Blue Jasmine · 2013 — 第 13 / 15 章 · 3'33" · B2

Augie Confronts Jasmine on the Street, Explained:put something behind you

Small talk about pewter and diamond rings collapses the moment a familiar voice says "Hey, Jasmine." What starts as a polite introduction turns into an old grievance aired in public, and every attempt to smooth it over — "put this behind you" — only proves the point that some things don't get put behind.

あらすじ

On the street, a man and a woman trade pleasantries about her parents' impression of him and joke about the ring. A voice calls her name; it's Augie, her former brother-in-law, still carrying a grievance about a company he says he lost. Civility lasts a minute before her son and Hal's suicide come up. Soon the two are in a car, arguing.

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be taken withsurprise, surprisestay out of itput something behind you

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このシーンの表現

put something behind you

to stop letting a past problem affect you

Old grievances spill into the street, and someone impatiently asks whether the other person can leave it in the past.

You need to put that mistake behind you and start fresh.

このシーンの他の表現

  • be taken with

    to be charmed or impressed by someone

  • surprise, surprise

    ironic: what a shock, not really

  • stay out of it

    do not get involved in this

  • in that tone of voice

    in that manner of speaking

  • up and down the line

    throughout; at every stage

このシーンのメモ一覧

53 行のセリフに 33 件のメモ

表現 · B1be impressed with someone

to think highly of someone

My mother was very impressed with you.
表現 · B1have a discussion about something

to talk something over

Really? Yeah. You two had a discussion about her collection of pewter. Yes. I love pewter.
表現 · A2used to do something

did or had in the past

Hal used to have his beer out of a pewter mug.
発音used to have

Hear 'used to have' as one blurry chunk; do not give every consonant full weight.

Hal used to have his beer out of a pewter mug.
表現 · B2be taken with someone

charmed or impressed by someone Literally 'taken'; here it means charmed by someone.

My dad can be very critical sometimes, but he was very taken with you.
表現 · B2surprise, surprise

ironic: what a shock, not really

An old acquaintance appears in the street; the repeated word mocks the earlier polite claim of surprise.

Yeah, surprise, surprise, huh?
表現 · B2make something sound + adjective

to make something seem very old

Wasn't that many years. She makes it sound ancient.
表現 · B2if it wasn't for someone

if it were not for you

company if it wasn't for you and that crook you married. I don't think it's the time and place.
表現 · B2the time and place

the right moment and setting Literally time and place; here it means whether this is appropriate.

company if it wasn't for you and that crook you married. I don't think it's the time and place.
文法 · B2if it wasn't for you

counterfactual if: It sets up a counterfactual: without you, the result would have been different.

company if it wasn't for you and that crook you married. I don't think it's the time and place.
発音if it wasn't

Let 'if it' run together and keep 'wasn't' light before stressing 'for you'.

company if it wasn't for you and that crook you married. I don't think it's the time and place.
スラング · B2crook

a dishonest person; a criminal — Informal and judgmental; keep it out of formal writing.

company if it wasn't for you and that crook you married. I don't think it's the time and place.
スラング · B2the hell

an intensifier showing anger or frustration — Rough and emphatic; avoid it in polite or formal talk.

Oh, really? You think I wanna lay oil pipe way the hell up there in Alaska?
表現 · B2put something behind you

to stop letting a past problem affect you

Old grievances spill into the street, and someone impatiently asks whether the other person can leave it in the past.

Christ, can't you put this behind you and move on? I've moved on.
スラング · B2Christ

a blasphemous exclamation — A blasphemous exclamation; avoid it in formal settings.

Christ, can't you put this behind you and move on? I've moved on.
表現 · B2stay out of something

do not get involved in this

A bystander tries to calm things down and admits not knowing the other man; the reply uses that to draw a hard line.

Take it easy. I don't know who you are-- Right, you don't, so stay out of it.
表現 · B1be doing pretty good

doing fairly well

He's doing pretty good. He's married.
表現 · C1whatever it is you call yourself

whatever name you use now

Let me tell you something, Jeanette, Jasmine, whatever it is you call yourself these days.
文法 · C1whatever it is you call yourself

free relative: It names the person by whatever label she uses now, with a mocking edge.

Let me tell you something, Jeanette, Jasmine, whatever it is you call yourself these days.
表現 · B2not until someone tells me

only after you tell me

Can we just--? Not until you tell me what's going on.
文法 · B2Not until you tell me what's going on

elliptical reply: A fragment rather than a full sentence: nothing happens until the other person explains.

