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Downton Abbey · 2019 — 第 15 / 22 章 · 2'15" · B1

Downton Staff Serve the Royal Dinner, Explained：give someone a grilling

Everyone praises the dinner and assumes the French chef made it. Then the truth comes out: "In fact, it is the Downton Abbey staff who are serving you this evening." What looks like a compliment about food is really the household quietly defying the royal servants who pushed them aside.

あらすじ

At the royal dinner at Downton, the King and his guests praise the meal, believing the French chef Courbet cooked it. A member of the family then reveals that Mrs. Patmore made the food and that the Downton staff, not the King's own servants, are serving it. Meanwhile, dinner-table talk turns to Violet's plans to interrogate Cousin Maud about her maid.

Family dinnersPartiesConfessingComplimentingB1slowbritishClean
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new blooda first time for everythingcome dance with megive someone a grilling

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このシーンの表現

give someone a grilling

question someone hard

Granny is about to question Cousin Maud closely, most likely about her maid.

The reporters will give her a grilling.

このシーンの他の表現

  • new blood

    fresh people

  • a first time for everything

    everything happens once

  • come dance with me

    join me in dancing

  • every bit as ... as

    just as much

  • see someone as

    regard someone as

このシーンのメモ一覧

40 行のセリフに 31 件のメモ

表現 · A2glad someone is here

pleased you came

I'm glad you're here, Mr. Carson.
発音glad you're

Glad links into you're, often reduced to yer.

I'm glad you're here, Mr. Carson.
表現 · B2where someone needs someone

where one is needed

I must go where my king needs me.
表現 · B2new blood

fresh people

Noticing unfamiliar faces at the dinner, someone remarks lightly that there is new blood about.

Looks like we've got some new blood here.
スラング · B2new blood

fresh people — Casual phrase; rarely used in formal writing.

Looks like we've got some new blood here.
表現 · B1a charming young man

a likeable young man

You're a very charming young man.
表現 · A2can't believe something

find it hard to believe

I can't believe this.
表現 · B2never seen anything like it

nothing like it before

I've never seen anything like it.
表現 · B1there is a first time for everything

everything happens once

When someone marvels that they have never seen anything like it, the reply is calm and dry.

There's a first time for everything.
発音first time for

First time for runs together, with for reduced.

There's a first time for everything.
表現 · A2come do something with someone

join me in dancing

As the music starts, Mary brushes off the awkwardness and pulls Tom onto the floor.

I know, but... (sighs) Here. Come dance with me.
表現 · B2how grateful someone should be

how thankful one ought to be

I wish I could tell them how grateful they should be to you.
発音could tell them

The d in could drops before tell them.

I wish I could tell them how grateful they should be to you.
表現 · B2every bit as ... as

just as much

Mary tells Tom sincerely that he was just as brave as she was, leaving no room for doubt.

You were every bit as brave as I was.
文法 · B1as brave as I was

as ... as comparison: The as-as comparison puts the two people on exactly the same level.

You were every bit as brave as I was.
表現 · B1in the wrong direction

the wrong way

Mary, you're talking in the wrong direction.
表現 · B2give someone a grilling

question someone hard

Granny is about to question Cousin Maud closely, most likely about her maid.

She's getting ready to give Cousin Maud a grilling.
スラング · B2grilling

a hard questioning — Informal metaphor for relentless questioning.

She's getting ready to give Cousin Maud a grilling.
表現 · B1more than just something

not merely

I think Lady Bagshaw sees her as more than just her maid.
文法 · B2sees her as

see someone as: The as in sees her as introduces the role she is given in his eyes.

I think Lady Bagshaw sees her as more than just her maid.
表現 · B2might as well do

may as well

I might as well admit...
表現 · B2put someone off

discourage someone

Tom fears gossip may sway Lucy, and Mary tells him not to let those people put him off.

- Don't let them put you off. - (Branson chuckles) VIOLET: Tom, you're looking pleased with yourself.
表現 · B2make someone's acquaintance

meet someone

The countess asks Tom, with studied politeness, how he came to know Lady Bagshaw's maid.

Well, uh, how did she contrive to make your acquaintance?
表現 · B1by chance

accidentally

She didn't contrive anything. We met by chance.
表現 · B2what simpletons ... are

what fools people are

What simpletons men are.
スラング · B2simpletons

fools — A playful insult; too blunt for formal talk.

What simpletons men are.
表現 · B2something else was planned

a different plan existed

And I thought something else was planned.
表現 · B2a well-done to someone

praise for someone

So, a well-done to old Courbet.
表現 · A2in fact

actually

In fact, it is the Downton Abbey staff who are serving you this evening.
表現 · B2the Downton Abbey staff

the Downton household

In fact, it is the Downton Abbey staff who are serving you this evening.
文法 · C1who are serving

cleft sentence: The it-is-who pattern throws the real subject into focus.

In fact, it is the Downton Abbey staff who are serving you this evening.

「Downton Staff Serve the Royal Dinner」を読み解く

What's really going on

The whole evening is about who really serves whom. The King's servants arrived believing the visiting household should step aside, and the Downton staff let them—until dinner, when the food is praised and the truth is dropped: "In fact, it is the Downton Abbey staff who are serving you this evening." It is a polite reveal, dressed as a compliment, and it lands because the guests believe the credit belongs to Courbet. Upstairs, the same tension plays out in miniature: Violet is "getting ready to give Cousin Maud a grilling," pressing on the one subject the family would rather leave alone—Maud's relationship with her maid. Even Tom's defense, that they merely met "by chance," shows how carefully everyone manages appearances when status is at stake.

Theme

ClassThe dinner reveals who really does the work, and the household's claim to credit is quietly reclaimed from the King's own servants.
DutyCarson's line about going where his king needs him frames service as an honor, even as the staff defy the royal servants.

このチャプターで学べること

  • Credit for great work often belongs to the quiet staff.
  • A sincere comparison can be the highest praise.
  • Class lines shift quietly over dinner talk.

発音のポイント

  • glad you're — Glad links into you're, often reduced to yer.
  • first time for — First time for runs together, with for reduced.
  • could tell them — The d in could drops before tell them.
I must go where my king needs me.

Carson treats his return to service as a duty owed to the Crown, not a favor to the family—his loyalty is to the King first.

There's a first time for everything.

Said to shrug off something startling and unprecedented, it turns surprise into a mild joke rather than alarm.

You were every bit as brave as I was.

The speaker insists the other person's courage matches their own exactly, crediting a companion who might otherwise be overlooked.

In fact, it is the Downton Abbey staff who are serving you this evening.

The polite bombshell: the meal the King is praising was cooked and served by the local household, not his own staff.

このシーンについての質問

Why does the family reveal that the Downton staff served the King?

The royal servants had sidelined the household all visit. Announcing the truth at dinner lets the family reclaim credit for the meal and quietly settle the score.

Why was Violet planning to question Maud about her maid?

Violet suspects the relationship is more than employer and servant, and she wants to force the matter into the open before it embarrasses the family.

Is Tom being honest when he says he met Lucy by chance?

The line is sincere—they did meet accidentally—but it also shields the relationship from Violet's interrogation, so the plain truth doubles as a defense.

What does 'give someone a grilling' mean here?

It means to interrogate someone relentlessly, and that is exactly what Violet intends to do to Cousin Maud—keep pressing her with questions until she answers.

Why does Carson say he must go where his king needs him?

Carson has come out of retirement for the royal visit and sees his service as sworn to the Crown, so he frames his return as loyalty rather than nostalgia.

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