how it turned out for you
...how'd that investment situation work out for you?About Schmidt · 2002 — 第 13 / 16 章 · 4'47" · B1
Warren Tells Jeannie Not to Marry, Explained：up to snuff
The family gathers for dinner before the wedding, and it goes badly: an old investment fight resurfaces, the groom's father gives a toast nobody wants, and the table turns on itself. Afterward Warren corners Jeannie with a warning — "You're making a big mistake. Don't marry this guy" — insisting Randall "is not up to snuff."
あらすじ
A couple of nights before the wedding, Warren sits through a tense family dinner. An argument about a failed investment flares up, the groom's father stands to make a toast, and the family talks over him. Later Warren pulls Jeannie aside and tells her plainly not to go through with the marriage.
注目の表現
up to snuffin your leaguebail outgrab attention
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このシーンの表現
up to snuff
good enough
Warren tells his daughter her fiancé is not good enough and not on her level.
The old laptop is not up to snuff for video editing.
このシーンの他の表現
- in your league
on your level
- bail out
quit and walk away
- grab attention
pull all eyes to oneself
- I'm not negative
a denial that proves itself
- make a toast
give a toast
このシーンのメモ一覧
83 行のセリフに 25 件のメモ
Link how'd and that into one quick run.
...how'd that investment situation work out for you?raise that topic
- Don't bring that up. - You mean that pyramid scheme?subject clause: The clause All I know is the subject, and is introduces what he knows.
All I know is I lost 800 bucks.dollars — Casual for dollars, not for formal writing.
All I know is I lost 800 bucks.kept at it
Well, if you'd stuck with it little longer...unreal conditional: Had plus past participle marks an unreal past whose result never happened.
Well, if you'd stuck with it little longer...quit and walk away
Larry blames Warren for pulling out of the investment too early.
- You bailed out too soon. - Change the subject.downline recruits — Insider sales jargon, confusing to outsiders.
You just didn't find enough quality reps of your own.ruined it
You screwed the thing up for me too.the groom's father
As, um, father of the groom, I'd like to welcome our guest.Reduce going to to a quick gonna.
You're gonna have plenty of chances to make toasts tomorrow and the next day.speaking for Saundra
And, uh, on behalf of Saundra and myself...traveled a great distance
...who has journeyed a very long way to be with us here tonight.ruin a nice evening
Why do you have to spoil a perfectly enjoyable evening, huh?pull all eyes to oneself
Larry deflects by claiming Warren is only grabbing all the attention.
I'm not negative. You're just trying to grab all attention.continuous blame: The continuous turns an action into an ongoing accusation, sharper than a plain present.
I'm not negative. You're just trying to grab all attention.I was merely doing something
You know, all I was doing was welcoming somebody into the family.Blend want to into one soft word.
- I still wanna talk to you. - Oh, yeah, right.can we deal with it later
Um, well, can it wait?no rush
Take your time. I'll get the car started.doing something disastrous
You're making a big mistake. Don't marry this guy.freaking out — Familiar talk for someone losing their composure.
You're just wigging out a little and Mom is not here to calm you down so...good enough
Warren tells his daughter her fiancé is not good enough and not on her level.
This guy is not up to snuff. He's not in your league.start caring about
All of a sudden, you're taking an interest in what I do?「Warren Tells Jeannie Not to Marry」を読み解く
What's really going on
Warren has come a long way to watch his daughter marry a man he can't stand, and this dinner makes the cost visible. He opens by needling Randall about the investment that lost him money — "you'd have seen results" is the other man's answer — but the real damage is at the table, where the groom's father's toast becomes a family argument about who is embarrassing whom. When the couple is alone, Warren stops being polite. "You're making a big mistake. Don't marry this guy," he tells Jeannie, then reaches for the language of status: "This guy is not up to snuff. He's not in your league." Jeannie's reply is the sharper cut — "All of a sudden, you're taking an interest in what I do?" — a daughter asking why her father only shows up to disapprove.
Theme
Family conflictA pre-wedding dinner collapses into old resentments and public embarrassment, then continues one-on-one when Warren tells Jeannie not to marry.
MarriageJeannie is two days from her wedding and her father is still trying to stop it, forcing her to defend a marriage he refuses to bless.
このチャプターで学べること
- Not up to snuff lowers the boom without a single insult.
- Bail out means quitting early, and here it is an accusation.
- Grab attention frames the other person as a show-off.
- The closing threat hides behind a polite Or else.
発音のポイント
- how'd that — Link how'd and that into one quick run.
- gonna have — Reduce going to to a quick gonna.
- wanna talk — Blend want to into one soft word.
You're making a big mistake. Don't marry this guy.Warren drops every hint and says the quiet part out loud. After a lifetime of distance, his first real opinion about Jeannie's life is a blunt order to call off the wedding.
This guy is not up to snuff. He's not in your league.Warren explains his objection as a matter of quality: Randall is beneath Jeannie's standard. It's snobbery disguised as fatherly concern, and Jeannie hears both.
You're embarrassing yourself. You're embarrassing me.A family member tries to shut down the rambling toast by naming the shame out loud — the fight is no longer about the speech but about who is humiliating whom at the table.
All of a sudden, you're taking an interest in what I do?Jeannie's comeback cuts deeper than any insult: Warren ignored her life for years, so his sudden fatherly veto reads as interference, not love.
このシーンについての質問
Why does Warren wait until now to tell Jeannie not to marry Randall?
He has never been close to his daughter, and the wedding forces the issue. His objection only surfaces when he fears losing her to a family he looks down on — too late and too blunt.
Is Warren right about Randall?
The film keeps it ambiguous. Randall is no catch, but Warren's case is mostly snobbery and a vague dream, and he offers no evidence beyond not liking the man or his family.
Why does Warren bring up his dream about Randall?
In the dream, creatures that all look like Randall try to take Jeannie away. He tells it as a warning, hoping the story will do the persuading that his own arguments cannot.
What does "up to snuff" mean here?
It means good enough, up to standard. Warren says Randall 'is not up to snuff' — in his view the man doesn't meet Jeannie's level. The phrase is old-fashioned and still common.
What happens after Jeannie tells Warren to go back to Omaha?
Warren doesn't leave. She walks off with his words ringing, but at the wedding two days later he is still there, staying for the ceremony — and the marriage goes ahead.
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第 3 章work out that wayWarren's Video Letter to Ndugu
第 4 章up to snuffWarren Complains About His Wife
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第 6 章keep your options openWarren Tries to Postpone the Wedding
第 7 章splurge onJeannie Fights Warren Over the Casket
第 8 章make the best ofWarren Writes Ndugu About Helen's Death
第 9 章maiden voyageJohn Rusk Invites Warren to Dinner
第 10 章you shouldn't haveWarren Has Dinner With the Rusks
第 11 章put a good face on thingsVicki Sees Through Warren
第 12 章easy on the eyeWarren Meets Randall's Family
再生中 · 第 13 章up to snuffWarren Tells Jeannie Not to Marry
第 14 章on cloud nineRoberta Gives Warren Expired Pills
第 15 章insist on its own wayRandall and Jeannie's Wedding
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