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Downton Abbey · 2019 — 第 11 / 22 章 · 5'03" · B2

Tom Branson Talks to Princess Mary, Explained：what are you playing at

A quiet talk between Tom Branson and Princess Mary turns into the film's thesis: he is no royalist, yet he loves the Crawleys because they are "decent at the core." Elsewhere a phone prank lures the royal footmen away, and Mary's dress goes missing.

あらすじ

During the royal visit, Tom Branson talks privately with Princess Mary. He tells her he is not much of a royalist, but he has learned to be happy with the Crawleys because they are decent at the core and they are his daughter's family. Meanwhile, a fake phone call sends the royal footmen away, and Mary's new dress is lost.

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dodging itat the corewhat are you playing atnot give a tinker's cuss

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このシーンの表現

what are you playing at

what are you up to

When Wilson suddenly orders the footmen away, someone demands to know what game he is playing.

What are you playing at, hiding my keys?

このシーンの他の表現

  • dodging it

    avoiding it

  • at the core

    in essence

  • not give a tinker's cuss

    not care at all

  • ring back

    call back

  • get hold of

    reach

このシーンのメモ一覧

103 行のセリフに 37 件のメモ

表現 · B2dodge something

avoiding it

Caught away from the party, Tom admits he has been avoiding the drawing room crowd.

I've been dodging it, I'm afraid.
表現 · A2get back to something

return

I suppose I ought to get back.
表現 · B1be no good at something

not skilled at

And who are you? Ah, I should know, but I'm no good at that sort of thing.
表現 · B2can't be expected to do

cannot be required to

Well, I suppose you can't be expected to know everyone.
表現 · B1get distracted

lose focus

I got distracted.
表現 · B2not much of a something

hardly a

- What a shame. - Well, to be honest, I'm not much of a royalist.
表現 · B2would die for someone

be utterly loyal to

That seems odd, as the Crawleys would die for the Crown if they had to.
文法 · C1if they had to

unreal condition: The past-tense if-clause imagines a situation that has not actually happened.

That seems odd, as the Crawleys would die for the Crown if they had to.
発音people you

Link people and you into one run of sound.

You can love people you disagree with.
表現 · B2at the core

in essence

Pressed on whether he loves the family, Tom grants their faults but calls them decent at the core.

They're decent at the core.
表現 · B2difficult to live with

hard to live with

People can be decent at the core but very difficult to live with.
表現 · B1true enough

that is fair

True enough.
表現 · B2not give tuppence for something

not care at all about

And I wouldn't give tuppence for their politics.
スラング · B2tuppence

two pennies — Old British slang; fine among friends.

And I wouldn't give tuppence for their politics.
表現 · B2belong somewhere

have a place

I spent so much of my life not belonging anywhere.
発音much of my

Much of my runs together, with of reduced.

I spent so much of my life not belonging anywhere.
表現 · B2decide what's important

work out your priorities

I suppose, in the end, it's deciding what's important, isn't it?
文法 · B2it's deciding what's important

gerund subject: The gerund deciding acts as the real subject of the sentence.

I suppose, in the end, it's deciding what's important, isn't it?
表現 · A2have a talk

have a chat

I wonder if we might have a talk later.
表現 · B1a cozy spot

a snug place

We'll find a cozy spot.
表現 · B2settle things between people

resolve a dispute

Please, don't miss the chance to settle things between you.
表現 · B2have someone cornered

get someone trapped

Well, thanks to you, we have her cornered.
表現 · C1not give a tinker's cuss

not care at all

Worried the King may object, Wilson is told flatly that His Majesty does not care at all.

His Majesty won't give a tinker's cuss!
発音won't give a

The t in won't drops before give a.

His Majesty won't give a tinker's cuss!
スラング · C1tinker's cuss

the slightest care — Dated British slang with a rough edge.

