change for an occasion
- Are we dressing for dinner? - No. Just come as you are.The Apartment · 1960 — 第 14 / 15 章 · 4'04" · B2
Baxter's Dinner for Two Is Interrupted, Explained：had it coming
Baxter lights candles and cooks Fran dinner, telling her he used to feel like Robinson Crusoe — shipwrecked among eight million people until he saw her footprint. Then Karl, her brother-in-law, walks in, and the evening collapses: "If there wasn't a lady present, I'd clobber you."
あらすじ
Baxter cooks a candlelit dinner for two and buys napkins to go with it. Over the meal he tells Fran he used to live like Robinson Crusoe, shipwrecked among eight million people, until he saw her footprint in the sand. The mood breaks when Karl, Fran's brother-in-law, arrives to take her home — and discovers the truth about her overdose.
注目の表現
come as you arego all the waydinner for twoserve the meatballs
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このシーンの表現
had it coming
deserved it
After Karl leaves, Dr. Dreyfuss says, half joking, that Baxter had the punch coming.
She had it coming after cheating on the exam.
このシーンの他の表現
- come as you are
no need to dress up
- go all the way
take it all the way
- dinner for two
a meal for two people
- serve the meatballs
dish out meatballs
- take advantage of
exploit someone
このシーンのメモ一覧
53 行のセリフに 26 件のメモ
Come as you are links smoothly, with as weakened.
- Are we dressing for dinner? - No. Just come as you are.skilled at using
- You're pretty good with that racket. - You should see my backhand.no reason not to
- You bought some napkins. - Might as well go all the way.lived that way in the past
You know, I used to live like Robinson Crusoe.used to: Used to marks a past habit or state that no longer holds now.
You know, I used to live like Robinson Crusoe.in a huge crowd
Shipwrecked, among eight million people.a lovely thing
It's a wonderful thing, dinner for two.Dinner for two links, with for weakened to fə.
It's a wonderful thing, dinner for two.dine by oneself
- Do you usually eat alone? - No. Sometimes I eat with Ed Sullivan.once dinner is over
- Cheers. - Know what we're gonna do after dinner?stay sober and alert
So keep a clear head.exploit someone
Baxter wants to finish the card game but insists he is not trying to exploit her.
Cause I don't wanna take advantage of you, the way I did yesterday in bed.manner clause: The way introduces how something was done, with the relative word left out.
Cause I don't wanna take advantage of you, the way I did yesterday in bed.Take advantage of runs together, with of almost swallowed.
Cause I don't wanna take advantage of you, the way I did yesterday in bed.want to — Everyday speech; keep it out of formal writing.
Cause I don't wanna take advantage of you, the way I did yesterday in bed.what's wrong with you
Karl walks in and challenges Fran, asking why she is acting so strangely.
What's with you, Fran? Did you forget where you live?a woman in the room
If there wasn't a lady present, I'd clobber you.subjunctive if-clause: The if-clause is unreal, so the threat stays a threat and never happens.
If there wasn't a lady present, I'd clobber you.beat up — A casual threat; not what you say in a serious fight.
If there wasn't a lady present, I'd clobber you.traffic across town
It must be murder drivin' a cab in New York with the cross-town traffic.doctor (informal) — Friendly shorthand for a doctor; too casual for formal speech.
Oh, uh... I'm fine, Doc.in confidence
Well, I don't wanna gloat, but just between us, you had it coming to you.have a black eye
You're gonna have a shiner tomorrow.a black eye — Spoken word for a black eye, usually after a fight.
You're gonna have a shiner tomorrow.not hurt at all
It doesn't hurt a bit.「Baxter's Dinner for Two Is Interrupted」を読み解く
What's really going on
For one evening the apartment works as Baxter always hoped it would. He isn't lending it to a boss; he's cooking in it, lighting candles, and making a speech about loneliness that is really a courtship. "You know, I used to live like Robinson Crusoe," he says — a man alone in a city of eight million — "and then one day I saw a footprint in the sand." Fran answers the feeling without naming it. Then Karl arrives, and the private world collapses into exactly the scandal Baxter has been managing for months. Karl's line "If there wasn't a lady present, I'd clobber you" lands on the wrong man: Baxter didn't seduce Fran, he kept her alive. Dreyfuss's parting joke — "you had it coming to you" — is the comedy's quiet cruelty, since the man who gets punched is the one who did the least harm.
