eating less to lose weight
Oh, Sugar, you should've seen me before I went on a diet.Some Like It Hot · 1959 — 第 12 / 19 章 · 5'03" · B2
Sugar Meets the Man in Glasses, Explained：for a lark
Sugar and Daphne tease each other on the beach, then a stranger in glasses with a yacht starts flirting. "You see, I have this theory about men who wear glasses," he says, turning his own looks into a pickup line. Sugar, a band singer who claims a high-society past, plays along happily.
あらすじ
On the beach, Sugar runs into a polite stranger in glasses who apologizes for bumping her, jokes about being sued, and turns out to own a yacht. He calls himself Junior. They talk stocks, her ukulele and singing, and she claims a Bryn Mawr and Vassar background. He asks her to the hotel show and says he only comes ashore to collect shells.
注目の表現
big enough for the both of usflat-chestedshysterWould you mind
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このシーンの表現
for a lark
just for fun
Sugar passes off her band job as a rich girl's whim, claiming they do it only for a lark.
They rented a boat for a lark one Sunday.
このシーンの他の表現
- big enough for the both of us
too small for both of us
- flat-chested
having a small bust
- shyster
a dishonest lawyer
- Would you mind
a polite request
- a theory about
an idea about something
このシーンのメモ一覧
101 行のセリフに 29 件のメモ
haul something about
Oh, well, that's from carrying that bull fiddle around all day.small-busted — Plain and easily awkward; use with care.
You're so flat-chested.get lost — A blunt order to leave; fine for kids or pals.
You heard your mother, Junior. Scram.roomy enough for
This beach ain't big enough for the both of us. Get outta here.Big enough links together and for is almost swallowed.
This beach ain't big enough for the both of us. Get outta here.is not — Nonstandard speech; keep it out of writing.
This beach ain't big enough for the both of us. Get outta here.take someone to court for
Because usually when people find out who I am, they get themselves a wheelchair, a shyster lawyer, and sue me for three-quarters of a million dollars.noun clause: The clause who I am acts as the object of find out, keeping statement order.
Because usually when people find out who I am, they get themselves a wheelchair, a shyster lawyer, and sue me for three-quarters of a million dollars.a shady lawyer — A slangy insult for a crooked lawyer.
Because usually when people find out who I am, they get themselves a wheelchair, a shyster lawyer, and sue me for three-quarters of a million dollars.whoever it may be
Don't worry. I won't sue you, no matter who you are.bye — A chirpy British goodbye, rare in American talk.
Cheerio.obstruct the sight line
Would you mind moving just a little, please? You're blocking my view.polite request pattern: Would you mind takes an -ing verb to make a request gently.
Would you mind moving just a little, please? You're blocking my view.Would you blurs into wud-ja in fast, polite speech.
Would you mind moving just a little, please? You're blocking my view.if or if not
Look, if you're interested in whether I am married or not...whether clause: The whether-clause is the object of in, naming the question of his marriage.
Look, if you're interested in whether I am married or not...trade in stocks
Could be. Uh, you play the market?just for fun
Sugar passes off her band job as a rich girl's whim, claiming they do it only for a lark.
We're just doing this for a lark.stop supporting someone
They do indeed. Daddy threatened to cut me off without a cent.meet by chance
You know, it's amazing we never ran into each other before.an idea about something
Sugar brings up her pet idea that men in glasses are gentler, framing it as a theory about them.
You see, I have this theory about men who wear glasses.reach the land
I only come ashore twice a day, when the tide goes out.Come ashore runs together, with the stress on shore.
I only come ashore twice a day, when the tide goes out.because of
- Oh. - It's on account of these shells.a strong love of something
The heir says his family had a passion for shells, which quietly explains the name of the oil company.
So did my father and my grandfather. You might say we had a passion for shells.call it after
That's why we named the oil company after it.out among people
What are you staring at? This happens to me all the time in public.blocking someone
Yes, you're in his way. He's waiting for a signal from his yacht.「Sugar Meets the Man in Glasses」を読み解く
What's really going on
Everyone here is selling a version of themselves. The man turns a face-to-face apology into a boast — "people find out who I am" and sue him for a fortune — then deflects every question about identity with a shell story and the line "Just call me Junior." Sugar is doing the same in reverse: a working band singer who claims Bryn Mawr and Vassar and laughs that the whole tour is just "for a lark." His claim to have "a theory about men who wear glasses" is less a theory than a pickup move, treating his own softness as a charming secret. She answers with an invitation to hear the band. Neither correction nor confession happens; the scene runs on mutual flattery, and that is exactly what makes the later reveal land.
Theme
RomanceA beach meet-cute built almost entirely on flirtation: compliments, a mystery, an invitation, and a theory he refuses to explain yet.
DeceptionBoth flatter with invented selves: he hides his name behind shells and 'Junior,' she claims a debutante past and calls the tour a lark.
このチャプターで学べること
- Sugar mistakes an oil heir for a tourist.
- Her posh talk is a performance, not a fact.
- The shell hobby hides a family fortune.
発音のポイント
- big enough for — Big enough links together and for is almost swallowed.
- Would you — Would you blurs into wud-ja in fast, polite speech.
- come ashore — Come ashore runs together, with the stress on shore.
Because usually when people find out who I am, they get themselves a wheelchair, a shyster lawyer, and sue me for three-quarters of a million dollars.A rich man's joke: whenever strangers learn who he is, they fake injuries, hire a shyster lawyer, and sue him for a fortune — his way of hinting at wealth without giving a name.
I'm sure I would have remembered anybody as attractive as you are.A smooth compliment after Sugar says they can never have met: anyone as attractive as her would have stuck in his memory.
So did my father and my grandfather. You might say we had a passion for shells.His excuse for collecting shells: he claims his father and grandfather shared the hobby, and that the family even named its oil company after it.
You see, I have this theory about men who wear glasses.Sugar's teasing line: she says she has a theory about men who wear glasses, then refuses to explain it until she knows him better.
I'll bet you're also gentle and helpless.Sugar's guess — gentle and helpless — flatters him and probes for more; he acts startled and begs her pardon.
このシーンについての質問
Why won't the man give Sugar his real name?
He jokes that people who learn who he is fake injuries and sue him for a fortune, then says, "Please, no names. Just call me Junior." The refusal keeps his wealth a mystery.
Is Sugar really a rich society girl?
She tells Junior she went to Bryn Mawr and Vassar and that the band is just for fun, but she is a singer in Sweet Sue's troupe. The scene plays on her talking up a grander background than she has.
What does "for a lark" mean?
It means doing something just for fun or as a prank, not seriously. Sugar uses it to shrug off the band as a lark, as if a wealthy girl were only dabbling.
Why does the man come ashore only twice a day?
He says it is on account of his shells: he can only come ashore when the tide goes out. It is the excuse he gives Sugar for being hard to meet.
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