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American Hustle · 2013 — 第 9 / 20 章 · 2'47" · B1

Guests Smell Nail Polish, Talk Business, Explained：can't get enough of

Small talk over paper-thin chicken, a Swiss topcoat, and a smell of flowers and garbage. Underneath it, the table is performing charm, and someone counts down to the line 'We have to talk business.'

あらすじ

At a loud, affectionate dinner, the table talks paper-thin chicken, a Swiss topcoat, and a smell of flowers and garbage. A dish is presented as 'the piccata of the gods'; people smell the topcoat on someone's nails; someone counts down to 'We have to talk business.' When the talk turns to business, a drunken guest refuses to leave.

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注目の表現

piccata of the godstake a favor over moneyrun out ofcan't get enough of

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このシーンの表現

can't get enough of

never tire of something

Someone confesses an odd obsession with a strange-smelling nail-polish topcoat, first admitting it sounds crazy and then leaning into it.

I can't get enough of this rainy-day playlist.

このシーンの他の表現

  • piccata of the gods

    a dish fit for the gods

  • take a favor over money

    choose a favor rather than cash

  • run out of

    have no more of something

  • laced with

    mixed with a hidden element

  • hooks you

    makes you addicted

このシーンのメモ一覧

78 行のセリフに 22 件のメモ

表現 · B1like we do with something

the way we do with something

Rocco, the... You know, like we do with the chicken, very thin, right?
表現 · B2the [dish] of the gods

a dish fit for the gods

Someone presents a plate of food with theatrical, over-the-top praise, and the table lets the enthusiasm carry them.

It's the piccata of the gods.
表現 · B2the way someone wants to be treated

how you want to be treated

I believe that you should treat people the way that you want to be treated.
表現 · B2take A over B

choose a favor rather than cash

Someone adds a worldly maxim to the moral talk, half joking and half instructing the table in how favors work.

He may have. I think also, always take a favor over money.
文法 · B2might have said

modal perfect: Might have said marks a guess about the past, leaving open whether he said it at all.

I don't know if he said the second one, but he might have said the first one.
表現 · B1someone's new obsession

the thing I'm currently obsessed with

I chipped that moving furniture. It's my new obsession.
表現 · A2make someone feel better

cheers me up

Moving, redecorating, it makes me feel better, like exercise.
文法 · B1that you can only get from Switzerland

relative clause: The that-clause narrows topcoat to one rare product you can only obtain in Switzerland.

But there's this topcoat that you can only get from Switzerland.
表現 · B1run out of something

almost used up

And I don't know what I'm going to do because I'm running out of it, but I love the smell of it.
文法 · B1what I'm going to do

noun clause: The clause what I'm going to do is the object of know, so it means she does not know her next move.

And I don't know what I'm going to do because I'm running out of it, but I love the smell of it.
表現 · B1get something for someone

obtain it for you

I can get it for you. Irv and I can't get enough of it.
発音get it for you

In fast speech, get it can blur into a quick flap; keep for light.

I can get it for you. Irv and I can't get enough of it.
表現 · B2can't get enough of something

never tire of it

And I know that sounds crazy, but I can't get enough of it.
発音can't get enough

Land the stress on can't and enough; let get pass quickly.

And I know that sounds crazy, but I can't get enough of it.
表現 · C1be laced with something

mixed with something nasty not drugged here; a scent mixed with something rotten

...they're all laced with something nasty and foul.
表現 · A2sweet and sour

sweet and sour

Sweet and sour. Smell her nails.
表現 · B2what hooks someone

the thing that gets you hooked hook literally a fishhook; here it means addicted

- That's what hooks you. - Mmm.
表現 · B1have a good time

enjoying oneself

I'm having a good time.
表現 · B1talk business

discuss business

He's going to say, "We have to talk business."
発音I got you

Let got you run together; the t barely lands.

I got you. Okay.
表現 · B1just because + clause

only because I was laughing

I'm not this drunk. No, it was just because I was laughing.
表現 · B1take someone to a place

walk her to the car

I was just starting to have fun. Let's take her to the car.

「Guests Smell Nail Polish, Talk Business」を読み解く

What's really going on

Everything here is about appetite and control. The table talk is deliberately physical — chicken sliced thin, a topcoat that smells like flowers and garbage — and the pleasure everyone takes in it is a way of showing they belong. 'I can't get enough of it' is the room's refrain, applied to a smell that is half perfume, half rot. The countdown is the tell: someone knows the script so well they can announce 'We have to talk business' before the talk turns. Hospitality is the warm-up act; the deal is the point. A drunken refusal to go is the one thing that won't follow the script.

Theme

DeceptionWarm hospitality is set dressing for a business pitch; even the next line is predicted in advance.
MoneyCharm is currency at this table, and someone argues a favor is worth more than cash.

発音のポイント

  • get it for you — In fast speech, get it can blur into a quick flap; keep for light.
  • can't get enough — Land the stress on can't and enough; let get pass quickly.
  • I got you — Let got you run together; the t barely lands.
It's the piccata of the gods.

An over-the-top compliment for a breaded cutlet: the dish is being praised as food fit for deities.

I believe that you should treat people the way that you want to be treated.

A plain golden-rule line, offered as table philosophy while the room is doing business.

He may have. I think also, always take a favor over money.

The reply treats the moral saying as an opening: collect favors instead of cash, because favors keep people bound to you.

And I know that sounds crazy, but I can't get enough of it.

Said about the strange perfume-and-rot smell: the speaker admits it sounds odd before doubling down on loving it.

He's going to say, "We have to talk business."

Someone calls the next line before it is spoken, counting down to the moment small talk ends.

このシーンについての質問

Is the dinner really about business?

The table talk stays on chicken, topcoat and smells until someone predicts 'We have to talk business.' After a countdown, a line asks whether they can talk business, so the turn was expected all along.

Why doesn't the drunken guest want to leave?

The dialogue only offers a plea not to be made to go and the line 'I was just starting to have fun,' while someone insists 'She's fine.' It never explains more.

What are people smelling at the table?

A Swiss topcoat; people smell it on someone's nails and describe it as flowers with garbage, or sour flowers.

Why is the chicken praised so extravagantly?

The dish is called "the piccata of the gods" — a breaded cutlet treated as food for deities. The overstatement matches the evening's warmth and showmanship.

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