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Belfast · 2021 — 第 1 / 14 章 · 2'27" · B1

Buddy Caught in a Street Riot, Explained：keep your head down

A mob sweeps down the street at night, and Buddy's family scrambles to hide. The shouts become commands: "Keep your head down and don't move!" Under the noise is a question no one answers — when is it safe to speak, and who on this street can be trusted?

あらすじ

It's 1969 in Belfast. On a night of sectarian violence, a crowd sweeps down Buddy's street shouting "Catholics out!" Buddy and his family hide inside while his mother pushes the boys down and orders them to stay out of sight. Outside, the mob warns that anyone who talks to the police will be visited next.

ThreatsThreateningWarningParent & childB1slowbritish
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注目の表現

ladskeep your head downget downany trouble

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このシーンの表現

keep your head down

to stay low and avoid attention

The father presses his son low as the door is hammered, meaning both dodge and hide.

Just keep your head down until the storm passes.

このシーンの他の表現

  • lads

    an informal word for a group of men

  • get down

    to lower your body to the ground

  • any trouble

    any kind of problem or fight

  • fuckers

    a very offensive word for people you hate

このシーンのメモ一覧

30 行のセリフに 18 件のメモ

表現 · B1have done nothing

to have done nothing wrong

: Please, please, we've done nothing.
表現 · B1want no trouble / any trouble

any kind of problem or fight

Facing the mob, the man insists they want no trouble at all.

MAN 2: We don't want any trouble!
表現 · A2get inside

to go indoors

: Come on! Get inside!
表現 · B1keep one's head down

to stay low and avoid attention

The father presses his son low as the door is hammered, meaning both dodge and hide.

Keep your head down and don't move!
発音don't move

The t in don't often drops before m; it sounds like don' move.

Keep your head down and don't move!
スラング · A2don't move

stay put, freeze — A hard, urgent order; not for polite requests.

Keep your head down and don't move!
表現 · B2say nothing to nobody

to tell no one at all A double negative used for emphasis in dialect: tell absolutely no one.

Say nothing to nobody.
スラング · A2Easy

calm down, take it easy — Said to calm someone down; too casual for formal talk.

Catholics out! -Easy, lads.
表現 · A2stay still

to keep completely motionless

Keep him there and stay still.
表現 · B1keep someone there

to hold someone in place

Keep him there and stay still.
表現 · B1stay where you are

to remain in place

Will, stay where you are.
文法 · A2where you are

adverbial clause: The where-clause tells him exactly where to stay.

Will, stay where you are.
表現 · B2come back for someone

to return to deal with someone

And if you talk to the police, we'll be back for you, too!
表現 · B1talk to the police

to report to the police

And if you talk to the police, we'll be back for you, too!
文法 · B1if you talk to the police, we'll be back for you

conditional clause: The if-clause sets the condition; the main clause spells out the threat.

And if you talk to the police, we'll be back for you, too!
発音talk to

to reduces to a light tuh; keep it weak.

And if you talk to the police, we'll be back for you, too!
表現 · A2get down

to lower your body to the ground

A neighbor yells at the children to get down on the ground right away.

Get down! Get yourselves down!
表現 · A2stand back

to move away from something

Stand back!

「Buddy Caught in a Street Riot」を読み解く

What's really going on

The violence is not random; it is a message delivered door to door. The chant "Catholics out!" names an entire community as the target, and the family's only defense is to disappear inside their own home: "Keep your head down and don't move!" The fear spreads through small details. When Mrs. Kavanagh runs through the chaos calling "Danny, where are you?!", every household seems to be counting its own and hoping no one answers. The hardest line comes as the mob pulls back: "And if you talk to the police, we'll be back for you, too!" It turns the street into a place where speaking up is more dangerous than staying silent, and where a child learns early that a label can decide who is safe.

Theme

Family loveThe mother's calm orders and the family's stillness show love expressed as protection under threat.
IdentityThe mob's chant sorts neighbors by religion, and the family's safety depends on a label it cannot change.

このチャプターで学べること

  • Keep your head down means stay low
  • Get down is an urgent order to drop
  • A conditional threat hides in plain words
  • Overlapping shouts make listening hard

発音のポイント

  • don't move — The t in don't often drops before m; it sounds like don' move.
  • talk to — to reduces to a light tuh; keep it weak.
And if you talk to the police, we'll be back for you, too!

A threat: report us to the police and we will return to punish you. It is meant to silence the whole street.

Keep your head down and don't move!

An urgent order to stay low and out of sight so the mob outside will not notice you.

Will, stay where you are.

The mother tells Will not to move from his hiding spot, keeping the family separated and safe.

Keep him there and stay still.

An instruction to hold someone in place and stay completely quiet until the danger passes.

このシーンについての質問

Why does the mob warn people not to talk to the police?

It is a threat designed to keep the street silent. If no one reports the attack, the mob can act again without consequences, so the warning is about control as much as violence.

Is Buddy's family the target of the attack?

The mob is attacking homes on their street and chanting for Catholics to get out. The family hides because being outside or being noticed is dangerous that night.

Why does Buddy's mother order the boys to stay down instead of leaving the house?

She wants them out of sight and under cover. With the mob out on the street, her only move is to keep the family invisible until the danger passes.

What does "keep your head down" mean?

It is an old idiom meaning stay low and avoid being seen or noticed. Here the mother uses it literally, telling the boys not to move while the mob is outside.

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