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Can You Ever Forgive Me? · 2018 — 第 3 / 14 章 · 3'04" · B1

Lee Tells Jack Her Secret, Explained：Spill the beans

The bar talk is celebratory, but Lee won't say what she's celebrating. Jack presses with "Come on! Spill the beans!" and she parries, "Some things are just better kept to oneself, even if they are brilliant." Under the jokes sits the real trade: a new way to pay her bills that she expects will scandalize him.

あらすじ

At a bar, Lee and Jack toast her good mood. Lee says she has found a way to pay her bills without "shoveling shit," but refuses to explain, warning Jack he would be scandalized. He begs her to spill the beans. She finally asks if he can keep a secret; he answers that he has no one to tell, since all his friends are dead.

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early bird specialsName your pricehigh-end clientsjingle in my jeans

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このシーンの表現

early bird specials

discounted early meals

Lee invents a cousin who must sell treasures to afford cheap early dinners in Palm Beach.

The diner's early bird specials end at six.

このシーンの他の表現

  • Name your price

    say what you want

  • high-end clients

    wealthy, upmarket customers

  • jingle in my jeans

    coins in my pocket

  • figure out

    work something out

  • shoveling shit

    doing dirty work

このシーンのメモ一覧

62 行のセリフに 23 件のメモ

表現 · B2early bird special

discounted early meals

Lee invents a cousin who must sell treasures to afford cheap early dinners in Palm Beach.

so he can afford the early bird specials in Palm Beach.
表現 · B2get double something

get twice as much

I'm afraid I can probably get double that elsewhere, so...
表現 · B1name your price

say what you want

The bookseller hands the initiative back to Lee, inviting her to quote a figure first.

Name your price.
表現 · B2happen to have something

have by chance

Do you happen to have cash?
表現 · B2come across something

find by chance

And please, if you come across anything else, bring it in.
表現 · B2high-end clients

wealthy, upmarket customers

The bookseller promises a good price, citing wealthy regular clients as proof of reach.

I've got high-end clients who come in frequently, or I'll call them if
表現 · A2look for someone/something

trying to find

I'm looking for the tall guy.
文法 · B1There's been

existential perfect: There's been reports a recent event with emphasis on its present effect.

There's been an emergency.
表現 · A2be on fire

burning

The building's on fire!
表現 · B1come out of something

emerging from

There's flames coming out of your window right now.
表現 · B2no jingle in one's jeans

flat broke

You know what, I got no jingle in my jeans.
発音got no

Got no runs together and the t nearly disappears.

You know what, I got no jingle in my jeans.
スラング · B2jingle

the clink of coins — Playful and casual; fine among friends.

You know what, I got no jingle in my jeans.
文法 · B2and not a wallowing one

contrastive negation: The paired and not sets this occasion against another kind.

This is a celebratory drinking session, and not a wallowing one.
表現 · B2tell the difference between A and B

distinguish

It's hard to tell the difference with you.
表現 · B1figure out something

worked out

I have figured out a way to pay my bills without shoveling shit.
スラング · B2shoveling shit

doing degrading work — Angry slang; keep it out of formal speech.

I have figured out a way to pay my bills without shoveling shit.
表現 · B2keep something to oneself

kept private

Some things are just better kept to oneself, even if they are brilliant.
文法 · B2even if they are brilliant

concessive clause: Even if concedes a point without changing the main claim.

Some things are just better kept to oneself, even if they are brilliant.
表現 · B1spill the beans

reveal the secret

Come on! Spill the beans!
発音Spill the

Link spill and the, then land the stress on beans.

Come on! Spill the beans!
表現 · B1have no one to tell

nobody to confide in

I have no one to tell. All my friends are dead.
発音friends are

Link friends and are into one unit.

I have no one to tell. All my friends are dead.

「Lee Tells Jack Her Secret」を読み解く

What's really going on

Lee's whole life has been small, resentful, and broke, and this scene is the rare moment she has something to be smug about: "I have figured out a way to pay my bills without shoveling shit." But she cannot bring herself to name it. "Some things are just better kept to oneself, even if they are brilliant" is half strategy and half loneliness — the same loneliness in "I have no one to tell. All my friends are dead." Jack, her only real company, is exactly the audience she wants and the risk she fears. The earlier stop, selling letters to a bookseller who asks her to bring more, shows the machine is already running; the bar is where she weighs whether to let someone in.

Theme

SecretsLee has a profitable new scheme and teases it without naming it, then asks Jack whether he can keep a secret.
LonelinessHer joke about having no one to tell and all her friends dead turns a line about secrecy into a confession of isolation.

このチャプターで学べること

  • A fake emergency can be a private joke.
  • Teasing a secret makes it more tempting to tell.
  • Money talk gets blunt once cash is involved.
  • Some confessions are saved for the right listener.

発音のポイント

  • got no — Got no runs together and the t nearly disappears.
  • Spill the — Link spill and the, then land the stress on beans.
  • friends are — Link friends and are into one unit.
Can you keep a secret?

After dodging, Lee finally offers to share the scheme, testing whether Jack can be trusted with it.

Some things are just better kept to oneself, even if they are brilliant.

A graceful dodge: she admits the scheme is impressive while refusing to name it, keeping Jack curious and herself safe.

I have figured out a way to pay my bills without shoveling shit.

Her boast of the night: she has found a way out of degrading work, and she wants credit without giving details.

You know what, I got no jingle in my jeans.

A self-mocking way to say she is broke, softening her ask for a token or a drink.

This is a celebratory drinking session, and not a wallowing one.

She frames the night as a victory lap, insisting her good mood be treated as a celebration, not a warning.

このシーンについての質問

What is Lee's secret in this scene?

She has found a way to pay her bills without doing degrading work — the forged letters she sells to dealers. She won't name it aloud, only asking Jack if he can keep a secret.

Why does Lee say she has no one to tell?

When Jack asks to hear the secret, she answers that all her friends are dead — a dry joke that is also true, since she is deeply isolated.

What does "jingle in my jeans" mean?

It is old slang for having no money, literally no coins jingling in your pocket. She uses it to admit she is broke and to ask Jack for a token.

Why does Lee hesitate to tell Jack the secret?

She warns him he would be scandalized and insists some things are better kept to oneself — she wants to protect the scheme, and may enjoy keeping him guessing.

What happens to Lee and Jack after this night?

Jack becomes her partner in the trade, selling forged letters with her. Their run ends when his carelessness draws in the FBI, and both are caught.

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