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CC and Hillary Argue on Christmas, Explained：wallpaper your house

On Christmas Eve, CC and Hillary bicker over carols — CC wants Latin, Hillary refuses. 'I sang all those dreidel songs for you,' CC protests, and Hillary answers that she sang exactly one. Later, at her desk, Hillary tells a tenant that the landlord's citations are numerous enough 'to wallpaper your house.'

あらすじ

On Christmas Eve, CC and Hillary sing carols, then argue about what to sing next; CC wants Latin, Hillary refuses, and they trade barbs about dreidel songs before saying good night. The film cuts to Hillary at work, where she tells a client, Mrs. Thomas, to ignore her eviction notices because the landlord has been cited repeatedly.

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sang all those dreidel songson the phonewallpaper your housetill death do us part

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このシーンの表現

wallpaper your house

so many they could paper the walls

Hillary exaggerates the pile of citations to reassure the tenant.

The forms piled up until they could wallpaper your house.

このシーンの他の表現

  • sang all those dreidel songs

    sang all those songs for you

  • on the phone

    talking by telephone

  • till death do us part

    until death separates us

  • draws to a close

    is coming to an end

  • our glorious war

    a war called glorious, ironically

このシーンのメモ一覧

32 行のセリフに 19 件のメモ

表現 · A2sing something for someone

sang all those songs for you

CC bargains with Hillary by recalling all the songs she already sang for her.

Oh, please. I sang all those dreidel songs for you.
表現 · A1go to sleep

to go to bed

Come on, Hillary, I'm tired. I want to go to sleep.
表現 · A1have a cold

to be sick with a cold

-I have a cold. -All right. Good night.
表現 · A2be on the phone

talking by telephone

A phone call interrupts the morning and pulls Hillary straight into work.

Hillary, the Waterman case is on the phone.
表現 · B1discuss something in court

in a court of law

-Tell them I'll discuss it in court. -Okay, okay.
表現 · B1ignore something

to pay no attention to

All right, Mrs. Thomas, you can just ignore the eviction notices.
文法 · B1you can just ignore the eviction notices

modal can: Can grants permission and reassurance: you are free to ignore it.

All right, Mrs. Thomas, you can just ignore the eviction notices.
発音can just ignore

Can and just are reduced; the stress lands on ignore.

All right, Mrs. Thomas, you can just ignore the eviction notices.
表現 · B2enough something to wallpaper a house

so many they could paper the walls

Hillary exaggerates the pile of citations to reassure the tenant.

I found out your landlord's been served with enough citations from the Health Department to wallpaper your house.
文法 · B2enough citations from the Health Department to wallpaper your house

result phrase: Enough plus to-infinitive states the result of the quantity.

I found out your landlord's been served with enough citations from the Health Department to wallpaper your house.
スラング · C1queer

an old slur for a gay person — A dated slur; it is offensive today and should not be used.

Certainly not the hand-walking queer!
スラング · A2This is it

this is the moment — Said when a big moment arrives, full of nerves and excitement.

(LAUGHING) -This is it! This is it! -I know.
表現 · A2stand by

to wait ready

Okay, stand by.
表現 · A2leave something behind

to leave something after you

See what I leave behind A river in flames
表現 · B2be trapped in something

to be stuck inside

Yes, I'm a relic trapped in the wire
表現 · B2till death do us part

until death separates us

The song calls the machine his wife and borrows the wedding vow for her heart.

Hydrogen fuel It burns so clean Throbs in the veins Of my beloved machine She is my wife Her mechanical heart Constantly serving till death do us part
表現 · B1draw to a close

is coming to an end

The song announces that the war of industry is coming to an end.

Now our glorious war draws to a close The yellow winds blow And I have to know
発音draws to a

Draws to a runs together, with to reduced to tuh.

Now our glorious war draws to a close The yellow winds blow And I have to know
表現 · B1what will become of someone

what will happen to someone

「CC and Hillary Argue on Christmas」を読み解く

What's really going on

The argument is small, and that is the point: CC and Hillary sound like an old couple, bickering over carols until one of them pleads, 'Come on, Hillary, I'm tired. I want to go to sleep.' CC's complaint — 'I sang all those dreidel songs for you' — turns a Christmas sing-along into a running score of favors and slights. The cut that follows says something about both women. Hillary is at her desk, fielding a case, calmly telling Mrs. Thomas to 'ignore the eviction notices' and explaining that the landlord has been cited so often the paperwork could 'wallpaper your house.' Where CC performs, Hillary protects. The scene keeps their closeness and their difference in the same frame: one sings for attention, the other works for other people, and neither can quite let the other win.

Theme

FriendshipThe bickering sounds like a long marriage, and the scene shows the friendship as equal parts affection, rivalry and shared history.
DutyHillary's call to a tenant and CC's late-night song put a lawyer's care for strangers beside a performer's need for applause.

このチャプターで学べること

  • Draw to a close means slowly come to an end
  • An eviction notice tells a tenant to leave
  • You can just ignore it grants calm permission
  • Till death do us part is a wedding vow

発音のポイント

  • can just ignore — Can and just are reduced; the stress lands on ignore.
  • draws to a — Draws to a runs together, with to reduced to tuh.
Oh, please. I sang all those dreidel songs for you.

CC's playful guilt trip: she has already done her friend a favor, so Hillary owes her the Latin carol.

All right, Mrs. Thomas, you can just ignore the eviction notices.

Hillary's calm advice to a client: the eviction notices can be ignored because she has found leverage against the landlord.

I found out your landlord's been served with enough citations from the Health Department to wallpaper your house.

The leverage spelled out with a joke: there are so many citations that they could cover the walls, so the case is strong.

Come on, Hillary, I'm tired. I want to go to sleep.

The appeal that ends the Christmas bickering: CC is tired and wants the singing — and the argument — to stop.

このシーンについての質問

Why do CC and Hillary argue on Christmas?

They are singing carols and disagree about what to sing next. CC wants to switch to Latin; Hillary refuses, and CC says she already sang dreidel songs as a favor.

What does 'till death do us part' mean?

It is an old wedding vow meaning 'until death separates us.' In the song, CC applies it to a machine she calls her wife, which makes the promise both grand and absurd.

Why does Hillary tell Mrs. Thomas to ignore the eviction notices?

Because she has found citations against the landlord from the Health Department, giving her client leverage, so the eviction notices do not scare her.

Who is Mrs. Thomas?

A tenant Hillary is helping through the ACLU. Hillary calls her to say the landlord has been cited so often the case is in her favor.

Why does CC sing about a machine being her wife?

The song frames a machine as a beloved spouse — 'till death do us part' — mixing industrial imagery with the language of marriage.

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