Out of runs together, and the end of practice softens.
so if these aren't quite up to my usual high standards, you must remember I'm slightly out of practice.The Letter · 1940 — 第 12 / 15 章 · 3'29" · B2
Robert Announces the Move to Sumatra, Explained：put all your eggs in one basket
On the surface it's a quiet victory dinner: Dorothy mixes the first cocktails in weeks, and Leslie admits she can't "taste or think or feel." Underneath, Robert is already planning a new life in Sumatra, and Leslie is quietly trying to stop him—without saying why.
あらすじ
Leslie Crosbie has just been acquitted of murder. That evening, Howard and Dorothy Joyce join her and Robert at their Singapore bungalow. Dorothy makes cocktails for the first time since the trial. Robert reveals he has found a rubber plantation in Sumatra and wants to move the family there at once.
注目の表現
out of practicefor goodthrow up your jobput all your eggs in one basket
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このシーンの表現
put all your eggs in one basket
risk everything on one plan
Howard warns Bob, in an old friend's tone, against putting all his eggs in one basket.
When investing, don't put all your eggs in one basket.
このシーンの他の表現
- out of practice
rusty; not having practised lately
- for good
permanently; for ever
- throw up your job
quit your job
- stick it out
endure to the end
- have my own way
get one's own way
このシーンのメモ一覧
91 行のセリフに 25 件のメモ
better than ever
Dorothy, darling, they're wonderful. Never been better.be worthy of
Not that you deserve to be told,could have been
Though I think you might have been a little more impassioned without hurting yourself.modal perfect: Might have been points back at what was possible but not done.
Though I think you might have been a little more impassioned without hurting yourself.gerund with possessive: His being makes the person the subject of the -ing phrase.
I think what made it especially effective was his being so simple and honest.fools; idiots — An insulting word; only in anger or jest.
Nor me. I'd probably get up there and yell at the jury, "why, you half-wits, I know she's innocent.a little
Personally, I feel a bit sticky.freshen up
Well, I'm going to tidy myself up a bit, darling.speak to someone about something
No. There's something I particularly want to talk to you about.as fast as one can
I want to get Leslie away from here as quickly as possible.be good for someone
I think a bit of a holiday would do you both good.have in mind
But I have something in view that's much better.relative clause: The relative clause describes the thing he already has in mind.
But I have something in view that's much better.begin afresh
We'd start a new life.arrange or settle something
That settles it, then. I'll go straight ahead, and we can fix things up at once.virtually; almost
And is the money as good as here?ever; at all
And how on earth are you going to raise $30,000?old chap; my friend — An affectionate British address between men.
Well, it seems rather rash to put all your eggs in one basket, old boy.make things easier for someone
Everyone has been so kind, and they'll all make it so easy for us.the remaining part of
I don't want to leave Howard and Dorothy and the rest of our friends.Link rest of our so of nearly disappears.
I don't want to leave Howard and Dorothy and the rest of our friends.nervousness — Often said to brush someone's feelings aside.
Oh, come now, darling. That's just nerves.escape; leave
Shows how necessary it is for you to get away.Let me often reduces to lemme in speech.
Leslie, darling, this time, you must let me have my own way.「Robert Announces the Move to Sumatra」を読み解く
What's really going on
The dinner is meant to feel like relief, but nobody at the table is actually free. Dorothy jokes about being "slightly out of practice," and Leslie says she can't "taste or think or feel"—she is already hollowed out. Robert reads the move to Sumatra as a fresh start, but he never asks what Leslie might be running from. She keeps saying she'd rather "stick it out here," then quietly objects to leaving Howard and Dorothy. When Robert finally says "this time, you must let me have my own way," the celebration is over: the acquittal settled the law, not the marriage.
Theme
MarriageRobert decides the family's future on his own while Leslie quietly resists, showing a marriage already split.
MoneyThe plan hinges on $30,000, a mortgage and a life savings, turning a marriage decision into an investment.
このチャプターで学べること
- Bob's numbness shows before his restless new plan does.
- For good is the phrase of someone cutting every tie.
- Howard's warning is practical, not moral.
発音のポイント
- out of practice — Out of runs together, and the end of practice softens.
- rest of our — Link rest of our so of nearly disappears.
- let me — Let me often reduces to lemme in speech.
Why should I go on sweating out my life for other people?Robert is fed up working his whole career for a Liverpool company and wants a business of his own.
Well, it seems rather rash to put all your eggs in one basket, old boy.Howard warns that staking all Robert's savings and a mortgage on one plantation is too risky.
We've got to get away for good.It rejects a short holiday: the family must leave Singapore permanently, not just for a while.
I can't taste or think or feel.Leslie is so numbed by the trial that food, thought and feeling no longer reach her.
I think the thing to do is to stick it out here.She argues they should stay and endure life in Singapore instead of running away.
このシーンについての質問
Why is Robert so set on moving to Sumatra?
He wants to stop working for a Liverpool company and own a plantation, and he believes a fresh start abroad is the only way for him and Leslie to leave the trial behind.
Is Howard right that the Sumatra deal is too risky?
He only warns that Robert would be staking his savings and a borrowed mortgage on a single venture; the film leaves the deal's outcome open.
Why does Leslie suddenly want to stay in Singapore?
She says their friends have been kind and would make life easy, but her reluctance also suggests she has reasons to stay that she keeps to herself.
What does "sweating out my life" mean here?
It's an older expression for spending your life in exhausting, unrewarding work—here, Robert's years at the Liverpool company.
Is Robert being unreasonable about the move?
He reads the acquittal as relief and wants a new start, but he pushes the decision through without really hearing Leslie's objections.
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第 3 章the last strawLeslie Describes Shooting Hammond
第 4 章like grim deathJoyce Questions Leslie About the Body
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第 8 章talk very plainlyHoward Confronts Leslie About the Letter
第 9 章save your neckHoward Refuses to Buy the Letter
第 10 章go to the devilOng Chi Seng Names His Price
第 11 章get hold ofHoward Tells Bob to Buy the Letter
再生中 · 第 12 章put all your eggs in one basketRobert Announces the Move to Sumatra
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