a contemptible person — A common British insult; never in polite speech.
Wanker.The Gentlemen · 2020 — 第 8 / 15 章 · 2'07" · B2
Roadmen Try to Rob a Phone Buyer, Explained：come in peace
A man surrounded by a gang insists he is not stealing the phone — he wants to buy it, "for good money. Honest money." The group isn't interested in a fair trade and pressures him to hand over the cash, then the standoff ends in gunfire.
あらすじ
A street standoff: a man is surrounded by a gang who think he is trying to steal a phone. He explains that he only wants to buy it, offering "good money. Honest money." The gang mocks him, then demands the phone and the cash. The scene ends with shots fired.
注目の表現
back upcome in peaceroadmenhonest money
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このシーンの表現
come in peace
arrive with no hostile intent
Surrounded by the lads, Ray declares he comes in peace to lower the temperature.
Relax, I come in peace; I only want to ask one thing.
このシーンの他の表現
- back up
make a copy of data
- roadmen
streetwise local toughs
- honest money
clean, legitimate money
- like the darkness at dawn
vanish as quietly as night at sunrise
- fuck around
waste time or mess about
このシーンのメモ一覧
22 行のセリフに 23 件のメモ
have support behind you
What you saying now, fam? Huh? Now I've got backup.In fast speech what you blurs into something like watcha.
What you saying now, fam? Huh? Now I've got backup.mate, bro — A street address for a friend; not for strangers or elders.
What you saying now, fam? Huh? Now I've got backup.The t in couldn't drops, and back up links together.
You couldn't back up a phone, you cunt.an extremely vulgar insult — One of the heaviest slurs; avoid it everywhere.
You couldn't back up a phone, you cunt.step back now, rudely
Fucking do him! Back the fuck up!escape by talking cleverly
How you gonna talk your way out of this one, mate? Easy, lads.casual ellipsis: Are is dropped in casual speech, so how you gonna means how are you going to.
How you gonna talk your way out of this one, mate? Easy, lads.How you gonna runs as one unit, with gonna reduced.
How you gonna talk your way out of this one, mate? Easy, lads.and all that nonsense
I'm sure you're all roadmen, gangsters, proper naughty boys and all that bollocks.streetwise local toughs — British street slang; aimed at a stranger it reads as a challenge.
I'm sure you're all roadmen, gangsters, proper naughty boys and all that bollocks.bad boys, troublemakers — A half-joking label for troublemakers, always with a smirk.
I'm sure you're all roadmen, gangsters, proper naughty boys and all that bollocks.contrastive not-but: The not-here-but-there contrast shifts the point onto the second half of the sentence.
I'm not trying to steal it. I'm trying to buy it.a generous amount of money
For good money. Honest money.a whole bag
How much? A full bag.no longer be there
Then I'll be gone like the darkness at dawn.what do you say to
How about you give us that bag and be gone anyway?how about suggestion: How about plus a full clause floats a suggestion that can also be a jab.
How about you give us that bag and be gone anyway?accept the cash
Give me the phone and take the money.onto the floor
Put the phone on the ground.what is your action here
Fucking prick! What are you doing, Dave?a contemptible man — A vulgar jab at a disliked man; not for strangers.
Fucking prick! What are you doing, Dave?「Roadmen Try to Rob a Phone Buyer」を読み解く
What's really going on
Under the tough talk, this is a negotiation that neither side can afford to lose. The buyer leads with courtesy — "I come in peace," "I'm not trying to steal it. I'm trying to buy it" — because being seen as a thief could be fatal. He even names the world he has walked into: "roadmen, gangsters, proper naughty boys and all that bollocks," and offers "good money. Honest money." The other side tests whether the offer can simply be taken instead of paid for: "How about you give us that bag and be gone anyway?" The buyer's calm is what keeps the exchange from tipping into violence, but when it does collapse, someone shouts "Fucking prick!" — the polite mask gone in a second.
Theme
MoneyEverything turns on price: the buyer wants the phone with 'honest money,' and the other side would rather just take the cash.
SurvivalIn this street standoff, staying calm and talking your way out is the only defence, and it barely works.
このチャプターで学べること
- Staying calm can beat being outnumbered.
- The not-but line reframes theft as a fair trade.
- Street slang turns toughness into a talking point.
- A poetic exit line can defuse a crowd.
発音のポイント
- What you — In fast speech what you blurs into something like watcha.
- couldn't back — The t in couldn't drops, and back up links together.
- How you gonna — How you gonna runs as one unit, with gonna reduced.
I'm not trying to steal it. I'm trying to buy it.The buyer's core defence: he separates himself from a thief by insisting on a transaction, which is both honest and a way to stay alive.
Then I'll be gone like the darkness at dawn.A melodramatic promise that he will vanish once the deal is done, using a poetic image to sound harmless and temporary.
I'm sure you're all roadmen, gangsters, proper naughty boys and all that bollocks.A backhanded acknowledgement of the gang's reputation: he names their tough image, then dismisses it as bollocks before asking to be heard.
Give me the phone and take the money.The deal stated as an order: the speaker wants the phone handed over immediately, money or not, cutting off any further discussion.
このシーンについての質問
Why does the buyer say he comes in peace?
Because the gang thinks he is stealing the phone, and being mistaken for a thief could get him killed. Naming his intent first is a way to slow the situation down.
Why won't the gang just sell him the phone?
Because they sense an easier profit. Instead of a fair trade, they want him to hand over the whole bag of cash and leave, which is closer to robbery than a sale.
Who turns on whom when the shooting starts?
At the end, as the exchange collapses and shots are fired, someone shouts "Fucking prick!" at the person who made things spiral — and the earlier politeness disappears.
Why does the buyer call his cash "honest money"?
To signal that it is clean, legitimate money. By contrasting it with theft, he is trying to prove he is a customer, not a criminal.
Why does the buyer mock them as roadmen and gangsters?
It is a risky piece of flattery: he shows he knows exactly who he is dealing with, then waves the labels away as "bollocks" so the talk can move to business.
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