yes, in Irish speech — Casual agreement, common in Ireland and Scotland.
Aye.Belfast · 2021 — 第 5 / 14 章 · 3'27" · B2
Pa and Ma Argue About Leaving Belfast, Explained：drowning in debt
Pa is away in England half the year, and the family is broke. Ma counts the cost of three years of back tax and his horses; Pa insists he "had it covered." Underneath is a bigger fight: whether to stay in Belfast or take the whole family to the other side of the world.
あらすじ
Fresh home from his job in England, Pa gives the boys a rule: if anyone asks them to join, deliver or pass a message, they tell their mother. Then Ma confronts him about money — unpaid taxes, bets on horses — and Pa floats a way out: assisted passage to Australia, where tradesmen are wanted.
注目の表現
drowning in debtget a move onhad it coveredbloody
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このシーンの表現
drowning in debt
overwhelmed by debt
In the middle of the row, Ma sums up the family's situation: they are buried in debt.
Small shops are drowning in debt after the rent goes up.
このシーンの他の表現
- get a move on
hurry up
- had it covered
already taken care of
- bloody
a mild British swear word
- a hell of an education
a wry way to call it educational
- the straight and narrow
the honest, law-abiding path
このシーンのメモ一覧
57 行のセリフに 22 件のメモ
to sign up for something
If people ask you to join anything, deliver anything, do messages for anybody, you do nothing, okay?if-clause: An if-clause sets the condition; the commands that follow say what to do.
If people ask you to join anything, deliver anything, do messages for anybody, you do nothing, okay?to fix or settle it
You tell your ma, she'll tell me, and I'll sort it.to feel proud of someone
Very good. I'm proud of you, son.to give someone trouble
Don't mess your mother about, and I'll see you in two weeks.the honest, law-abiding path
On screen a preacher's voice frames life as a fork, and this phrase is the upright path.
In one direction, a straight and narrow highway.already taken care of
Facing Ma's accusation, Pa insists he had already handled the tax problem.
I told you I had it covered.The d slides straight into it, almost like a flap.
I told you I had it covered.tax you owe from earlier
No, you had us paying three years of back tax.overwhelmed by debt
In the middle of the row, Ma sums up the family's situation: they are buried in debt.
We're drowning in debt.Link drowning and in so the two words run together.
We're drowning in debt.to start over
This is the time to think about making a new start.Think about blends into one sound; about is weak.
This is the time to think about making a new start.a greater opportunity
We can give these boys a better chance than we ever had.a subsidised emigrant fare
The government will give you assisted passage.a place very far away
We can get the whole family to the other side of the world for ten pound.causative get: Get plus a person plus a place means to move that person there.
We can get the whole family to the other side of the world for ten pound.war inside one country
We're living in a civil war, and I'm not here to protect my family.infinitive of purpose: The to-infinitive states the purpose; the negative stresses his absence.
We're living in a civil war, and I'm not here to protect my family.hurry up
At the door before school, Pa checks the time and urges the boys to hurry.
Come on, get a move on. We're gonna be late again.to be remembered
It's been a night of shame for Belfast, one that will live on in the memories of its people...「Pa and Ma Argue About Leaving Belfast」を読み解く
What's really going on
The argument isn't really about the back tax. It's about who gets to decide the family's future, and what staying in Belfast costs. Ma has held the household together while Pa was away; 'I know nothing else but Belfast' is not stubbornness so much as fear of starting over with nothing. Pa's answer is blunt: 'We're living in a civil war, and I'm not here to protect my family.' The debt, the horses, the missed taxes — all of it sits under a question the Troubles keep forcing on them: is love enough, or do you have to leave to keep your children safe? Both want the same thing and can't agree on how to get it.
Theme
MoneyBack tax, bets on horses and a ten-pound-a-month debt are the real engine of the scene.
Family lovePa frames leaving as giving the boys a better chance, not escaping his wife.
このチャプターで学べること
- drowning in debt means buried by money trouble
- assisted passage is a subsidised emigrant fare
- get a move on means hurry up
- civil war is fighting inside one country
発音のポイント
- had it covered — The d slides straight into it, almost like a flap.
- drowning in — Link drowning and in so the two words run together.
- think about — Think about blends into one sound; about is weak.
We can give these boys a better chance than we ever had.Pa's reason for emigrating: the move is for the children, not for himself. It turns leaving Belfast into a gift to his sons.
We're living in a civil war, and I'm not here to protect my family.Pa's guilt and his strongest argument. He works away in England while the Troubles rage, so he cannot shield his family; leaving would at least put them out of danger.
This is the time to think about making a new start.Pa's invitation to consider emigrating. 'A new start' means a clean slate: a new country, a new job, no debt and no sectarian violence.
You tell your ma, she'll tell me, and I'll sort it.Pa's rule for the boys. If anyone tries to recruit them or use them as messengers, they pass word through their mother and let him handle it; 'sort it' means fix it.
このシーンについての質問
Why is Ma so angry about the back tax?
She has been paying it off at ten pounds a month for three years while Pa worked away and kept betting on horses. The bill is not just money: it is proof he left her to carry the household alone, and he nearly went to jail over it.
Why does Ma reject Pa's claim that he "had it covered"?
Because his version of handling it was three years of back payments and a near-jail sentence. Every word of the exchange means the opposite of what it sounds like, which is what makes a couple fight so hard to follow.
Does the family actually leave Belfast?
Not in this scene. This is the argument that sets the question up. Pa wants assisted passage to Australia for all of them, while Ma says she knows nothing else but Belfast, and the film keeps weighing that choice against the violence outside.
Why does Pa think leaving would give the boys a better chance?
He pictures a life without the Troubles: work in a Commonwealth country that needs tradesmen, and a fresh start on the other side of the world. It is his answer to a war he cannot protect his children from.
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