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Rounders · 1998 — 第 17 / 26 章 · 2'18" · B2

Mike Vouches for Worm, Explained：good for it

Worm needs more time on a debt, and a friend tries to make the case for him. The talk is about a payment plan, but the real question is who will be left holding the risk. "If you think he's good for it, it's on you too."

あらすじ

Two men visit a lender to discuss an overdue debt. One asks for a plan; the lender refuses and names a tighter deadline. When a friend vouches for the debtor, the lender turns the guarantee back on him, and the scene ends with a new number and a five-day window.

NegotiationThreatsBargainingThreateningB2mediumamerican
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注目の表現

do the talkingsquare this thingput him on a planThe Money Store

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このシーンの表現

good for it

able to pay what is owed

Someone vouches for the debtor, and the creditor immediately turns that guarantee back on him, forcing him to share the risk.

Don't vouch for him unless you're sure he's good for it.

このシーンの他の表現

  • do the talking

    let me handle the talking

  • square this thing

    settle the debt

  • put him on a plan

    set him up on a payment plan

  • The Money Store

    a consumer finance company

  • fifteen large

    fifteen thousand dollars

このシーンのメモ一覧

38 行のセリフに 27 件のメモ

スラング · A2cops

police — Informal for police; avoid in official writing.

You cops? You look like cops.
表現 · B1get a bad feeling about something

sense something will go wrong

- You sure about this? I got a bad feeling. - That's all right. Just...
表現 · B1smart thinking

a clever idea

Hey, Worm. It's good you came. That's real smart thinking.
文法 · B1It's good you came

subject clause: It is a placeholder; the real subject is you came.

Hey, Worm. It's good you came. That's real smart thinking.
表現 · B1bring someone along

bring someone with you

So, did you bring him along to help carry all my money?
文法 · B1There's gotta be

modal existential: There's gotta be means there must be; gotta is spoken grammar.

No money? There's gotta be some money.
発音Get outta here

Squeeze outta into two quick syllables and let the t blur into here.

Come on. Get outta here.
表現 · B1take the rest (of something)

take the remaining amount Here it means the remaining debt.

You owe 25. I'll take the rest in five days.
表現 · B2keep something going

keep the interest running Juice here means the interest on a loan.

- Five grand in a week, and you keep the juice going... - Shh. Quiet.
スラング · B1grand

a thousand dollars — Money slang; write thousand in formal contexts.

- Five grand in a week, and you keep the juice going... - Shh. Quiet.
表現 · B2catch someone in the act

catch someone doing it

You gotta catch 'em in the act.
発音catch 'em

Run catch into 'em without a pause; let the t tap lightly.

You gotta catch 'em in the act.
スラング · B2bitch

insulting term for a woman or dog — Highly insulting; never use it in formal settings.

Get in your hole, you bitch!
表現 · B2get away with something

do wrong and avoid punishment

You can't let 'em get away with it or else they think they run the place.
表現 · B2run the place

be in charge here Here it means they think they are in charge.

You can't let 'em get away with it or else they think they run the place.
文法 · B2or else they think they run the place

or-else clause: Or else introduces the consequence, and they think... is the clause inside it.

You can't let 'em get away with it or else they think they run the place.
表現 · B1where were we

what were we discussing

- So, where were we? - Five grand.
表現 · B2think of something as something

regard this as

No one's saying you're not the man. Just think of this as a business decision.
文法 · B2No one's saying you're not the man

nested negation: Two negatives do not make a simple positive; they soften the demand by protecting face.

No one's saying you're not the man. Just think of this as a business decision.
発音think of this as

Keep of light, link this as, and put the stress on business.

No one's saying you're not the man. Just think of this as a business decision.
表現 · B2just get out

have just got out of something Here it means he has only just been released.

Look, he just got out. Let's put him on a plan.
表現 · B1how something works

how the system operates

We're not negotiating here. I tell you how it works.
表現 · B2ask for a little grace

ask for a small break Grace here means a break, not elegance.

So, you're looking for a little grace, Lester, some charity?
表現 · B2it's on someone

the responsibility is yours too

If you think he's good for it, it's on you too.
発音good for it

Keep for light, almost fer; stress good and on you.

If you think he's good for it, it's on you too.
発音Fifteen large

Stress Fifteen and large, then rush five days a little.

- Fifteen large, five days, or I start breaking things. - I hear ya.
スラング · B2Get the fuck outta here

get out, extremely rudely — Extremely rude; only in anger or very close banter.

Get the fuck outta here.

「Mike Vouches for Worm」を読み解く

What's really going on

The conversation keeps pretending to be about terms, but every proposal is really a test of who will carry the debt. A request for a plan is dismissed; a plea for a little grace is answered with mockery. The sharpest turn comes when one side says, "If you think he's good for it, it's on you too." At that point the debt stops belonging only to the man who owes it. The reply, "Then it's on me too," turns a negotiation into a personal guarantee, and the final number makes the cost concrete. Even the dog interruption changes nothing: the terms return to the man who sets them.

Theme

MoneyThe scene turns a personal debt into hard terms: a plan, a deadline, and a final number.
TrustA friend's guarantee is accepted only by shifting the risk onto the person who speaks for the debtor.

発音のポイント

  • Get outta here — Squeeze outta into two quick syllables and let the t blur into here.
  • catch 'em — Run catch into 'em without a pause; let the t tap lightly.
  • think of this as — Keep of light, link this as, and put the stress on business.
  • good for it — Keep for light, almost fer; stress good and on you.
You gotta catch 'em in the act.

You have to catch them while they are doing it; 'em is a casual form of them, and the line is about not letting bad behavior slide.

You can't let 'em get away with it or else they think they run the place.

If you ignore bad behavior, they will act as if they control the place.

No one's saying you're not the man. Just think of this as a business decision.

The speaker is not insulting the other man's status; he is asking him to treat the terms as a practical choice.

If you think he's good for it, it's on you too.

If you vouch that he can pay, the responsibility for the debt becomes yours as well.

このシーンについての質問

Why does the lender reject a payment plan?

The reply is "This isn't The Money Store" and "We're not negotiating here. I tell you how it works." The terms are meant to be set by the lender, not discussed.

Why does the friend end up responsible for the debt?

Because he says the debtor is good for it. The answer is "If you think he's good for it, it's on you too," and he accepts: "Then it's on me too."

What does fifteen large mean?

It means fifteen thousand dollars. The line "Fifteen large, five days" sets both the amount and the deadline.

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