back in the year '86
Freddy sets the scene by taking everyone back to the big drought in '86.
I don't know if you remember back in '86, there was a major fuckin' drought.Reservoir Dogs · 1992 — 第 19 / 22 章 · 3'33" · B2
Freddy Tells the Men's Room Story, Explained：snap out of it
Freddy delivers the story he has rehearsed: a drug deal that goes wrong when he walks into a men's room and finds four sheriff's deputies and a German shepherd. His panic is total — 'Panic hits me like a bucket of water' — and the tale ends with a gun in someone's face.
あらすじ
Freddy tells the story of a drug deal he once helped with. He carried a brick of weed to a train station, needed the bathroom, and walked into a men's room full of police officers and a dog. He describes the panic, and how he talked his way through it with a threat.
注目の表現
back in '86close friendshelp outin County
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このシーンの表現
snap out of it
suddenly recover
After Freddy's shouts, the man snaps out of it and casually puts his hands on the dash.
He snaps out of it once the music starts.
このシーンの他の表現
- back in '86
back in the year '86
- close friends
very good friends
- help out
give someone a hand
- in County
locked up in county jail
- find warrants on someone
discover warrants against him
このシーンのメモ一覧
52 行のセリフに 36 件のメモ
if-clause object: The if-clause is the object of know, raising something the listener may recall.
I don't know if you remember back in '86, there was a major fuckin' drought.Back in links up, and '86 is read as eighty-six.
I don't know if you remember back in '86, there was a major fuckin' drought.bloody; damn — A swear word used for emphasis; not for formal talk.
I don't know if you remember back in '86, there was a major fuckin' drought.no one had any here it means no one had any weed
Nobody had anything.survive on scraps
People were living on resin, smoking the wood in their pipes for months.pleading with me to sell
This chick had a bunch, and she's begging me to sell it.wasn't going to: Wasn't going to marks a past intention that he was abandoning.
So I told her, I wasn't gonna be Joe the Pot Man any more, but I would take a little bit and sell it to my close, close, close friends.the weed guy — A joking nickname; only among friends.
So I told her, I wasn't gonna be Joe the Pot Man any more, but I would take a little bit and sell it to my close, close, close friends.the same deal
She agreed that we'd keep the same arrangement as before - ten percent, free pot for megive someone a hand
The girl keeps the old deal, provided Freddy helps her out that weekend.
as long as I helped her out that weekend.as long as clause: As long as sets the condition, close to provided that.
as long as I helped her out that weekend.locked up in county jail
Her brother usually tags along, but this time he is unexpectedly in county jail.
Her brother usually goes with her but he's in County unexpectedly.discover warrants against him
Freddy says police stopped her brother, found warrants, and took him away.
They stop him for something, found warrants on him, took him to County.a strong sense of dread
I have a very bad feeling about it.asks me over and over
She keeps asking me, keeps asking me, keeps asking me.tired of being told
The girl keeps asking until Freddy agrees, simply because he is sick of hearing it.
Finally, I said OK cause I'm sick of hearing it.Sick of links up, with of reduced to a weak uh.
Finally, I said OK cause I'm sick of hearing it.collecting the man
Now we're picking the guy up at the train station...carrying it on you
You go to the station to pick up the buyer with the weed on you?go for a pee
I'm carrying the weed around in one of those little carry-on bags, I gotta take a piss.go pee — Crude; say use the restroom in polite company.
I'm carrying the weed around in one of those little carry-on bags, I gotta take a piss.return in a moment
I tell the connection I'll be right back, I'm going to the boys' room.The t in right often flaps into a d sound.
I tell the connection I'll be right back, I'm going to the boys' room.enter the room
When I walk through the door they all stop what they were talking about and they looked at me.simile with like: The like-phrase is a simile, picturing panic as cold water thrown at him.
Panic hits me like a bucket of water.Hits me like a runs together as one string.
