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Beaches · 1988 — 第 15 / 30 章 · 4'09" · B2

CC and Hillary Have Their Big Fight, Explained：grown apart

The visit is a slow series of insults until it turns into the fight that ends the friendship. Hillary tries to close it off — "We've grown apart. It happens to the best of friends." — and CC refuses the euphemism: "We haven't grown apart. You've fallen apart."

あらすじ

CC visits Hillary in New York and the two clash right away, from a dress color to whether CC should have children. Hillary hints that CC is too focused on her career to raise a child, and CC explodes, calling her a total bitch. Hillary tries to end things gently, saying they have grown apart, but CC answers that Hillary has fallen apart.

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注目の表現

grown apartfall aparta total bitchspecific enough

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このシーンの表現

grown apart

to drift apart slowly

CC calmly declares the friendship over on the plane.

My sister and I have grown apart since she moved abroad.

このシーンの他の表現

  • fall apart

    to collapse or break down

  • a total bitch

    a vulgar insult for a nasty woman

  • specific enough

    sarcastic: is that detailed enough?

  • marriage of convenience

    a marriage made for practical gain

  • revert to type

    to go back to old habits

このシーンのメモ一覧

70 行のセリフに 27 件のメモ

表現 · A2play cards

to play card games

You're still playing cards? You were playing cards when I left this morning.
表現 · A2look like someone or something

to resemble

It makes you look like a corpse. Is that specific enough for you?
表現 · B1get a facial

to have a face treatment

Hill, I have a great idea. Let's get a facial.
表現 · A2leave for a place

to depart for

Michael's conference ends in an hour, and then we have to leave for the airport. I wish I could.
表現 · A2can't wait to do something

to be eager to

I can't wait to have a baby.
発音can't wait

The t in can't often disappears before wait.

I can't wait to have a baby.
表現 · B1someone like somebody

a person of my kind

Just because I work doesn't mean someone like me doesn't want to have children.
文法 · B2Just because I work doesn't mean

rebuttal clause: It concedes one fact and rejects the conclusion drawn from it.

Just because I work doesn't mean someone like me doesn't want to have children.
表現 · B1be two different things

to be unrelated matters

Well, wanting them and caring for them properly are two different things.
表現 · B2take something seriously

to treat a duty gravely

Yes, the ones that take the responsibility seriously and don't just have children to gratify their overweening egos.
文法 · B2the ones that take the responsibility seriously

relative clause: The that clause narrows who she means before adding a second verb.

Yes, the ones that take the responsibility seriously and don't just have children to gratify their overweening egos.
表現 · B1What's eating someone?

what is bothering you

What's eating you? You have been a total bitch since you came to New York.
スラング · B2a total bitch

a nasty woman, very crude — A crude insult only thrown inside a real fight.

What's eating you? You have been a total bitch since you came to New York.
表現 · B2grow apart

to drift apart slowly

CC calmly declares the friendship over on the plane.

We've grown apart. It happens to the best of friends.
発音grown apart

The n in grown slides straight into apart.

We've grown apart. It happens to the best of friends.
表現 · B2fall apart

to collapse or break down

Hillary throws the same words back and says CC is the one falling apart.

We haven't grown apart. You've fallen apart.
スラング · B1stuck-up

snobbish and arrogant — A sneering word for someone who thinks they are above you.

Why, you stuck-up little witch!
表現 · C1revert to type

to go back to old habits

Hillary says CC only pretended to change and has slipped back to how she always was.

You've completely reverted to type.
表現 · B1nothing but something

only, merely

You're nothing but a small-minded, tight-ass snob these days!
スラング · B2tight-ass

stingy and rigid — Vulgar and mocking; never in polite company.

You're nothing but a small-minded, tight-ass snob these days!
表現 · B2new money

the newly rich class literally new money, meaning the newly rich

Your insane ambition? No, it must be your new money.
表現 · B2a marriage of convenience

a marriage made for practical gain

CC mocks Hillary's marriage as a practical arrangement rather than love.

No, I'm jealous of your marriage of convenience.
表現 · B2belong to oneself

to be one's own person

But at least I belong to myself, which is more than I can say for you.
文法 · B2which is more than I can say for you

non-defining relative clause: The which clause adds a second jab about the other person.

But at least I belong to myself, which is more than I can say for you.
表現 · A2turn off something

to switch off

Ladies and gentlemen, the captain has turned off the seat belt sign.
発音move about

Move about links smoothly into one phrase.

Please feel free to move about the cabin, but we do suggest, for your own safety, that you keep your seat belt fastened while seated.
表現 · A2be right back

to return very soon

-I'll be right back. -Okay.