Can we just--? Not until you tell me what's going on.
発音what's going on

Run 'what's going' together and land lightly on 'on'.

Can we just--? Not until you tell me what's going on.
表現 · B2in that tone of voice

in that manner of speaking

At the car, one person orders the other to get in; the other hears condescension and pushes back.

Don't talk to me in that tone of voice. Okay.
表現 · C1up and down the line

throughout; at every stage

The wedding talk collapses as one speaker turns a hidden past into deception running through the whole relationship.

Of course we can't get married. You lied to me up and down the line!
表現 · B2if not today, eventually

if not now, then sooner or later

Didn't you think I would find out, if not today, eventually?
文法 · B2Didn't you think I would find out

negative rhetorical question: It is not a real question but an accusation that the other person ignored the obvious.

Didn't you think I would find out, if not today, eventually?
表現 · B2wait until it is too late

delay until there is no chance left

Like after we were married? Is that what you wanted, to wait until it was too late?
表現 · B2by sheer chance

by pure accident

I found out by chance, by sheer chance. Okay, if it's over, it's over.
表現 · C1bring something on oneself

to cause one's own trouble Literally brought it on myself; here it means I caused my own trouble.

I get it. You're not marrying me. I brought everything on myself.
表現 · B2have only oneself to blame

to be the only one responsible Literally only oneself can be blamed; here it means full self-blame.

I've only got myself to blame. I did it to myself again, as usual.
発音only got myself

Stress 'only' and 'self'; let 'got myself' pass quickly.

I've only got myself to blame. I did it to myself again, as usual.
スラング · B2whore

a vulgar insult for a promiscuous woman — A severe insult; never use it casually.

You and your stupid little French whore.
スラング · A2gonna

going to, in casual speech — Casual speech only; write 'going to' in formal English.

Let me out of the car. How are you gonna get home?

「Augie Confronts Jasmine on the Street」を読み解く

What's really going on

A man is being sized up by the family and plays along — "I won't pick out too big a stone" is a joke about money dressed up as modesty. The arrival of an ex-brother-in-law kills that mood instantly: "surprise, surprise, huh?" is pure sarcasm, and the line that "some people, they don't put things behind so easily" lands like a verdict. What's really at stake is Jasmine's new story about who she is; the old one keeps getting named out loud, including a son who suddenly has to be explained on the spot. Once the two of them are alone in the car, the polished version collapses into "You lied to me up and down the line."

Theme

LiesPleasant small talk keeps the surface smooth until one line — "you lied to me up and down the line" — names the thing the scene keeps circling.
ClassPewter mugs, diamond rings and a lost company: the scene measures people by what they once had.

発音のポイント

  • used to have — Hear 'used to have' as one blurry chunk; do not give every consonant full weight.
  • if it wasn't — Let 'if it' run together and keep 'wasn't' light before stressing 'for you'.
  • what's going on — Run 'what's going' together and land lightly on 'on'.
  • only got myself — Stress 'only' and 'self'; let 'got myself' pass quickly.
Some people, they don't put things behind so easily.

Said as an accusation: not everyone can file away a ruinous loss, and the speaker refuses to pretend it's ancient history.

Of course we can't get married. You lied to me up and down the line!

The wedding is off because the lies weren't one-off: up and down the line means all the way through, in every part of the story.

Didn't you think I would find out, if not today, eventually?

The point isn't only that the secret was wrong, but that the liar expected to get away with it. If not today, eventually: sooner or later.

I've only got myself to blame. I did it to myself again, as usual.

Self-pity dressed up as acceptance: the speaker takes the blame and, in the same breath, announces a pattern of repeating the same mistake.

このシーンについての質問

Why does Augie confront Jasmine in the street?

The complaint is specific — "I could've had my own company if it wasn't for you and that crook you married" — and so is the damage: "I got no money." The loss is financial and still raw, not a polite memory.

Who is Danny, and how does he come up?

Danny is the son mentioned in "I saw your son," then named outright: "Yeah, that's right, Danny. Remember him?" He's said to be married and finally over Hal's suicide, and that pointed "Remember him?" makes the name land hard.

Why does the argument move into a car?

Because the street is the wrong place for it: "Not in the street. I want to know." is answered with "We'll go somewhere quiet. Get in the car." Once inside, the accusation gets loud enough that someone demands to be let out.

Why is the wedding suddenly off?

One line states it flatly: "Of course we can't get married. You lied to me up and down the line!" The grievance is deception running through the whole relationship, not one slip, and the follow-up asks whether the truth was meant to surface only after marriage.

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