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- Do you wanna come in? - HARRY: Sure.All of Us Strangers · 2023 — 第 3 / 15 章 · 3'24" · B1
Harry Comes Round to Drink, Explained：not for want of trying
A neighbour shows up with drink and weed, and the small talk slowly turns personal. The pair trade stories about friends leaving London and about living alone, then edge toward identity: "I can't get used to calling myself queer" and a half-joking check about whether Adam is single. It's flirtation disguised as getting to know each other.
あらすじ
Harry turns up at Adam's flat with drink and weed. The two settle in and talk about the building, their friends who have left London, and the loneliness of living alone. Harry gently checks whether Adam is queer and single, and Adam answers honestly, admitting he can't yet call himself queer and joking that he is single but not for want of trying.
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get used tolook afternot for want of tryingpeople like me
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このシーンの表現
not for want of trying
not from lack of effort
Asked if he is often single, Adam admits it, then adds a wry not for want of trying.
I still can't cook, but not for want of trying.
このシーンの他の表現
- get used to
to grow familiar with
- look after
to take care of
- people like me
people of my kind
- just checking
only confirming
- dick sucking
a crude term for oral sex
このシーンのメモ一覧
51 行のセリフに 27 件のメモ
Wanna is the spoken blend of want to; run it straight into come.
- Do you wanna come in? - HARRY: Sure.what do you have
Yeah, what have you got?if you would rather have that
Adam lists vodka and beer, then offers weed if you prefer that, leaving the choice open.
I got some weed if you prefer that.marijuana — Casual slang for marijuana; keep it out of formal talk.
I got some weed if you prefer that.no longer drinking it
I'm off alcohol...to settle into a place
I think I'll like it more when people move in.time clause: The when clause sets the point in time at which liking it more becomes true.
I think I'll like it more when people move in.friends close by
You got friends nearby?to leave a place for good
Most of my friends have moved out of London.Link moved-out-of together; out of blurs toward outta.
Most of my friends have moved out of London.to take care of
They talk about friends who moved away for gardens and grandparents who can look after the kids.
Wanna have gardens for their kids, and they want to be near the grandparents so they can look after the kids.to live close to
Wanna have gardens for their kids, and they want to be near the grandparents so they can look after the kids.purpose clause: The so clause states the purpose: moving close lets the grandparents mind the kids.
Wanna have gardens for their kids, and they want to be near the grandparents so they can look after the kids.people of my kind
Adam explains he did not move to Dorking, saying it is not for people like me.
It's not for people like me.only confirming
Harry softens a direct identity question with I'm just checking before asking it.
I'm just checking. You are queer, right?a reclaimed identity label — A reclaimed label used by LGBTQ people; context is sensitive.
I'm just checking. You are queer, right?to grow familiar with
After Harry asks about his identity, Adam admits he still cannot get used to calling himself queer.
I can't get used to calling myself queer.gerund phrase: Get used to takes an -ing form: calling myself queer, not call.
I can't get used to calling myself queer.Used to reduces to a single weak unit; the to nearly disappears.
I can't get used to calling myself queer.an insult of that kind
- It was always such an insult. - Hmm.used as a slur for lame — Here gay is weaponised as an insult; do not imitate.
"Your trainers are gay," "Your schoolbag's gay." (SNORTS) Yeah.crude term for oral sex — Vulgar and taboo; only in very private, familiar settings.
I don't know, it's like all the dick sucking's been taken out.to be seeing someone
Yeah. I'm assuming you're not with anyone.single much of the time
You often single?I guess so
I suppose so. Yeah.not from lack of effort
Asked if he is often single, Adam admits it, then adds a wry not for want of trying.
Yeah, but not for want of trying.「Harry Comes Round to Drink」を読み解く
What's really going on
This looks like easy drinking between two lonely neighbours, but Adam and Harry are really auditioning for each other. Harry fills the room with questions — where Adam's friends went, whether he is queer, whether he is single — and Adam answers without quite joining in. The clearest signal is "I can't get used to calling myself queer," which says more about Adam's guarded sense of self than about the word itself. Harry keeps the tone light, joking that living alone would suit him better once people move in, while Adam insists suburbia is "not for people like me." The exchange ends on Adam's wry "not for want of trying," half confession, half shield. What passes for small talk here is two people testing how much of themselves to reveal.
Theme
LonelinessTwo men in a near-empty building fill the silence with questions, each testing whether the other is company.
IdentityAdam struggles to name himself — he can't yet say 'queer' — while Harry gently pushes toward the subject.
このチャプターで学べること
- Get used to always takes an -ing verb.
- Not for want of trying defends the effort, not the result.
- Look after someone means to take care of them.
- People like me frames a quiet sense of exclusion.
発音のポイント
- wanna come — Wanna is the spoken blend of want to; run it straight into come.
- moved out of — Link moved-out-of together; out of blurs toward outta.
- used to — Used to reduces to a single weak unit; the to nearly disappears.
I can't get used to calling myself queer.Adam can say the word but not claim it; the label still feels like the insult it used to be.
Most of my friends have moved out of London.This explains Adam's isolation — the people he knew have scattered to suburbs and families.
It's not for people like me.Adam's refusal of suburban family life; he can't picture himself in that world.
Yeah, but not for want of trying.His joke about being single: he has been looking, so the solitude isn't for lack of effort.
このシーンについての質問
Why does Harry come to Adam's flat?
He brings drink and weed and turns the visit into a long conversation. The questions about friends, identity and being single make clear he is after more than small talk.
What does Adam mean by "not for want of trying"?
He admits he is single but says it isn't because he never tried — he has been looking and simply hasn't found anyone.
Why can't Adam call himself queer?
He says the word was always an insult when he was growing up, so even though it now sounds polite he still can't comfortably apply it to himself.
Is Harry flirting with Adam?
Yes. The drink, the questions about being single and the closing joke about not trying too hard read as a gentle pass rather than ordinary neighbour talk.
How does the conversation end?
On jokes about loneliness and dating. Adam admits he is single, Harry says he is too, and the talk leaves them circling the idea of getting together without saying it outright.
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