to be the cause of
Eddie pins the boy's death on Mick with a flat accusation.
I see you're responsible for the death of an eight-year-old boy.Bad Boys · 1983 — 第 3 / 9 章 · 2'39" · B2
Mick Is Confronted with His Record, Explained：a real class act
An official reads a young man named Mick his long record and refuses his excuse — "It was an accident." He answers that Mick would have killed someone eventually. Then the tone changes, and someone offers to listen whenever Mick wants to talk.
あらすじ
At what looks like an intake or hearing, Mick is confronted with his past: a child's death and a long list of charges, from a stolen vehicle to assault and breaking and entering. Each time he says it was an accident, the official rejects it. Then a gentler voice offers to listen if Mick ever wants to talk.
注目の表現
responsible forbreaking and enteringa real class actsooner or later
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このシーンの表現
a real class act
sarcastic praise for someone
Right after listing Mick robbing an old woman, Eddie calls him a class act.
Inviting her and then ignoring her all night was a real class act.
このシーンの他の表現
- responsible for
to be the cause of
- breaking and entering
illegally entering a building
- sooner or later
eventually, one day
- bullshit
to talk nonsense or lie
- let me know
tell me, keep me posted
このシーンのメモ一覧
37 行のセリフに 24 件のメモ
Practice linking responsible for into one smooth run.
I see you're responsible for the death of an eight-year-old boy.attack with a weapon
"Driving a stolen vehicle, assault with a deadly weapon, "attempted robbery."an unfinished robbery
"Driving a stolen vehicle, assault with a deadly weapon, "attempted robbery."a stolen car
"Driving a stolen vehicle, assault with a deadly weapon, "attempted robbery."illegally entering a building
Eddie reads out Mick's teenage charges, including breaking and entering.
Four counts of vandalism, three counts of breaking and entering at 13.snatching a handbag
Assaulting a 70-year-old woman during a purse snatching at 14.sarcastic praise for someone
Right after listing Mick robbing an old woman, Eddie calls him a class act.
You're a real class act.In fast speech want me to can blur into wanna.
You want me to go on?serve a prison sentence
How you never did any time here before is a miracle.subject clause: The how-clause is the subject; is a miracle completes it.
How you never did any time here before is a miracle.the recent event
And now you're telling me what just happened was an accident?noun clause: The what-clause is the object of telling, naming the event.
And now you're telling me what just happened was an accident?eventually, one day
Eddie tells Mick he was bound to kill someone eventually.
You would've killed somebody sooner or later.past deduction: Would have plus a past participle states what was bound to happen.
You would've killed somebody sooner or later.nonsense, lying — Crude and confrontational; never use it at work.
So, don't bullshit yourself. Don't bullshit me.Link feel about smoothly when speaking fast.
How do you feel about what went down?happened — Casual; common when asking how something played out.
How do you feel about what went down?alleged, supposed
About the so-called accident?tell me, keep me posted
Eddie does not force an answer; he just asks Mick to tell him when he has one.
Well, when you do have an answer, let me know.want to — Spoken contraction; avoid it in writing.
Anytime you wanna talk about this,something more
or anything else,called, named
Roll call starts, and the guard asks if anyone here goes by the name Jones.
Jones! Is there anybody here by the name of Jones?a person you are acquainted with
After roll call, the guard sneers that it is a miracle someone you know can write.
Fucking miracle someone you know can write.「Mick Is Confronted with His Record」を読み解く
What's really going on
The scene is built on one word: accident. Mick repeats it as a shield, and the official takes it apart line by line — a child's death, a stolen car, a weapon, breaking and entering — until the excuse collapses under its own weight. "You would've killed somebody sooner or later," he says, which is less a prediction than a verdict. The sarcasm in "You're a real class act" makes the contempt plain, and "don't bullshit yourself" removes any remaining politeness. What follows matters just as much: once the record is done, the tone softens. Someone tells Mick he is there if Mick ever wants to talk, about this "or anything else." The scene sets up its own question — whether a boy this far gone can still be reached — and leaves both answers open.
Theme
JusticeA record is read aloud as judgment; the facts matter more than the boy's repeated claim that it was an accident.
GuiltMick avoids naming what he did, and the official refuses to let the word accident stand in for responsibility.
このチャプターで学べること
- Responsible for pins a duty or a cause on someone.
- Breaking and entering is a fixed legal phrase.
- A real class act is praise flipped into an insult.
- Sooner or later means it was always going to happen.
発音のポイント
- responsible for — Practice linking responsible for into one smooth run.
- want me to — In fast speech want me to can blur into wanna.
- feel about — Link feel about smoothly when speaking fast.
I see you're responsible for the death of an eight-year-old boy.The first and heaviest charge, stated flatly to open the confrontation.
You're a real class act.Sarcasm: in this mouth it means the opposite, a verdict on a life of petty crime.
How you never did any time here before is a miracle.He notes the luck, or the failure of the system, that kept Mick out of custody this long.
And now you're telling me what just happened was an accident?The repeated excuse is thrown back at him, no longer as a defense but as an insult.
You would've killed somebody sooner or later.Not a prediction but an assessment: the official treats the outcome as inevitable.
Well, when you do have an answer, let me know.A surprisingly patient line, leaving the door open for Mick to speak when he is ready.
How do you feel about what went down?The first genuinely caring question in the scene, asked after the charges are finished.
このシーンについての質問
Why does Mick keep saying it was an accident?
It is the only defense he has. If the death can be framed as an accident, he is not responsible, so he repeats the phrase even as the official lists charge after charge against him.
Who is reading Mick's record to him?
Someone handling his case at intake or a hearing; the scene never makes the title explicit. He reads the charges, rejects the excuse, and later says he is there to listen.
What does the official mean by 'you would've killed somebody sooner or later'?
He means the outcome was inevitable given Mick's history: even if this particular death was unintended, someone was going to get hurt eventually.
Does the scene end in anger or sympathy?
Both. After hours of hard accusation, the tone turns and someone offers to listen whenever Mick is ready to talk, about this or anything else.
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