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The Gentlemen · 2020 — 第 6 / 15 章 · 2'41" · B2

Mickey Sends Ray to Find Laura, Explained：fell in with the wrong crowd

The Pressfield family asks Mickey to find their missing daughter, Laura, who has fallen for a washed-up pop star. Mickey agrees to look into it, then hands the job to Ray, who objects: she is on a South London estate, out of their jurisdiction, and "there's too many moving parts."

あらすじ

At the Pressfields' home, a distraught father blames himself for his daughter Laura's disappearance while others insist it is not his fault and describe how she "fell in with the wrong crowd." Mickey agrees to investigate. Afterward he tells Ray to find her and bring her home; Ray resists, calling it out of their jurisdiction, until Mickey tells him to "think of it as philanthropy."

Asking for helpTalking to the bossAskingSaying noBoss & employeeB2fastbritish
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注目の表現

fall for someonefuck offdo you mind iffell in with the wrong crowd

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  1. ❝ 独白the tabloid narration5 行練習ページ ↗
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このシーンの表現

fell in with the wrong crowd

join a bad group of people

Mickey frames the disappearance as bad timing and bad company, sparing the parents the blame.

She fell in with the wrong crowd and stopped coming to class.

このシーンの他の表現

  • fall for someone

    fall in love with someone

  • fuck off

    a rude way to tell someone to go away

  • do you mind if

    a polite way to ask permission

  • moving parts

    things that can change the outcome

  • think of it as philanthropy

    calling a favour charity

このシーンのメモ一覧

50 行のセリフに 25 件のメモ

表現 · B1fall for someone

fall in love with someone

Fletcher narrates the tabloid angle, describing how the lord's daughter fell for a washed-up singer's dark charm.

has fallen for this Power Noel's smacked out dark charm, and I want the lot of them.
スラング · B2smacked out

drugged into a stupor — Describes a drug stupor; insulting in tone.

has fallen for this Power Noel's smacked out dark charm, and I want the lot of them.
スラング · B2toff

a posh upper-class person — Informal and loaded; fine in jokes, not in polite small talk.

especially that slimy little jam rag Pearson, in bed with a skint discredited toff
スラング · B2skint

having no money — British and casual; common among friends, not in formal talk.

especially that slimy little jam rag Pearson, in bed with a skint discredited toff
スラング · B2gear

drugs — Street slang for drugs; avoid it in formal speech.

and supplying gear to young and reckless rock star royals, royals unbridled by distracted parents
表現 · A2too busy doing something to do something

so busy that something is missed

too busy skiing on the Swiss Alps to notice and too fucking stupid to care.
スラング · B2fucking

intensifier, very rude — A vulgar intensifier; never use it in formal settings.

too busy skiing on the Swiss Alps to notice and too fucking stupid to care.
表現 · B2wrap someone in cotton wool

protect someone too closely

We wrapped her in cotton wool.
表現 · B1beat yourself up over something

blame yourself harshly

You mustn't keep beating yourself up, dear.
発音mustn't keep

The t in mustn't often drops before keep.

You mustn't keep beating yourself up, dear.
表現 · B1it sounds as though ...

it seems that

It sounds as though Laura fell in with the wrong crowd at a time when she was particularly vulnerable.
文法 · B2at a time when she was particularly vulnerable

relative adverb when: When introduces a relative clause that pins down which time is meant.

It sounds as though Laura fell in with the wrong crowd at a time when she was particularly vulnerable.
表現 · B1what more could someone do

there was nothing else to try

What more could we do?
表現 · A2see what someone can do

try to help

Let me see what I can do.
発音gone missing

Put the beat on gone and miss to catch the key fact.

She's gone missing. They've asked us to find her, bring her home.
表現 · B1have a feeling (that) ...

sense something beforehand

Well, I had a feeling you might ask me this, boss.
表現 · C1do some due diligence

check things out first

So I did some due diligence.
表現 · B1get involved in something

take part in something

I'd rather we didn't get involved. Why not? She's on a South London council estate.
文法 · B2I'd rather we didn't get involved

would rather clause: After would rather the past tense signals an unreal wish, not past time.

