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Rounders · 1998 — 第 24 / 26 章 · 2'04" · B1

Michael Asks for a $15,000 Loan, Explained：vouch for

A $15,000 gambling debt is due tonight, and the plea is bare: "I don't have any other play here." The reply comes with sympathy and a limit — "ten is the best I can do" — turning a plea for rescue into a negotiation over what one person can ask another to carry.

あらすじ

One man admits he owes a gambling debt that is not his own; he says he vouched for the wrong person. He needs $15,000 tonight. The person he is speaking to says he is not wealthy, but offers ten thousand as the best he can do.

Asking for helpNegotiationAskingConfessingB1slowamericanClean
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注目の表現

on my way outvouch forit's on mewhat will it take

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このシーンの表現

vouch for

to guarantee for someone

Pressed about a gambling debt, he first denies it is his, then admits he guaranteed it for the wrong person.

I can vouch for his work, but not for his punctuality.

このシーンの他の表現

  • on my way out

    already about to leave

  • it's on me

    the responsibility is mine

  • what will it take

    what is needed to achieve this

  • it kills me to ask you

    asking you is painful for me

  • other play

    another option or move

このシーンのメモ一覧

28 行のセリフに 23 件のメモ

発音I'm no

Let I'm blur into a light m and put the stress on no lawyer.

Oh, I think we both know I'm no lawyer.
表現 · B1be on one's way out

already about to leave

Someone worries his story scared the other off; the reply is a dry shrug that says he was already leaving.

No. It inspired me. I think I was on my way out anyway.
表現 · A2be in trouble

in difficulty

- You're in trouble? - Yes, sir, I am.
表現 · B1in trouble with the law

in trouble with the police or legal system

Uh, not with the law. I owe.
表現 · B1a gambling debt

money owed from gambling

- A gambling debt? - Yeah.
表現 · B2vouch for someone

to guarantee for someone

It's not mine. It's, uh... I vouched for the wrong guy.
表現 · B1the wrong guy

the person one misjudged the person one trusted or judged badly

It's not mine. It's, uh... I vouched for the wrong guy.
表現 · B1it's on someone

the responsibility is mine

The consequence of the guarantee lands on him, and the light phrase it's on me quietly accepts the blame.

Um, so now it's on me.
発音it's on me

Link it's into on and keep me short; avoid three separate beats.

Um, so now it's on me.
表現 · B2what will it take for someone to do something

what is needed to achieve this

The other person skips the details and asks what it would take to clear the debt, calm as an assessor.

So, what will it take for you to be free of this?
表現 · B2be free of something

to get out of this situation

So, what will it take for you to be free of this?
文法 · B2for you to be free of this

for-infinitive: For marks you as the subject of the infinitive: what condition would make you free.

So, what will it take for you to be free of this?
発音what will it

Run what will it together with a light t, not three crisp words.

So, what will it take for you to be free of this?
表現 · B2it kills someone to do something

asking you is painful for me

After the other man says he is not wealthy, the borrower says this line, putting his embarrassment on the table.

And it kills me to ask you, but...
表現 · B2have no other play

another option or move

Before asking for help, he says he has no other play; the poker word makes his life sound like a final hand.

I don't have any other play here.
表現 · B1if you can help at all

help me even a little

So, uh, if you can help me at all...
表現 · B2hate to see someone like this

I dislike seeing you in this state

I hate to see you like this.
表現 · B1if it must be ...

if it has to be this way

If it must be tonight,
表現 · B1the best one can do

the most I can offer

The speaker stalls at fifteen thousand, then names a ceiling; it is not a refusal but a door left ajar.

then ten is the best I can do.
表現 · B2nearly break someone

almost crushed her emotionally break means emotionally crush, not physically break

When my mother let me leave the yeshiva, it nearly broke her.
表現 · B2the life one has to lead

the life one is forced to live

But she knew... She knew the life I had to lead.
文法 · B1the life I had to lead

relative clause: The clause defines the life: the one he was forced to live.

But she knew... She knew the life I had to lead.
文法 · B2To do that for another

infinitive subject: The whole infinitive phrase is the subject; is links it to mitzvah.

To do that for another is a mitzvah.

「Michael Asks for a $15,000 Loan」を読み解く

What's really going on

The scene is not just a loan request; it is a negotiation over how much one person can ask another to carry. The request comes with an admission — 'I vouched for the wrong guy' — so the debt arrives with a story of misplaced trust. The reply moves from sympathy to arithmetic: 'ten is the best I can do.' Then the speaker frames the help through his mother and the yeshiva, calls it 'a mitzvah,' and ends with 'And for that, I owe.' The language of debt keeps shifting: money, obligation, and moral credit are all being counted in the same conversation.

Theme

MoneyA gambling debt becomes a test of what money means: rescue, obligation, and the price of asking.
DutyThe help is framed as a mitzvah, a good deed that leaves the speaker saying, 'I owe.'

発音のポイント

  • I'm no — Let I'm blur into a light m and put the stress on no lawyer.
  • it's on me — Link it's into on and keep me short; avoid three separate beats.
  • what will it — Run what will it together with a light t, not three crisp words.
I hope my story didn't discourage you.

The speaker hopes his own story did not make the other person lose heart.

No. It inspired me. I think I was on my way out anyway.

The reply flips the worry: the story did not scare the listener off; it confirmed the speaker was already on his way out.

So, what will it take for you to be free of this?

The other person asks what amount or condition would clear the debt, turning the plea into a practical negotiation.

I don't have any other play here.

A poker term used to say there is no other option left; this request is the last move available.

To do that for another is a mitzvah.

Doing this for someone else is a good deed, a religiously framed act of generosity, not just a favour.

このシーンについての質問

Why is Michael responsible for a debt that is not his?

He says, 'It's not mine... I vouched for the wrong guy,' and then, 'so now it's on me.' The debt belongs to someone else, but his guarantee put the responsibility on him.

What does mitzvah mean here?

It refers to a good deed or commandment. The speaker calls helping another 'a mitzvah,' framing the help as a moral act rather than only a financial one.

Why does the other man offer ten thousand instead of fifteen?

He says he is 'not a wealthy man' and that 'ten is the best I can do' if it must be tonight. The offer is a limit, not a refusal.

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