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Sabrina · 1954 — 第 9 / 18 章 · 3'26" · B2

Linus Brings Sabrina Champagne, Explained：buy someone off

David stands Sabrina up and sends his brother Linus up with the champagne instead. The two turn the family's plan into a joke about a Viennese operetta, but Sabrina's confession is real: "And I want him. I've been in love with him all my life."

あらすじ

When David can't make their date, Linus arrives at Sabrina's place with the champagne in his brother's place. Over drinks they trade barbs about how they always meet under strange circumstances. Sabrina says she has loved David her whole life, while Linus hides what his visit is really for.

First datesConfessing feelingsConfessing loveTeasingBoss & employeeB2fastamericanClean
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注目の表現

buy someone offmake it worthwhilejust one of those thingsset in

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このシーンの表現

buy someone off

pay someone to go away

Sabrina casts herself as the waitress in an operetta and waits to see if Linus is here to pay her off.

They tried to buy her off with a cheque.

このシーンの他の表現

  • make it worthwhile

    make it worth doing

  • just one of those things

    an unavoidable mishap

  • set in

    begin and persist

  • like mad

    with wild energy

  • under the most peculiar circumstances

    strange situations

このシーンのメモ一覧

45 行のセリフに 25 件のメモ

表現 · A2make it

be able to come

- Isn't he coming? - No. I don't think he'll be able to make it.
表現 · B1get stuck

become trapped

- What happened? - He got stuck.
表現 · B1serve something up

bring it out to serve

Shall I serve it up there, or will you come down?
発音meet under

Link meet and under, with under reduced to əndər.

We do meet under the most peculiar circumstances, Sabrina.
表現 · A2look for something

search for

Either you're under eight cars looking for a missing spark plug, or you're perched up here, umpiring a tennis match between two players who aren't there.
表現 · B2be perched up

sitting high up

Either you're under eight cars looking for a missing spark plug, or you're perched up here, umpiring a tennis match between two players who aren't there.
文法 · B1Either you're under eight cars

either ... or: Either ... or pairs two alternatives, here two ways he keeps running into her.

Either you're under eight cars looking for a missing spark plug, or you're perched up here, umpiring a tennis match between two players who aren't there.
表現 · A2grown-up

adult and mature

You look lovely, Sabrina, and very grown-up.
表現 · A2get back to something

return to

- I'd better get back to the party. - And leave me here alone?
文法 · B2I haven't seen him in such a state since

since clause: With since, the present perfect marks what has not happened from that past point until now.

I don't know what you did to him, but I haven't seen him in such a state since he was kicked in the head by a polo pony at Old Westbury.
表現 · B1completely forget something

totally forgotten

He's completely forgotten he's engaged. He wants you.
表現 · A2be in love with someone

deeply loving someone

And I want him. I've been in love with him all my life.
表現 · B1all one's life

for one's whole life

And I want him. I've been in love with him all my life.
発音in love with him

Run love with him together, with him reduced to ɪm.

And I want him. I've been in love with him all my life.
表現 · B1there goes ...

and that ends it

Well, there goes the engagement.
表現 · B1as though ...

as if

It's as though a window had been thrown open and a lovely breeze swept through this stuffy old house.
表現 · B1throw something open

push wide open

It's as though a window had been thrown open and a lovely breeze swept through this stuffy old house.
文法 · B2as though a window had been thrown open

as though clause: The past perfect after as though marks an imagined comparison rather than a real event.

It's as though a window had been thrown open and a lovely breeze swept through this stuffy old house.
発音direction of the

Of the weakens to əv-thə and slips past quickly.

Even though the breeze comes from the general direction of the garage?
表現 · A2instead of someone

in place of

I'm sorry it isn't David here instead of me, but it's all in the family.
表現 · B1deal with someone

handle someone

Sabrina says she assumed the family sent Linus to deal with her, naming the real purpose of the visit.

I was sure you'd been sent by the family to deal with me.
スラング · A2Good girl

well done, girl — An easy word of praise, mostly for children or juniors.

Good girl. Hey, how does this operetta end?
表現 · B1like mad

with wild energy

Sabrina invents a loud operetta ending: the cast escapes to America singing with wild energy.

I guess they run away to America on a zeppelin with everybody singing like mad.
文法 · B1they run away to America on a zeppelin

stacked prepositional phrases: Two prepositional phrases stack up to show direction and means without any linking verb.

I guess they run away to America on a zeppelin with everybody singing like mad.
スラング · B1like mad

with wild energy — Casual and emphatic; keep it out of formal writing.

