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Beaches · 1988 — 第 24 / 30 章 · 4'44" · C1

Hillary Collapses at the Office, Explained：moral high horse

Hillary refuses to settle the Nordoff case out of court, and when her colleague tells her to get off her 'moral high horse,' she answers, 'I'm not stubborn. I'm right.' Moments later she cannot breathe and collapses; at the hospital the doctor names her illness viral cardiomyopathy and says she must change her lifestyle.

あらすじ

At an awards night, CC admits to Frank that her Tony acceptance speech was insincere: 'I didn't mean a word.' Later, Hillary refuses a drug company's offer to settle the Nordoff case out of court and collapses at work, unable to breathe. At the hospital, a doctor explains she has viral cardiomyopathy and must change her lifestyle.

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mean a wordsettle out of courtmoral high horseshortness of breath

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このシーンの表現

moral high horse

a self-righteous stance

A colleague tells Hillary to get off her moral high horse, half pleading and half mocking.

He climbed onto his moral high horse and refused to listen.

このシーンの他の表現

  • mean a word

    to be completely insincere

  • settle out of court

    to end a case without trial

  • shortness of breath

    difficulty breathing

  • slow down the deterioration

    to make decline slower

  • caught a virus

    to pick up an infection

このシーンのメモ一覧

61 行のセリフに 31 件のメモ

表現 · A2a gorgeous night

a beautiful evening

-Hi, Frank. Gorgeous night, isn't it? -It certainly is.
表現 · A2by the way

incidentally

By the way, I want to congratulate you for winning the Tony.
表現 · B1congratulate someone for something

to praise someone for

By the way, I want to congratulate you for winning the Tony.
表現 · B2not mean a word

to be completely insincere

Right after winning a Tony, CC says she did not mean a word of her speech.

I didn't mean a word.
表現 · B2gnash one's teeth

to grind one's teeth in anger

Did you see those three other broads gnashing their teeth?
スラング · B2broads

women, said rudely — Mocking or dismissive; never use it in polite talk.

Did you see those three other broads gnashing their teeth?
表現 · B2keep someone honest

to stop someone cheating

-What's this for? -It'll keep you honest.
表現 · A2congratulations on something

praise for an achievement

-Congratulations on the Nordoff case. -Thanks.
表現 · A2have a minute

to be free for a moment

-Hillary, do you have a minute? -Just. I'm due in court now.
表現 · B2be due in court

to be required in court

-Hillary, do you have a minute? -Just. I'm due in court now.
表現 · B2settle out of court

to end a case without trial

The drug company wants to settle out of court, and Hillary refuses on the spot.

-They want to settle out of court. -I bet they do. Forget it.
表現 · A2forget it

drop the idea

-They want to settle out of court. -I bet they do. Forget it.
発音settle out of court

The t in settle often drops before out; start slowly.

-They want to settle out of court. -I bet they do. Forget it.
スラング · A2Forget it

drop it, no way — A blunt refusal among friends; too sharp for elders.

-They want to settle out of court. -I bet they do. Forget it.
表現 · C1get off one's high horse

a self-righteous stance

A colleague tells Hillary to get off her moral high horse, half pleading and half mocking.

Look, I respect you, we all respect you, but get off your moral high horse and...
文法 · B2we all respect you

parenthetical: The aside we all respect you softens the demand that follows.

Look, I respect you, we all respect you, but get off your moral high horse and...
発音get off your

Get off your runs together; off and your almost merge.

Look, I respect you, we all respect you, but get off your moral high horse and...
表現 · B2not solve a thing

to solve nothing at all

Going to court is not going to solve a thing.
文法 · B2a simple financial deal between your client and mine

postmodifier: The between-phrase tells us whose deal it is.

It's just going to complicate a simple financial deal between your client and mine.
表現 · B1can't breathe

to be unable to breathe

-Hillary, you all right? -(GASPING) Can't breathe.
発音Can't breathe

Both words are short and stressed, with no room between them.

