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American Beauty · 1999 — 第 4 / 14 章 · 2'08" · B2

Jane Meets Ricky at School, Explained：take something out on someone

Two girls turn a chat about a photographer into a fight, and Jane finally snaps: "I am so sick of people taking their insecurities out on me." Then Ricky appears, the boy next door she recognizes from the night before, and starts talking to her as if nothing strange has happened.

あらすじ

At school, Angela brags about a photographer she slept with, and Jane fires back with insults until the two are shouting. Then Jane spots Ricky, the neighbor she caught filming her the night before. He walks up, introduces himself, says he just moved next door, and claims he is only curious about her.

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このシーンの表現

take something out on someone

vent your mood on someone

Jane finally pushes back, saying she is tired of other people dumping their insecurity on her.

He takes his bad day out on the dog, then feels worse.

このシーンの他の表現

  • Mr. Happy

    a cutesy name for his penis

  • turn someone down

    reject his offer

  • stop acting like

    quit pretending to be

  • a crush on someone

    be secretly into someone

  • slut

    a harsh slur for a woman

このシーンのメモ一覧

33 行のセリフに 25 件のメモ

スラング · A2Gross

disgusting — Casual disgust between friends; use disgusting in formal settings.

- Gross. - It wasn't gross.
表現 · B1do it with someone

sleep with someone Not 'do it together'; here it means have sex with him.

- It was kind of cool. - So did you do it with him?
表現 · B1shoot for a magazine

take photos for a publication

He shoots for Elle on, like, a regular basis.
表現 · B1on a regular basis

regularly, over and over

He shoots for Elle on, like, a regular basis.
発音a regular basis

Link on and a into one sound and stress regular in practice.

He shoots for Elle on, like, a regular basis.
表現 · B1turn someone down

reject his offer

Angela argues that refusing a famous photographer would have been stupid, so sleeping with him was sensible.

It would've been so majorly stupid of me to turn him down.
発音would've been

Reduce would've to a light /wʊdəv/ instead of two full words.

It would've been so majorly stupid of me to turn him down.
スラング · B1majorly

extremely — Teen slang for emphasis; swap in extremely for writing.

It would've been so majorly stupid of me to turn him down.
スラング · B1chick

girl — Casual for a girl, but many find it dismissive; avoid at work.

You just don't know because you're this pampered little suburban chick.
表現 · B1stop acting like ...

quit pretending to be

Jane snaps that her rival is no supermodel, trying to knock the pose right off her face.

So stop acting like you're goddamned Christy Turlington!
表現 · B2take something out on someone

vent your mood on someone

Jane finally pushes back, saying she is tired of other people dumping their insecurity on her.

I am so sick of people taking their insecurities out on me.
表現 · B1be sick of something

tired of, fed up with

I am so sick of people taking their insecurities out on me.
発音out on me

Run out and on together, keep the stress on insecurities.

I am so sick of people taking their insecurities out on me.
文法 · B1who filmed me last night

relative clause: The who-clause identifies exactly which man she means, turning the sentence into a pointed accusation.

Oh, my God! That's the pervert who filmed me last night.
スラング · B1pervert

creep, sex pest — A serious accusation; not a word to throw around as a joke.

Oh, my God! That's the pervert who filmed me last night.
スラング · A2no way

absolutely not — Strong disbelief or refusal among friends.

Him? Jane, no way, he's a total lunatic.
文法 · B2he would always say

past habit would: Would plus a verb marks a repeated past habit, like saying he used to always do it.

We were on the same lunch shift when I was in ninth grade and he would always say the most random, weird things.
表現 · B2put someone away

lock someone up

Well, they can't put you away just for saying weird things.
表現 · A2have a crush on someone

be infatuated with someone

- You've got a crush on him! - What? Please!
表現 · A2move next door to someone

become your next-door neighbor

My name's Ricky. I just moved next door to you.
文法 · B2where you were filming me last night

relative adverb: Where ties the filming to the incident, so the memory is framed as evidence rather than a feeling.

I remember this really creepy incident where you were filming me last night.
表現 · A2mean to do something

intend to do something

I didn't mean to scare you. I just think you're interesting.
発音didn't mean to

The t in didn't is often dropped, so it can sound like didn' mean to.

I didn't mean to scare you. I just think you're interesting.
表現 · B2obsess about someone

fixate on someone

Thanks, but I don't need some psycho obsessing about me right now.
スラング · B2psycho

crazy person — Insulting; saying it to someone's face escalates the fight.

Thanks, but I don't need some psycho obsessing about me right now.

「Jane Meets Ricky at School」を読み解く

What's really going on

Angela's story is a performance — the photographer, the magazine, the logic that refusing him would have been stupid — and Jane's disgust is really recognition. What stings is summed up when Jane says, "I am so sick of people taking their insecurities out on me." The fight is not about the photographer; it's about two girls trading the same fear of being ordinary and unloved. Ricky's arrival changes the temperature: he has no interest in the contest at all, and his plain "I just think you're interesting" lands as the opposite of everything Angela has been performing. Jane answers him with suspicion, but she keeps talking, which is more than she gave anyone else in the scene.

Theme

IdentityTwo girls measure themselves against magazines while Ricky refuses the contest and simply says he finds Jane interesting.
Coming of ageInsecurity, cruelty, and a first curious stranger: Jane is caught between fitting in and wanting to be seen differently.

このチャプターで学べること

  • The girls perform coolness while scoring points off each other.
  • Ricky's calm answers land harder than any insult.
  • Turn someone down and you own the reason, not the rumor.
  • Put away hides the harshest idea in the softest words.

発音のポイント

  • a regular basis — Link on and a into one sound and stress regular in practice.
  • would've been — Reduce would've to a light /wʊdəv/ instead of two full words.
  • out on me — Run out and on together, keep the stress on insecurities.
  • didn't mean to — The t in didn't is often dropped, so it can sound like didn' mean to.
I am so sick of people taking their insecurities out on me.

Jane's complaint after the shouting: she is tired of being the target for other people's self-doubt.

It would've been so majorly stupid of me to turn him down.

A brag dressed as common sense: sleeping with the photographer is framed as the only smart move.

Thanks, but I don't need some psycho obsessing about me right now.

Jane's guarded reply to Ricky: she rejects the idea of being someone's fixation.

I didn't mean to scare you. I just think you're interesting.

Ricky's quiet correction: no agenda, just curiosity, which is what unsettles Jane most.

このシーンについての質問

Why do Jane and Angela fight?

Angela brags about sleeping with a photographer and treats it as the only smart choice. Jane calls her out, and Angela fires back about her looks, so the argument becomes about who is more ordinary.

Why is Jane so angry?

She says she is tired of people taking their insecurities out on her. The fight feels less about Angela's story than about being used as a target for someone else's self-doubt.

What does Ricky want from Jane?

He says he is just curious and finds her interesting, not obsessed. He approaches her directly, which is the opposite of how everyone else in the scene is performing for each other.

Why does Jane call Ricky 'the pervert'?

Because she saw him filming her the night before. She recognizes him from that incident, so her first reaction is suspicion rather than interest.

What does 'taking their insecurities out on me' mean?

It means other people are dumping their own self-doubt and frustration on her, making her the target of feelings that have nothing to do with her.

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