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National Theatre Live: Prima Facie · 2022 — 第 17 / 22 章 · 3'02" · C1

Tessa Runs into Julian, Explained：put it down to

She stands across from chambers, knees weak, and says she has a virus so someone else will run her case. At the photocopier he says he drank so much, then that they both did. The next line names no speaker: "We could put it down to that and this whole thing would go away, wouldn't it?"

あらすじ

On Monday she stands across from chambers, knees weak, and asks someone to run her case, saying she has a virus. She is put in a cab home. On Tuesday she makes it inside and runs into him at the photocopier. He says he drank so much he can barely remember. Her voice is screaming, but only inside her head.

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注目の表現

fighting it outhave a virusas little detail as possiblewe both know why

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このシーンの表現

put it down to

attribute it to one cause

In the quoted lines he says he drank so much he can barely remember, then that they both did. The next line, We could put it down to that, names no speaker. that sits next to the drink just mentioned. wouldn't it names no speaker either, and the lines do not say who is using the line.

We can put it down to a late train and still make dinner.

このシーンの他の表現

  • fighting it out

    battle until one side wins

  • have a virus

    be ill with a virus

  • as little detail as possible

    say as little as you can

  • we both know why

    the reason is already shared

  • smack bang

    right into him, with no room to step aside

このシーンのメモ一覧

52 行のセリフに 29 件のメモ

発音hadn't arrested

The final t in hadn't often drops; don't stop on it.

well, they hadn't... they hadn't arrested him yet.
表現 · B2fight it out

battle until one side wins

The quoted line frames two defence barristers as fighting it out in court. The narration then calls this an interesting concept for the Crown Prosecution Service, and calls the humour in it horrible.

'Two defence barristers fighting it out in court!'
発音an interesting

Let the n in an run into the vowel; don't pause between them.

was an interesting concept for the Crown Prosecution Service.
表現 · C1horrible humour

humour that feels ugly funny to them, ugly from her side

The horrible humour in it for them all. The CPS.
表現 · B2on the other side

the opposing side the other side of the case, before

Always on the other side, before.
表現 · C1prep a brief

prepare the case papers brief means the barrister's papers

I tried to prep my brief on Sunday. Tired, weepy.
発音tried to prep

Keep to tiny so tried and prep carry the weight.

I tried to prep my brief on Sunday. Tired, weepy.
スラング · B2weepy

tearful and wobbly — Fine in a private account, odd in a formal report.

I tried to prep my brief on Sunday. Tired, weepy.
表現 · A2across the street from somewhere

on the other side of the road

I'm standing across the street from chambers.
表現 · B1head spinning

so dizzy the head swims

Knees weak, head spinning. I sit down on some steps.
表現 · C1run someone's case

handle my case in court run means conduct the case

I ask her to run my case that day, I tell her I have a virus.
表現 · B1have a virus

be ill with a virus

Across the street, hyperventilating, she asks someone to run her case and says she has a virus. A virus is not the name of one illness. She does not say she feels unwell or that she cannot go in.

I ask her to run my case that day, I tell her I have a virus.
表現 · B2as little something as possible

say as little as you can

With her mother in the room, she tells what happened while cutting the story down to the smallest dose.

I tell her what happened in as little detail as possible.
表現 · C1filled with a fury

full of anger held in

She does seem filled with a fury she is trying to control.
文法 · B2fury she is trying to control

relative clause: The clause pins the fury as the kind she is holding back.

She does seem filled with a fury she is trying to control.
表現 · B1everything someone has worked for

the whole career you built

'You go back to work. You do not let this ruin everything you've worked for.
表現 · B1make it inside somewhere

succeed in getting in

I manage to make it inside chambers. Everyone is busy.
表現 · B1run into someone

meet him with no warning not a run; a sudden meeting

I head to the photocopier, and I smack bang run into him.
スラング · B2smack bang

squarely, with a thump — Casual storytelling only, not formal speech.

I head to the photocopier, and I smack bang run into him.
表現 · C1search someone's face

study the face for a clue

'Hey.' He's searching my face for something.
スラング · A2Nah

no, not okay — A blunt no among friends, not a formal answer.

