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Rye Lane · 2023 — 第 11 / 16 章 · 2'47" · B2

Yas Explains the Hummus Break-Up, Explained：jump through hoops

Yas explains that she broke up over A Tribe Called Quest: her ex mocked the music, complained that the hummus gave her bad breath, and told her to turn it down. She left, but forgot her copy of The Low End Theory, and she wants it back.

あらすじ

Yas tells Dom why she and her ex broke up: he mocked her music, asked her to turn it down, and complained about her breath after she made him homemade hummus. She took the loss, made the hummus anyway, and left when he set a new rule about it. She forgot her record.

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このシーンの表現

jump through hoops

to be made to do a lot to get something

多姆想替雅丝上门要回唱片，雅丝说那样只会让对方逼她 jump through a million hoops。

The bank made us jump through hoops for a small loan.

このシーンの他の表現

  • basic

    unoriginal and mainstream

  • big L

    a big loss or defeat, in slang

  • it hit me

    a realization suddenly struck me

このシーンのメモ一覧

56 行のセリフに 34 件のメモ

表現 · B1break up because of somethingWe broke up because of A Tribe Called Quest.
表現 · B2a sprinkling of somethingMediocre with a sprinklin' of the entire universe trying to fuck with me.
文法 · B2which is just another term for being a cunt

non-restrictive which-clause

He calls himself an artistic polymath, which is just another term for being a cunt.
発音another term for

liaison

He calls himself an artistic polymath, which is just another term for being a cunt.
スラング · C2cuntHe calls himself an artistic polymath, which is just another term for being a cunt.
表現 · B2get stale- But, yeah, him. - [chuckles] Things were getting kind of stale, so I decided to try and get things flowing again, you know?
表現 · B2get things flowing- But, yeah, him. - [chuckles] Things were getting kind of stale, so I decided to try and get things flowing again, you know?
表現 · B2reawaken the magicReawaken the magic.
表現 · B2right there and thenPlease tell me you dumped his arse right there and then.
表現 · B1get rid of someone- Right? - Get rid of him.
表現 · B2take an LNope. I took a big L and got this prick some fucking hummus.
スラング · B2big LNope. I took a big L and got this prick some fucking hummus.
スラング · B2prickNope. I took a big L and got this prick some fucking hummus.
表現 · B2a few sips of wineI figured, a few sips of wine, some tunes...
表現 · C1sonically sensitiveBabe, feeling a bit sonically sensitive right now.
表現 · B1turn something way downSo, do you mind turning that shit, like, way down for me?
発音turning that

elision

So, do you mind turning that shit, like, way down for me?
表現 · C1ration somethingYou might wanna ration your disdain because there's more.
表現 · B1block somethingHi. You're blocking the TV.
発音forward you an

liaison

You know, I'm gonna forward you an article about how hip-hop's promotion of violence continues to perpetuate problematic Black stereotypes.
表現 · B2it hit me

a realization suddenly struck me

At that moment, Yas says it hit her that she had become basic.

And that's when it hit me.
表現 · B2become basicI had become basic.
表現 · C1a simple ethosSo, there and then, I came up with a simple ethos to help guide me through all aspects of my life.
表現 · B2all aspects of one's lifeSo, there and then, I came up with a simple ethos to help guide me through all aspects of my life.
文法 · B2you should get the head

should for expectation

you should get the head.
表現 · B2one snagOnly one snag.
表現 · B1do something for someoneYou helped me with Gia. I wanna do this for you.
表現 · B1that is really sweetThat is really sweet.
表現 · B2why should someone get to do somethingWhy should he get to keep it? Especially when he doesn't appreciate how good it is.
表現 · B2appreciate how good something isWhy should he get to keep it? Especially when he doesn't appreciate how good it is.
文法 · B2Why should he get to keep it

rhetorical why should

Why should he get to keep it? Especially when he doesn't appreciate how good it is.
表現 · B1ask for something backHave you asked for it back?
表現 · B2jump through hoops

to be made to do a lot to get something

So he can make me jump through a million hoops?
表現 · B1love that even moreThank you, but he would love that even more.

「Yas Explains the Hummus Break-Up」を読み解く

What's really going on

The story is funny because it is the correct length: the hummus is the whole relationship in miniature. Yas kept giving and the ex kept taking, and the exchange about the music makes the imbalance plain. He calls the record "that shit" and asks her to turn it down; she answers by making him homemade hummus and then hearing that her breath is the problem. His rule, "if you make the hummus, you should get the head," is where the joke and the cruelty meet — he turns even her generosity into his own entitlement. What she carried away was not the argument but the record, which is why the loss lands: "Why should he get to keep it?" The album he never appreciated is exactly the thing she cannot let go.

Theme

HeartbreakYas tells a funny break-up story, but the record she cannot replace shows how much the relationship and its ending still matter.
IdentityThe ex calls her taste basic and mocks her music; reclaiming the album is her way of taking back who she is.

このチャプターで学べること

  • The head joke is sex and dip at once.
  • Hummus stands in for unpaid care.
  • A big L is her making the dip anyway.
  • Hoops means she will not beg Jules.
  • Notice how "make the hummus" changes the exchange.

発音のポイント

  • another term for — liaison
  • turning that — elision
  • forward you an — liaison
We broke up because of A Tribe Called Quest.

Yas's one-line summary of the split, funny and precise: the band is both the real cause and a stand-in for a much bigger disrespect.

Nope. I took a big L and got this prick some fucking hummus.

Her joke about losing the argument: instead of walking out, she stayed and served him, and she says it in the plainest terms.

Why should he get to keep it? Especially when he doesn't appreciate how good it is.

The line that explains why she wants the record back: it is not nostalgia, it is that he never deserved to have it.

Mediocre with a sprinklin' of the entire universe trying to fuck with me.

Her opening mood, a comedy of exaggeration that sets up the whole story as a run of bad luck and bad men.

このシーンについての質問

Why did Yas and her ex break up?

He mocked her music and asked her to turn it down, then complained that the homemade hummus gave her bad breath. His rule about the hummus was the last straw.

What does 'big L' mean here?

An L is a loss, so a big L is a heavy defeat. Yas says she took one because she stayed and made the hummus instead of walking out.

Why does Yas want her old copy of the record?

She does not want a new one. She wants the copy he has, because he never appreciated how good it is and does not deserve to keep it.

Why hasn't Yas asked for the record back?

She thinks her ex would make her jump through hoops and enjoy it. She also says he is not even in the country, so it is complicated.

Why does Dom offer to buy her a new record?

She helped him with Gia, and he wants to do something for her. He suggests finding a record shop immediately to replace the album.

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第 1 章prang outYas Teases Dom at His Gallery Show第 2 章very youYas Buys Nathan's Photo at the Show第 3 章pay my duesDom and Yas Meet in Peckham第 4 章spill the teaDom Tells the Cinema Break-Up Story第 5 章off the hookYas Tries to Stop Dom's Summit第 6 章shelf lifeDom Confronts Gia and Eric at Dinner第 7 章up in the worldYas Invents a Karaoke Love Story第 8 章in hindsightYas Confronts Gia at the Table第 9 章grand gestureDom and Yas Trade Break-Up Stories第 10 章good for the soulYas Misses Her Costume Interview再生中 · 第 11 章jump through hoopsYas Explains the Hummus Break-Up第 12 章say no moreDom and Yas Scam Jules's Mums第 13 章kick itDom Overhears Why Yas Stayed第 14 章could murderYas Gets Caught in Jules's Flat第 15 章breaking and enteringDom and Yas Caught Stealing the Record第 16 章start overDom Arrives on a Boat for Yas
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