「CC and Hillary Have Their Big Fight」を読み解く

What's really going on

Two old friends discover they no longer speak the same language. Hillary has married into money and settled for a life of comfort; CC is still performing and still hungry. Their small exchanges — a dress color, a facial, a baby — become tests of who has sold out and who has failed. Hillary's line, "We've grown apart. It happens to the best of friends," turns the rupture into something natural and blameless. CC will not allow it: "We haven't grown apart. You've fallen apart." From there the fight stops being about grievances and becomes a contest of identity, with each naming the other's deepest fear — CC calls Hillary a snob and says her father's death "took the best of you with him," while Hillary calls CC a pretentious climber and jealous of everything she has. It ends not with a truce but with "Take care."

Theme

FriendshipTwo friends who once saved each other end the bond over old wounds and new resentments, each convinced the other changed.
ClassHillary's new money and marriage are used as weapons, and CC is mocked as a pretentious climber who gained nothing.

このチャプターで学べること

  • Grown apart blames time, not either person
  • Fall apart says the other one is broken
  • Calm phrasing can cut deeper than shouting
  • Specific enough turns a demand into sarcasm

発音のポイント

  • can't wait — The t in can't often disappears before wait.
  • grown apart — The n in grown slides straight into apart.
  • move about — Move about links smoothly into one phrase.
We've grown apart. It happens to the best of friends.

Hillary's attempt to end the friendship as something natural and mutual, rather than admit she has changed or caused the break.

We haven't grown apart. You've fallen apart.

CC's refusal of Hillary's excuse, turning the breakup into a judgment on Hillary's collapse instead of a shared drift.

I'm living the life you didn't have the courage for.

CC's claim that the difference is nerve, not success: she followed the dream Hillary abandoned out of fear.

When your father died, he took the best of you with him.

CC's cruelest line, blaming Hillary's decline on her father's death rather than on her marriage or her choices.

このシーンについての質問

Why do CC and Hillary fight?

They have changed in opposite directions and neither likes what the other became. Their talk about clothes and children becomes a fight about who sold out and who failed.

What does Hillary mean by "we've grown apart"?

She wants to end the friendship gently, framing it as a natural drift that happens to everyone. It avoids blaming either of them for the break.

Why won't CC accept that explanation?

She thinks Hillary is the one who changed and lost herself. She answers, "We haven't grown apart. You've fallen apart," and attacks Hillary's marriage and her grief.

What does CC accuse Hillary of?

CC says Hillary has reverted to type and become a snob with new money, and that her father's death took the best of her. She also says Hillary is jealous of the life CC had the courage to live.

How does the friendship end?

Hillary says she does not care to pursue the argument and tells CC, "Take care" — a cold goodbye. The two part, and Hillary is later seen on a plane, the break complete.

フォエバー・フレンズ · 全 30 章

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次のチャプター · 第 16 章get it off your chestLeona Tells CC the Truth
第 1 章blow a gasketCC Meets Hillary on the Boardwalk第 2 章pack it inCC Melts Down After Losing the Part第 3 章falling apartCC and Hillary Grow Up by Letter第 4 章walk out onHillary Walks Into CC's Bar第 5 章It just hit meCC Moves Hillary Into Her Apartment第 6 章Break a legCC Delivers a Singing Telegram第 7 章fraught with meaningCC Rehearses and Hillary Does Laundry第 8 章wallpaper your houseCC and Hillary Argue on Christmas第 9 章in a former lifeCC's Opening Night Party第 10 章who are you kiddingCC Confesses She Slept With John第 11 章the show must go onCC and Hillary Drift Apart第 12 章for richer or poorerCC and John's Impromptu Wedding第 13 章caught deadHillary Sees CC's Bawdy Show第 14 章the Spanish InquisitionCC Grills Hillary at Dinner再生中 · 第 15 章grown apartCC and Hillary Have Their Big Fight第 16 章get it off your chestLeona Tells CC the Truth第 17 章long goneJohn Breaks Up With CC第 18 章get my hands onThe Director Tears CC Apart on Set第 19 章in the toiletCC and Hillary Make Up第 20 章get this straightHillary Tells CC She's Pregnant第 21 章come back from the deadCC Abandons Her Wedding for a Role第 22 章business is businessCC Directs John in Her Show第 23 章untellCC Tells Victoria a Bedtime Story第 24 章moral high horseHillary Collapses at the Office第 25 章fed up withCC and Hillary Drive to the Beach第 26 章clothes policeHillary Pushes CC Away第 27 章land of the livingHillary and CC's Final Fight第 28 章stretch the truthCC and Hillary Play Cards and Reminisce第 29 章the wind beneath my wingsCC Signs Hillary Out of the Hospital第 30 章nothing in the worldCC Asks Victoria to Live With Her
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