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Can You Ever Forgive Me? · 2018 — 第 5 / 14 章 · 2'34" · B1

Lee Learns About Fake Signatures, Explained：do your homework

A book dealer shows Lee and Jack a signed Dorothy Parker and warns them off fakes: "make sure you do your homework." "Not all of the other dealers are as discerning as we are," he adds, and Lee listens a little too closely. What looks like browsing is research.

あらすじ

Lee and Jack stop into a rare book shop, where the dealer bargains over a $60 signed book, then shows off a Dorothy Parker first edition priced at $600. He warns that signed books are often faked and that not every dealer can be trusted. Lee asks who to avoid — and takes mental notes.

ShoppingSmall talkBargainingWarningStaff & customerB1slowamerican
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authenticateda hoottwatdo your homework

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このシーンの表現

do your homework

research it first

The dealer warns that fakes are common, telling them to research before buying.

Do your homework before you buy a used car.

このシーンの他の表現

  • authenticated

    certified genuine

  • a hoot

    something very funny

  • twat

    a crude insult

  • run your mouth

    talk too much or blab

  • stay away from

    avoid someone or something

このシーンのメモ一覧

53 行のセリフに 26 件のメモ

表現 · B2not worth half something

worth far less

No, it's not worth half that.
表現 · B1a fair price

a reasonable price

Really, a very fair price.
発音a very fair

Link a very fair, with the stress on fair.

Really, a very fair price.
表現 · B1be worth about X

roughly worth

Really worth probably about $150.
スラング · C1coke

cocaine — Drug slang; learn to recognize, never to use.

Maybe you can find some coke.
表現 · C1be authenticated

certified genuine

The dealer claims the signature is certified, and Lee immediately questions who certified it.

It's authenticated.
スラング · C1twat

a crude insult — Extremely crude; recognize it but never say it.

Silly twat.
スラング · B2a hoot

very funny — Light, casual praise; fine among friends.

Such a hoot.
表現 · A2take a look at something

have a look

Take a look at this beauty.
表現 · B2get something in

received a new item

I just got this one in.
表現 · B2X years too late

many years too late

I was born 30 years too late.
表現 · A2just looking

only browsing

We're not buying. We're just looking today.
表現 · B2ask X for something

asking six hundred

No problem. I am asking $600.
文法 · B1make sure you do

make sure: Make sure plus a clause turns advice into a firm instruction.

But if you are tempted, make sure you do your homework.
発音if you are

If you are often blurs into if-yer in fast speech.

But if you are tempted, make sure you do your homework.
表現 · B2the real thing

the genuine article

Some care more than others about getting the real thing.
表現 · B2look out for someone

watch out for

Just in case, who should we look out for?
スラング · B2run your mouth

talk too much — A blunt reproach; not for elders or clients.

You run your mouth too much.
表現 · A2go to someone's place

your home

Let's go to your place.
文法 · A2Let's go

let's: Let's plus a verb proposes a shared action, softening a command.

Let's go to your place.
表現 · A2drive someone crazy

make me frantic

Those flies are driving me crazy.
発音flies are

Link flies and are into one unit.

Those flies are driving me crazy.
表現 · A2smell + 形容词

stinks badly

Oh! It smells horrible.
表現 · A2clean up

tidied up

I'll come back when it's cleaned up.
文法 · B1when it's cleaned up

time clause: A when-clause uses the present tense even when it refers to the future.

I'll come back when it's cleaned up.
表現 · B1what's going on

happening

What's going on in there?

「Lee Learns About Fake Signatures」を読み解く

What's really going on

The dealer thinks he is talking to two collectors. He is really handing Lee the blueprint for a con. "But if you are tempted, make sure you do your homework," he says, and "Not all of the other dealers are as discerning as we are" — a warning aimed at fakes that lands as an instruction. Lee, broke and out of publishers, hears exactly what she needs: signatures can be credibly faked and authenticators can be fooled. Jack treats the whole outing as a lark ("I was born 30 years too late"), while Lee files away every price and every tell. The scene plants the idea that the film runs on.

Theme

DeceptionThe dealer's tips about fake signatures and fooled authenticators give Lee the exact method she will exploit.
MoneyEvery line is about price — $60, $150, $600 — and Lee, broke, is listening for a way to get paid.

このチャプターで学べること

  • A dealer's warning is really insider advice.
  • Research is cheaper than being fooled.
  • Flies at home undercut a glamorous night.
  • Good manners can hide a pointed warning.

発音のポイント

  • a very fair — Link a very fair, with the stress on fair.
  • if you are — If you are often blurs into if-yer in fast speech.
  • flies are — Link flies and are into one unit.
But if you are tempted, make sure you do your homework.

The dealer's tip: before buying a signed book, study the signatures and the market, because fakes are everywhere.

Those flies are driving me crazy.

A blunt complaint about the flies in the room — the unglamorous reality of Lee's life next to the elegant bookshop.

I was born 30 years too late.

Nostalgia for the lost world of Dorothy Parker and literary New York — a longing Lee shares, saying she feels the same.

Not all of the other dealers are as discerning as we are.

A dig at rival dealers who cannot tell a fake from the real thing — a gap Lee will later walk straight through.

Yeah, do you think I'm deaf?

A sharp, tired retort after being told the obvious — the room smells, the flies are audible, and patience is gone.

このシーンについての質問

Why does the dealer warn Lee about fake signatures?

He is boasting that his shop only sells verified books and that other dealers get fooled — not realizing Lee is now imagining exactly how to fake one.

How much does the Dorothy Parker book cost?

The dealer asks $600 for it. Earlier in the scene Lee argues a signed book was worth far less than the asking price, so the market clearly rewards signatures.

Who does the dealer tell Lee to stay away from?

A collector he points out — the man in the bowtie. He says to keep distance from him, implying that dealer is careless or dishonest.

Why does Lee go to the dealer's shop?

She and Jack are passing time and looking, not buying. But the visit is also research: Lee is learning how signed books are priced and authenticated.

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