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Sabrina · 1954 — 第 13 / 18 章 · 2'26" · B2

Linus Reveals His Escape Plan, Explained：make a new person out of you

Linus finally tells someone his plan. Looking out at the French Line pier, he asks Sabrina, "Can you keep a secret?" — then explains that the Liberté sails Thursday and he'll be on it, done with buttons and secretaries. What sounds like a midlife escape becomes a confession when he wonders whether Paris can give him what he actually wants.

あらすじ

Linus calls Sabrina to the window and swears her to secrecy. He points across the water to the Liberté, which sails for France on Thursday — he's going to be on it. He's tired of buttons, secretaries, and the office, and he's breaking out. Later, in Paris, he describes the perfect first day: real rain and a taxi through the Bois.

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keep a secretsick ofbreak out ofmake a new person out of you

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このシーンの表現

make a new person out of you

transform you completely

Linus pitches Paris to Sabrina like a product, promising a new person or double her money back.

A year abroad can make a new person out of you.

このシーンの他の表現

  • keep a secret

    not tell anyone

  • sick of

    tired of

  • break out of

    escape from

  • honest-to-goodness

    genuine and real

  • chestnut trees

    chestnut trees

このシーンのメモ一覧

32 行のセリフに 22 件のメモ

表現 · B2a knack for something

a small skill

Just a small knack, like juggling three oranges.
文法 · B2Suppose you dropped

hypothetical suppose: Suppose plus a past tense sets up a hypothetical the other speaker echoes with did.

- Suppose you dropped one? - Suppose I did.
表現 · B1at the end of something

at the far end of

What's at the end of a million? Zero, zero, zero. Nothing.
表現 · B1keep a secret

not tell anyone

Linus asks Sabrina whether she can keep a secret, and the question draws her in.

- Can you keep a secret? - Secret?
表現 · B1be sick of something

tired of

Linus pours out years of boredom: sick of buttons, secretaries, and the office.

I'm sick of pushing buttons, sick of secretaries, sick of this office.
発音sick of

The k in sick slides into of, so the pair runs together.

I'm sick of pushing buttons, sick of secretaries, sick of this office.
表現 · B2break out of somewhere

escape from

I'm breaking out of here, Sabrina. I'm running away.
発音breaking out

Let the ng of breaking flow straight into out.

I'm breaking out of here, Sabrina. I'm running away.
表現 · B1ever since ...

from then until now

- Good for you. - I've been thinking about Paris ever since you mentioned it. It's all your fault, Sabrina.
文法 · B2ever since

since-clause: Ever since takes a past clause, and the main verb stays in the present perfect.

- Good for you. - I've been thinking about Paris ever since you mentioned it. It's all your fault, Sabrina.
スラング · B1Good for you

glad to hear it — A light spoken way to cheer someone on; too casual for formal settings.

- Good for you. - I've been thinking about Paris ever since you mentioned it. It's all your fault, Sabrina.
表現 · B2make something out of someone

transform someone

It'll make a new person out of you, I guarantee or double your money back.
スラング · B2double your money back

a money-back guarantee — A mock sales pitch; fun between friends, out of place in real business.

It'll make a new person out of you, I guarantee or double your money back.
表現 · B2as they say

as people often put it

- Ready, Sabrina? - Tout de suite, as they say in Paris.
スラング · B2Tout de suite

right away — A French phrase borrowed for playful effect; skip it with people who won't get it.

- Ready, Sabrina? - Tout de suite, as they say in Paris.
表現 · B1use someone's name

drop someone's name

I used your brother's name at the Colony.
表現 · B1one's very first time

the earliest time

This is what you do on your very first day in Paris.
表現 · B2honest-to-goodness something

genuine and real

Linus describes the first day in Paris: find real rain, not a drizzle but honest-to-goodness rain.

You get yourself some rain, not just a drizzle but honest-to-goodness rain.
表現 · B2find oneself someone or something

get oneself someone

Then you find yourself someone really nice and drive her through the Bois de Boulogne in a taxi.
発音that's when

That's is rushed and light; the stress lands on when.

The rain's very important, because that's when Paris smells its sweetest.
表現 · B2order oneself something

order something for oneself

You're very clever, Linus, and very rich. You can order yourself some rain.
文法 · B2order yourself some

reflexive indirect object: A reflexive pronoun stands in for for oneself as the indirect object of order.

You're very clever, Linus, and very rich. You can order yourself some rain.

「Linus Reveals His Escape Plan」を読み解く

What's really going on

The scene looks like a man announcing a trip; it plays as a man admitting he's stuck. Linus has everything — "You can order yourself some rain," Sabrina teases — yet his list of grievances is telling: "I'm sick of pushing buttons, sick of secretaries, sick of this office." Running away to Paris is the one thing he can't buy his way through, because, as he says, "But can I find myself someone really nice?" That question is the real subject. Sabrina, who came back from Paris changed, becomes both the reason and the mirror: she knows what the city can do, and she's the thing Linus can't simply order up. His escape plan and his loneliness turn out to be the same story.

Theme

AmbitionLinus has conquered business and found it empty; he plans to walk away from the machine he built.
LonelinessHe can buy rain and taxis, but the one thing he wants — someone really nice — can't be ordered.

このチャプターで学べること

  • Three sick-of phrases can carry years of unspoken frustration.
  • Linus pitches a life change like a salesman, half joking.
  • The one thing he cannot order is someone to love.
  • Paris works here as a smell and a mood, not a map.

発音のポイント

  • sick of — The k in sick slides into of, so the pair runs together.
  • breaking out — Let the ng of breaking flow straight into out.
  • that's when — That's is rushed and light; the stress lands on when.
I'm sick of pushing buttons, sick of secretaries, sick of this office.

Linus lists what he's tired of: the routines, the staff, the office itself. The triple repetition of "sick of" makes it sound less like a complaint and more like a breaking point.

I'm breaking out of here, Sabrina. I'm running away.

The plan stated plainly: he's leaving the office and the life built around it. "Breaking out" carries a hint of prison, which is how the job has come to feel.

It'll make a new person out of you, I guarantee or double your money back.

Sabrina's promise about Paris — it will remake him — delivered like a sales pitch, complete with a mock money-back guarantee. The joke hides how much she means it.

The rain's very important, because that's when Paris smells its sweetest.

Travel advice that doubles as longing: rain is what releases the smell of the city. For Linus, Paris is something to be felt, not merely visited.

But can I find myself someone really nice?

The turn from escape to need. He could order rain and a taxi, but a person who truly fits can't be arranged — the line that makes the scene about loneliness, not travel.

このシーンについての質問

Why does Linus want to run away to Paris?

He's exhausted by the office and the routine of business. Paris, which changed Sabrina, represents a life he chose and then lost — he wants to see if he can get it back.

What secret does Linus ask Sabrina to keep?

That he's booked passage on the Liberté and is leaving. He tells her before anyone else, which is why the request — "Can you keep a secret?" — matters as much as the plan.

Why does Linus say Sabrina is to blame?

He says it playfully: ever since she talked about Paris, he can't stop thinking about it. Her stories planted the idea, so "It's all your fault, Sabrina" is a compliment in disguise.

What does Linus realize in the rain conversation?

That money can arrange almost everything — rain, taxis, trips — but not love. When Sabrina says he can order himself some rain, he answers that finding someone really nice isn't so easy.

Does Sabrina want Linus to leave?

She says she's glad he's going, then immediately doubts herself — "Or am I?" The line suggests she's not sure whether she's happy for him or worried about losing him.

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