His Majesty won't give a tinker's cuss!
表現 · C1be drummed out of something

be expelled

I'll get drummed out of the regiment if they ever find out.
スラング · C1drummed out

expelled in disgrace — Military jargon for being thrown out in shame.

I'll get drummed out of the regiment if they ever find out.
表現 · B2uncover something

expose

Well, then they'd uncover the trick.
表現 · B1miss out on something

lose the chance for

Sorry to miss out on the fun, in a way.
表現 · B1get hold of someone

reach someone

I got hold of Madame Seymour's assistant.
表現 · A2the wrong one

the incorrect item

They've sent you the wrong one.
文法 · B2as you can see

parenthetical: The parenthetical as you can see invites the listener to check the evidence.

It's similar in style but not, as you can see, - in size. - Well, where's my dress now?
表現 · B1be on its way to somewhere

be heading to

On its way to New York.
表現 · A2how are things

how is it going

How are things downstairs? Any better?
表現 · B1get back

return

In fact, I ought to be getting back.
表現 · B1leave it with me

let me handle it

Asked about the broken painted glass, the maid simply says she will take care of it.

Leave it with me, milady.
表現 · B2have a fitting

a clothes fitting

You wouldn't mind a fitting later tonight, would you?

「Tom Branson Talks to Princess Mary」を読み解く

What's really going on

The conversation matters because Tom is the one person who can say the unsayable about the family. He is not a royalist and does not care for their politics, yet his verdict is not contempt: "They're decent at the core." He goes further and names their faults — silly, snobbish, "very difficult to live with" — and still chooses them, because "they're my daughter's family" and because he spent his life "not belonging anywhere." What he offers Mary is a way to hold a family honestly: love without pretending, loyalty without blindness. His closing line — "it's deciding what's important, isn't it?" — is the film's quiet answer to the noise around it. The prank subplot runs the other way, showing the visit as something people will cheat to enjoy.

Theme

IdentityTom says he spent his life not belonging anywhere, which is why his daughter's place in the family matters so much to him.
Family loveHe loves the Crawleys despite disagreeing with them, calling them decent at the core and choosing them as his daughter's family.

このチャプターで学べること

  • Belonging can matter more than agreement.
  • Tom chooses his daughter over old loyalties.
  • A polite phrase can hide a whole trap.

発音のポイント

  • people you — Link people and you into one run of sound.
  • much of my — Much of my runs together, with of reduced.
  • won't give a — The t in won't drops before give a.
You can love people you disagree with.

Tom's answer when told the Crawleys would die for the Crown: affection and disagreement can coexist, and politics is not the measure of love.

I suppose, in the end, it's deciding what's important, isn't it?

The thought he leaves with Princess Mary: life comes down to choosing what really matters, and for him that is his daughter's belonging.

People can be decent at the core but very difficult to live with.

A wry addition to his praise: good hearts do not make anyone easy company, which is exactly how he sees the Crawleys.

I spent so much of my life not belonging anywhere.

The personal reason behind his choice: having never felt he belonged, he values that his daughter now has a home she belongs to.

このシーンについての質問

Why does Tom Branson talk to Princess Mary alone?

They meet away from the family and the parade. Tom, an outsider who married into the Crawleys, tells her honestly what he thinks of them, and she says he has given her a great deal to think about.

Is Tom a royalist?

No. He tells Princess Mary he is not much of a royalist and does not care for the Crawleys' politics, but he still loves them because they are decent at the core and are his daughter's family.

Who makes the fake phone call to Wilson?

The call pretending to be from Sir Harry Barnston is a trick. It sends the royal footmen off to a London ball, and the person behind it admits he would be 'drummed out of the regiment' if found out.

Why is Mary upset about her dress?

The wrong dress was sent, and her correct one is already on its way to New York. Coming on top of the broken glass by her bed, it makes her say that everything is going wrong for her that day.

What does 'not give a tinker's cuss' mean?

It is an old British way of saying someone does not care at all. On the phone, it is used to dismiss a concern about the King, meaning His Majesty would not mind in the least.

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