had not heard it until now
- Wonder why I never heard it before. - You've been in Paris for two years.Sabrina · 1954 — 第 11 / 18 章 · 2'55" · B2
Linus Opens Up to Sabrina, Explained：blot out
A record player, a silly song, and two people finally talking honestly. Sabrina says she used to watch Linus from the window and thought he could never care for anyone. He answers with the nearest thing to a confession — "I went to Paris to blot it out" — and insists no man walks alone from choice.
あらすじ
Linus takes Sabrina out on his boat, where a record plays and a novelty song starts a conversation. She asks about the woman who hurt him; he doesn't want to discuss it. She tells him she used to watch him from the window over the garage as a child. He opens up about the cold businessman he's become — and about Paris.
注目の表現
I beg your pardon?flat on his stomachbring backfrom choice
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このシーンの表現
blot out
erase completely
Linus asks whether Sabrina can believe someone would want to blot out everything for sentimental reasons.
He drank to blot out the memory of that night.
このシーンの他の表現
- I beg your pardon?
what did you say
- flat on his stomach
lying face down
- bring back
cause memories to return
- from choice
by one's own choosing
- belong to
be attached to someone
このシーンのメモ一覧
42 行のセリフに 22 件のメモ
present perfect: Have been in a place for a period marks an ongoing stay up to now.
- Wonder why I never heard it before. - You've been in Paris for two years.Link been and in so they sound like one word.
- Wonder why I never heard it before. - You've been in Paris for two years.come up with
How did they ever think of those words?be recovering
Well, he's been flat on his stomach, but he's feeling better, thank you.The t in flat can flap between vowels, sounding close to a d.
Well, he's been flat on his stomach, but he's feeling better, thank you.not that it matters
I miss him. Not that I'm not having a good time.cause memories to return
Changing the record, Linus admits certain songs bring back sudden memories, and the mood drops.
Certain songs bring back sudden memories to me, too.prefer not to
- I'd rather not talk about it. - I'm sorry.it's fine — Everyday speech for waving off an apology; too casual for formal writing.
That's all right.be moved by someone
So strange to think of you being touched by a woman.by one's own choosing
When Sabrina calls him a loner, Linus corrects her: no one walks alone from choice.
- I always thought you walked alone. - No man walks alone from choice.The s in walks slides into alone; keep the phrase smooth.
- I always thought you walked alone. - No man walks alone from choice.be attached to someone
Sabrina tells Linus she once believed he could never belong to anyone or care for anyone.
I thought you could never belong to anyone, never care for anyone.a top-floor office
Yes, the cold businessman behind his marble desk way up in his executive suite.far up inside — A casual, emphatic way to say high up; keep it out of formal prose.
Yes, the cold businessman behind his marble desk way up in his executive suite.stock price paper tape
No emotion, just ice water in his veins and ticker tape coming from his heart.erase completely
Linus asks whether Sabrina can believe someone would want to blot out everything for sentimental reasons.
Sabrina, do you find it hard to believe that someone might want to blot out everything for sentimental reasons?dummy it: It is a placeholder object; the real object is the that-clause at the end.
Sabrina, do you find it hard to believe that someone might want to blot out everything for sentimental reasons?switch flights
- Thirty-five minutes? - Changing planes.change how you see things
But Paris isn't for changing planes. It's for changing your outlook, for throwing open the windows and letting in...gerund after preposition: After the preposition for, gerunds list what Paris is for, building a parallel rhythm.
But Paris isn't for changing planes. It's for changing your outlook, for throwing open the windows and letting in...「Linus Opens Up to Sabrina」を読み解く
What's really going on
The scene lets Linus drop the executive mask. Sabrina starts by describing how she saw him as a child — "I thought you could never belong to anyone, never care for anyone" — and he doesn't deny it; he builds on it, sketching himself as a man with "ice water in his veins and ticker tape coming from his heart." Then comes the near-confession about standing on a ledge and the trip to Paris "to blot it out," followed by the dodge that it was another woman. What he offers Sabrina isn't a clear declaration but a door opened a crack. Her answer is the scene's real turn: Paris, she says, isn't for changing planes — it's for changing your outlook. She got that from the same trip he used to escape.
Theme
LonelinessLinus presents himself as a man who chose solitude, and Sabrina gently points out that no one really chooses to walk alone.
RomanceOn a boat with a silly song, two guarded people edge toward honesty, and the talk of Paris becomes a kind of confession.
このチャプターで学べること
- A song can reopen a story a man thought he had closed.
- Linus admits his loneliness was never his own choice.
- Here Paris means a change of outlook, not a stopover.
- The ledge story carries the emotional weight of the scene.
発音のポイント
- been in — Link been and in so they sound like one word.
- flat on — The t in flat can flap between vowels, sounding close to a d.
- walks alone — The s in walks slides into alone; keep the phrase smooth.
Certain songs bring back sudden memories to me, too.A gentle way of saying the record has affected him: songs can trigger memories without warning. It's the opening Linus needs to talk about his past.
- I always thought you walked alone. - No man walks alone from choice.Sabrina pictures Linus as a loner; he corrects her — being alone isn't something a person chooses. The line invites her to see his solitude as a wound, not a preference.
I thought you could never belong to anyone, never care for anyone.Sabrina's childhood image of him: a man sealed off from everyone, incapable of attachment. It's also the assumption the scene quietly tests.
No emotion, just ice water in his veins and ticker tape coming from his heart.Linus's self-portrait: no feeling, ice water for blood, and a heart that spits out stock prices. He's mocking the cold-businessman image while half-believing it.
But Paris isn't for changing planes. It's for changing your outlook, for throwing open the windows and letting in...His real point about Paris: it's not a stopover but a place that changes how you see things. The unfinished sentence is completed by Sabrina — letting in la vie en rose.
このシーンについての質問
Why does Linus shut off the record?
The song brings back memories he doesn't want to face. He asks to turn it off, and when Sabrina asks why, he can only say he used to like it.
Who is the woman Linus is talking about?
He says he once stood on a ledge for three hours for a woman, then insists it was 'another woman' — not the one Sabrina is asking about. The details stay deliberately vague.
Why was Linus only in Paris for thirty-five minutes?
He was changing planes on his way to an oil deal in Iraq, so Paris was just a stopover to him. He never actually stayed, which is exactly what Sabrina is about to call out.
Why does Sabrina mention watching him from the window?
It shows how long she has known him from a distance. As a child she saw the composed businessman coming and going and assumed he belonged to no one — which is what the conversation now questions.
Why does Sabrina say Paris isn't for changing planes?
She's correcting him. He treated Paris as a stopover, but for her it changed her whole outlook, so she's telling him he only changed planes there and missed what the city could do.
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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
再生中 · 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 11 / 18 章 · 残り約 22 分