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The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp · 1943 — 第 6 / 30 章 · 2'30" · B1

Candy Meets Edith in Berlin, Explained：as bad as all that

Candy has travelled to Berlin solely on account of Edith's letter, and finds she has lost her job for being English and plans to go home. He tries to cheer her up — "England isn't as bad as all that" — before they start planning how to find their target, Kaunitz.

あらすじ

In Berlin, Candy calls on Edith Hunter, who is surprised to learn he came only because of her letter. She is in a bad spot: she has lost her job as an Englishwoman in Germany and intends to return home. Candy cheers her up, then the two begin planning how to find Kaunitz, the man they have come to deal with.

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on account ofcall onas bad as all thatI presume

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このシーンの表現

as bad as all that

as terrible as that

When Hunter expects the worst of going home, Candy brushes the gloom aside with as bad as all that.

The traffic isn't as bad as all that once you leave the centre.

このシーンの他の表現

  • on account of

    because of

  • call on

    pay a visit to

  • I presume

    I suppose so

  • feel like

    sense oneself as

  • lost without you

    helpless on my own

このシーンのメモ一覧

42 行のセリフに 28 件のメモ

表現 · A1thank you for something

thanks for

Thank you for your telegram. It was a great surprise. I had no idea you were in Berlin.
表現 · A2a great surprise

a big surprise

Thank you for your telegram. It was a great surprise. I had no idea you were in Berlin.
文法 · B2Nor had I

inversion: Nor triggers inversion, so had comes before I; it means the same as neither had I.

Nor had I until now. I only arrived yesterday.
表現 · B1on account of something

because of

Hunter repeats his reason back to him with on account of, half surprised and half probing.

Can you possibly mean that you've come here solely on account of my letter?
スラング · A2naturally

of course — A relaxed way to say of course; keep it casual.

- Well, naturally. - Oh.
表現 · A2of course not

certainly not

- You don't mind, do you? - No, no, of course not.
文法 · B1You don't mind, do you?

tag question: The tag do you turns a statement into a request for confirmation.

- You don't mind, do you? - No, no, of course not.
発音don't mind

The final t in don't is often dropped before mind.

- You don't mind, do you? - No, no, of course not.
表現 · A1sit down

take a seat

Well... shall we sit down?
表現 · A2have a good journey

a pleasant trip

- Did you have a good journey? - Excellent. I'm sorry to bring you out.
スラング · B2bring you out

make you come out — A polite apology for making someone travel to you.

- Did you have a good journey? - Excellent. I'm sorry to bring you out.
表現 · B1be about to do something

just going to

- I was about to call on you. - I've changed my address.
表現 · B1call on someone

pay a visit to

Candy explains he was on his way to visit her; call on is the old polite word for paying a call.

- I was about to call on you. - I've changed my address.
発音was about to

Listen for the weak was and the reduced to in about to.

- I was about to call on you. - I've changed my address.
表現 · A2not very popular

not well liked

English people are not very popular in Berlin.
表現 · A2lose one's job

be out of work

You've lost your job because you're English? Can you get another job?
表現 · B1in ... time

a few months from now

Perhaps in a few months' time. Not now.
表現 · A2cheer up

don't be down

Cheer up. England isn't as bad as all that, you know.
表現 · B2not as bad as all that

as terrible as that

When Hunter expects the worst of going home, Candy brushes the gloom aside with as bad as all that.

Cheer up. England isn't as bad as all that, you know.
発音as bad as

Practise linking as bad as into one smooth run.

Cheer up. England isn't as bad as all that, you know.
文法 · B1what Kaunitz looks like

noun clause: The what clause is the object of know, so it keeps statement order, not question order.

- Do you know what Kaunitz looks like? - No, I've never seen him.
表現 · B1reserve something for someone

kept for

I know a cafe where he holds his Stammtisch - a table regularly reserved for him...
文法 · B1where he holds his Stammtisch

relative clause: The where clause describes the cafe, telling us where he keeps his regular table.

I know a cafe where he holds his Stammtisch - a table regularly reserved for him...
文法 · B2It's a proud father that has a scarred son

cleft sentence: The it is ... that frame throws emphasis on proud father rather than the son.

It's a proud father that has a scarred son, and vice versa.
表現 · A2feel like someone

sense oneself as

Candy is thrilled to finally meet Hunter and compares himself to two famous explorers.

I feel like Stanley and Livingstone!
スラング · B1awfully

very — Old-fashioned British intensifier, warm and polite.

- Very well. - It's awfully nice of you.
表現 · B2be lost without someone

helpless on my own

Candy asks Hunter to guide him tonight and exaggerates how helpless he would be alone.

I should obviously be absolutely lost without you.
発音lost without you

Practise linking lost without smoothly in one breath.

I should obviously be absolutely lost without you.

「Candy Meets Edith in Berlin」を読み解く

What's really going on

Under the courtesy, this is a scene about two English people in a foreign city deciding to work together. Edith's news is a quiet rebuke to Candy's romantic gesture: she did not need him to cross Europe for a letter, and her situation is worse than his grand arrival suggests. Yet the scene keeps its manners. They speak in questions and small offers of help — "Can you possibly mean that you've come here solely on account of my letter?" — and turn their attention to the practical task. The talk of duelling scars and German customs is both local colour and the film's real interest: what English fair play looks like when it runs into a country that fights differently. Edith's closing joke, "you are Livingstone, I presume?", puts the two of them in a familiar story and gives Candy the flattering role.

Theme

TrustCandy crosses Europe on the strength of a letter, and the scene is about two near-strangers deciding they can rely on each other.
IdentityEdith's trouble comes from being English in Berlin, and the talk of scars and duels is about how each country performs its own kind of honour.

このチャプターで学べること

  • Inversion can make agreement sound formal.
  • 'As bad as all that' softens someone's despair.
  • 'Call on' means visit, not phone.
  • Stacked adverbs can turn thanks into charm.

発音のポイント

  • don't mind — The final t in don't is often dropped before mind.
  • was about to — Listen for the weak was and the reduced to in about to.
  • as bad as — Practise linking as bad as into one smooth run.
  • lost without you — Practise linking lost without smoothly in one breath.
Nor had I until now. I only arrived yesterday.

A neat inversion that answers the surprise: he did not know she was in Berlin either, having arrived only the day before.

Can you possibly mean that you've come here solely on account of my letter?

The question under the polite surprise: she cannot quite believe he travelled so far just for her, and wants him to confirm it.

Cheer up. England isn't as bad as all that, you know.

A gentle correction of her gloom: he refuses to accept that going home is a tragedy, and offers reassurance instead of pity.

It's a proud father that has a scarred son, and vice versa.

A piece of local wisdom, delivered lightly: in Germany a duelling scar is a badge of honour for both the young man and his family.

I should obviously be absolutely lost without you.

A very English way of asking for help: the exaggeration turns dependence into a joke while still admitting it plainly.

このシーンについての質問

Why has Edith lost her job?

Because she is English and living in Berlin, where English people are, as she puts it, not very popular. Her position became intolerable, so she had to leave.

Why did Candy come to Berlin?

Solely because of Edith's letter. She is surprised by it, and asks whether he really travelled all that way only on account of what she wrote.

Why do they talk about duelling scars?

Because they are discussing the student groups around Kaunitz, and duelling is part of that world. In Germany, a scar is treated as a mark of pride rather than shame.

What is Candy's plan at the end of the scene?

To find Kaunitz. He knows a cafe with a table reserved for the man and asks Edith to take him there that evening, admitting he would be lost without her.

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