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Sabrina · 1954 — 第 8 / 18 章 · 3'25" · B2

Father Confronts David Over Sabrina, Explained：knock something for a loop

The outrage isn't really about a party stunt. Old Larrabee sees David courting the chauffeur's daughter as a class betrayal: "No gentleman makes love to a servant in his mother's house." David answers with a bare "I love her," and Linus, of all people, tells the father to back off — then quietly keeps David behind.

あらすじ

After the party, Oliver Larrabee tears into his son David for flirting with Sabrina, the chauffeur's daughter, right in the family house. He invokes ancestors who were pirates and slave traders to make the point that David is the worst Larrabee yet. David refuses to apologize. Linus steps in — seemingly on David's side.

Parents & kidsArgumentsConfrontingConfessing loveParent & childB2fastamericanClean
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make love to someonedrum out of the familyNonsenseknock something for a loop

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このシーンの表現

knock something for a loop

wreck or disrupt

When Linus defends David, the father reminds him the match would wreck his own business plans.

The delay knocked our whole schedule for a loop.

このシーンの他の表現

  • make love to someone

    court or have sex with

  • drum out of the family

    expelled in disgrace

  • Nonsense

    that's absurd

  • basal metabolism

    resting energy use

  • frothing at the mouth

    furious

このシーンのメモ一覧

58 行のセリフに 23 件のメモ

表現 · B2out of circulation

away from the crowd for a while

He's being a good host, but I'll get him out of circulation.
表現 · A2have you got a minute

do you have a moment

Have you got a minute, David?
表現 · B1the old man

the boss or one's father

- Not right now. - The old man wants to see you.
スラング · B1old man

the boss or father — Casual talk about one's father or boss, not to their face.

- Not right now. - The old man wants to see you.
表現 · A2come along

come with me

- Later. I'm busy. - You better come along.
表現 · B2be frothing at the mouth

furious

Linus hurries David to the study, joking that the old man is already furious beyond reason.

He's frothing at the mouth.
発音frothing at

Link frothing and at, with at reduced to ət.

He's frothing at the mouth.
文法 · B2too much respect for Fairchild ever to

too ... to: Too ... ever to means so much that one would never do it, and ever intensifies it.

I've too much respect for Fairchild ever to intrude on his personal life,
表現 · B1in the middle of the night

very late at night

Next thing we know, he'll lean a ladder up against the garage wall and elope with the girl in the middle of the night.
文法 · B2Next thing we know

omitted subject clause: Next thing we know drops the that-clause marker and works as a set opener.

Next thing we know, he'll lean a ladder up against the garage wall and elope with the girl in the middle of the night.
表現 · B2one's marital record

marriage history

I'll overlook for the moment the fact that you're an engaged man and merely remind you of your marital record to date.
文法 · B2the fact that you're an engaged man

appositive clause: The that-clause spells out the fact itself, so it is appositive, not a relative clause.

I'll overlook for the moment the fact that you're an engaged man and merely remind you of your marital record to date.
表現 · B1be in need of something

badly requiring

all of them badly in need of costly dental repairs.
表現 · B1go through something again

endure it a second time

- Do we have to go through that again? - Then that Twyman girl!
表現 · B1it turns out (that) ...

it emerged that

Then that great actress, turns out all she does is commercials on television for an underarm deodourant!
表現 · A2old enough to do something

at the right age

Well, I think David's old enough to live his own life.
発音old enough to

Run old enough to together, stressing the second syllable of enough.

Well, I think David's old enough to live his own life.
表現 · B1the one for someone

the right partner

If he decides Sabrina's the girl for him...
文法 · B1If he decides Sabrina's the girl for him

if-clause: The if-clause sets a condition, and the main clause is cut off by the interruption.

If he decides Sabrina's the girl for him...
表現 · A2forget it

drop it

What plans? The plastics merger? Forget it.
スラング · A2Forget it

drop it — A casual way to drop a subject; too blunt for seniors.

What plans? The plastics merger? Forget it.
表現 · B1work something out

sort it out

Look, I really have to go. Suppose you two work it out.
発音have to go

Have to weakens to haf-ta, with go taking the stress.

Look, I really have to go. Suppose you two work it out.

「Father Confronts David Over Sabrina」を読み解く

What's really going on

The fight is about class, not romance. Oliver's line — "No gentleman makes love to a servant in his mother's house" — says the problem is where David did it and with whom, not whether he's sincere. David's answer, "I love her!", refuses the frame entirely; he won't debate propriety. The sharpest turn belongs to Linus. He tells his father, "I think David's old enough to live his own life," which sounds like loyalty — and then, once the father leaves, orders David to sit down and asks, "You want me to help you or don't you?" The man defending David's freedom is already folding him into a plan.

Theme

ClassOliver's objection is that David crossed a class line inside the family house, not that the romance is insincere.
Family conflictA father threatens to disown his son, while the older brother plays peacemaker and quietly takes control.

このチャプターで学べること

  • The father uses a gentleman's code to make an insult sound civil.
  • David's three-word answer ends the argument his way.
  • Linus defends David without ever naming the girl.
  • The family's criminal ancestors make the scolding absurd.

発音のポイント

  • frothing at — Link frothing and at, with at reduced to ət.
  • old enough to — Run old enough to together, stressing the second syllable of enough.
  • have to go — Have to weakens to haf-ta, with go taking the stress.
No gentleman makes love to a servant in his mother's house.

The father's rule isn't about feelings but propriety: a gentleman doesn't carry on with a servant under his mother's roof. Note the dated sense of "make love to" — here it means to court, not to sleep with.

I'm telling you, Linus, this boy should be drummed out of the family!

Oliver wants David thrown out of the family. "Drummed out" comes from the military, where a soldier is expelled to the beat of drums — a public disgrace.

- That's overdoing it. - I love her!

The father thinks inviting her to the party was too much; David cuts him off with a flat declaration of love. The whiplash from argument to confession is the scene's punch.

Well, I think David's old enough to live his own life.

Linus sounds like the reasonable brother, defending David's right to choose. It's also the line that sets up his own private plan.

Next thing we know, he'll lean a ladder up against the garage wall and elope with the girl in the middle of the night.

Oliver predicts the scandal will escalate into a midnight elopement — a ladder against the garage wall, the girl spirited away. It's sarcasm, but David answers "Maybe!"

You'll get rid of that girl immediately, do you understand?

The ultimatum: drop the girl at once. "Do you understand?" is a father asserting authority, not asking a question.

このシーンについての質問

Why is Oliver so angry at David?

David flirted with Sabrina, the chauffeur's daughter, at a party in the family's own house. For Oliver it's not just bad manners — it crosses a class line and embarrasses the household.

Why does Linus defend David?

On the surface, because David is old enough to choose his own life. But Linus is also steering things: once their father leaves, Linus keeps David back and asks if he wants help.

What does Oliver mean by listing the family's criminals?

He's making a rhetorical point: even the Larrabees' pirates and slave traders never behaved as badly as David did tonight. It's sarcastic family history used as a scolding.

What happens with the champagne glasses?

As David finally sits down to talk with Linus, he realizes he's been sitting on champagne glasses in his pocket and leaps up. It cuts the tension and ends the scene on a comic note.

What plans would David marrying Sabrina ruin?

The plastics merger. Linus has arranged David's engagement to Elizabeth Tyson, which the business deal depends on, so a romance with the chauffeur's daughter would wreck it.

麗しのサブリナ · 全 18 章

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次のチャプター · 第 9 章buy someone offLinus Brings Sabrina Champagne
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再生中 · 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 8 / 18 章 · 残り約 32 分