it cost me three hours
- What happened? - It's taken me three hours to get here.Another Year · 2010 — 第 11 / 25 章 · 3'59" · B2
Mary Arrives Late With a New Car, Explained：crossed my mind
Mary shows up hours late, lost and apologetic, and turns her embarrassment into a surprise: she has finally bought a car. She is thrilled with the deal, but the whole plan exposes how scattered she is — "that hadn't even crossed my mind" about the insurance — and the party quietly moves on around her.
あらすじ
Mary arrives at the gathering hours late, explaining that she got lost and had to ask a policeman for directions. She has bought a second-hand car as a surprise and is proud of her bargaining, but she forgot to arrange insurance and has not driven since 1984. The friends greet her, pass around the baby, and carry on.
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taken me three hourschuffedcrossed my minddaft
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このシーンの表現
crossed my mind
occurred to me
The insurance question catches Mary out; she simply had not thought of it.
It never crossed my mind that she might say no.
このシーンの他の表現
- taken me three hours
cost me three hours
- chuffed
very pleased
- daft
silly
- under the weather
slightly unwell
- fancy a swing
feel like a swing
このシーンのメモ一覧
84 行のセリフに 25 件のメモ
dummy subject it: The dummy it fronts the real subject, the to-clause.
- What happened? - It's taken me three hours to get here.finally
I left home at two. I had to ask a policeman in the end, I got so lost.arrived by car
- You know the way. - Yeah, but I came in my car, Gerri.ruin it all
Oh, I'm so stupid. Why do I always spoil everything?Link wanted, it and to into one run.
- I wanted it to be a surprise. - You've bought a car?very pleased with myself
I got it ever so cheap. I was really chuffed with myself because they wanted 700, but I offered 600, but we settled at 650.agree on a price
I got it ever so cheap. I was really chuffed with myself because they wanted 700, but I offered 600, but we settled at 650.cash machine
So I had to go to the cash point on Wednesday and Thursday and Friday.deal with it
And had I sorted out the insurance? Well, that hadn't even crossed my mind!occurred to me
The insurance question catches Mary out; she simply had not thought of it.
And had I sorted out the insurance? Well, that hadn't even crossed my mind!inverted question: Had moves in front of I to form the question.
And had I sorted out the insurance? Well, that hadn't even crossed my mind!reason clause: The because-clause gives her reason for keeping the secret.
But I didn't tell you on Thursday, Gerri, because I knew I was coming here today and I wanted to surprise you all.silly — Gentle British scolding, friends only.
- I'm really sorry. - Oh, don't be daft.returning from parental leave
- Sweetheart. - When are you back off maternity leave?Back and off run together.
- Sweetheart. - When are you back off maternity leave?a casual hi — A breezy hello for people you know.
- No. - Oh, this is lovely. Hiya, Jack.slightly unwell
Gerri explains that Janey is resting because she feels unwell.
She's a bit under the weather this afternoon.very big indeed
Oh, hasn't he grown? He's got ever so big.cubic centimetres
He means, how powerful is it, Mary? How many cubic centimetres?guy stuff
Oh, yeah, I know, yeah. Well, that's boys' stuff, isn't it?smoke a cigarette
I think I'm gonna have a cigarette before I eat this.because, casually — Casual spoken because; never in writing.
Oh, well, I thought you wouldn't mind cos we're outside.feel like a swing
Mary casually says she fancies a swing in the garden.
- You're all right. - It's OK. I fancy a swing.now and then, a couple
I just have the occasional one or two.「Mary Arrives Late With a New Car」を読み解く
What's really going on
The chapter is built around a gap: Mary wants to be the one who arrives with good news, and she is the one who cannot find her way to a house she has visited 'loads of times.' Her car is meant to mark a new independence, and she is proud of the deal — 'I was really chuffed with myself' — but every detail undercuts it, from the three-hour journey to the insurance she never arranged. Her line, 'Oh, I'm so stupid. Why do I always spoil everything?' is the fear she keeps joking about. Then the party absorbs her: people greet her, pass the baby, and the talk turns to engine sizes she cannot answer. The cheerfulness is real, and so is the loneliness under it; the scene lets both sit at the same table.
Theme
LonelinessMary's late, confused arrival and her self-mocking show how hard it is for her to belong at the group's warm table.
IdentityBuying a car is meant to signal a new, capable Mary, but her forgotten insurance and blank answers undercut it.
このチャプターで学べること
- Under the weather means slightly unwell
- Chuffed means very pleased with yourself
- A cash point is a British ATM
- A flustered arrival can make a whole table laugh
発音のポイント
- wanted it to — Link wanted, it and to into one run.
- back off — Back and off run together.
I left home at two. I had to ask a policeman in the end, I got so lost.The comic, painful detail of Mary's journey: even a simple drive to friends she knows becomes a three-hour ordeal.
Oh, I'm so stupid. Why do I always spoil everything?Her self-directed frustration, said half as a joke and half as a real complaint about her own life.
I thought you were going to miss me out, Mary.Jack's teasing complaint that Mary greeted everyone but skipped him, needling her social awkwardness.
And had I sorted out the insurance? Well, that hadn't even crossed my mind!The confession that she bought the car without thinking about insurance, exposing how impulsively she planned it.
このシーンについての質問
Why is Mary so late to the party?
She gets lost driving there, even though she has visited many times, and eventually has to ask a policeman for directions. She left home at two and it takes her three hours.
What does "crossed my mind" mean?
It means a thought appeared in your head. Mary says the insurance 'hadn't even crossed my mind,' meaning she never even considered it when buying the car.
What does Mary want to show off with the car?
She wants it to be a surprise that marks a new start. She is proud of bargaining the price down to 650 and says she is 'chuffed with myself.'
Why can't Mary answer the question about her car's engine?
The men ask how many cubic centimetres the engine is, and she has no idea. She can only gesture with her hands, which turns her new car into another joke at her expense.
What is wrong with Janey?
Jack says she is a bit under the weather this afternoon, so she has stayed home. The phrase is a common way of saying someone feels slightly ill.
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