on one night after another
Julian and I, we burn the midnight oil night after night.National Theatre Live: Prima Facie · 2022 — 第 7 / 22 章 · 2'14" · C1
After Hours in Chambers, Explained：burn the midnight oil
Two barristers are stuck late on a GBH file: plead and take a shorter sentence, or gamble that the facts do not help the police. The night slides from vodka to a kiss. "Boyish, sheepish, Jules! Who would have thought it?" comes after the kiss and is not a real question.
あらすじ
In chambers, the narrator and Julian work night after night, both booked for weeks. He asks about a GBH case: pleading means years because of a past, though a guilty plea cuts the sentence, while the facts may fail the police. She spots officers fixing the file. Vodka in his room turns into a kiss and sex on the office sofa.
注目の表現
burn the midnight oila brain to trustplead it outon the other hand
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このシーンの表現
burn the midnight oil
work very late, night after night
Someone opens by tying herself to Julian through a run of nights, half complaint and half pride.
We burn the midnight oil whenever a client moves the deadline.
このシーンの他の表現
- a brain to trust
a mind trusted with real judgment
- plead it out
end a charge by pleading guilty
- on the other hand
the other side of the same choice
- who would have thought
I really had not expected this
- fuck
to have sex, stated outright
このシーンのメモ一覧
33 行のセリフに 32 件のメモ
work very late, night after night
Someone opens by tying herself to Julian through a run of nights, half complaint and half pride.
Julian and I, we burn the midnight oil night after night.left dislocation: The names land first; we actually does the verb.
Julian and I, we burn the midnight oil night after night.fully scheduled for a long stretch
We are both booked out for weeks.The hyphen marks a stretch; hold that word on its own.
He's a fre-eak!a freak, said with fond awe — Fine between friends; keep it out of formal praise.
He's a fre-eak!regard someone as a peer
But I like that he sees me as an equal, a brain to trust.apposition: It renames equal as a mind worth trusting.
But I like that he sees me as an equal, a brain to trust.grievous bodily harm — UK criminal-court shorthand; don't flash it in casual chat.
asks me about his GBH case.a lighter punishment than fighting the charge sentence means time in prison, not a line of grammar
Should he plead it out and get a lesser sentence?end a charge by pleading guilty
The question dropped at the door is short, but it is already pricing a guilty plea against a fight.
Should he plead it out and get a lesser sentence?serve several years in prison prison time, not years in a job
If his client pleads, he'll definitely do a few years, he has a past.a record that can be used against you a criminal record, not a life story
If his client pleads, he'll definitely do a few years, he has a past.a formal admission of guilt
But a guilty plea gives him a discount on the time he will serve.time taken off the sentence a sentence reduction, not a sale price
But a guilty plea gives him a discount on the time he will serve.relative clause: It limits time to the years he would serve.
But a guilty plea gives him a discount on the time he will serve.the other side of the same choice
Right after a near-certain prison term, on the other hand puts the facts that may not work for the police on the opposite side. That split is why it is a hard decision.
On the other hand, there's a strong chance the facts don't work for the police.a high likelihood
On the other hand, there's a strong chance the facts don't work for the police.noun clause: The clause is what the chance consists of.
On the other hand, there's a strong chance the facts don't work for the police.improve the appearance of something staged so the file looks cleaner
Looks like some of the officers fixed something to make it look better.a playful oops — A jokey slip, not a real apology.
Too much vodka... Woops!realize you are already doing it not locating herself; the kiss is already happening
I find myself kissing Jules.I really had not expected this
The kiss has already happened, and the exclamation laughs at her own wrong guess about him.
Boyish, sheepish, Jules! Who would have thought it?Keep have short and light so the three words move together.
Boyish, sheepish, Jules! Who would have thought it?Let not touch a, then land on look without a break.
He... He is not a look I would usually find attractive.groomed and looked after to excess
He's all, er... He's all clean and well pampered.the precise thing desired right now
He smells of expensive aftershave, son of a QC, but right now, he is exactly what I want.Keep of small so the stress can sit on QC.
He smells of expensive aftershave, son of a QC, but right now, he is exactly what I want.have sex, said bluntly — Only where blunt sex talk is already welcome.
We fuck on the corner sofa in his office.have sex, said lightly sex, not a task
We laugh about the cliché we are. 'Barristers doing it in chambers!'press your face in close
He nuzzles up close to me afterwards, says he was sure I would have a boyfriend.that kind of girl, with a note of disapproval
He nuzzles close and says he was sure she would have a boyfriend. She grants It's sweet, then asks how she became that girl. That girl here is that kind of girl, with a note of disapproval, not another girl in the room.
It's sweet. How did I become that girl?「After Hours in Chambers」を読み解く
What's really going on
She and Julian burn the midnight oil night after night, both booked out for weeks. What she likes is being seen as an equal, a brain to trust. Julian comes in about a GBH case, and they go to his room for vodka. If the client pleads, he will do a few years because he has a past, though a guilty plea gives a discount. On the other hand, there is a strong chance the facts do not work for the police. She spots officers fixing the file to make it look better and calls it a fundamental mistake. The kiss is happening: she finds herself kissing Jules, and he is gentler than she thought. "Boyish, sheepish, Jules! Who would have thought it?" is not a question. Expensive aftershave, son of a QC, he is exactly what she wants right now. They have sex on the corner sofa and laugh at "Barristers doing it in chambers!" He nuzzles close, sure she had a boyfriend.
Theme
JusticePlead and the client does years because of a past, though the plea discounts the time, while the facts may not work for the police.
RomanceVodka, a kiss, and sex on the office sofa, with Jules gentler and more boyish than she expected, and exactly what she wants.
発音のポイント
- a fre-eak — The hyphen marks a stretch; hold that word on its own.
- would have thought — Keep have short and light so the three words move together.
- not a look — Let not touch a, then land on look without a break.
- son of a QC — Keep of small so the stress can sit on QC.
Julian and I, we burn the midnight oil night after night.Both are booked out for weeks, so the late work repeats night after night rather than one evening that ran long.
But I like that he sees me as an equal, a brain to trust.She likes being seen as an equal and as a brain whose judgment can be trusted.
He smells of expensive aftershave, son of a QC, but right now, he is exactly what I want.Expensive aftershave and a QC for a father mark him as polished and privileged, yet she wants him right now.
We laugh about the cliché we are. 'Barristers doing it in chambers!'They know sex in chambers is a stock barrister story, and they laugh at themselves for living that cliché.
It's sweet. How did I become that girl?He has just said he was sure she would have a boyfriend. She calls that sweet, then asks how she became that girl: that kind of girl, with a note of disapproval.
このシーンについての質問
What stretch of time does booked out cover?
We are both booked out for weeks. It covers the weeks ahead: the diary is already full, and nothing else can be fitted in. That is why the nights still have to keep going.
Why does she want him right now?
He smells of expensive aftershave and is the son of a QC, but the line says right now he is exactly what she wants. The polish is noticed, and she wants him anyway.
What does she catch in the police file?
She spots something: some of the officers fixed something to make it look better. She calls that a fundamental mistake, and they laugh.
Why does Jules surprise her once they kiss?
She finds herself kissing Jules, and he is more gentle than she thought he would be. Right after that, he is boyish and sheepish.
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