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The Town · 2010 — 第 7 / 20 章 · 3'35" · B2

Doug Tells Claire She Has a Card, Explained：have a card

Doug assures Claire she has leverage — "You have a card" — and warns her to look out for herself, since the FBI only wants a quick arrest. Their banter about his truck and her Prius gives way to her account of being harassed near the projects, and Doug asks who did it before enlisting help to hurt them.

あらすじ

Doug tells Claire she has a card and doesn't have to play it yet, then warns her to look out for herself, since the FBI just wants a quick result. They trade jokes about his truck and her Prius. Claire describes being harassed on her walk home, and Doug asks what the men looked like before asking his crew for help.

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have a cardnukelook out forcoming to terms with

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このシーンの表現

have a card

hold an advantage

Doug tells Claire her testimony is the card she can play with the FBI.

In this negotiation, you have a card.

このシーンの他の表現

  • nuke

    heat in a microwave

  • look out for

    protect and care for

  • coming to terms with

    accepting gradually

  • roll up on

    approach someone boldly

  • Townie credit card

    local slang for a gun

このシーンのメモ一覧

61 行のセリフに 31 件のメモ

表現 · B1play a card

use the card you hold

There's nothing says you gotta play it right away.
文法 · B2nothing says you gotta play it

reduced relative clause: The that after nothing is dropped, a common spoken reduction of a relative clause.

There's nothing says you gotta play it right away.
表現 · B2be vulnerable in a situation

be exposed in the situation

You're the one who's vulnerable in this situation right now.
表現 · A2like anyone else

no different from others

The FBI are just people like anyone else.
表現 · A1go home

return home

They wanna find the bad guy so they can go home and nuke their supper.
スラング · B1nuke

heat in a microwave — Casual; say heat up in formal talk.

They wanna find the bad guy so they can go home and nuke their supper.
表現 · B1look out for someone

care for yourself

You have to look out for yourself, Claire.
表現 · B1quite an expert

something of an expert

Quite an expert.
表現 · A2watch a lot of something

watch a great deal of

Just watch a lot of TV.
表現 · B1be a little much

a bit over the top

Do we know each other well enough for me to say that this truck is a little much?
発音a little much

Link a and little, and close the phrase firmly on much.

Do we know each other well enough for me to say that this truck is a little much?
表現 · A2work truck

a truck for the job

It's my work truck.
表現 · B1throw something in the back

toss it in the bed

If you have problems with your Prius I can throw it in the back.
表現 · A2take a guess

make a guess

Took a guess. I mean, it just seemed like a toonie car.
表現 · A2walk a mile

walk one mile

Doesn't matter. Now I'm forced to walk a mile through the projects.
表現 · B2come to terms with something

accepting gradually

After bottles were thrown, Claire began to accept she was not tough enough for the projects.

...I started coming to terms with not being cool enough to walk through the projects.
文法 · B2not being cool enough to walk

negated gerund: Not being is a negated gerund serving as the object of the preposition with.

...I started coming to terms with not being cool enough to walk through the projects.
スラング · B2coming to terms with

gradually accepting — Fairly formal, for losses and hard truths.

...I started coming to terms with not being cool enough to walk through the projects.
表現 · A2go the long way

take the longer route

I’m fine. I just have to, you know, go the long way.
表現 · B1live with something

put up with it

No. You just have to live with it, I guess.
表現 · A2what someone looks like

someone's appearance

You remember what they look like?
文法 · A2we're gonna hurt some people

informal future: Gonna is the spoken form of going to, here stating a decided, hard future.

...you can never ask me about it later, and we're gonna hurt some people.
表現 · B2roll up on someone

approach someone boldly

Kenny complains that Doug walked right up and used his nickname like they were close.

You roll up on a nigga, "Kenny with the white nose" like that.
発音roll up on

Link roll up on into one stream, letting up run into on.

You roll up on a nigga, "Kenny with the white nose" like that.
スラング · B2roll up on

approach with attitude — Street slang; say approach in formal settings.

You roll up on a nigga, "Kenny with the white nose" like that.
表現 · B2heroin problem

a heroin epidemic

Worst heroin problem on the East Coast. Nigga Ken can't find his box.
表現 · B1buy from someone

purchase from someone

You ever buy from this clown before?
発音buy from this

Blur from this together and keep buy short.

You ever buy from this clown before?
スラング · B2clown

a foolish person — Dismissive; don't call strangers this to their face.

You ever buy from this clown before?
表現 · B1start trouble

cause problems

...you know them Dominican kids always starting trouble on Medford Street?
スラング · C1Townie credit card

slang for a gun — Local slang tied to crime; do not reuse.

Townie credit card.

「Doug Tells Claire She Has a Card」を読み解く

What's really going on

The advice Doug gives Claire is really about himself. "You have a card" and "You have to look out for yourself" sound like concern, but they also describe the code he lives by: keep something in reserve, trust no institution, protect your own. The truck-and-Prius jokes keep the scene light, and Claire's story of bottles thrown at her near the projects gives Doug both a reason and a target. When he asks for help and says "you can never ask me about it later, and we're gonna hurt some people," the terms of their friendship are laid out plainly. The last stop, at Kenny's corner, turns her private fear into a job: "Townie credit card."

Theme

TrustDoug tells Claire to rely on herself because the FBI wants a quick arrest, not her safety.
IdentityThe crew's help and the 'townie' code turn Claire's harassment into a job they handle their own way.

このチャプターで学べること

  • The card Claire holds is her testimony, and Doug knows it.
  • Teasing about the truck keeps the date light before the favor.
  • The projects line hides real fear behind dry humor.
  • The stop at Kenny's shows what Doug really needs from her.

発音のポイント

  • a little much — Link a and little, and close the phrase firmly on much.
  • roll up on — Link roll up on into one stream, letting up run into on.
  • buy from this — Blur from this together and keep buy short.
You're the one who's vulnerable in this situation right now.

Doug points out that the FBI's interest makes Claire the exposed party, and that she has more power than she thinks.

You have to look out for yourself, Claire.

His advice is to trust no one's protection, including his own, and to keep her own interests first.

Whose car are we gonna take?

The crew's immediate question shows the favour is accepted without debate, turning talk into a plan.

...you can never ask me about it later, and we're gonna hurt some people.

Doug's conditions for asking help: no questions afterwards, and a warning that people will be hurt.

Do we know each other well enough for me to say that this truck is a little much?

Claire's teasing way of commenting on Doug's big truck, lightening a conversation that keeps sliding toward serious ground.

このシーンについての質問

What does Doug mean when he says Claire has a card?

He means she has leverage: as the hostage and a possible witness, she can decide what to give the FBI, so she should not act desperate.

Why does Doug say the FBI just want to go home and eat supper?

He is telling Claire that agents want an easy result and will not protect her interests, so she has to look out for herself.

Why does Claire mention her Prius and the projects?

It explains her daily situation: her car was trashed and she is harassed walking home, which is exactly why Doug later wants to act against those men.

What does Doug ask his crew to do?

He asks for help to hurt the men who harassed Claire, insisting he cannot explain and that no one may ask him about it later.

Who is Kenny and why do they visit him?

Kenny is a local drug dealer; Doug and his crew go to him to find out where the men who attacked Claire live.

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