The Town · 2010 — 第 17 / 20 章 · 4'59" · B2

Frawley Pressures Krista at the Bar, Explained:chase the rabbit

The bar is loud and full of jokes, but underneath it the crew is checking a job: the van, the rooms, the body armor. Against that, Frawley works on Krista, flattering her one moment and pressing her the next, while she says only, "I want a lawyer."

あらすじ

At the bar, the crew swaps stories and checks the details of the next job: the van, the rooms, the equipment. Frawley, meanwhile, makes small talk with Krista before pressing her about Doug — how long she was with him, what he gave her — and warns her she is not safe. She asks for a lawyer.

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bought itget sick of itslummingchase the rabbit

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このシーンの表現

chase the rabbit

go after the goal

The agent quotes her mother to explain her method, half joke and half creed.

You have to chase the rabbit if you want a real answer.

このシーンの他の表現

  • bought it

    believed the lie

  • get sick of it

    grow tired of it

  • slumming

    visiting the poor side for fun

  • running out on me

    abandoning me

  • dialed in

    well prepared and informed

このシーンのメモ一覧

74 行のセリフに 27 件のメモ

表現 · B1buy it

believed the lie

The agent recalls the hugging-contest lie and notes that some women actually believed it.

Some of them actually bought it, right?
表現 · B1throw one's arms around someone

hug someone suddenly

So he throws his arms around them, rubs their back, grabs their ass.
発音arms around

Arms around links smoothly, the s sliding into the next word.

So he throws his arms around them, rubs their back, grabs their ass.
表現 · B1get sick of something

grow tired of it

The agent says she finally grew tired of it and walked over to confront him.

Finally I get sick of it and I go up to this guy...
スラング · C1fucking

a crude intensifier — Very vulgar filler; keep it out of polite speech.

By the way, I'm here tonight judging a fucking contest.
表現 · A2down here

in this area

What are you doing down here?
スラング · B2Slumming

visiting poor areas for fun — A jab implying someone is only visiting the poor side.

Slumming?
表現 · C1get fucked over

being screwed over

The agent softens her up with praise, then warns with rough language that she is still in trouble.

It doesn't mean you're getting fucked, though.
表現 · B2chase the rabbit

go after the goal

The agent quotes her mother to explain her method, half joke and half creed.

You gotta chase the rabbit if you want the tail.
文法 · B1if you want the tail

if-clause: The if-clause sets the condition the main advice depends on.

You gotta chase the rabbit if you want the tail.
発音gotta chase

The to in gotta disappears, sliding straight into chase.

You gotta chase the rabbit if you want the tail.
表現 · A2hang around with someone

spend time with someone

You used to hang around with Doug MacRay a little bit, huh?
表現 · B2a judge of something

good at estimating it

You a pretty decent judge of size?
表現 · B2everything there is to know about something

all the facts about it

I know everything there is to know about money.
文法 · B2everything there is to know

reduced relative clause: There is to know is a reduced relative describing everything, with that left out.

I know everything there is to know about money.
表現 · A2pick up a package

collect a package

...you pick up a package at point A, deliver it to point B...
表現 · B2run out on someone

abandoning me

The agent reads her mind and names the plan to walk away before she can deny it.

You're thinking of running out on me.
文法 · B2thinking of running out

gerund phrase: The gerund after of names the action being considered, not an action in progress.

You're thinking of running out on me.
発音thinking of

Thinking of links into a single sounding thinking-ov.

You're thinking of running out on me.
表現 · B1protect oneself

keeping yourself safe

I mean, it's all about protecting yourself, right?
表現 · C1be dialed in

well prepared

AH right, he-re's the deal. Looks like we're pretty dialed in.
スラング · C1dialed in

fully prepared — Casual for being fully prepared and informed.

AH right, he-re's the deal. Looks like we're pretty dialed in.
表現 · B2make a run

made a trip for supplies

Krista booked the rooms, set up the outfits, and made the New Hampshire run.
表現 · B1step away from something

withdraw from something

Jem suggests that after this job it might be Doug's turn to walk away.

...could be your turn to step away too.
スラング · C1half a yard

a very tall glass of beer — Bar slang for an oversized glass of beer.

Go down to Margaritaville, drink me half a yard and fall off fucking bar stools?
表現 · B2the weight of something

the pressure it carries

The weight of this thing...
表現 · B1the funniest thing about something

the oddest part of it

You know the funniest thing about being in prison?

「Frawley Pressures Krista at the Bar」を読み解く

What's really going on

The scene braids two kinds of talk. The bar runs on stories and jokes — the man pretending to judge a hugging contest, the reply about judging a face-punching contest — a way of keeping the neighbourhood's violence light. Under that, the crew is quietly 'dialed in' for the next job, listing the van, the rooms and the body armor as if it were a shopping list. The harder thread is Frawley and Krista: he works her with scraps of charm before turning to pressure — 'how many diamond necklaces did he give you?' — and warning that she cannot protect even herself, let alone her daughter. Krista's 'I want a lawyer' is the only defence she has left, and Doug's quiet refusal of 'step away' shows he is not ready to take it either.

Theme

PowerFrawley presses Krista by reminding her that neither she nor her daughter is beyond reach, trading charm for leverage.
MoneyThe drug talk and the diamond necklaces tie the whole neighbourhood to cash, and the next job is planned like an errand.

このチャプターで学べること

  • The joke is the interrogation, not a break from it.
  • Praise and a threat arrive in the same breath.
  • The crew's calm checklist hides the risk ahead.
  • Fergie's horse joke is really a boast about patience.

発音のポイント

  • arms around — Arms around links smoothly, the s sliding into the next word.
  • gotta chase — The to in gotta disappears, sliding straight into chase.
  • thinking of — Thinking of links into a single sounding thinking-ov.
So he throws his arms around them, rubs their back, grabs their ass.

Part of the bar story about a man posing as a judge to grope women, told as a joke among the crew.

...and I tell him that I am judging a face-punching contest.

The punchline of the story: the same false authority is turned back on the man, as a threat of violence.

You gotta chase the rabbit if you want the tail.

Frawley's folksy line about going after what you want, said as if it were simple advice.

I know everything there is to know about money.

A boast about his expertise, used while he is quietly measuring out a drug amount to pressure her.

Go down to Margaritaville, drink me half a yard and fall off fucking bar stools?

One crew member's bitter idea of what retirement looks like for men like them, said with no belief in it.

このシーンについての質問

Why is Frawley talking to Krista?

He is working a witness: she used to be close to Doug MacRay, so he presses her about him and warns her about her own safety.

What does 'dialed in' mean here?

It means the crew's plan is well prepared: the van, the rooms and the equipment are all sorted out before the job.

Why does Krista ask for a lawyer?

She realises Frawley is not just chatting and that her daughter has been mentioned, so she tries to end the questioning.

Why doesn't Doug take the chance to step away?

When it is suggested that it could be his turn to stop, he only smiles and says little, showing he is still tied to the crew.

What does the horse story at the end set up?

It keeps the bar's habit of turning everything into a joke, as the men kill time before the next robbery.

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