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Enola Holmes · 2020 — 第 11 / 12 章 · 3'33" · B2

Enola Sneaks into the Finishing School, Explained：see right through someone

Enola disguises herself as a porter to break Tewkesbury out of Miss Harrison's school, and the plan runs straight into its flaw: "Miss Harrison, she will see right through you." It survives only because Enola can invent a delivery, an employer and an order not to open the parcel on the spot.

あらすじ

Enola turns up at Miss Harrison's finishing school dressed as a porter, trying to smuggle Tewkesbury out. He doubts the disguise will hold, and he is right to: the headmistress stops them and questions Enola, who claims to be delivering a parcel for Mycroft Holmes that must be opened in private.

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注目の表現

see right through someoneprodigious memorywhat are you waiting forweigh a ton

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このシーンの表現

see right through someone

to understand someone's real intentions at once

特克斯伯里担心校长会一眼看穿他们的伪装，于是提醒伊诺拉小心。

Don't lie to her; she sees right through people.

このシーンの他の表現

  • prodigious memory

    an unusually powerful memory

  • what are you waiting for

    a nudge telling someone to act now

  • weigh a ton

    to be extremely heavy

このシーンのメモ一覧

49 行のセリフに 21 件のメモ

表現 · B2every vote countsEvery vote counts.
発音Every vote counts

elision

Every vote counts.
発音What does he want

weak form

What does he want? [SIGHS]
表現 · B1be supposed to do somethingYou're supposed to be helping me out, not getting in with me.
表現 · B2get in with someoneYou're supposed to be helping me out, not getting in with me.
文法 · B2supposed to be helping me out

be supposed to be doing

You're supposed to be helping me out, not getting in with me.
表現 · C1a prodigious memory

an unusually powerful memory

I have quite the prodigious memory when I choose to use it.
文法 · B1when I choose to use it

when-clause

I have quite the prodigious memory when I choose to use it.
表現 · B1an excellent ideaThat's an excellent idea.
発音excellent idea

liaison

That's an excellent idea.
表現 · B1help someone upNope. Nope, nope, nope. Help me up.
表現 · C1see right through someone

to understand someone's real intentions at once

Miss Harrison, she will see right through you.
表現 · B2there was a flawTewkesbury. Oh, I knew there was a flaw. Shh. Let me think.
表現 · B1direct someone to a placeCould you please direct me to her office?
表現 · B1open something upWell, open it up. Let me see what's inside.
表現 · B2express instructions
表現 · B1in private
文法 · C1that this be opened in private

mandative subjunctive

表現 · B2who might that beAnd who might that be?
表現 · B2weigh a ton

to be extremely heavy

Oh, this weighs a ton.
表現 · B1what are you waiting for

a nudge telling someone to act now

Why is it so heavy? So what are you waiting for? A tip?

「Enola Sneaks into the Finishing School」を読み解く

What's really going on

The scene is a small masterclass in getting caught and talking your way out. Enola's disguise is good enough for the corridors but not for the woman who runs the place, which Tewkesbury predicts with "Miss Harrison, she will see right through you." What saves her is not the disguise but the performance: a plausible job, a plausible employer, and a rule she claims she cannot break. The lie she picks is Mycroft's parcel, marked to be opened in private, which turns the headmistress's own manners into a shield. It also quietly continues the film's theme: Enola is repeatedly underestimated because of how she looks, and repeatedly wins by being faster in conversation than the people testing her. "I am the headmistress of the school" sounds like authority; it is also exactly the kind of line she can turn against it.

Theme

IdentityEnola hides behind a porter's coat and an invented role, succeeding because people judge her by appearance.
DeceptionShe wins the interrogation with a fake delivery, a fake employer and a rule about opening the parcel in private.

このチャプターで学べること

  • 'prodigious' carries more than its dictionary gloss.
  • 'be supposed to do something' changes the pressure of the reply.
  • The surrounding lines set the social temperature.

発音のポイント

  • Every vote counts — elision
  • What does he want — weak form
  • excellent idea — liaison
Mother thought I was extraordinary.

Enola's opening thought, framing her whole story as a daughter living up to a mother who believed in her.

Miss Harrison, she will see right through you.

Tewkesbury's warning that the headmistress will read through Enola's disguise at once.

You're supposed to be helping me out, not getting in with me.

The complaint that Enola came to help him escape, but is now caught inside the school with him.

I am the headmistress of the school.

The authority line that stops the escape, answered by Enola with a parcel and a rule.

このシーンについての質問

Why does Enola go to Miss Harrison's school?

To get Tewkesbury out. She disguises herself as a porter and plans to leave the same way she came in, using her memory of the route.

What does 'see right through someone' mean?

It means to understand someone's real intention or lie immediately. Tewkesbury warns that the headmistress will see right through Enola's disguise.

How does Enola avoid being caught?

She pretends to deliver a parcel for Mycroft Holmes and claims express instructions that it be opened in private, which stops the headmistress from examining it on the spot.

Why does the parcel matter?

It is her excuse and her exit. Because it is heavy and supposedly private, the headmistress has it carried to her office, which gives Enola a reason to move through the school.

Who is Mycroft Holmes?

Enola's older brother, whose name she borrows to make the delivery believable. Claiming to work for Mycroft gives her story the weight of a real household.

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第 1 章one's own companyEnola Confronts Her Brothers第 2 章unpickEnola Decodes Her Mother's Message第 3 章leave someone strandedEnola Hides on the Train第 4 章the game is afootSherlock and Mycroft Argue Over Enola第 5 章prepare the groundEnola Bluffs Her Way Into Basilwether第 6 章for better or worseA Talk of Power Over Tea第 7 章lead someone astrayEnola Meets the Dowager第 8 章do funny things to someoneTewkesbury Finds Enola's Hideout第 9 章fend for oneselfEnola at Miss Harrison's School第 10 章pick my brainsSherlock Visits Enola再生中 · 第 11 章see right through someoneEnola Sneaks into the Finishing School第 12 章right a wrongEnola and Tewkesbury Flee the School
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