a very valid reason
All right, Sabrina, what is that perfectly good reason why you shouldn't see me?Sabrina · 1954 — 第 15 / 18 章 · 4'41" · B2
Sabrina Cooks Dinner in Linus's Office, Explained：make a fool of myself
She came to say she couldn't see him, and stayed to cook. Sabrina confesses she can't make sense of herself — "I've been in love with David all my life" — then begs Linus to send her home before she makes a fool of herself, and in the same breath: "But don't let me go home."
あらすじ
Sabrina comes to Linus's office determined not to go out with him, and then doesn't leave. He offers a drink, she refuses; he suggests dinner and digs out Miss McCardle's hoarded cans — tomato juice, sardines, crackers. Sabrina, a trained cook, starts to improvise, and her real reason for coming finally surfaces.
注目の表現
make sensean awful lot ofthe comforts of homein love with
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このシーンの表現
make a fool of myself
embarrass oneself
Sabrina begs Linus to send her home before she makes a complete fool of herself.
I don't want to make a fool of myself on stage.
このシーンの他の表現
- make sense
be understandable
- an awful lot of
a great deal of
- the comforts of home
homely comforts
- in love with
deeply loving someone
- account for
explain the reason for
このシーンのメモ一覧
56 行のセリフに 21 件のメモ
cleft sentence: The it is ... that frame highlights me as the true source of the trouble.
It's me that's bothering me.not be clear or logical
I know I'm not making much sense, Linus.The t in not is often dropped, sliding straight into making.
I know I'm not making much sense, Linus.do you want
Would you like a drink?remain a short while
- Why don't you sit down? - I can only stay a minute.yours to take — Spoken when handing something over; too casual for formal talk.
They're all yours, Miss McCardle. Good night.storing up
We can have dinner right here. Let's see what Miss McCardle is hoarding.a huge amount — Spoken emphasis on quantity; formal prose would say a great deal.
That's an awful lot of tomato juice.make something from
Suppose you can fix something out of all this?date someone
I wanted to be so sure I couldn't go out with you tonight,Wanted to blurs into wanna in fast speech.
I wanted to be so sure I couldn't go out with you tonight,homely comforts
Linus lines up pots, a can opener and a stove, joking that every comfort of home is here.
Pots, pans, can opener, stove, all the comforts of home.deeply loving someone
Sabrina admits she has known Linus only days yet has loved David all her life.
I've known you only a few days, just a few days, really, and I've been in love with David all my life.present perfect: Have been in love marks a state lasting from the past right up to now.
I've known you only a few days, just a few days, really, and I've been in love with David all my life.The v in I've runs into been without a break.
I've known you only a few days, just a few days, really, and I've been in love with David all my life.become an adult
I went away to grow up, and I thought I had grown up, but I guess I haven't, really.hairstyle — A casual word for a hairstyle, fine among friends.
I just got myself a new hairdo, that's all.embarrass oneself
Tell me to put on my coat and go home before I make a complete fool of myself.explain the reason for
When Sabrina says she has eaten nothing all day, Linus says that accounts for a lot.
That may account for a lot of things.elliptical question: The question drops its verb and keeps only the phrase, which is what makes it a skeptical echo.
- Would you like a soufflГ© for dessert? - Out of tomato juice?「Sabrina Cooks Dinner in Linus's Office」を読み解く
What's really going on
The dinner is a pretext, and both of them know it. Sabrina keeps announcing she shouldn't be there — "I've spoiled your evening, haven't I?" — and Linus keeps making it easy to stay, offering drinks, aprons, and a stove. Her confession is the scene's heart: she can name her old love for David but not her new confusion, and she asks Linus to lie to her — "Tell me I'm imagining things" — while also refusing the exit: "But don't let me go home. I couldn't bear it." For a man who plans everything, being the one trusted with this mess is a new position, and he answers with dinner instead of an answer.
Theme
RomanceSabrina can't name what she feels, but she keeps choosing Linus's office over the door, and he keeps giving her reasons to stay.
IdentityShe went away to grow up and admits she hasn't: "I just got myself a new hairdo, that's all."
このチャプターで学べること
- Sabrina's plea to be sent home is really a plea to be kept.
- She defends a hopeless dinner with a cooking diploma.
- Linus answers emotion with jokes and groceries.
- The scene hides its confession inside list after list.
発音のポイント
- not making — The t in not is often dropped, sliding straight into making.
- wanted to — Wanted to blurs into wanna in fast speech.
- I've been — The v in I've runs into been without a break.
It's me that's bothering me.Her answer to "what's bothering you?": the problem isn't David or Linus, it's her own confused feelings. The line puts the whole muddle on herself.
I'm a graduate cook, you know. I have a diploma.A comic bit of self-defence as she faces Miss McCardle's canned food: whatever she improvises, she insists she's professionally trained.
I've known you only a few days, just a few days, really, and I've been in love with David all my life.The confession in one sentence: a few days with Linus have unsettled a lifetime of loving David. The contrast of "a few days" and "all my life" is the point.
Tell me to put on my coat and go home before I make a complete fool of myself.She asks Linus to protect her from herself — to send her away before she says or does something she'll regret in front of him.
But don't let me go home. I couldn't bear it.The reversal, in the same breath: she wants the escape route named, not taken. It's the most honest thing she says all evening.
このシーンについての質問
Why does Sabrina come to Linus's office?
She wants to tell him she can't see him, because she's confused about her feelings. But once she's there she can't bring herself to leave, and the evening turns into dinner.
Why does Linus cook with her instead of sending her home?
He keeps offering her reasons to stay — a drink, an apron, the office stove — and lets the confession happen rather than cutting it off. It's a softer Linus than his usual business manner.
What is Sabrina confused about?
She's loved David her whole life, yet a few days with Linus have her doubting herself. She can't tell whether her new feelings are real or she's imagining them.
What does Sabrina ask Linus to tell her?
She asks him to say she's imagining things and to send her home before she makes a fool of herself — then immediately asks him not to let her go home.
What food do they find in the office?
Miss McCardle's stash: tomato juice, puffed rice, sardines, and stale crackers. Linus jokes that it will take a diploma to make a meal out of it, which Sabrina has.
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次のチャプター · 第 16 章get in the wayLinus Admits He Was Sending Her Away
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
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
再生中 · 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 15 / 18 章 · 残り約 7 分