'Are we good?' I guess my look says, 'Nah!'
表現 · B2upset someone somehow

sorry if I upset you, cause unnamed

At the copier he looks at her face first, then says "Are we good?", and only then comes "I'm sorry if I've upset you somehow." Literally it sounds like an apology; in fact if puts the apology in a hypothesis, and somehow does not say which thing. The line is said twice, with the drinking and put it down to between them.

'Look, Tess, I'm sorry if I've upset you somehow.
文法 · B2if I've upset you

conditional clause: If makes the offence hypothetical, so the apology never owns it.

'Look, Tess, I'm sorry if I've upset you somehow.
発音upset you somehow

Stress somehow; let if pass without emphasis.

'Look, Tess, I'm sorry if I've upset you somehow.
表現 · B2put something down to something

attribute it to one cause

In the quoted lines he says he drank so much he can barely remember, then that they both did. The next line, We could put it down to that, names no speaker. that sits next to the drink just mentioned. wouldn't it names no speaker either, and the lines do not say who is using the line.

We could put it down to that and this whole thing would go away, wouldn't it?
文法 · B1wouldn't it?

tag question: The tag pushes for agreement that the whole thing could vanish.

We could put it down to that and this whole thing would go away, wouldn't it?
表現 · B2only inside someone's head

silent to everyone else

My voice is screaming, but only inside my head.
文法 · B2barristers I would be working with

zero relative: The clause after barristers names which lawyers, with whom left out.

He tells me all the attributes of his chambers, the amazing barristers I would be working with.
表現 · B2would be delighted to do something

a polished yes to an offer

After coffee with another barrister, she accepts his offer in a smooth formal phrase and shakes hands.

I tell him I would be delighted to take it. We shake hands.

「Tessa Runs into Julian」を読み解く

What's really going on

On the steps across from chambers she is hyperventilating, asks someone to run her case, and says "I have a virus." She is put in a cab home. She tells her mother what happened "in as little detail as possible." Her mother is "filled with a fury she is trying to control" and tells her to go back: this is the job, the income, the career. Tuesday at the photocopier he says "I'm sorry if I've upset you somehow," then offers lunch. if and somehow leave the cause unnamed. He then says "I drank so much," and "we both did." The next two lines name no speaker, including "We could put it down to that and this whole thing would go away, wouldn't it?" that sits next to the drink just named. After those lines, "Anyway, I'm sorry if I've upset you somehow" comes again. "My voice is screaming, but only inside my head." Then Alice is there, and she is photocopying.

Theme

SecretsShe tells what happened in as little detail as possible, says not to tell her brother, and the scream stays inside her head.
MemoryHe says he can barely remember because he drank so much, then that they both did. A later line with no speaker would put the whole thing down to that.

発音のポイント

  • hadn't arrested — The final t in hadn't often drops; don't stop on it.
  • an interesting — Let the n in an run into the vowel; don't pause between them.
  • tried to prep — Keep to tiny so tried and prep carry the weight.
  • upset you somehow — Stress somehow; let if pass without emphasis.
How will I ever go back to chambers to work with Julian there?

Back in the cab, the fear is specific: returning to work in the same chambers while Julian is still there.

'You go back to work. You do not let this ruin everything you've worked for.

The mother is clear that going back to work protects the job, the income, and the career already built.

'Look, Tess, I'm sorry if I've upset you somehow.

if and somehow make the upset a possibility and leave the cause unnamed.

We could put it down to that and this whole thing would go away, wouldn't it?

He has just said he drank so much and that they both did. This line names no speaker. It would put the whole thing down to that, and that sits next to the drink just mentioned.

My voice is screaming, but only inside my head.

The narration places the scream only inside the head.

She does seem filled with a fury she is trying to control.

She looks full of anger and is trying to keep that anger under control.

このシーンについての質問

Why does she say she has a virus?

She is on the steps across from chambers, knees weak, head spinning, and hyperventilating. She asks someone to run her case that day and tells her she has a virus. She is then put in a cab home.

Why does her mother tell her to go back to work?

She has just heard what happened, in as little detail as possible, and she is filled with a fury she is trying to control. She is clear that this must not ruin the job, the income, and the career.

What would let this whole thing go away?

The next line says they could put it down to that and this whole thing would go away. that sits next to the drink he has just named.

Does she answer him at the photocopier?

She wants to say something. The narration says her voice is screaming, but only inside her head. Then Alice is there and she is photocopying. No reply is spoken before that.

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