live by oneself
He lives alone. Probably had a very unhappy marriage.Rear Window · 1954 — 第 4 / 13 章 · 4'50" · B2
Jeff and Lisa Argue About His Life, Explained：in the palm of your hand
Dinner turns into a fight about how to live. Jeff insists Lisa is 'not meant for' his on-the-road life — "You won't stay here, and I can't go with you." Lisa just wants to keep things as they are, and their evening ends on a goodbye that isn't one.
あらすじ
Lisa arrives at Jeff's apartment with a carefully packed dinner, but the evening becomes an argument about the life he wants. She wants to settle down; he says his job means one suitcase and no fixed home. By the end she says goodbye — then admits she'll see him tomorrow night.
注目の表現
the only wayin the palm of your handstatus quonot meant for
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このシーンの表現
in the palm of your hand
completely under control
Jeff tells Lisa she holds the whole town, both a compliment and a confession.
With that speech you had the crowd in the palm of your hand.
このシーンの他の表現
- the only way
the sole option
- status quo
the existing state
- not meant for
not suited to
- simmer down
calm down
- make sense
be logical
このシーンのメモ一覧
81 行のセリフに 26 件のメモ
as though
It's almost as if it were being written especially for us.As if it were runs together, the f sliding into the vowel.
It's almost as if it were being written especially for us.it's no surprise
No wonder he's having so much trouble with it.at any rate
At least you can't say the dinner isn't right.how someone lives
There can't be that much difference between people and the way they live.negative existential: There can't be denies that such a gap exists at all.
There can't be that much difference between people and the way they live.be logical
Lisa cuts in and says Jeff's reasoning simply does not make sense.
It doesn't make sense.from place to place
What is it but traveling from one place to another, taking pictures?a never-ending holiday — A wry exaggeration, not a literal trip.
It's just like being a tourist on an endless vacation.have the right to
You're entitled to it. Now, let me give you my side.extraposition: It stands in for the real subject, the to say clause that follows.
It's ridiculous to say that it can only be done by a special, private little group of anointed people.be quiet — Blunt and rude; only when tempers flare.
a true statement, but I can back it up if you'd just shut up for a minute.calm down — Casual spoken way to tell someone to cool off.
Oh, come on now. Simmer down.as someone says
I mean, according to you, people should be born, live and die on the same spot!may be forced to
Well, you might have to if you went with me.one thing I am sure of
Well, if there's one thing I know, it's how to wear the proper clothes.Have to merges into hafta, the v almost gone.
Jeff, you don't have to be deliberately repulsive just to impress me I'm wrong.accept the truth
You just have to face it, Lisa, you're not meant for that kind of a life.subjunctive: Would have told imagines a different, kinder man who never existed here.
I know, a lesser man would have told me it was one long holiday, and I would have been awakened to a rude disillusionment.The t in won't often drops straight into stay.
You won't stay here, and I can't go with you.object clause: The clause is what she asks him to consider about both of them.
You don't think either one of us could ever change?deeply fond of
I'm in love with you. I don't care what you do for a living.the sole option
Lisa says the only way to share Jeff's life is to subscribe to his magazine.
It's deflating to find out the only way I can be part of it is to take out a subscription to your magazine.completely under control
Jeff tells Lisa she holds the whole town, both a compliment and a confession.
You've got this town in the palm of your hand.leave things as they are
Couldn't we just keep things status quo?「Jeff and Lisa Argue About His Life」を読み解く
What's really going on
The dinner is Lisa's argument in itself: she has set the table, cooked the meal, and stepped into his world. Jeff answers by describing his life as the one place she can't follow. "You won't stay here, and I can't go with you," he says, framing the problem as simple geography when it's really about commitment. But his reasoning keeps slipping — he mocks her heels and lingerie, then admits he's 'just trying to make it sound good.' Lisa hears it clearly: 'I'm in love with you. I don't care what you do for a living.' She wants in, on any terms; he keeps offering terms she can't accept. The goodbye at the door is a test as much as an exit — 'You mean good night.' 'I mean what I said.'
Theme
RomanceLisa wants to share Jeff's life on any terms; he keeps insisting their two lives can't fit together.
IdentityThe fight is about who each of them is: a rooted city woman and a man who can't stay put.
このチャプターで学べること
- The deadlock is spoken in two parallel clauses.
- Love and incompatibility sit in the same scene.
- Status quo is a way to delay any promise.
- The town in her hand is also a farewell.
発音のポイント
- as if it were — As if it were runs together, the f sliding into the vowel.
- have to be — Have to merges into hafta, the v almost gone.
- won't stay — The t in won't often drops straight into stay.
You won't stay here, and I can't go with you.Jeff's summary of the deadlock: neither of them will give up their way of life, so the relationship has nowhere to go.
I'm in love with you. I don't care what you do for a living.Lisa's declaration that she wants him regardless of the career that keeps them apart — an offer, not a complaint.
You've got this town in the palm of your hand.Jeff's compliment that Lisa commands New York society completely, which is exactly the world he says he doesn't belong to.
Your home is the available transportation.His attempt to describe his nomadic life vividly — home is whatever plane, train or truck is at hand.
このシーンについての質問
Why do Jeff and Lisa argue at dinner?
Because their lives don't fit together. Lisa wants to settle down in the city; Jeff says his work means traveling constantly with one suitcase and no fixed home.
What does Lisa want from Jeff?
She wants to be part of his life on almost any terms. She says, 'I'm in love with you. I don't care what you do for a living,' and asks whether they can simply stay as they are.
Does Lisa break up with Jeff?
Not really. She says 'Goodbye, Jeff' instead of 'good night,' but when Jeff asks when he'll see her again, she answers, 'at least not until tomorrow night.'
What does 'keep things status quo' mean?
'Status quo' means the current situation left unchanged. Lisa asks whether they can stay as they are, without promising a future.
What is Jeff's job?
He's a magazine photographer who travels the world on assignment. That career — 'one suitcase,' no fixed home — is the reason he claims marriage would never work.
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