I'd rather we didn't get involved. Why not? She's on a South London council estate.
発音didn't get

The t in didn't nearly disappears before get.

I'd rather we didn't get involved. Why not? She's on a South London council estate.
表現 · C1be out of someone's jurisdiction

beyond our authority

So? It's out of our jurisdiction.
表現 · B1it's going to get messy

become chaotic

What if she doesn't wanna come? It's gonna get messy.
発音wanna come

Want to weakens into wanna and runs as one word.

What if she doesn't wanna come? It's gonna get messy.
スラング · B2smackies

heroin addicts — A derogatory British term; do not use it to anyone's face.

It's just that I don't like smackies.
文法 · B2asking your OCD to spend the weekend

ask someone to do something: The pattern ask someone to do something gets a joke by treating OCD as a person.

I'm not asking your OCD to spend the weekend with them, Ray.

「Mickey Sends Ray to Find Laura」を読み解く

What's really going on

The request looks like charity and functions like a test. The family's grief is real — "You mustn't keep beating yourself up, dear" — but the scene turns on the phrase "fell in with the wrong crowd," which quietly moves the blame off Laura and onto the people around her. Mickey, the fixer, takes the job with a careful "Let me see what I can do," promising less than he intends. Then the real management problem appears: Ray has done his due diligence and wants no part of it. His list of objections — out of jurisdiction, "too many moving parts," she may not want to come — is a professional's risk assessment, and Mickey overrules every point with "you're still doing it." The last line, "No good deed goes unpunished," admits the job is a favor nobody will thank them for.

Theme

Family loveThe parents' grief over their missing daughter drives the request, even as they struggle to admit their own part in it.
DutyRay's objections are overruled by obligation: 'you're my best man. I want you,' so the job becomes a duty rather than a choice.

このチャプターで学べること

  • A yes said reluctantly still binds the speaker.
  • Politeness buys the boss room to refuse.
  • Moving parts is how professionals say it is risky.
  • Charity is the excuse offered here for a dirty job.

発音のポイント

  • mustn't keep — The t in mustn't often drops before keep.
  • gone missing — Put the beat on gone and miss to catch the key fact.
  • didn't get — The t in didn't nearly disappears before get.
  • wanna come — Want to weakens into wanna and runs as one word.
You mustn't keep beating yourself up, dear.

Comfort offered to a guilt-ridden parent: the phrase tells him to stop punishing himself for something he could not control.

It sounds as though Laura fell in with the wrong crowd at a time when she was particularly vulnerable.

A polite way of explaining her disappearance: she was young and fragile and got taken in by the wrong people, which shifts focus away from the family.

There's too many moving parts, parts that we can't control.

Ray's professional objection: the situation has too many variables beyond their control, so the job is a risk rather than a simple errand.

It's happened to so many of our friends.

A line that normalizes the crisis: the parents console themselves by noting that other families in their circle have gone through the same thing.

このシーンについての質問

Why do the Pressfields want Laura found?

She has gone missing after falling in with a bad crowd and a washed-up pop star. The family asks Mickey to find her and bring her home, framing it as a rescue.

Why does Ray not want to take the job?

Several reasons: the girl is on a South London council estate, which is out of their jurisdiction; there are too many variables they cannot control; and she may not want to come back at all.

Why does Mickey call the job philanthropy?

It is a way to make an unwanted errand sound noble. He knows Ray dislikes the work, so he reframes it as charity to get him to accept.

Why does Mickey refuse to send Frazier instead?

Because he wants his best man on it. He tells Ray plainly, "You're my best man. I want you," so the choice is presented as a compliment rather than a request.

What is Ray's real complaint about the job?

He doesn't like addicts. He says, "I don't like smackies," and describes the filth, grime and mess he expects to find, which is why Mickey jokes about his OCD.

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