for several days
I've been waiting for days for the skin to heal, for this moment to come.The Dawn Wall · 2017 — 第 20 / 24 章 · 3'14" · B2
Kevin Falls Short on Pitch 15, Explained：throw in the towel
Kevin returns with healed fingers and climbs the traverse almost perfectly — and still falls. "Everything was perfect, and I still didn't do it." After four failed attempts in one night, he decides to stop chasing his own summit and support Tommy's, with bad weather closing in.
あらすじ
After days of rest, Kevin goes back at pitch 15. A cold breeze makes him feel weightless and the moves flow, yet he still falls at the end. He tries four times that night and loses every attempt. With the weather turning, he decides to give up his own summit and help Tommy finish the climb.
注目の表現
throw in the towelhold it togethergood enoughfucked
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このシーンの表現
throw in the towel
give up
After four failed tries, Kevin stops pushing and decides to help Tommy instead.
Don't throw in the towel so early.
このシーンの他の表現
- hold it together
stay composed
- good enough
meeting the standard
- fucked
ruined, in trouble
- enjoy that process
mocking the idea of enjoying it
- weightless
having no weight
このシーンのメモ一覧
43 行のセリフに 26 件のメモ
present perfect continuous: The present perfect continuous stresses an action running up to now, giving a sense of long waiting.
I've been waiting for days for the skin to heal, for this moment to come.a cool wind
There's a nice cold breeze blowing up the wall.Link floating and across smoothly to match the drifting image.
I was just floating across the pitch.stay composed
As Kevin starts to come apart on the crux, his partner tells him to stay steady.
Hold it together.man, buddy — Casual address between friends; avoid it with elders or clients.
Oh, that was so good, dude.a strong insult — A heavy curse; keep it out of polite settings.
Fucker!fall again and again
I just kept falling.a curse of frustration — A common curse of frustration; not for formal talk.
Shit!not go well
...didn't go so well.The t in didn't often drops before go.
...didn't go so well.a hard fight
It was a battle, and I didn't win.that was the end
It was pretty clear that that was it.had an opportunity
Like, you had your chance.meeting the standard
Kevin judges himself bluntly: that time he simply was not good enough.
You weren't good enough.Link good and enough so they sound like one word.
You weren't good enough.ruined, doomed — Vulgar slang for a ruined situation; private use only.
Yeah, it's pretty fucked.mocking the idea of enjoying it
The reporter assumes failure and asks how much Kevin enjoyed the process, with a sting in it.
So how much did you enjoy that process?everything you get
Because that's all you get.what occurs if
Is it now time to do a story about what happens if he doesn't make it?embedded if-clause: The if-clause sits inside the sentence as the object of about, not as a main question.
Is it now time to do a story about what happens if he doesn't make it?positive outcomes
The reporter admits everyone wants a happy ending, yet the failure makes the better story.
We all want happy endings, but as a journalist, you're like, "That's an incredible story."as-phrase of role: The as-phrase frames the view from a professional role, setting up the contrast.
We all want happy endings, but as a journalist, you're like, "That's an incredible story."proceed first
Do you say, you go ahead without me?abandon someone
Do you leave a guy behind?give up
After four failed tries, Kevin stops pushing and decides to help Tommy instead.
I'm just going to throw in the towel and support Tommy to the top.「Kevin Falls Short on Pitch 15」を読み解く
What's really going on
The near-send is crueller than an obvious failure, because Kevin knows exactly how close it was. "Everything was perfect, and I still didn't do it," he says, and the sentence carries the whole weight of the chapter: effort and outcome do not always line up, no matter how well you prepare. The temptation is to read it as a story about not being good enough — the journalist even jokes that he is now the man who almost climbed the Dawn Wall — but the film keeps the question open. "It was a battle, and I didn't win." What he does next is the real answer: instead of forcing another attempt, he throws in the towel and turns his energy to Tommy. Quitting his own goal becomes the way he keeps the climb alive.
Theme
DreamsKevin comes agonisingly close to his goal and has to decide what to do when it slips away.
FriendshipGiving up his own summit, Kevin throws his support behind Tommy so the climb can still be finished.
このチャプターで学べること
- A perfect attempt can still end in failure.
- One word, almost, can become a permanent label.
- The reporter's real interest is the failure story.
- Giving up on the summit can still be teamwork.
発音のポイント
- floating across — Link floating and across smoothly to match the drifting image.
- didn't go — The t in didn't often drops before go.
- good enough — Link good and enough so they sound like one word.
I was just floating across the pitch.The traverse at its best: weightless, flowing, almost effortless.
Everything was perfect, and I still didn't do it.The cruellest kind of failure, where execution was right and the outcome still refused.
It was a battle, and I didn't win.Kevin's plain verdict on the night, with no excuses attached.
Now you're the guy that almost climbed the Dawn Wall.The label that waits for him: remembered for nearly succeeding.
Because that's all you get.A blunt reminder that in this pursuit the process is the only guaranteed reward.
I'm just going to throw in the towel and support Tommy to the top.The decision to stop chasing his own summit and help someone else reach his.
このシーンについての質問
Why did Kevin fall even when everything felt perfect?
The traverse leaves almost no margin. He moved as well as he ever had, but the sequence is so hard that a perfect attempt can still end in a fall.
How many times did Kevin try that night?
Four times. He kept falling on the same pitch, and by the end admits it was a battle he did not win.
Why did Kevin decide to give up his own attempt?
The weather was about to turn bad, and time was running out. Rather than keep failing on pitch 15, he chose to throw in the towel and help Tommy finish the route.
What do people call Kevin afterwards?
The man who almost climbed the Dawn Wall. The film and press frame him by how close he came, which is both a compliment and a burden.
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