Panic hits me like a bucket of water.squarely in the face
First there's the shock of it. Bam, right in the face.soaked in panic
I'm just standing there, drenched in panic, and all these sheriffs are looking at me, and they know, man.past participle phrase: The past participle phrase drenched in panic describes his state as he stands there.
I'm just standing there, drenched in panic, and all these sheriffs are looking at me, and they know, man.be quiet — A blunt command; rude to elders.
- (Dog barks) - (Cop) Shut up!shoot you dead
Thinking the man is reaching for a gun, Freddy screams that he will blow him away.
And I scream at him. I go, "Asshole, I'm gonna fuckin' blow you away right now!jerk — A crude insult; avoid saying it to someone's face.
And I scream at him. I go, "Asshole, I'm gonna fuckin' blow you away right now!an outdated term — Dated and offensive; avoid it in modern English.
this real sexy Oriental bitch, you know, she starts screaming at him, "Chuck! Chuck! What are you doing?a crude word for a woman — Crude and offensive; never in formal speech.
this real sexy Oriental bitch, you know, she starts screaming at him, "Chuck! Chuck! What are you doing?suddenly recover
After Freddy's shouts, the man snaps out of it and casually puts his hands on the dash.
So, you know, then like nothing, the guy snaps out of it and casually puts his hands on the dash.「Freddy Tells the Men's Room Story」を読み解く
What's really going on
The scene is a performance inside a performance. Freddy is recounting an anecdote he has been trained to tell, and the whole point is how vividly he renders the panic: 'Panic hits me like a bucket of water.' The details do the work — the sheriffs, the German shepherd, the dog barking at him — and the story builds to a moment of real danger, with a hand creeping toward the glove box and Freddy threatening to shoot. The tension breaks only when the other man snaps out of it. It is a good story, and that is exactly why it works as cover: a listener is caught up in the danger and never stops to ask why Freddy was carrying a brick of weed to meet a buyer in the first place.
Theme
DeceptionThe anecdote is a rehearsed cover story, performed so well that its hearers never question it.
SurvivalFreddy's story is about staying alive and thinking fast when danger appears out of nowhere.
このチャプターで学べること
- Panic hits me like a bucket of water makes fear physical.
- Take a piss is crude; use the restroom in polite talk.
- Snap out of it means to shake off a daze fast.
- In County is shorthand for county jail.
発音のポイント
- back in '86 — Back in links up, and '86 is read as eighty-six.
- sick of hearing — Sick of links up, with of reduced to a weak uh.
- right back — The t in right often flaps into a d sound.
- hits me like a — Hits me like a runs together as one string.
Panic hits me like a bucket of water.His description of sudden fear: it arrives all at once, as if a bucket of water had been thrown over him.
I'm just standing there, drenched in panic, and all these sheriffs are looking at me, and they know, man.The peak of the story: frozen with fear under the officers' stares, certain they can tell what he is.
So, you know, then like nothing, the guy snaps out of it and casually puts his hands on the dash.The tension breaking: the other man comes to his senses and calmly does what he was told.
I have a very bad feeling about it.His instinct before the deal, the warning he ignores by going anyway.
When I walk through the door they all stop what they were talking about and they looked at me.The moment the room turns: everyone in the bathroom stops talking and stares at him.
このシーンについての質問
What is the men's room story?
It is a rehearsed anecdote Freddy tells about a drug deal: he carried a brick of weed into a bathroom and found police officers and a police dog inside.
Why does Freddy panic in the story?
He walks in and finds four sheriff's deputies and a German shepherd, and the dog barks at him, so he is certain they know he has something to hide.
How does the story end?
The man he is with reaches for the glove box, Freddy threatens to shoot him, and the man finally snaps out of it and puts his hands on the dashboard.
Why is Freddy telling this story?
He is using it to seem like a real criminal, which is part of his cover as he works his way into the crew.
What is Freddy doing at the train station?
He is there to help pick up a buyer for the brick of weed, which is why he is carrying the drugs with him when the trouble starts.
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