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The Ghost and Mrs. Muir · 1947 — 第 8 / 18 章 · 3'16" · B2

Captain Gregg Dictates His Memoirs, Explained：throw yourself at

Lucy wants to take in lodgers to stay afloat, but Captain Gregg assumes she's chasing Mr. Coombe and jealously sneers at her dignity. Once he learns she only wants paying guests, he apologizes and pitches a better plan: "I've solved all your problems. You're going to write a book" — his memoirs, for money.

あらすじ

Lucy, a widow short on money, invites Mr. Coombe to her seaside house to help find summer lodgers. Captain Gregg, the ghost who haunts the house, assumes she means to marry him, they fight, and he apologizes. He then proposes a scheme: she will write his life story from his dictation, and the book will pay their way.

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throw yourself atdo anything for moneyput something down on paperpawn

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このシーンの表現

throw yourself at

pursue someone too eagerly

The captain finds Lucy with the agent Coombe and accuses her of chasing the man.

Don't throw yourself at him; let him work for it.

このシーンの他の表現

  • do anything for money

    act out of pure greed

  • put something down on paper

    write it down

  • pawn

    deposit for a loan

  • squeamish

    easily disgusted, fussy

  • I'll have you know

    let me tell you

このシーンのメモ一覧

64 行のセリフに 26 件のメモ

表現 · B2throw oneself at someone

pursue someone too eagerly

The captain finds Lucy with the agent Coombe and accuses her of chasing the man.

Do you call it dignified to throw yourself at a herring-gutted swab like that?
文法 · B2it dignified to throw yourself

formal object: It stands in as a placeholder while the real object, the infinitive, comes later.

Do you call it dignified to throw yourself at a herring-gutted swab like that?
スラング · C1herring-gutted

scrawny, gutted — A sailor's insult, joking only; never say it in earnest.

Do you call it dignified to throw yourself at a herring-gutted swab like that?
表現 · B2the logical person to do something

the sensible choice

I asked Mr. Coombe here because he's the logical man to help me find lodgers for the summer.
文法 · B2the logical man to help me

infinitive as modifier: The infinitive modifies man, naming the role he fits.

I asked Mr. Coombe here because he's the logical man to help me find lodgers for the summer.
表現 · B2be misled

led to a wrong idea

Forgive me, my dear. I've been seriously misled.
表現 · B2sign someone on

take someone on

I thought you wanted to sign him on for a husband.
スラング · B2walrus

a clumsy, ugly man — Animal insult, fine as a joke among friends.

Mr. Coombe? That walrus!
表現 · B1take in lodgers

rent a room to here it means to rent rooms out, not to absorb or alter

I couldn't allow you to take in lodgers in any case.
発音in any case

Link in and any, then run any case quickly.

I couldn't allow you to take in lodgers in any case.
表現 · A2be worse than something

more troublesome than

They're worse than passengers at sea.
表現 · B1put something down on paper

write it down

The captain divides the work: he supplies the story, and Lucy puts it on paper.

I can write a book, and you can put it down on paper for me.
表現 · B1be meant to be ...

intended to be

It's meant to be sensational, like the subject.
表現 · B1live on something

survive on

What are we to live on in the meantime?
スラング · B2Blast your eyes

a strong old curse — A dated, heavy curse; recognize it, do not use it.

Blast your eyes, madam. Will you understand?
表現 · B2can't afford to do something

must not, cannot risk

Can't afford to be squeamish.
発音afford to

Drop the d in afford and weaken to.

Can't afford to be squeamish.
表現 · B2all the more reason to do something

an even stronger case for

All the more reason to pawn it.
表現 · B1one's mother-in-law

spouse's mother

Really, Captain Gregg. I'll have you know I'm very fond of my mother-in-law.
表現 · B2do someone justice

fail to show someone's worth

It doesn't do you justice, my dear.
文法 · B2are always being imposed upon

passive progressive: The passive progressive stresses a thing that keeps happening to them.

Women named Lucy are always being imposed upon, but Lucia, now there's a name for an amazon, for a queen.
スラング · C1amazon

a strong, warrior-like woman — Usually approving for a strong woman; not an insult.

Women named Lucy are always being imposed upon, but Lucia, now there's a name for an amazon, for a queen.
表現 · B2what the future will bring

what is coming next

I feel frightened and confused and wondering what the future will bring.
文法 · B1who isn't real

relative clause: The who-clause defines which someone she means.

To someone who isn't real.
発音because you

The first syllable of because softens and you reduces.

I'm here because you believe I'm here.
表現 · B1keep on doing something

go on believing

And keep on believing, and I'll always be real to you.

「Captain Gregg Dictates His Memoirs」を読み解く

What's really going on

The fight is not really about lodgers. Captain Gregg has decided Lucy belongs to him and the house, so a paying guest — especially a man — reads as a threat. "I couldn't allow you to take in lodgers in any case," he says, and then solves her money problem on his own terms: she will write his story, and he will supply it. Calling her Lucia instead of Lucy is the tell — "Lucia, now there's a name for an amazon, for a queen" — he is remaking her into something grander. She answers honestly, "I feel frightened and confused and wondering what the future will bring," and asks him to keep being real to her. What looks like a business deal is really the start of their intimacy: two lonely people inventing a future together.

Theme

RomanceUnder the arguing and the book deal, the captain and Lucy are falling for each other.
TrustHe asks her to trust a man who isn't real, and she chooses to believe.

このチャプターで学べること

  • The book plan turns a ghost story into a family income.
  • Pawn, not sell, keeps a door open to buy the brooch back.
  • The new names mark the moment they stop being strangers.
  • His belief line makes her faith the price of his presence.

発音のポイント

  • in any case — Link in and any, then run any case quickly.
  • afford to — Drop the d in afford and weaken to.
  • because you — The first syllable of because softens and you reduces.
I find it hard enough to write a postcard.

Lucy's excuse for why she can't write a book — she claims even a postcard is beyond her.

Can't afford to be squeamish.

The captain's blunt advice: when you're broke, you can't let pride or delicate feelings stop you.

Women named Lucy are always being imposed upon, but Lucia, now there's a name for an amazon, for a queen.

He renames her, arguing that "Lucy" sounds like a woman others take advantage of, while "Lucia" sounds regal.

I feel frightened and confused and wondering what the future will bring.

Lucy admits her real fear: she doesn't know what lies ahead and has no one solid to rely on.

And keep on believing, and I'll always be real to you.

The captain's promise: his existence depends on her belief, so as long as she trusts him he stays real.

このシーンについての質問

Did Captain Gregg really think Lucy wanted to marry Mr. Coombe?

Yes — he admits he was "seriously misled" and apologizes. He saw a man in her house and jumped to the worst conclusion, which says more about his feelings than hers.

Why does the captain want Lucy to pawn her jewelry instead of taking in lodgers?

He refuses to share his house with strangers. Writing his memoirs keeps the money coming without outsiders, and pawning is just the stopgap until the book sells.

What does "Blood and Swash" mean?

A swashbuckler-style adventure — bloody, sensational, larger than life. He says the title isn't meant to be nice, "it's meant to be sensational, like the subject."

Why does the captain rename Lucy "Lucia"?

He thinks "Lucy" belongs to women who get used by others; "Lucia" sounds like a queen or an amazon. It's his way of telling her she's stronger than she believes.

Does Lucy actually believe the captain is real?

She says she believes when she's talking to him but struggles when he's gone. His reply — that he's real because she believes — sets the terms of their whole relationship.

幽霊と未亡人 · 全 18 章

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