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Knocked Up · 2007 — Capítulo 3 de 12 · 3'15" · B2

Ben at Breakfast with the Kids, Explained: give him a break

A new boyfriend shows up for breakfast, and someone announces a baby. The kids hold up the rule they know: "Aren't you supposed to be married to have a baby?" One voice hears fetch as treating kids like dogs, another asks for a break, and "Am I gonna be okay" gets "You're asking the wrong guy."

Qué pasa

At breakfast someone asks who he is and hears "I'm Ben Stone" and "He's my boyfriend." A baby is announced. The kids ask "Aren't you supposed to be married to have a baby?" and tell a stork story answered with "That's exactly right." Fetch and "bad genes" follow, then "Just give him a break." It ends on bubbles and "You're asking the wrong guy."

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Expresión de la escena

give him a break

stop attacking him for a minute

After the looks, age, and genes, someone asks for the insults to stop.

Give him a break. He already apologized for the missed call.

También en esta escena

  • supposed to

    expected by a rule or custom

  • something neat

    a tiny surprise, said lightly

  • that's exactly right

    completely correct

  • smoke it

    light it, with a weed joke under it

  • like they're dogs

    handling people the way you handle dogs

Todo lo marcado en esta escena

31 notas en 71 frases

Expresión · A2never met someone before

this is the first time seeing him

I've never met him before.
Expresión · B1something neat

a tiny surprise, said lightly

Someone packages a baby announcement as a little treat so the children lean in.

You guys wanna hear something neat? We're gonna have a baby together.
Expresión · A2have a baby together

the two of them are having a child

You guys wanna hear something neat? We're gonna have a baby together.
Sonidogonna have a

Keep gonna have a as one breath before baby.

You guys wanna hear something neat? We're gonna have a baby together.
Jerga · A2You guys

all of you — Fine for a group of friends, not for formal writing.

You guys wanna hear something neat? We're gonna have a baby together.
Expresión · B1supposed to be something

expected to be in some state

Aren't you supposed to be married to have a baby?
Gramática · B1supposed to be married to have a baby

chained infinitives: The first infinitive is the expected married state; the second is the hurdle before a baby.

Aren't you supposed to be married to have a baby?
SonidoAren't you

In fast speech, don't cling to the t at the end of Aren't.

Aren't you supposed to be married to have a baby?
Gramática · B1people who love each other

relative clause: who limits people to those who love each other.

But they should be because they love each other, and people who love each other get married and have babies.
Expresión · A2get married

become husband and wife

When you love each other, you get married and have a baby.
Expresión · B2exactly right

completely correct not real agreement; the nonsense gets a stamp

That's exactly right.
Expresión · A2what do you think of someone

asking for an opinion of a person

What do you think of him? He's funny, right?
Expresión · B1play fetch with someone

the throw-and-retrieve game the players are children, not a dog

He's playing fetch with my kids.
Jerga · B1Fetch

go get it and bring it back — A dog command; using it on a child sounds harsh.

Go get it! Fetch!
Expresión · B1make an effort

putting in real effort

He's trying. He's making an effort.
Sonidoout of that

Let of stay tiny between out and that.

He can barely get in and out of that little house.
Expresión · B2bad genes

inherited traits blamed on genes

That means he has bad genes.
Jerga · B2Shit

oh crap — A blunt oh-no among people you know, not in formal talk.

Shit.
Expresión · B2give someone a break

stop attacking him for a minute

After the looks, age, and genes, someone asks for the insults to stop.

Just give him a break.
Jerga · C1ape shit

wildly worked up — Very crude excitement; skip it with elders or on paper.

Oh, God. They go ape shit over bubbles.
Expresión · B1what's so great about something

why is this such a big deal

I mean, what's so great about bubbles?
Expresión · B1as much as someone

to the same degree as someone else

I wish I liked anything as much as my kids like bubbles.
Gramática · B2I wish I liked

wish clause: liked after wish means the liking is not true now.

I wish I liked anything as much as my kids like bubbles.
Sonidoas much as

Put the weight on much and ease off both as.

