it was, but is not now
Adam insists the house is still his home, and Harry corrects him: it used to be.
- This is my home. - No, it used to be.All of Us Strangers · 2023 — 第 13 / 15 章 · 3'02" · B1
Adam Returns to His Childhood Home, Explained：get on with his life
Adam brings Harry to the house he grew up in, pointing out the wallpaper and the table where the family ate fish and chips. Harry just wants to leave. "This is my home," Adam insists; "No, it used to be." The disagreement is really about whether Adam can let go of the past.
あらすじ
Adam takes Harry to the London house where he grew up, walking him through the kitchen and remembering Friday fish and chips. Harry asks to take him home, but Adam refuses to leave. Then Adam starts seeing his parents again, and once he is alone with them they ask whether Harry is his boyfriend.
注目の表現
get on with his lifeused to bespecial frienda whole heap
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このシーンの表現
get on with his life
to keep living after loss
The parents argue behind the door about whether Adam should stop coming and move on.
He just wants to get on with his life.
このシーンの他の表現
- used to be
it was, but is not now
- special friend
a euphemism for a partner
- a whole heap
a great deal, informally
- not so humble opinion
a confident, joking aside
- let me in
to ask to be let inside
このシーンのメモ一覧
53 行のセリフに 21 件のメモ
used to + verb: Used to be states a past situation that no longer holds.
- This is my home. - No, it used to be.to drive someone home
Let me take you home.to ask to be let inside
Adam presses against the door and begs again and again to be let in.
Let me often blurs into lemme in fast, urgent speech.
to keep living after loss
The parents argue behind the door about whether Adam should stop coming and move on.
He has to get on with his life.to show up again and again
He can't keep coming here.to open the door for us
- It's not... - Why didn't you let us in?emphatic do: The auxiliary did adds emphasis: we really did see him.
We did see him, though.to function in that way
I know, but I don't think this works like that.a chap, a guy — Friendly and slightly old-fashioned; not for formal writing.
Looked like a handsome fellow, though.a euphemism for a partner
His mother probes gently with special friend, and Adam asks if she means boyfriend.
Is he your special friend?to be romantically in love
His mother asks whether Adam is in love with Harry, and he cannot quite say.
Are you in love with him?to have loved before
I don't know, I've never been in love before, so...present perfect: Have never been covers all time up to now: he has not loved before.
I don't know, I've never been in love before, so...this is the one, this is real
I don't know if this is it.Link if-this-is-it smoothly into one run.
I don't know if this is it.to be concerned about you
he certainly seems to care about you a whole heap,a great deal, informally
His mother takes Harry's side, saying he clearly cares about Adam a whole heap.
he certainly seems to care about you a whole heap,Run care-about-you together with a light flap on t.
he certainly seems to care about you a whole heap,a confident, joking aside
His mother ends her verdict on Harry with a playful twist on a modest phrase.
in my not so humble opinion.「Adam Returns to His Childhood Home」を読み解く
What's really going on
The argument is never really about leaving. Harry wants out because he can feel Adam slipping into something he can't share. "This is my home," Adam says, and the reply is flat: "No, it used to be." That line is the whole scene. Adam is standing outside a house that exists only in his memory, talking to parents who aren't there, and Harry can see it. Later, when Adam is alone with them, the parents gently ask if Harry is his "special friend." Even here, Adam has to do the work of being honest with people he never got to tell the truth to.
Theme
Death & griefAdam stands outside the house he grew up in, arguing with Harry about going home, because he cannot accept that his old life is gone.
MemoryThe wallpaper, the table, the Friday fish and chips: the past is so vivid to Adam that he keeps returning to a home that only exists for him.
このチャプターで学べること
- 'used to be' marks a past state that has ended.
- 'get on with his life' means to move on.
- 'a whole heap' informally means a lot.
- 'special friend' gently hints at a partner.
発音のポイント
- let me in — Let me often blurs into lemme in fast, urgent speech.
- if this is it — Link if-this-is-it smoothly into one run.
- care about you — Run care-about-you together with a light flap on t.
This is our wallpaper. That's our table where we had fish and chips every Friday night, so my mother could pretend we were still Catholic.Adam walks Harry through the family's old kitchen, item by item, describing a past so specific that it sounds like he is still living in it.
He has to get on with his life.One parent's verdict on Adam: he has to stop dwelling here and move on with his own life, instead of visiting them.
I don't know if this is it.Adam's uncertain answer about whether this relationship is real love: he has never been in love, so he cannot name what he feels.
I know, but I don't think this works like that.A gentle correction about the rules of this imagined reunion: the parents cannot simply be introduced to his boyfriend the way a living family would be.
このシーンについての質問
Why does Harry want to leave the house?
He can tell Adam has drifted somewhere he can't follow. Adam is talking to the house as if it were still his, and Harry would rather take him back to the present.
Why can't Adam introduce Harry to his parents?
Because the parents only exist in Adam's own visits. As one says, "I don't think this works like that" — they can see Harry, but the reunion has rules Adam cannot bend.
Are Adam's parents really there?
In the film they are people Adam lost, and the meetings happen on his side of reality. Harry stands beside him and sometimes cannot see them at all.
Does Adam say he is in love with Harry?
Not clearly. He tells his mother he has never been in love before and doesn't know if this is it, while she insists that Harry clearly cares about him a great deal.
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第 2 章over the moonAdam Visits His Parents' Old House
第 3 章not for want of tryingHarry Comes Round to Drink
第 4 章afraid it isAdam Opens Up About His Parents
第 5 章have your cake and eat itAdam Comes Out to His Mum
第 6 章wouldn't know about thatAdam's Mum Recalls His Childhood
第 7 章easier said than doneThe Hot Bath Confession
第 8 章put a name toAdam Feels Like a Stranger at Home
第 9 章grown on meAdam's Dad Apologises for School
第 10 章always on my mindAdam's Christmas with His Parents
第 11 章plot outAdam's Mum Visits Him in Bed
第 12 章tangled up withAdam Tells Harry About His Parents
再生中 · 第 13 章get on with his lifeAdam Returns to His Childhood Home
第 14 章the next best thing toAdam's Parents Tell Him to Let Go
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