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The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp · 1943 — 第 15 / 30 章 · 3'31" · B2

Candy Toasts Edith and Theo, Explained：go off at half-cock

A wedding brings the strangest of toasts: Candy raises a glass to "my fiancee who was never my fiancee" and "the man who tried to kill me before he was introduced to me." Goodbyes follow, along with a promise of friendship, and then a return to duty.

あらすじ

The chapter opens on a wedding: Candy toasts Edith and Theo, and the friendship is sealed with a promise. Goodbyes follow, and Theodore, in broken English, says that his friendship for Candy is 'very much.' The second half jumps back to England, where a senior officer scolds Candy for his Berlin adventure.

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注目の表現

give you awayhere's toThe trouble withlook twice at

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  15. ❝ 独白Candy's farewell threat7 行練習ページ ↗
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このシーンの表現

go off at half-cock

act before you are ready

The general boils his advice down to one warning: never act before you are ready.

Don't go off at half-cock; wait for the facts.

このシーンの他の表現

  • give you away

    hand the bride over

  • here's to

    a toast to

  • The trouble with

    what is wrong with

  • look twice at

    notice with interest

  • like the plague

    with total avoidance

このシーンのメモ一覧

56 行のセリフに 25 件のメモ

表現 · A2feel like something

feel as if

Edith, my child. I feel like a proud father.
発音don't I

Keep don't I light and rising.

- I have to give you away, don't I? - Who told you?
文法 · B1who was never my fiancee

relative clause: The who-clause adds the twist that this fiancee never actually existed.

A toast. Here's to the happiness of my fiancee who was never my fiancee, and here's to the man who tried to kill me before he was introduced to me. Prost.
発音Here's to

Run Here's and to together as one word.

A toast. Here's to the happiness of my fiancee who was never my fiancee, and here's to the man who tried to kill me before he was introduced to me. Prost.
表現 · A2meet again someday

see each other again

I hope we'll meet again sometime.
スラング · B2son of a gun

an affectionate rascal — Dated, teasing address; never in formal talk.

Now, listen to me, you son of a gun,
表現 · B2the best X I've ever met

the finest people

to Berlin to find a rat, and I found two of the grandest people I've ever met.
スラング · B2rat

a contemptible person — A hard insult for someone sneaky, not a joke.

to Berlin to find a rat, and I found two of the grandest people I've ever met.
スラング · B2stiff-neck

a stubborn type — A blunt label for a stubborn friend, not a stranger.

you Prussian stiff-neck you, this girl in trust, and if you don't take care of her,
表現 · B2steam up something

sail in with steam

The Navy will steam up your stinking Stolpchensee, and I'll lead the Army down Unter den Linden, and we'll...
スラング · B2stinking

a crude put-down — Strong and rude; use smelly for ordinary talk.

The Navy will steam up your stinking Stolpchensee, and I'll lead the Army down Unter den Linden, and we'll...
表現 · B1teach someone a lesson

a lesson learned

- I hope it's taught you a good lesson, Candy. - Yes, sir.
文法 · B2you want to go changing everything

predicative clause: The clause after is spells out the fault, with go changing adding a note of reproach.

The trouble with you young fellows is you want to go changing everything. What's the result?
表現 · A2spend a lot of money

a great deal of money

You cost the Treasury a lot of money.
表現 · B1make someone cross

quite annoyed

You make the Foreign Office very cross.
表現 · B2a fashion plate

a stylish dresser

You weren't any fashion plate before.
表現 · B1can't afford to do something

cannot risk doing

You can't afford to take a chance with your career, my boy.
文法 · B1aren't you

tag question: The negative tag turns a statement into a challenge the other man must accept.

You are in the Army as a career, aren't you? Not for five minutes?
発音aren't you

Blur aren't you and let the tag rise.

You are in the Army as a career, aren't you? Not for five minutes?
表現 · B1won't go far wrong

make a big mistake

Don't bother your head with things you don't understand and you won't go far wrong.
表現 · B1get on in life

make a career

That's the way to get on in the Army.
表現 · B1care to do something

would you like to eat

Care to dine at my club tonight?
表現 · B1a bit + adjective

slightly crazy

Oh, you're still a bit cracked, my boy.
スラング · B1cracked

a bit mad — Playful between friends, rude in public.

Oh, you're still a bit cracked, my boy.
表現 · B2as you get older

with age

Well, I hope you improve as you get older.

「Candy Toasts Edith and Theo」を読み解く

What's really going on

The two halves of the chapter pull in opposite directions. The wedding scenes are generous: Candy toasts 'my fiancee who was never my fiancee' and 'the man who tried to kill me before he was introduced to me,' turning the whole absurd history into an affectionate joke, and Theodore replies with the only English he trusts — that his friendship is 'very much.' Then the film cuts back to a senior officer telling Candy exactly how the world works: 'Don't bother your head with things you don't understand,' 'Keep your mouth shut and avoid politicians like the plague.' The contrast is the point. The older man speaks the language of a career and a system; the friends in Berlin spoke the language of feeling. Candy is caught between them, praised and scolded in the same breath, which is where the film keeps him.

Theme

FriendshipA toast and a broken-English farewell do the work of a love scene: what the two men feel survives the duel and is stated plainly.
GenerationsThe second half hands the young officer a set of rules for getting on, warning him against changing things — the older generation's answer to everything he did in Berlin.

このチャプターで学べること

  • Here's to names the person a toast is for.
  • Give someone away belongs to wedding ritual.
  • Like the plague makes avoidance vivid and total.
  • The general turns advice into a set of blunt rules.

発音のポイント

  • don't I — Keep don't I light and rising.
  • Here's to — Run Here's and to together as one word.
  • aren't you — Blur aren't you and let the tag rise.
A toast. Here's to the happiness of my fiancee who was never my fiancee, and here's to the man who tried to kill me before he was introduced to me. Prost.

Candy's toast turns the whole tangle into a joke: the woman he never married and the man he once duelled with are both honoured, ending the old quarrel in laughter.

Keep your mouth shut and avoid politicians like the plague.

The senior officer's rule for survival: say nothing, stay clear of politics, and you will make a career. It is the opposite of everything Candy has just done.

- I have to give you away, don't I? - Who told you?

Candy uses the wedding phrase for handing over a bride, and the quick answer shows the news has already travelled through the group.

You are in the Army as a career, aren't you? Not for five minutes?

The rebuke in one question: the officer reminds Candy that this is his whole future, not a short adventure, so recklessness has a price.

I'd be surprised if any woman would look twice at you.

A dry insult disguised as comfort: the officer is mocking Candy's looks while pretending to sympathise with his ruined face.

このシーンについての質問

Why does Candy toast both Edith and Theo?

Because by now the feud is over. Toasting the woman he never married and the man he once duelled with turns the whole misunderstanding into a joke and celebrates the friendship that came out of it.

What does "like the plague" mean?

It means to avoid someone or something completely, as if it carried disease. The officer uses it to tell Candy to stay far away from politicians if he wants a career.

Why does the officer criticise Candy's leave?

Because it went wrong in every official way: it cost money, annoyed the Foreign Office, and nearly got Candy thrown out of the Army. The officer measures it by its cost, not its meaning.

What does the officer's advice reveal about the Army?

That it rewards caution and silence over initiative: don't touch what you don't understand, don't make waves, and stay away from politics. It is the world Candy keeps failing to fit into.

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