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Boiling Point · 2021 — 第 4 / 13 章 · 3'05" · B1

Before Service at the Restaurant, Explained：treat someone like royalty

A pre-service briefing lays out the night: a proposal at Table 13 and a celebrity chef in the house, with orders to treat the guests like royalty. Then the mood sours, as one man learns late about the visit and snaps, "Why didn't you tell me when you found out?"

あらすじ

Before the doors open, the kitchen runs through the night's bookings: a proposal at Table 13 and a visit from a famous chef, both to be handled with care. A stressed chef then discovers he was not told about the celebrity guest and argues about it, before admitting he feels awful and thinking about leaving.

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treat someone like royaltyget crackingopen one's mouthleave someone in the shit

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このシーンの表現

treat someone like royalty

to serve someone with the highest care

安迪叮嘱全店，今晚那桌是来求婚的客人，要像招待王室一样对待。

The staff treated us like royalty from the moment we walked in.

このシーンの他の表現

  • get cracking

    to start working right away

  • open one's mouth

    to speak up and ask for help

  • leave someone in the shit

    to abandon someone to deal with a bad situation alone

  • grouch

    a person who complains a lot; to grumble

このシーンのメモ一覧

66 行のセリフに 39 件のメモ

表現 · B2treat someone like royalty

to serve someone with the highest care

Table 13. So, yeah, treat them like royalty.
発音treat them

weak form

Table 13. So, yeah, treat them like royalty.
表現 · B1a celebrity chefAnd celebrity chef in, Alexander Skye.
表現 · B1copy that- Copy that. - Good. Swearing.
表現 · B1no way someone can do somethingThere's no way you can hear me from back there.
文法 · B2no way you can hear me

no way followed by a clause

There's no way you can hear me from back there.
表現 · B1bring something down- So let's just bring it down. - Filthy.
表現 · A2be low on somethingGood. Anything else on the bar that we're low on?
表現 · B2give someone halvesLow on Cointreau, low on Prosecco, low on bitters, I'll just give them halves for tonight.
表現 · B1push somethingEr, no, just we need to push the veg and we need to push the fish.
表現 · A2take a selfieOK. Push veg, push... We need to take a selfie - for the Instagram. - Hey!
発音take a

liaison

OK. Push veg, push... We need to take a selfie - for the Instagram. - Hey!
表現 · B1a big grouch- Come on, you big grouch. - Get squashed in.
表現 · B1get cracking

to start working right away

Come on! There's 50 from early on, so let's get cracking.
表現 · B1why didn't someone tell meWhy didn't you tell me Alistair was coming?
表現 · B1when someone finds outWhy didn't you tell me when you found out?
表現 · B1be prepped properly- They did it online. - We aren't prepped properly.
表現 · B1if I had knownIf I had known, I could've got everything ready.
表現 · B1could have got something readyIf I had known, I could've got everything ready.
文法 · B2If I had known

third conditional

If I had known, I could've got everything ready.
表現 · A2let someone knowBut you should've told me. When you find these things out, you should let me know. That's what you're supposed to do.
表現 · B1what someone is supposed to doBut you should've told me. When you find these things out, you should let me know. That's what you're supposed to do.
表現 · B1used to do somethingI used to work for him so I need to be prepped.
表現 · A2like what someone doesGood, then he'll like what you do, yeah. It's fine.
表現 · A2worry about somethingDon't worry about it.
表現 · A2chop something for someoneHere, can you chop those for us?
スラング · B2like shitI feel like shit, you know? You be all right if I get off?
表現 · B1will someone be all rightIf I get off, will you be all right?
表現 · B1something is killing someone- My fucking head's killing me. - No, no, no, no.
表現 · C1leave someone in the shit

to abandon someone to deal with a bad situation alone

You've just got here, you are not leaving me in the shit.
スラング · C1in the shitYou've just got here, you are not leaving me in the shit.
表現 · A2be all rightNo, I'll be all right, I'll be fine.
表現 · A2in a minuteWe'll get them in a minute. Look, look.
表現 · B1a better ... than ... ever wasYou're a better chef than he ever was.
文法 · B1a better chef than he ever was

comparative with than

You're a better chef than he ever was.
表現 · B1it's an endorsementIt's good, it's an endorsement.
表現 · B1open one's mouth

to speak up and ask for help

If you need a bit of help, just open your mouth, yeah?
表現 · B1completely different to somethingThis is completely different to what I'm used to.
発音different to

weak form

This is completely different to what I'm used to.

「Before Service at the Restaurant」を読み解く

What's really going on

The scene is a kitchen running on pressure, and the briefing is where the pressure gets handed out. Every instruction is about appearances — treat the guests like royalty, get cracking, keep it clean — because the restaurant has a famous man coming and a proposal to impress. Andy's real grievance is not the guest list but being kept in the dark, and his line, "If I had known, I could've got everything ready," is both fair and defensive. The turn comes when he tries to leave, and the reply is blunt: "You've just got here, you are not leaving me in the shit." Under the orders and the swearing, the scene is about who carries the weight when the night goes wrong.

Theme

DutyEveryone is given a job before service, and the pressure to cover for each other runs through every exchange.
ClassA celebrity guest is treated like royalty while the staff behind the scenes are told to keep their heads down.

このチャプターで学べること

  • Short chunks keep work moving.
  • Tone changes the force of an instruction.
  • Apologies can redirect tension.

発音のポイント

  • treat them — weak form
  • take a — liaison
  • different to — weak form
You're a better chef than he ever was.

A quiet vote of confidence from a co-worker, meant to steady Andy before the famous guest arrives.

If you need a bit of help, just open your mouth, yeah?

An offer of support phrased as a warning: do not struggle alone, ask before it gets worse.

You've just got here, you are not leaving me in the shit.

A blunt refusal to be abandoned, showing how much the kitchen depends on everyone staying.

You're not out here, I'm out here, and I can hear you.

A correction about who is exposed to the noise, used to win an argument about volume.

If I had known, I could've got everything ready.

Andy's defence: the failure was not his work but the information he was never given.

このシーンについての質問

Why is the night so important?

There is a proposal booked at Table 13 and a famous chef coming to eat. The staff are told to treat both like royalty, so everything has to be right.

Why is Andy angry at the briefing?

He finds out about the celebrity guest late. He argues that he should have been told when they found out, because he used to work for the man and needs time to prepare.

What does "get cracking" mean?

It means to start working right away. With fifty people already waiting, the chef uses it to push everyone into action.

What happens to Andy after the briefing?

He says he feels awful and asks if he can leave. A colleague refuses to be left short-staffed and tells him he has only just arrived.

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