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Downton Abbey · 2019 — 第 8 / 22 章 · 4'59" · C1

Downton Races to Prepare in the Rain, Explained：soaked to the skin

With the royal visit a day away, Downton is falling apart: the boiler dies, the royal servants complain about their rooms, and a storm soaks the staff setting out chairs. Barrow tells Carson to "find a good book and read it until we leave," while the family pitches in and jokes that "we're hunting men."

あらすじ

The night before the royal visit brings one problem after another. The royal servants dislike their small rooms, the hot water fails, and the boiler is damaged. Carson and Barrow argue over who is in charge. Then a thunderstorm forces Mary, Anna and the family out to set up chairs for the parade.

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このシーンの表現

soaked to the skin

drenched completely

As the rain pours, the family warns that she will be soaked to the skin and filthy.

We got soaked to the skin in the storm.

このシーンの他の表現

  • swing a cat

    extremely cramped

  • out of my way

    move aside

  • of no interest

    not worth my attention

  • lend a hand

    give help

  • rope in

    persuade to help

このシーンのメモ一覧

105 行のセリフに 28 件のメモ

表現 · C1no room to swing a cat

extremely cramped

The royal staff trade complaints: one room is a rabbit hutch, another too small to swing a cat.

- But this is a rabbit hutch. - Don't look at me, Mr. Courbet. You couldn't swing a cat in my room.
発音swing a cat

Link swing a cat, stressing swing.

- But this is a rabbit hutch. - Don't look at me, Mr. Courbet. You couldn't swing a cat in my room.
表現 · B2out of someone's way

move aside

Monsieur Courbet sweeps through the staff with a curt out of my way.

Out of my way.
表現 · A2have a bath

take a bath

I will have a bath, and then I will decide.
表現 · B1somewhere apart

a separate place

Where can we eat? Somewhere apart?
表現 · B2the resident staff

the household servants

We never eat with the resident staff.
表現 · A2Would you mind doing something?

would you please

You... Mr. Barrow, would you mind?
表現 · A2be on duty

working a shift

I'm not on duty, Mr. Carson. You are.
文法 · C1it is for me to ask what you want

it is for someone to do: It is for someone to do marks whose right or duty it is.

Since you are in my room, sitting at my desk, it is for me to ask what you want.
表現 · B1be in charge of something

responsible for

I would remind you that I have been in charge of Downton for many years.
文法 · B2remind you that I have been in charge

object clause: Remind someone that introduces the exact fact being recalled.

I would remind you that I have been in charge of Downton for many years.
表現 · C1be of no interest

not worth my attention

When Carson cites his years at Downton, Barrow answers that his history is of no interest.

Your history is of no interest to me.
表現 · A2until someone does something

up to our departure

I would like you to find a good book and read it until we leave.
表現 · B1in time

before it is too late

Can you mend it in time? - SELLICK: Oh, yeah.
表現 · A2at once

immediately

Anna thought you should be told at once.
表現 · B1set something out

lay out

She's right. They're for the parade, and we'll have to set them out tonight.
表現 · B1be on one's side

favouring us

I'm not sure fate is on our side.
表現 · B1lend someone a hand

give help

Seeing Mary overwhelmed in the rain, the family agree they should lend her a hand.

We should lend her a hand.
表現 · B2put in a word for someone

speak on someone's behalf

Asked to pray for good weather, Violet dryly agrees to put in a word.

I'll put in a word.
表現 · A2go for something

left to fetch

We'll manage. I've roped in Mr. Molesley, and Andy's gone for the truck.
表現 · A2do one's best

try as hard as we can

We'll have to do our best without them.
スラング · B1chuck

throw — British informal for throw; use throw in polite speech.

- Can you chuck us the rope? - Here you go.
表現 · B2soaked to the skin

drenched completely

As the rain pours, the family warns that she will be soaked to the skin and filthy.

You'll be soaked to the skin and filthy.
発音soaked to the

The d in soaked often drops before to.

You'll be soaked to the skin and filthy.
スラング · B2filthy

very dirty — Informal intensifier for extremely dirty.

You'll be soaked to the skin and filthy.
表現 · A2on one's own

by yourself

The watcher arranges to meet Tom and insists he come on his own.

Don't bring anyone. Come on your own.
発音on your own

Link on your own so it sounds like on-yer-own.

Don't bring anyone. Come on your own.
文法 · B2suppose it's still raining

suppose-clause: Suppose plus present tense raises a hypothetical what if.

But suppose it's still raining?

「Downton Races to Prepare in the Rain」を読み解く

What's really going on

The grand occasion is really a test of who gets to run the house. The visiting royal staff act like occupiers, sneering at their quarters and refusing to eat with the resident servants, while Barrow and Carson turn a butler's work into a turf war. Barrow's line — "I would like you to find a good book and read it until we leave" — is meant to humiliate a man who once commanded here. Against that, the storm reveals the real hierarchy of loyalty: when chairs must go out in the rain, the family rolls up its sleeves, Mary's mother frets that they have let her "take on too much," and Anna simply comes along. Even the warmth is a class transaction — "You're a good friend to me, Anna" — answered with, "I hope we're good friends to each other, milady."

Theme

ClassRoyal servants refuse to share a table with the resident staff, and even friendship between Mary and Anna is phrased as a mutual duty.
DutyWhen the storm threatens the parade, everyone from the family to the retired butler turns out to set chairs in the rain.

このチャプターで学べること

  • The coldest insult is wrapped in perfect politeness.
  • The family answers a wet chore with a hunting joke.
  • Mary's friends prove themselves in the rain.
  • Tom's easy manner keeps his watcher guessing.

発音のポイント

  • swing a cat — Link swing a cat, stressing swing.
  • soaked to the — The d in soaked often drops before to.
  • on your own — Link on your own so it sounds like on-yer-own.
I would like you to find a good book and read it until we leave.

Barrow's polite way of ordering Carson to stay out of the way: the retired butler is told to sit quietly until the royal visit ends.

You're a good friend to me, Anna.

Mary's thanks to Anna as they head out in the rain — warm, but still spoken across a class line that Anna answers carefully.

I'm not sure fate is on our side.

A remark on the failing weather and luck: with rain coming, the whole carefully planned visit may not go as arranged.

Well, what's that to us? We're hunting men.

A joke by the men going out into the storm: being soaked and filthy does not matter, because they have a more important job to chase.

このシーンについての質問

Why are the royal servants unhappy at Downton?

They find their rooms too small and the water cold, and they refuse to eat with the resident staff. Their complaints show how the visit puts the house's own servants in an awkward position.

Why do Carson and Barrow argue?

Carson has come back to help run the visit, but Barrow is now the butler. Barrow resents Carson looking over his shoulder and tells him to stay out of the way by reading a book until they leave.

What is damaged before the visit?

The boiler. It was fixed, then fails again, leaving the house without hot water. Later someone says the damage was deliberate — that someone wanted to wreck the royal visit — and insists the family should be told.

Why does the staff set out chairs at night?

The chairs are for the parade, and the villagers start arriving from nine in the morning, so there will be no time the next day. A thunderstorm makes the work miserable, and the family comes out to help.

Why does Cora joke about praying for better weather?

The visit depends on an outdoor parade, and a thunderstorm has already started. As she goes out to help, she asks the family to pray for them, mainly for better weather, and someone jokes they will put in a word.

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