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Lolita · 1962 — 第 4 / 30 章 · 3'11" · B1

Charlotte Plays Matchmaker at the Party, Explained：go steady

On the surface it's a summer party: Charlotte nudges Lolita toward Kenny, and the Farlows arrive late from court. Underneath, everyone is testing boundaries. "You've had the most remarkable effect on her," Jean tells Humbert, then adds that she and John are "broad-minded" — a hint that the invitation to swap partners is not only about dancing.

あらすじ

At the Haze house in Ramsdale, Charlotte hosts a summer party. Lolita arrives with Kenny Overton, and Charlotte hopes the boy will ask her to go steady. The Farlows show up late because John was held up in court. Jean corners Humbert about his effect on Charlotte, and the evening turns subtly flirtatious.

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注目の表現

You're most welcomeremarkable effectradiate a certain glowa little punch

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このシーンの表現

You're most welcome

formal permission that may bristle

John asks to swap dance partners, and Humbert answers 'You're most welcome' with a polished edge.

You're most welcome to stay for dinner, if you can stand us.

このシーンの他の表現

  • remarkable effect

    a striking influence

  • radiate a certain glow

    give off a visible glow

  • a little punch

    a little bowl of party punch

  • Camp Climax

    a camp name with a smirking double meaning

  • Can't you stop

    a nagging negative question

このシーンのメモ一覧

57 行のセリフに 23 件のメモ

表現 · A2have a good time

enjoy oneself

- Are you having a good time? - Mm-hm.
表現 · B1tonight's the night

the big night has come

- I think tonight's the night. - Huh?
表現 · B1go steady (with someone)

become a steady couple

...Kenny's gonna ask her to go steady tonight.
発音gonna

'Going to' reduces to 'gonna' before the verb in casual speech.

...Kenny's gonna ask her to go steady tonight.
スラング · A2Hum

an affectionate short form — A friendly nickname; use the full name in formal settings.

- Hi, Humbert. - Hi, Hum.
表現 · B1be held up

delayed by something

Sorry we're late. I got held up after court.
文法 · B1can't you stop being

negative question: A negative question carries a complaint: can't you just stop?

John, can't you stop being a lawyer for just one night in the week?
表現 · A2mind if I ...?

would you mind if I ...

Mind if I dance with your girl? We could sort of swap partners.
表現 · B1swap something

trade partners

Mind if I dance with your girl? We could sort of swap partners.
スラング · B1your girl

your girlfriend or date — Casual for a partner; in formal introductions say partner or girlfriend.

Mind if I dance with your girl? We could sort of swap partners.
表現 · A2first met

met for the first time

It's a funny thing, Humbert, but John and I, we first met at a dance...
表現 · B1sit something out

stay out of an activity

...and I was sort of sitting it out, you know, and so he just sat it out too.
発音sort of

'Sort of' weakens to 'sorta' and 'it' nearly vanishes.

...and I was sort of sitting it out, you know, and so he just sat it out too.
スラング · A2Darling

a term of endearment — An affectionate address for close people, not colleagues.

Darling!
表現 · B1have an effect on someone

influence on someone

...but did you know that you've had the most remarkable effect on her?
表現 · B1none of one's business

not my concern

I know it's none of my business...
表現 · B2broad-minded

open-minded, permissive

Humbert, when you get to know me better, you'll find I'm extremely broad-minded.
文法 · B2when you get to know me better

time clause: The when-clause uses present tense for future time while the main clause takes will.

Humbert, when you get to know me better, you'll find I'm extremely broad-minded.
表現 · B1cut it out

stop doing that

Hey, you two, cut that out.
発音simply enchanting

Stress both 'simply' and 'enchanting' to sound properly gushing.

Jean, your Mona looks simply enchanting in that cloud of pink.
文法 · B1isn't she

tag question: A negative tag after a positive statement invites the listener to agree.

Oh. She's certainly becoming a mature young lady, isn't she?
表現 · B1where does the time go

time flies so fast

Yes. Where does the time go?
表現 · B1catch up on something

make up for lost progress

It gives Jean and me a chance to catch up on our homework.

「Charlotte Plays Matchmaker at the Party」を読み解く

What's really going on

The party looks like small talk, but the Farlows keep steering it somewhere else. Jean insists she is only being friendly — "I know it's none of my business" — before telling Humbert that Charlotte has "begun to radiate a certain glow," then announcing that she and John are "extremely broad-minded." That word does the work: paired with an earlier offer to "swap partners" on the dance floor, it reads as a couple hinting at an open arrangement and inviting Humbert in. Charlotte, meanwhile, is busy marrying Lolita off to Kenny, and even a camp named Camp Climax gets a straight-faced mention. Everyone is performing respectability while the conversation keeps slipping toward what is not said.

Theme

RomanceCharlotte pushes Lolita and Kenny together while the adults flirt and hint at swapping partners.
DeceptionPolite party talk masks the Farlows' suggestive invitation and everyone's unspoken motives.

このチャプターで学べること

  • Small talk here is information gathering in polite clothes.
  • The wife's complaint tests her husband in public.
  • The whisper about a glow turns gossip into a nudge.

発音のポイント

  • gonna — 'Going to' reduces to 'gonna' before the verb in casual speech.
  • sort of — 'Sort of' weakens to 'sorta' and 'it' nearly vanishes.
  • simply enchanting — Stress both 'simply' and 'enchanting' to sound properly gushing.
John, can't you stop being a lawyer for just one night in the week?

Jean's exasperated plea: she wants her husband to stop thinking about cases and just enjoy the party for one night.

Well, this is what you get because you won't dance.

A teasing jab: because someone refused to dance, his partner got taken for a spin, and now he has to put up with it.

It's a funny thing, Humbert, but John and I, we first met at a dance...

Jean tells Humbert how she and John met: neither wanted to dance, so they sat out together—an odd, tender origin story.

Humbert, when you get to know me better, you'll find I'm extremely broad-minded.

Jean's loaded self-description: she is signaling that she and John are open-minded about love and sex, and inviting Humbert to read between the lines.

このシーンについての質問

Why does Charlotte want Lolita to go steady with Kenny?

She is eager for her daughter to have a normal, respectable teenage romance, and Kenny seems like a safe, well-mannered boy from a good family.

What is the Farlows' "broad-minded" talk really about?

Jean uses the word to suggest that she and John do not follow conventional rules about marriage and attraction, quietly testing whether Humbert feels the same.

Is Humbert actually interested in Charlotte?

Not romantically. He politely deflects Jean's hints—"I hardly think that has anything to do with me"—because his attention is fixed on Lolita.

Why does Jean tell Humbert "don't tell Charlotte that I told you this"?

It frames her gossip as a confidence, drawing Humbert closer while letting her deliver an intimate, slightly improper compliment about his effect on Charlotte.

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