Enola Holmes · 2020 — 第 4 / 12 章 · 4'17" · B2

Sherlock and Mycroft Argue Over Enola, Explained:the game is afoot

There is no crime to solve here, only a family argument about what to do with Enola. Mycroft wants a firm hand and a school; Sherlock answers that "She is remarkable and always has been," and asks his brother not to abandon her. The real question is whether they have any right to judge her at all.

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Mycroft and Sherlock Holmes discuss what should be done with their younger sister Enola. Mycroft wants to place her under a firm hand and send her away. Sherlock refuses to treat her as a problem: he calls her remarkable and asks Mycroft not to abandon her again.

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the game is afoota firm handthere s no tellingrun rings around someone

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このシーンの表現

the game is afoot

the hunt or the action has begun

伊诺拉破解了母亲留花里的暗号,决定动身去找人,用这句话宣布自己的调查正式开始。

The race begins at dawn, and the game is afoot.

このシーンの他の表現

  • a firm hand

    strict discipline or control

  • there s no telling

    it is impossible to predict

  • run rings around someone

    to outwit or outperform someone with ease

このシーンのメモ一覧

76 行のセリフに 29 件のメモ

表現 · B1have something in mind
発音Isn t it

liaison

文法 · B1made me read

causative with bare infinitive

表現 · B2on one's own account
表現 · A2the best way to do something
表現 · B1too old to do something
表現 · B2live with dignity
文法 · C1something for which you took no responsibility

relative clause with fronted preposition

表現 · B1as I see it
表現 · B2need a firm hand

strict discipline or control

表現 · A2in advance
表現 · B2see about something
表現 · B2in someone's absence
文法 · B1aren t they

tag question

表現 · B2be turning in one's grave
表現 · B1have a reason for everything
表現 · B2one's own way of doing things
表現 · B1bear with someone
表現 · B1be up to someone
表現 · C1the game is afoot

the hunt or the action has begun

発音game is afoot

liaison

表現 · B2there's no telling

it is impossible to predict

表現 · B1search something from top to bottom
表現 · B2a bit of a to-do
スラング · B2nincompoop
表現 · B2throw someone off course
発音thrown off course

liaison

表現 · B1an awful lot of something
表現 · C1run rings around someone

to outwit or outperform someone with ease

Enola Holmes.

「Sherlock and Mycroft Argue Over Enola」を読み解く

What's really going on

The scene looks like a family argument about what to do with Enola, but it is really about who gets to decide a girl's future. Mycroft speaks in the language of discipline and wants "a firm hand" to correct her, as if she were a problem to be fixed. Sherlock answers with praise and memory: he has watched her run circles around the people who underestimate her, and he refuses the idea that she needs remaking. When he says "She runs rings around me just as easily as you once did but", he is complimenting his sister and needling his brother at the same time. The brothers can plan as much as they like, but there is always the chance she is already ahead of them: "there s no telling where they d search". The mood is the story's own: a quarrel that keeps turning into a claim about authority and identity, with the answer hidden in a line that sounds like a mystery — "The game is afoot".

Theme

Family conflictSherlock and Mycroft clash over how to treat their sister and who has the right to decide her life.
IdentityEnola's future is claimed as her own, not something her brothers can settle for her.

このチャプターで学べること

  • 'know you ve entirely' carries more than its dictionary gloss.
  • 'know you ve entirely' changes the pressure of the reply.
  • The surrounding lines set the social temperature.

発音のポイント

  • Isn t it — liaison
  • game is afoot — liaison
  • thrown off course — liaison
Our future is up to us

The story's motto: Enola's life is hers to decide, not her brothers' to arrange.

You are judging something for which you took no responsibility

The accusation that her brothers now condemn a sister they never helped to raise or protect.

She is remarkable and always has been

Sherlock's defence of Enola: he praises her outright instead of treating her as a problem to fix.

I m asking that you don t abandon her again

Sherlock's plea to Mycroft, reminding him the family already left Enola to fend for herself once.

このシーンについての質問

Why does Mycroft want to send Enola away?

He thinks she has been raised wild and needs discipline. He wants a firm hand and a proper school to turn her into a conventional young lady.

Why does Sherlock defend Enola?

He admires her and refuses to treat her as a problem. He calls her remarkable and asks Mycroft not to abandon her again.

Why does Sherlock ask Mycroft not to abandon her again?

It implies the family already left Enola alone once, after their mother's disappearance. Sherlock wants his brother to take responsibility this time instead of handing her off.

What does the brothers' argument really decide?

Nothing practical — it is about authority. Mycroft claims the right to run Enola's life, while Sherlock argues that her future belongs to her.

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