Theme
LonelinessBaxter's Robinson Crusoe speech turns the borrowed apartment into a place of real loneliness.
RomanceThe candlelit dinner is a courtship, deflated the moment Karl walks in.
このチャプターで学べること
- The Crusoe metaphor says loneliness without saying the word.
- Karl's entrance turns a quiet dinner into a scene.
- Have it coming is the doctor's dry verdict on the punch.
- Dinner for two marks how much company means to Baxter.
発音のポイント
- come as you are — Come as you are links smoothly, with as weakened.
- dinner for two — Dinner for two links, with for weakened to fə.
- take advantage of — Take advantage of runs together, with of almost swallowed.
You know, I used to live like Robinson Crusoe.Baxter's way of describing his old loneliness: a castaway in a city of eight million people. The fairy-tale reference makes the confession easier to say.
It's a wonderful thing, dinner for two.Baxter's simple summary of the evening he has arranged. After years of lending the apartment out, he finally gets to use it for a meal he actually wants.
If there wasn't a lady present, I'd clobber you.Karl's threat to Baxter once he learns what happened. He restrains himself only because Fran is in the room, then still throws the punch.
Well, I don't wanna gloat, but just between us, you had it coming to you.Dreyfuss's dry verdict after Baxter is punched. It sounds sympathetic but isn't: he thinks Baxter earned the beating by living this way.
このシーンについての質問
Why is Karl so angry with Baxter?
He thinks Baxter is the man who ruined Fran. Karl arrives to collect her, sees the candlelit dinner, hears about the sleeping pills, and assumes Baxter is the seducer — not knowing the affair was with Sheldrake.
Why does Baxter say he doesn't want to take advantage of Fran?
She has just survived an overdose and is still fragile. He's drawing a line: he'll play gin rummy and keep her company, but he won't let the night slide toward sex the way it did before.
What does the Robinson Crusoe speech mean?
Baxter compares himself to a castaway — alone among eight million people — and says Fran is the footprint that proved he wasn't the only one on the island. It's his indirect way of saying he loves her.
Why does Dreyfuss say Baxter "had it coming"?
It's his blunt, ironic judgment. Baxter lends his apartment to his bosses and accepts the perks that come with it, so Dreyfuss sees the punch as a bill finally arriving — even though Baxter is the least guilty man in the room.
What happens to Baxter after the punch?
Karl hits him once, leaving him with a black eye. Dreyfuss predicts "you're gonna have a shiner tomorrow," offers to treat it, and Baxter shrugs it off with "It doesn't hurt a bit."
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次のチャプター · 第 15 章take someone off your handsSheldrake Takes Fran off Baxter's Hands
第 1 章throw a monkey wrenchBaxter Swaps His Apartment Nights
第 2 章out of handSheldrake Grills Baxter About the Key
第 3 章go to wasteBaxter Meets Fran at the Theatre
第 4 章kid yourselfFran Turns Sheldrake Down at the Booth
第 5 章all that jazzThe Bosses Welcome Baxter to His Office
第 6 章stood me upBaxter Asks Fran Out at the Party
第 7 章ancient historySheldrake Leaves Fran on Christmas Eve
第 8 章might as wellBaxter Picks Up Mrs. MacDougall
第 9 章out of the woodsDreyfuss Saves Fran and Scolds Baxter
第 10 章touch and goBaxter Calls Sheldrake About Fran
第 11 章good-time CharlieFran Rehearses the Cover Story
第 12 章from the word goFran Tells Baxter Her Life Story
第 13 章can't say noBaxter Saves Fran From a Gas Leak
再生中 · 第 14 章had it comingBaxter's Dinner for Two Is Interrupted
第 15 章take someone off your handsSheldrake Takes Fran off Baxter's Hands第 14 / 15 章 · 残り約 3 分