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Another Year · 2010 — 第 7 / 25 章 · 4'33" · B2

Mary Confesses Her Old Love, Explained：onwards and upwards

Mary, drinking too much at Tom and Gerri's, finally tells the story of her 'big love' — a married man she was never going to have. Tom refuses to be sentimental about him, Gerri says 'It takes two to tango,' and Mary hears blame in it and turns it on herself.

あらすじ

At Tom and Gerri's, Mary drinks too much and opens up. She offers to be there for Gerri, then confesses that her great love was a married man who never left his wife. Tom calls him out, Gerri offers 'It takes two to tango,' and Mary — taking it as blame — spirals into her divorce, her money and her rented flat.

Comforting a friendPartiesConfessingComplainingFriendsB2slowbritish
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duplicitous shitonwards and upwardspalm offpensioner

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このシーンの表現

onwards and upwards

keep moving forward

Gerri caps the gloom with a British phrase that pushes everyone forward.

After the setback, it's onwards and upwards for the team.

このシーンの他の表現

  • duplicitous shit

    a two-faced bastard

  • palm off

    to fob someone off with something

  • pensioner

    someone who draws a pension

  • too much information

    that is more detail than I wanted

  • two to tango

    both sides share the blame

このシーンのメモ一覧

64 行のセリフに 23 件のメモ

表現 · A2my usual

the same as always

I'd like my usual.
発音I'd like

The d in I'd is barely voiced; let like follow straight on.

I'd like my usual.
文法 · B1if you ever need to

if-clause: The if-clause sets a possible moment; ever makes it sound unlikely but open.

...that if you ever need to share anything...
表現 · A2be here for someone

I'm available for you

...I'm here for you.
表現 · A2be a good listener

someone who listens well

I'm a very good listener.
表現 · B1have someone to talk to

a person to confide in

Everybody needs someone to talk to, don't they?
表現 · B2onwards and upwards

keep moving forward

Gerri caps the gloom with a British phrase that pushes everyone forward.

Oh, well, onwards and upwards.
表現 · A2stay the night

to sleep over

You'd better stay the night.
スラング · B1I bet

I'm pretty sure — Casual way to say you are sure something is true.

If he thinks about me. I bet he does.
スラング · B2Blimey

British exclamation of surprise — Old-fashioned British surprise; keep it out of formal talk.

64? Blimey, he's older than me.
表現 · B2be past it

too old to keep up

- Almost a pensioner. - He'll be past it now, Mary.
表現 · B1deep down

in one's heart

I bet he regrets it deep down.
表現 · B1what can you do?

there's no choice

Well, what can you do, Tom?
発音can you

Can you runs together as 'kuh-nyuh'; keep you light.

Well, what can you do, Tom?
表現 · B1fall in love with someone

to fall for someone

"Don't fall in love with me, I'm married," can you?
表現 · B1have a big heart

too soft-hearted

I blame my big heart.
表現 · A2make choices

to make decisions

Well, we all have to make choices, don't we?
文法 · B1don't we

tag question: The tag turns a statement into a soft request for agreement.

Well, we all have to make choices, don't we?
表現 · B1get something wrong

to make a mistake

Why do I always get it wrong, Gerri?
表現 · B2be left with something

to end up with

I let him palm me off with 5,000... nothing pounds and what am I left with now?
スラング · B2Sod all

nothing at all — Rude British slang for nothing; only with people you know well.

Sod all.
表現 · B1at my age

at my age

I'm living in a poky rented flat when I should have my own home at my age.
スラング · B2Bastard

a contemptible man — A harsh insult; never say it to someone's face casually.

Bastard.

「Mary Confesses Her Old Love」を読み解く

What's really going on

The scene is about what happens when Mary's loneliness finally talks. Sober, she keeps things light and useful — offering to listen, insisting, 'I'm a very good listener.' Drunk, the same need becomes a confession: her 'big love' was a married man, and she still measures the loss. Tom and Gerri answer from a place of security, and their bluntness is the point. Tom's verdict is unsparing; Gerri's 'It takes two to tango' is meant as a neutral proverb, but Mary hears judgment and immediately turns it inward — 'Why do I always get it wrong, Gerri?' From there the old romance collapses into the divorce, the payoff, and the rented flat. The scene doesn't mock her; it lets her say the quiet part out loud, then watches the friends absorb it.

Theme

HeartbreakMary finally says her great love was a married man — 'He was my big love... but he was married' — and it still wounds her.
LonelinessDrunk and confessional, Mary measures her life against Tom and Gerri's marriage and ends up crying over a flat she rents.

このチャプターで学べること

  • Onwards and upwards is dry British optimism
  • To palm someone off is to fob them off
  • Past it means too old to keep up
  • It takes two to tango spreads the blame

発音のポイント

  • I'd like — The d in I'd is barely voiced; let like follow straight on.
  • can you — Can you runs together as 'kuh-nyuh'; keep you light.
Sounds to me like he was a duplicitous shit.

Tom's blunt verdict on Mary's old love: a married man who took what he wanted and told himself it was fine.

Well, we all have to make choices, don't we?

Gerri's careful answer to Mary blaming herself: life is a series of choices, and she won't let Mary pin it all on fate.

Well, what can you do, Tom?

Mary's shrug about the affair: she frames it as something that simply happened to her, not something she chose.

I'm living in a poky rented flat when I should have my own home at my age.

Mary's summary of her losses: at her age she expected to own a home, but she's stuck in a cramped rental.

このシーンについての質問

Who was Mary's 'big love'?

A married man she describes as the great love of her life. He never left his wife, and years later she still wonders what he's doing and whether he thinks about her.

Why does Tom call him a 'duplicitous shit'?

Because Tom won't romanticize the affair. In his view the man lied and took advantage, and saying so out loud is his way of defending Mary.

Why does Mary get upset with Gerri?

Gerri offers 'It takes two to tango' as a neutral saying, but Mary hears it as blame and snaps back, 'so you think it was my fault?' before backing down.

What happened to Mary after her divorce?

She says her ex-husband palmed her off with 5,000 pounds, leaving her with nothing, and she now rents a small flat instead of owning a home.

What does 'onwards and upwards' mean here?

It's a hopeful British phrase meaning keep going and things will improve. Mary says it to close a dark conversation and move on.

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