-Hillary, you all right? -(GASPING) Can't breathe.
表現 · B2shortness of breath

difficulty breathing

The doctor explains the symptoms: shortness of breath, fatigue and dizziness.

What that means to you is that she will suffer from shortness of breath, fatigue, dizziness.
文法 · C1What that means to you is that

subject clause: The what-clause is the subject; the that-clause explains it in plain terms.

What that means to you is that she will suffer from shortness of breath, fatigue, dizziness.
表現 · B2slow down the deterioration

to make decline slower

The doctor promises only to slow the decline, not to cure her.

With proper rest and medicine, we can slow down the deterioration.
表現 · A2give someone a kiss

to kiss someone

Come here. Give me a kiss. I missed you so much.
表現 · B1at the end of the + time

by the close of the week

Sure, I am. I'm gonna be home at the end of the week.
表現 · B2tell what's wrong with someone

to identify an illness

See? It's how the doctor can tell what's wrong with me.
表現 · B1catch a virus

to pick up an infection

When Victoria asks what is wrong, Hillary says she caught a virus in her heart.

-What is wrong with you, anyway? -I caught a virus.
表現 · A2in one's heart

inside one's heart

Yes, I caught a virus in my heart.
表現 · B2heart disease

a condition of the heart

I want to see everything you have on a heart disease called cardiomyopathy.
スラング · A2look that up

to search for it — Everyday talk for searching information.

In a sky streaked with gray Let me look that up for you.

「Hillary Collapses at the Office」を読み解く

What's really going on

The chapter's two halves set up a contrast. CC has just won a Tony and uses the moment to admit how hollow it all is — 'I didn't mean a word' — while making fun of the rivals she beat. Hillary is the opposite: she will not take the easy money, telling the drug company's lawyer, 'I'm not stubborn. I'm right,' even when he tells her to get off her moral high horse. Then the body interrupts the argument. She cannot breathe, and the diagnosis is viral cardiomyopathy, with 'shortness of breath, fatigue, dizziness' and a life that must change. The way she tells her daughter — 'Yes, I caught a virus in my heart' — shows both her need to protect the child and the quiet scale of what she is facing.

Theme

DutyHillary refuses the easy settlement and stands on being right, an integrity that persists even as her health fails.
Family loveHer instinct with her daughter is to soften the diagnosis, turning a heart disease into a virus a child can accept.

このチャプターで学べること

  • Get off your moral high horse means stop acting superior.
  • Settle out of court means end a case without a trial.
  • Shortness of breath is a medical way to say hard breathing.

発音のポイント

  • settle out of court — The t in settle often drops before out; start slowly.
  • get off your — Get off your runs together; off and your almost merge.
  • Can't breathe — Both words are short and stressed, with no room between them.
I didn't mean a word.

CC's confession about her Tony speech: the award-night words were all performance, and she admits it without apology.

I'm not stubborn. I'm right.

Hillary's line of principle in the negotiation: she rejects the charge of stubbornness and insists she is simply correct.

Yes, I caught a virus in my heart.

How she explains her illness to her daughter: she calls it a virus in her heart, softening a serious diagnosis into something a child can hold.

Going to court is not going to solve a thing.

The lawyer's warning that litigation will not help; for Hillary it is beside the point, since she is not after the money.

このシーンについての質問

Why does Hillary refuse to settle the Nordoff case?

The drug company's lawyer wants to settle out of court, but Hillary believes going to court is the right thing. She says she is not stubborn, just right.

What happens to Hillary at work?

Right after the argument, she cannot breathe and collapses. She is taken to a hospital, where a doctor diagnoses viral cardiomyopathy.

What does 'moral high horse' mean?

It means acting morally superior. The lawyer tells Hillary to get off her moral high horse, meaning to stop treating the case as a matter of right and wrong.

How does Hillary tell her daughter about the illness?

She says she caught a virus in her heart. The scene shows her softening a serious diagnosis into something her daughter can understand.

What do the doctors say about Hillary's condition?

She has viral cardiomyopathy. It causes shortness of breath, fatigue and dizziness, she must change her lifestyle, and rest and medicine can only slow down the deterioration.

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