I wish I liked anything as much as my kids like bubbles.
Expresión · B2point something out

make something plain

Their smiling faces just point out your inability to enjoy anything.
Expresión · B2inability to do something

being unable to take pleasure

Their smiling faces just point out your inability to enjoy anything.
Gramática · B2your inability to enjoy anything

noun phrase: inability turns not enjoying into the thing the smiles point at.

Their smiling faces just point out your inability to enjoy anything.
Expresión · A2be okay

turn out all right not about injury; about holding a life together

Am I gonna be okay, man?
Jerga · B1man

casual address to a guy — Casual between men; odd with strangers or in a meeting.

Am I gonna be okay, man?
Expresión · B1who knows

nobody can say for sure not a real question; no straight answer

Oh, who knows?
Expresión · B2ask the wrong guy

someone who cannot answer that

Asked if he will be okay, the other man admits he is in no shape to promise it.

You're asking the wrong guy.

Ben at Breakfast with the Kids, explicado

What's really going on

The question "Who's he?" becomes a test of why anyone would drive over just for breakfast, then a test of the baby. "Aren't you supposed to be married to have a baby?" states a rule. "You don't have to be" answers it, and the next lines put love, marriage, and a baby back in that order anyway. "That's exactly right" comes right after the stork story, and nothing in the lines corrects it. "He's treating my kids like they're dogs" is the charge, and "He's making an effort" is the only defense before age, weight, and "bad genes." "Just give him a break" and "I'll try" stop the round without deciding it. Bubbles take over. "I wish I liked anything as much as my kids like bubbles" gets "Their smiling faces just point out your inability to enjoy anything." "Am I gonna be okay" is met with "I'm not okay" and "You're asking the wrong guy."

Theme

ParenthoodA baby is announced at breakfast, and the answers about marriage, storks, and fetch show how unready the adults are to explain it.
Family conflictOne side calls fetch, weight, and bad genes disqualifying. The other asks for a break and only gets I'll try.

Escucha con atención

  • gonna have a — Keep gonna have a as one breath before baby.
  • Aren't you — In fast speech, don't cling to the t at the end of Aren't.
  • out of that — Let of stay tiny between out and that.
  • as much as — Put the weight on much and ease off both as.
Aren't you supposed to be married to have a baby?

A child states the rule as a question: a baby is supposed to come after marriage. The line tests the adults. It does not ask for a definition.

He's treating my kids like they're dogs.

Fetch is heard as a dog's game. The line accuses him of handling the kids the way someone handles a dog.

I wish I liked anything as much as my kids like bubbles.

After the kids go wild for bubbles, the speaker wants a pleasure that strong. It is envy of the kids, not a comment on the boyfriend.

Their smiling faces just point out your inability to enjoy anything.

The kids' smiles are proof against the person who just wished for that joy. The line says the smiles expose an inability to enjoy anything.

Is anybody okay? I'm not okay.

The question widens "Am I gonna be okay" to everyone, then answers it for the speaker: no. One person is not a special case who might still be fine.

You're asking the wrong guy.

This declines the question "Am I gonna be okay." It offers no forecast. It only says the person being asked is the wrong one to answer.

Preguntas sobre esta escena

Why does someone say "That's exactly right" after the stork story?

The lines just before it have a stork drop the baby, a hole open in the body, blood coming out of the head, a butt falling off, and someone digging up a baby. The next line is "That's exactly right." Nothing after that corrects the stork, the blood, or the butt. The agreement stands where an explanation would go.

Why is playing fetch treated as an insult?

The yard has "Fetch" and "Go get it! Fetch!" Then come "He's playing fetch with my kids," "He's treating my kids like they're dogs," and "Who plays fetch with kids?" The complaint is the dog comparison. "He's trying. He's making an effort" defends the effort, not the game.

What is "You're asking the wrong guy" answering?

The question in front of it is "Am I gonna be okay, man?" Between them come "Oh, who knows?" and "Is anybody okay? I'm not okay." The line turns the question away. It does not say whether anyone will be okay.

Does anyone settle whether you must be married to have a baby?

No one line wins. "Aren't you supposed to be married to have a baby?" states the rule. "You don't have to be" rejects it. "When you love each other, you get married and have a baby" puts the rule back. Both versions are still standing at the end of the exchange.

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