woman.
Gramática · B2who likes to beat around the bush

relative clause: The relative clause defines the kind of person she refuses to be.

Dr. Flicker, where is all this talk leading? Well, I'm not the kind of person who likes to beat around the bush. I find you a very alluring woman.
Gramática · B2that's not why you hired me

predicative clause: The why-clause names the reason she hopes was not behind the job offer.

I'm flattered, but I certainly hope that's not why you hired me.
Expresión · C1be enticing to someone

attractive to someone

A certain elegance in a woman has always been enticing to me.
Expresión · B2come out of one's shell

become less reserved

The speaker uses the shell metaphor to suggest she is too closed off, and she immediately rejects that description.

Really, I think if you get to know me, you'd come out of your shell more.
Expresión · A2get to know someone

become acquainted with someone

Really, I think if you get to know me, you'd come out of your shell more.
Jerga · B2gotten high

be high from drugs — Drug slang; avoid it in formal or workplace talk.

Ever gotten high on nitrous oxide? No.
Expresión · C1remove someone's inhibitions

make someone less restrained

It would remove your inhibitions. I don't have inhibitions.
Expresión · C1be standoffish

act aloof and distant

Stop being standoffish. I'm not standoffish.
Expresión · C1make a conquest

win someone's romantic interest

The speaker tries to turn his own unwanted advance into her romantic victory, and she refuses to play along.

You should be proud. You've made a conquest.
Expresión · B2put someone through something

make oneself endure this nonsense

I don't have to put myself through this nonsense.
Sonidomyself through this nonsense

Stress myself and nonsense; rush through have to.

I don't have to put myself through this nonsense.
Expresión · A2take a deep breath

breathe in deeply

I gotta take a deep breath.
Jerga · A2gotta

have got to — Very casual speech; not for formal writing.

I gotta take a deep breath.

Dr. Flicker Hits on an Employee, explicado

What's really going on

The scene's power imbalance is the point. The employer is the one who hired the employee, and a workplace check-in moves the talk from the job to the person: “I like having you around” sounds harmless, then “Can I--? Can I make a confession?” turns personal. The reply, “I'm flattered, but I certainly hope that's not why you hired me,” tries to keep the job frame intact. The employer keeps reframing distance as a problem—“Stop being standoffish”—and frames the exchange as a conquest. “I don't have to put myself through this nonsense” is a clean refusal; the breathing that follows turns the discomfort physical.

Theme

PowerThe boss turns a routine work check-in into a personal advance, while the employee tries to keep the conversation inside the job frame.

Escucha con atención

  • when you're done — Let you're glide by and land the stress on done.
  • myself through this nonsense — Stress myself and nonsense; rush through have to.
I'm flattered, but I certainly hope that's not why you hired me.

The speaker accepts the compliment but immediately draws a line: the job should not be tied to attraction.

Really? I don't think I dress in the slightest provocatively.

The speaker rejects the suggestion that the clothes are at all provocative.

I don't have to put myself through this nonsense.

The speaker refuses to keep enduring a conversation that is absurd or inappropriate.

I am never coming back here.

The speaker says there will be no return to this workplace after the exchange.

Preguntas sobre esta escena

Why does the reply start with “I'm flattered, but”?

It accepts the compliment, then draws a boundary: the job should not be tied to the attraction. The full line is “I'm flattered, but I certainly hope that's not why you hired me.”

Is Dr. Flicker the employer here?

Yes. The job is discussed as something he hired someone for: “I certainly hope that's not why you hired me.” The scene also mentions making the job work and computer class.

Why does the speaker insist “I'm not standoffish”?

The other person says “Stop being standoffish,” which labels the speaker as cold and distant. The reply rejects that label immediately. It follows the attempt to stop the conversation and keep some distance.

Why is “I can't breathe” repeated at the end?

After the advances continue, the line “I can't breathe” is repeated. The dialogue shows a physical reaction but gives no medical explanation; it follows words about never coming back and not putting up with the nonsense.

Why does the speaker call the conversation “nonsense”?

The line “I don't have to put myself through this nonsense” rejects the exchange as absurd and not worth enduring. It comes right after “I am never coming back here,” so it backs up the decision to leave.

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