dated term for a counter clerk — Dated Americana; it now sounds nostalgic rather than current.
Is he alive? And the soda jerk? Is that any kind of life?5 to 7 · 2014 — 第 2 / 10 章 · 4'16" · C1
The 5 to 7 Rule, Explained：culled from the subtext
Brian thinks they are flirting over a Hopper painting and the meaning of America. Then she mentions a husband at the French Consulate. "Do you not understand the meaning of 5 to 7?" she asks - and when he admits he does not, she explains that it is a coded French term for an affair.
あらすじ
Brian and a French woman argue about a Hopper painting - whether America looks alive - until the talk turns personal. She reveals she is married to a diplomat, then asks why he never guessed it. When he says he does not understand "5 to 7," she explains it is a French expression for an affair with set hours.
注目の表現
soda jerka downbeat world viewa signpost for everythingculled from the subtext
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このシーンの表現
culled from the subtext
read between the lines
Brian protests that she never said she was married, asking if nothing can be culled from the subtext.
Nothing was culled from the subtext, so the whole hint was wasted.
このシーンの他の表現
- soda jerk
an old term for a counter clerk
- a downbeat world view
a gloomy outlook on life
- a signpost for everything
a marker for every step
- block out time
reserve a stretch of time
- break other commandments
violate other sacred rules
このシーンのメモ一覧
77 行のセリフに 23 件のメモ
why are you so fixated on
What is it with you and prostitutes?no longer operating
And the store across the street is out of business.is said to be
This Hopper is supposed to be the quintessential American painter.be supposed to: Be supposed to marks what people claim or expect, not a hard rule.
This Hopper is supposed to be the quintessential American painter.Supposed to collapses into /səˈpoʊstə/.
This Hopper is supposed to be the quintessential American painter.gloomy, low-spirited — A mild spoken judgement; keep it away from formal settings.
And you have a somewhat downbeat world view.make a home in a place
What made you settle in New York?I was quietly guessing whether
I wondered if you'd been married.to start with
For one thing, you don't wear a wedding ring.get lost
Ah, so American, you need a signpost for everything or you'll completely lose your way.shield others from
designed to keep people out of exactly this sort of...read between the lines
Brian protests that she never said she was married, asking if nothing can be culled from the subtext.
- Can nothing be culled from the subtext? - Well...Meaning of blends into /ˈmiːnɪŋəv/.
Do you not understand the meaning of 5 to 7?reason clause: The because-clause is the punchline: his confusion was, to him, obvious.
Was my confusion about 5 to 7 somehow unclear because I thought I was very clear about my confusion.barely know
I thought you had a very busy schedule or you were unprepared to spend the later and definitionally sexier hour with someone you hardly knew.relative clause: The clause you hardly knew narrows down who that someone was.
I thought you had a very busy schedule or you were unprepared to spend the later and definitionally sexier hour with someone you hardly knew.reserve a stretch of time
Brian asks in disbelief whether the French really block out time for an affair.
Seriously the French actually block out time for that?somewhat vague
Arielle softens her explanation, saying a person's whereabouts at that hour are a little hazy.
It re... it refers to a time in the evening where a person's whereabouts might naturally be a little hazy.Link not in into /nɒ-tɪn/.
Okay, I have a very good French dictionary and that is definitely not in there.in the old days
Now, back in the day such things did tend to happen from 5 to 7, I think.constantly
But these days, they happen all the time but my husband and I, we have found that...prove effective
the original hours work very well.「The 5 to 7 Rule」を読み解く
What's really going on
This meeting runs on a mismatch of signals. Brian reads the conversation as a date and acts the suitor - she tells him he is "a man infatuated and so nothing you say can be believed." She, meanwhile, has been following a script he never learned: the married Frenchwoman's "5 to 7," a scheduled hour for an affair. Her question - "Do you not understand the meaning of 5 to 7?" - tests whether he can read between the lines, and "Can nothing be culled from the subtext?" makes the rule explicit. When he still misses it, she spells it out: "a 5 to 7 relationship is a relationship outside of marriage." What she offers is not romance but a code, with fixed hours and "clear boundaries."
Theme
RomanceAn attraction forms over art and language while the woman quietly stays married, turning flirtation into a negotiation.
SecretsHer marriage and the affair ahead are carried by a coded phrase, '5 to 7,' rather than said plainly.
このチャプターで学べること
- Culled from the subtext is formal for reading hints.
- Back in the day frames an old habit with nostalgia.
- Block out time means reserving a fixed slot.
- The signpost jab mocks America's need for labels.
発音のポイント
- supposed to be — Supposed to collapses into /səˈpoʊstə/.
- meaning of — Meaning of blends into /ˈmiːnɪŋəv/.
- not in there — Link not in into /nɒ-tɪn/.
Ah, so American, you need a signpost for everything or you'll completely lose your way.Her teasing verdict on Americans: they want every social rule posted and labeled, or they cannot read a situation - a jab at his missing the signals in front of him.
Oh, so we seem to be mutually pursuing one another.She names the game out loud: both of them are pursuing each other, which turns his awkward denial into a fact they now share.
Un cinq à sept uh, a 5 to 7 relationship is a relationship outside of marriage.The definition she finally gives: '5 to 7' is the French phrase for a relationship carried on outside marriage, with its own allotted hours.
Thank you, but you're a man infatuated and so nothing you say can be believed.A gentle warning that his praise cannot be trusted because he is infatuated, so his judgment of her and of the situation is not reliable.
このシーンについての質問
What does '5 to 7' mean in this film?
It is a French expression for a relationship outside marriage. Originally the hours from 5 to 7 p.m., when a person's whereabouts could be vague, it becomes the couple's term for a scheduled affair.
Is the woman actually married?
Yes. She says her husband works at the French Consulate a few blocks away, and that the reason Brian never guessed is that she does not wear a wedding ring.
Why does she expect Brian to already understand '5 to 7'?
She assumes the phrase and its rules are obvious to everyone. When he keeps missing the point, she treats his confusion as a failure to read the subtext rather than an honest question.
Why does Brian assume she is single?
Because she gives no sign - no ring, no mention of a husband - and their earlier conversation reads to him like flirting, so he fills the gap with what he wants to be true.
Why do they keep the affair to fixed hours?
She says the original hours work very well and give a set window and clear boundaries. The schedule contains the affair, so it stays separate from her marriage and the rest of her life.
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