early enough for something
You're just in time to enjoy the most heavenly spaghetti dinner.Night and the City · 1950 — 第 2 / 19 章 · 2'44" · B2
Mary Borrows Money From Adam, Explained：an artist without an art
Mary visits Adam's studio to ask a favour and borrow three pounds. They bicker about his failed spaghetti and his money bank shaped like the Bank of England, then the talk turns to Harry. Adam calls him "an artist without an art," a man who keeps groping for the means to express himself.
あらすじ
Mary comes to Adam's studio asking for a favour: she needs to borrow three pounds until the next day. Adam tells her to help herself and jokes that the money box is the old lady of Threadneedle Street, well-stocked and generous. Then Mary asks about Harry, and Adam describes him as an artist without an art.
注目の表現
pleased as punchask for a favourget pulled inan artist without an art
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このシーンの表現
an artist without an art
a talent with no outlet
When Mary asks why Harry is so hard to resist, Adam sums him up as a man with an artist's hunger and no craft.
He calls himself a chef, but he is an artist without an art.
このシーンの他の表現
- pleased as punch
very pleased with yourself
- ask for a favour
request someone's help
- get pulled in
be drawn in
- help yourself
take what you want
- try again
make another attempt
このシーンのメモ一覧
56 行のセリフに 23 件のメモ
Link just and in so it sounds like jus-tin.
You're just in time to enjoy the most heavenly spaghetti dinner.slightly overcooked
I admit, it does look a little overdone.make another attempt
Adam's spaghetti has failed again, and he shrugs it off, promising to try again next week.
Oh, well, try again next week.finally, after all
Probably starve doing it, but I'll master it in the end, I promise.stops us being together
That's the thing that keeps us apart, you know.relative clause: That keeps us apart is a relative clause naming the very thing standing between them.
That's the thing that keeps us apart, you know.moved aside, no longer blocking
Let me get these hideous little monsters out of the way.the design that sells most
The shops tell me it's the best-selling design I've given them so far.very pleased with yourself
Adam's little figurine is his best-selling design, and Mary teases him for being far more pleased than he lets on.
- You're probably pleased as punch. - Of course.Pleased as punch runs together as plea-sa-punch.
- You're probably pleased as punch. - Of course.request someone's help
Mary admits she has really come to ask a favour, and Adam answers at once, telling her to name it.
- I've come to ask for a favour. - Name it.say what you want — Casual and friendly; only after someone offers to help.
- I've come to ask for a favour. - Name it.Let me often collapses into lemme in fast speech.
Could you let me have three pounds until tomorrow?take what you want
Adam tells Mary not to stand on ceremony and lets her take the money herself, backed by his joke bank.
Help yourself. Punch the night bell.nickname for the Bank of England — Old British nickname for the Bank of England; dated and jokey.
The old lady of Threadneedle Street is well-stocked and quite generous.need it by chance
Thanks, Adam. I, um... I happen to need this right now for...thought they would bring it
Well, I didn't expect them to deliver the...a close, cheerful household Said with irony: thin walls mean no privacy at all.
- You knew that, didn't you? - These walls... Just one big, happy family.tag question: A tag question checks a fact the speaker already suspects: you knew, didn't you?
- You knew that, didn't you? - These walls... Just one big, happy family.be drawn in
Mary admits Harry's excitement is catching and says she has to fight not to be drawn into his schemes.
But, Adam, one has to fight not to get pulled in by his excitement.a talent with no outlet
When Mary asks why Harry is so hard to resist, Adam sums him up as a man with an artist's hunger and no craft.
I know. Harry's an artist without an art.participle clause: The opening participle phrase describes the ongoing search before the main point arrives.
Groping for the right lever, the means with which to express himself.「Mary Borrows Money From Adam」を読み解く
What's really going on
The scene sets up the whole film's triangle without saying so. Mary and Adam talk like an old couple, but she is asking for money to keep something else alive, and Adam keeps circling back to Harry. His verdict, "Harry's an artist without an art," is the most precise description of the man in the movie: someone with taste, imagination, and no way to use them. What makes the scene sad is that Adam likes Harry and still sees him clearly. He warns Mary that the same charm that draws people in can pull them under, and Mary answers, "Every time you talk, you mix me up so, I can't think straight for a week." She is already caught.
Theme
AmbitionHarry is described as an artist without an art, a man whose ambition has no outlet and no object.
FriendshipAdam sees Harry clearly and still helps him, warning Mary about a charm he does not fully resist himself.
このチャプターで学べること
- Adam lends money and criticism in the same breath.
- The joke about spaghetti hides a real loneliness.
- An artist without an art is a gentle, devastating label.
- Harry is talked about long before he walks in.
発音のポイント
- just in time — Link just and in so it sounds like jus-tin.
- as punch — Pleased as punch runs together as plea-sa-punch.
- let me have — Let me often collapses into lemme in fast speech.
I know. Harry's an artist without an art.Adam's summary of Harry: full of talent and imagination, with nothing to apply them to, which is why he is so restless.
I am about unimportant things.His modest answer to Mary's compliment: he can draw a banknote perfectly, but that skill does not matter.
You're just in time to enjoy the most heavenly spaghetti dinner.A joke about his terrible cooking, delivered as if it were a banquet, which shows how he performs even over spaghetti.
That's the thing that keeps us apart, you know.His wry line about the mismatched lives that keep him and Mary from being together, said almost as a matter of fact.
このシーンについての質問
Who is Harry Fabian?
The man the whole film circles around. He is a charming schemer with big ideas but no success, and Adam describes him as an artist without an art.
Why does Mary borrow money from Adam?
She needs three pounds until the next day. The scene implies she is helping Harry or covering for something she does not want to explain.
Why does Adam warn Mary about Harry?
He thinks Harry's excitement is contagious and dangerous, and that people get pulled in by it. He says so even though he clearly likes Harry.
What does "an artist without an art" mean?
It means someone with the instincts and imagination of an artist but no form to use them in. Adam uses it to explain why Harry keeps looking for a scheme instead of doing real work.
Are Mary and Adam a couple?
They talk like people who were once close and might still be. Mary is tied to Harry, and Adam keeps giving her money and advice, so the affection is real but unresolved.
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再生中 · 第 2 章an artist without an artMary Borrows Money From Adam
第 3 章start off on the right footHarry Gets the Club Rules
第 4 章what do you knowHarry's Wallet Trick at the Club
第 5 章take it easyHarry Is Thrown Out of the Arena
第 6 章in the palm of my handHarry Pitches His Wrestling Plan
第 7 章with the best will in the worldHarry Tries to Borrow 200 Pounds
第 8 章talk down your noseMary Waits for Harry Outside
第 9 章go through the motionsHelen Gives Harry Two Hundred
第 10 章silent partnerHarry Makes Phil His Silent Partner
第 11 章get mixed up withKristo Tells Harry to Leave London
第 12 章hear me outHoskins Confronts Harry Over the Bill
第 13 章throw good money after badPhilip Withdraws from the Partnership
第 14 章turn tailHarry Buys The Strangler
第 15 章once and for allThe Strangler Crashes Harry's Gym
第 16 章the sharp edge of the knifePhilip Betrays Harry to Kristo
第 17 章a grudge fightThe Strangler Breaks Nikolas's Wrist
第 18 章in it for youKristo's Men Offer Mary £1,000
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