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But before I leave, I prep my brief for Monday.National Theatre Live: Prima Facie · 2022 — 第 10 / 22 章 · 4'51" · C1
Tessa's Date Ends in Vomit, Explained：justify the cost
A QC floats a tenancy among top silks. The honour thrills her, then the cost will not sit right. That night a new dress, sake and gelato take her and Julian home. "I rush to the loo, just make it." Romance was the plan. Her body, full of red wine and ice cream, ends it on the bathroom floor.
あらすじ
She packs her wig, robes and Monday's brief. A QC in the square praises her work and mentions a tenancy among top silks. She nods, unsure she could justify the cost. Julian meets her at a Japanese place. They hide from people they know, Uber to hers, share wine and gelato, and end up in bed. She runs to the loo, just makes it, and he carries her back.
注目の表現
top-level silksjustify the costduck our headsfuck
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このシーンの表現
justify the cost
show that the spending is defensible
The honour is still warm when the voice drops and questions whether the new rooms are even justifiable.
I can't justify the cost of a desk I only use on Mondays.
このシーンの他の表現
- top-level silks
the most senior barristers
- duck our heads
lower your head so you won't be seen
- fuck
a sharp swear of frustration
- pro bono
unpaid legal work
- of course
exactly the résumé you would expect
このシーンのメモ一覧
84 行のセリフに 33 件のメモ
meet someone by chance
I run into a QC in the square outside.Connect into to a in one glide, with no breath.
I run into a QC in the square outside.senior barrister title — A UK barrister title; it will not travel outside that world.
I run into a QC in the square outside.relative clause: The words after work limit it to what the speaker has been doing.
He says he was very impressed with the work I've been doing.a place opens up
He asks if I'm interested in a tenancy that's become available in his chambers.the most senior barristers
Right after the empty place is mentioned, the line piles on how senior the barristers are.
It's a prestigious chambers with top-level silks.stop in briefly
He suggests I come by and grab coffee with him.casually meet over coffee
He suggests I come by and grab coffee with him.show that the spending is defensible
The honour is still warm when the voice drops and questions whether the new rooms are even justifiable.
I am not sure I could ever justify the cost of the new chambers.Put the stress on ever and keep could light.
I am not sure I could ever justify the cost of the new chambers.start turning the idea over
But, I mean, it gets me thinking, you know...conditional clause: If keeps the move hypothetical, and maybe plus might soften it again.
I mean if things with Julian go well, maybe moving eventually might be a good idea.inside one barristers' set a barristers' set, not a bedroom
You can't be a couple in the same chambers.lower your head so you won't be seen
People they know are at the far end, so the laugh comes with lowered heads and a quick exit.
We giggle as we duck our heads. [CHUCKLES] We leave.expensive and upper-class — Casual British, with a class edge; leave it out of formal writing.
'Get some gelato from the posh place up the road?'take an Uber there Uber is used as a verb here
We Uber it to mine.to the speaker's home mine means my home, not a mine
We Uber it to mine.get a setup started and running
'I'll get the... I'll get the sound system happening.a blunt swear of anger — Aim it at a broken gadget among friends, never at work or family.
'Fuck!unpaid legal work
Talk has turned to work when he says the legal-centre hours are pro bono, and she melts.
He's telling me he's been doing pro bono work in a legal centre.whether clause: If means whether, so the cause stays unclear.
I'm not sure if it's the kiss or the wine. I take off my dress.slide into an action unplanned not a physical fall; it happens without a plan
We move to my room, head to the bed, seem to fall into having sex.drift into a light sleep
We doze off. I'm not sure for how long.moving together in time
I close my eyes. We are in sync. It's nice.get there with no time left
The line ends on just make it: the toilet is reached, and only just.
I push him off me. I rush to the loo, just make it.Let the end of just touch make without a break.
I push him off me. I rush to the loo, just make it.British casual word for toilet — Fine with friends; switch to toilet when the room is formal.
I push him off me. I rush to the loo, just make it.vomit violently
Vomiting my guts out. I feel everything hideous.participle phrase: Squatting belongs to the speaker; Julian enters only in the next clause.
Squatting on the floor, and Julian is in my bed hearing me vomit.feel really awful
The retching is over and she still cannot move, so the line drops to feel crap.
– [DEEP RUMBLING RISING] – I feel crap. I can't move.modal perfect: Must have been guesses at the past; nobody timed it.
I must have been there for a while.Shorten have between must and been as you shadow.
I must have been there for a while.「Tessa's Date Ends in Vomit」を読み解く
What's really going on
The night is told as a success that keeps snagging. A silk is impressed, a better chambers seems possible, and "What a compliment!" lands before she can enjoy it. Money and Julian follow at once: "You can't be a couple in the same chambers." At dinner, people they know sit at the other end, so the pair giggle and duck rather than be seen. At hers, Coldplay, gelato, his pro bono work and a barrister father ("Of course.") keep things glossy. Sex feels "nice, smooth, different from the time in chambers," so this is not their first time, and work is still the measure. The gloss fails in her body. She pushes him off, vomits, and turns her face away: "I must smell dreadful." She blames red wine and ice cream. He asks if she is OK and carries her back to bed.
Theme
RomanceSake, gelato and a new dress lead her and Julian into bed, until vomiting turns the night into caretaking.
ClassA prestigious chambers full of silks tempts her, but she doubts the cost, and Julian's barrister father gets a sour of course.
発音のポイント
- into a — Connect into to a in one glide, with no breath.
- could ever justify — Put the stress on ever and keep could light.
- just make it — Let the end of just touch make without a break.
- must have been — Shorten have between must and been as you shadow.
I am not sure I could ever justify the cost of the new chambers.She has just been asked about a prestigious tenancy and calls the idea a huge honour, yet she already doubts she could defend what those chambers would cost.
You can't be a couple in the same chambers.If things with Julian go well, she thinks one of them should move, because a couple is not meant to practise in the same chambers.
It's nice, smooth, different from the time in chambers.The sex at her place feels pleasant and easy, and she sets it next to an earlier time that happened in chambers.
I push him off me. I rush to the loo, just make it.Midway through the intimacy she needs to vomit, so she shoves him away, runs for the toilet, and gets there only just in time.
I keep my face away. I must smell dreadful.Once he has carried her back to bed, she keeps her face turned away, sure that being sick has left her smelling awful.
このシーンについての質問
Why does she hesitate over the new chambers?
A QC in the square is impressed and asks whether she wants a tenancy in his prestigious chambers. She is speechless and calls it a huge honour, but she is not sure she could ever justify the cost. She also links a move to Julian: if things go well, someone may have to leave, since you can't be a couple in the same chambers.
Why do they duck their heads at dinner?
A few people they know are sitting at the other end of the restaurant. The two of them giggle, duck their heads, and leave. The gesture is about not being seen together while they are out.
What does "top-level silks" mean here?
Silk is barrister jargon for a senior advocate, the QC sort she has just bumped into outside. She uses it for the prestigious chambers with a tenancy available: a set known for those senior silks, not a junior room.
Why does the night end on the bathroom floor?
Red wine and gelato have been mixed with kissing. An overwhelming need to vomit hits, she pushes him off, and she just makes the loo. She puts it down to the wine mixed with the ice cream, feels crap, and cannot move, so Julian carries her back to bed.
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