I guess they run away to America on a zeppelin with everybody singing like mad.

「Linus Brings Sabrina Champagne」を読み解く

What's really going on

The scene runs on two levels at once. On the surface it's a charming chat between a rich family's son and the chauffeur's daughter, full of jokes about Viennese operettas and prime ministers sent to buy a waitress off. Underneath, Sabrina is being managed: she admits she was sure the family had sent someone "to deal with me," and she isn't wrong—Linus is there to steer her away from David. Her confession lands plainly: "And I want him. I've been in love with him all my life." When Linus calls her feeling a fresh breeze through a stuffy old house, he's mocking and meaning it at the same time. He came to do a job and starts to fall for her.

Theme

ClassEvery joke about operettas and buying a waitress off is about the gap between a Larrabee and the chauffeur's daughter.
RomanceLinus comes to manage Sabrina for the family and, mid-banter, begins to fall for her himself.

このチャプターで学べること

  • Sabrina turns a compliment into a remark about her background.
  • Linus keeps the whole visit polite and slightly cold.
  • The opera talk is really a negotiation about money.
  • Her confession is the one line he cannot match.

発音のポイント

  • meet under — Link meet and under, with under reduced to əndər.
  • in love with him — Run love with him together, with him reduced to ɪm.
  • direction of the — Of the weakens to əv-thə and slips past quickly.
And I want him. I've been in love with him all my life.

Sabrina states her feelings outright, with no coyness: this isn't a crush, and she's not interested in being talked out of it.

It's as though a window had been thrown open and a lovely breeze swept through this stuffy old house.

Linus's image for what Sabrina brings: fresh air and life into a rigid, wealthy household that has gone stale.

Either you're under eight cars looking for a missing spark plug, or you're perched up here, umpiring a tennis match between two players who aren't there.

Linus teases Sabrina by cataloguing their odd meetings: first she was gassed in the garage, now she's alone refereeing an empty court.

Even though the breeze comes from the general direction of the garage?

Sabrina's dry reply, needling the family's snobbery: any good she brings is still dismissed as coming from the help's quarters.

Tonight I wanted it to be me.

Sabrina admits the evening was meant to fix one old wound: the memory of David dancing that song with someone else, not her.

We do meet under the most peculiar circumstances, Sabrina.

Linus's opening line: a polite way of saying their encounters have been strange, and a hint that this one is stranger still.

このシーンについての質問

Why does Linus come to Sabrina's room instead of David?

David is delayed, so Linus goes in his place with the champagne. But he's also there for the family—Sabrina guesses she's being handled, "sent by the family to deal with me."

Is Sabrina really in love with David?

She says so plainly—"I've been in love with him all my life." It's not a passing crush; the whole evening was arranged around finally being the one he dances with.

What is the Viennese operetta joke about?

Sabrina pictures the family's plan as an old operetta plot: a prince loves a waitress, and the prime minister is sent to buy her off. Linus plays along and asks how it ends.

Does Linus actually want Sabrina to leave David alone?

Officially, yes—he's the family's problem-solver. But the scene shows him softening fast, calling her a breeze through the house and staying to talk instead of leaving.

麗しのサブリナ · 全 18 章

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次のチャプター · 第 10 章see her for the treeLinus Visits David in Bed
第 1 章a good thingLinus Saves Sabrina in the Garage第 2 章all in the wristLinus Reads Sabrina's Letters第 3 章lost your touchSabrina's Soufflé Gives Her Away第 4 章reaching for the moonSabrina Confides in the Baron第 5 章wheels are in motionDavid Confronts Linus Over the Merger第 6 章could've swornDavid Flirts With a Stranger第 7 章reach for the moonSabrina Says the Moon Reaches Back第 8 章knock something for a loopFather Confronts David Over Sabrina再生中 · 第 9 章buy someone offLinus Brings Sabrina Champagne第 10 章see her for the treeLinus Visits David in Bed第 11 章blot outLinus Opens Up to Sabrina第 12 章dispense withFairchild Draws the Class Line第 13 章make a new person out of youLinus Reveals His Escape Plan第 14 章a big stinkDavid Moves In on Sabrina第 15 章make a fool of myselfSabrina Cooks Dinner in Linus's Office第 16 章get in the wayLinus Admits He Was Sending Her Away第 17 章add two and two togetherLinus Changes All the Plans第 18 章if it's any consolationSabrina Says Goodbye to Her Father
第 9 / 18 章 · 残り約 28 分