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Kate and Yule Swap Life Stories, Explained：get it over and done with

Kate and Yule admit they know nothing about each other, then do exactly what Yule dreads: a rapid-fire getting-to-know-you. "I just despise the getting-to-know-you part of relationships," he says, so they "get it over and done with." The joke is the mismatch: his family money and famous exes versus her ordinary, sincere life.

あらすじ

On a date, Kate realizes she and Yule know nothing about each other. Yule says he hates the getting-to-know-you stage, so they agree to just get it over with. He lists his absurd background—three master's degrees, two ex-president lovers, two Monets—while she offers a modest, tender one: a geography-teacher father, a mother who cut hair at home, a lost dog, a signed Star Wars poster.

First datesConfessingSuggestingCoupleB1slowamericanClean
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注目の表現

getting-to-know-you partget it over and done withcome from moneyget away from

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このシーンの表現

get it over and done with

finish something unwelcome

Brie suggests just trading the facts and finishing fast, treating self-disclosure like a chore.

Let's just get it over and done with and go home.

このシーンの他の表現

  • getting-to-know-you part

    the early getting-acquainted stage

  • come from money

    be born into wealth

  • get away from

    escape from

  • signed by

    with someone's signature

  • my turn

    my moment to act

このシーンのメモ一覧

29 行のセリフに 19 件のメモ

表現 · A2know about each other

one another

I've just realized, we don't really know anything about each other. Do we?
表現 · B1ask someone about something

ask someone about something

Well, every time I try to ask you about your life, you seem to just tell me about your favorite restaurants.
表現 · A2favorite something

go-to places to eat

Well, every time I try to ask you about your life, you seem to just tell me about your favorite restaurants.
表現 · B2the ... part of something

a phase of something

I just despise the, you know, getting-to-know-you part of relationships, so…
文法 · B2getting-to-know-you part

compound modifier: The whole phrase acts as one adjective before the noun part.

I just despise the, you know, getting-to-know-you part of relationships, so…
表現 · C1grotesque wealth

absurd family wealth

So I come from grotesque money, but I got away from it by getting three masters degrees.
文法 · B2by getting

gerund phrase: By plus a gerund names the means used to achieve the escape.

So I come from grotesque money, but I got away from it by getting three masters degrees.
発音come from

From weakens to frum and almost vanishes.

So I come from grotesque money, but I got away from it by getting three masters degrees.
表現 · B1be divorced

be divorced

Uh, I've been divorced twice.
表現 · B2sleep with someone

have sex with someone

Uh, I have slept with two former presidents.
表現 · A2speak a language

know a language

I speak four languages, and I own two Monets.
表現 · A2middle school

junior high school

Oh. All right. My father was a middle school geography teacher.
表現 · A2cut hair

do haircuts

My mother, she cut hair out of the kitchen.
文法 · B2which was really

nonrestrictive clause: The which-clause comments on the whole event instead of restricting it.

Uh, about two years ago, our family dog, JoJo, died, which was really, really emotional.
表現 · B1that much

to that degree

I can't remember crying that much ever.
発音can't remember

The t in can't often drops, so it sounds like can' remember.

I can't remember crying that much ever.
表現 · A2go for dinner

go out to eat

Where are we gonna go for dinner tonight?
発音go for

Go for links into go-fer with a weak for.

Where are we gonna go for dinner tonight?
スラング · A2gonna

going to — Everyday speech; keep it out of formal writing.

Where are we gonna go for dinner tonight?

「Kate and Yule Swap Life Stories」を読み解く

What's really going on

The scene looks like a quirky dating montage, but it's really about two people who cannot connect. Yule says he despises "the getting-to-know-you part of relationships," and rather than learn about Kate, he treats intimacy as a chore to "get it over and done with." His facts are all about status and distance—money, degrees, ex-presidents—while hers are about ordinary love and loss. When Kate can't remember crying that much ever, over a dead dog, it's the first genuine feeling on the table, and Yule barely reacts. The comedy hides the point: a man who can list two Monets but not one thing he actually feels. Kate keeps trying to be real; he keeps performing.

Theme

RomanceA date turns into two people trading life facts instead of actually connecting.
ClassHis grotesque money and two Monets sit right next to her hair-cutting mother and signed poster.

このチャプターで学べること

  • Brie turns a first date into a checklist.
  • One word can skewer old family money.
  • Dry facts can be the funniest confession.
  • The dog story is the most human moment.

発音のポイント

  • come from — From weakens to frum and almost vanishes.
  • can't remember — The t in can't often drops, so it sounds like can' remember.
  • go for — Go for links into go-fer with a weak for.
I've just realized, we don't really know anything about each other. Do we?

The gap gets said out loud, turning a casual date into a direct question about whether these two know each other at all.

Okay, let's just get it over and done with.

They agree to treat the getting-to-know-you ritual as a task and finish it as quickly as possible.

So I come from grotesque money, but I got away from it by getting three masters degrees.

He frames his huge family wealth as something he escaped through education, though the facts only show more privilege.

Uh, I have slept with two former presidents.

One of his absurd status facts, meant to impress while widening the distance between the two of them.

I can't remember crying that much ever.

An honest memory of grief over a dead dog, the rare real feeling that surfaces in the exchange.

Where are we gonna go for dinner tonight?

After all the confession, the talk falls back to the one safe topic: where to eat.

このシーンについての質問

Why does Yule hate the getting-to-know-you part?

He treats intimacy as a hassle; rather than slowly open up, he prefers to dump facts and move on, which is why he wants to get the whole ritual over with.

Why are their lists so different?

Yule lists status symbols—wealth, degrees, ex-presidents, Monets—while Kate lists ordinary family and emotional memories, underlining how differently the two relate to people.

Is Kate and Yule's relationship going to work?

The scene hints no: they can share facts but not connect, and the dinner-question ending shows them slipping back into small talk instead of real intimacy.

What does "grotesque money" mean?

It's an informal way of saying absurdly large wealth—his family is so rich that grotesque, meaning excessive and ugly, fits comically.

What is the dog story doing in the scene?

It's the one moment Kate shows real sadness; she is open and emotional, which contrasts sharply with Yule's detached list of achievements.

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