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There's Something About Mary · 1998 — 第 6 / 24 章 · 2'42" · B1

Ted Hires Healy to Find Mary, Explained：a bump in the road

Ted still cannot forget Mary, and his friend Dom pushes him to stop sulking and actually find her: 'So that's it? You get one bump in the road and give up?' Dom recommends a claims investigator named Healy, who agrees to trace Mary but suspects Ted's motives, warning him about what happens if the woman ends up dead.

あらすじ

Over drinks, Ted tells his friend Dom that his brief romance with Mary was real love. Dom rolls his eyes, tells him not to give up over one setback, and suggests hiring a claims investigator, Healy, who travels to Miami often. Healy agrees to look for Mary, though he first suspects Ted of lying about his reasons.

InvestigationComforting a friendSuggestingExplainingFriendsB1mediumamericanClean
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注目の表現

look someone upa bump in the roadshoot from the hipget the job done

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このシーンの表現

a bump in the road

a small setback

Ted gave up after one failed call, so Dom calls that tiny setback a bump in the road.

Losing that client was just a bump in the road for us.

このシーンの他の表現

  • look someone up

    track someone down

  • shoot from the hip

    speak bluntly

  • get the job done

    produce results

  • real chum

    said sarcastically

  • turn up

    show up suddenly

このシーンのメモ一覧

45 行のセリフに 24 件のメモ

表現 · B1better than the next

worse and worse, ironically

Each day is better than the next.
表現 · A1be in love

romantically attached

In love.
文法 · B1it was brief

object clause: The clause it was brief is what Ted knows, with that dropped.

Look. I know it was brief. but it was definitely love, Dom.
表現 · A2move with one's family

relocate as a family

Told you. She moved with her family to Miami.
表現 · B1look someone up

track someone down

Dom cuts off Ted's excuse and tells him to track Mary down instead of daydreaming.

So why don't you look her up?
発音don't you

Don't you can collapse toward doncha.

So why don't you look her up?
表現 · B1not be listed

not in the directory

I did once. I called. She wasn't listed.
表現 · A2give up

quit trying

So that's it? You get one bump in the road and give up?
表現 · B2hire a private investigator

a hired detective

You know what you should do? Hire a private investigator.
文法 · B1what you should do

nominal clause: The clause what you should do works as the object of know.

You know what you should do? Hire a private investigator.
表現 · B1too + adjective

uncomfortably strange

No way. That's way too creepy.
表現 · B1every couple of weeks

every two weeks or so

He shoots down to Miami every couple of weeks. He can help you out.
表現 · B1get the job done

produce results

Dom warns Ted that Healy is hot-tempered, then adds that he gets the job done.

This guy runs a little hot, but he gets the job done.
表現 · B2level with someone

be straight with me

I want you to level with me.
発音want you to

Want you to often blurs into wanna in fast speech.

I want you to level with me.
スラング · B2skirt

crude word for a woman — Offensive slang for a woman; recognize it, do not use it.

Come on. Let's talk. Did you knock this skirt up?
表現 · B2a stalker case

a stalking investigation

You expect me to believe this is a straight stalker case? Come on.
スラング · B2straight

plain and simple — Casual sense of plain or straightforward, rare in formal writing.

You expect me to believe this is a straight stalker case? Come on.
スラング · B1chum

an old pal, here ironic — A dated word for a friend, used here to jab.

Yeah. Real chum.
表現 · B2a real piece of work

a hard person to deal with

- What...? - You're good, Ted. Real piece of work.
表現 · B1turn up

show up suddenly

Healy agrees to help but warns that if the woman turns up dead, he will blame Ted.

But if this chick turns up with a toe tag, I'm rolling over on you, big guy.
文法 · B2if this chick turns up with a toe tag

conditional clause: The if-clause sets the worst case before the main threat lands.

But if this chick turns up with a toe tag, I'm rolling over on you, big guy.
発音rolling over

Rolling over links across the vowel, r bridging the gap.

But if this chick turns up with a toe tag, I'm rolling over on you, big guy.
スラング · B2chick

slang for a woman — Dated casual slang; never address a woman with it.

But if this chick turns up with a toe tag, I'm rolling over on you, big guy.

「Ted Hires Healy to Find Mary」を読み解く

What's really going on

The scene is the film's engine: a man who cannot let go, and a friend who mistakes persistence for a plan. Ted's claim that his short romance was genuine — 'I know it was brief. but it was definitely love, Dom' — is both sincere and a little absurd, and Dom answers with the practical nudge that sets the plot in motion: 'why don't you look her up?' When Ted protests that a private detective would seem creepy, the film turns the joke back on him, because the man Dom recommends is exactly the kind of investigator who assumes the worst. Healy reads Ted's dodgy explanation and jumps to the most lurid version: a pregnancy, a blackmail, a hit. 'I want you to level with me,' he says, and Ted's insistence that 'I'm not a stalker' does not convince anyone. The comedy rests on a strange reversal: the innocent man sounds guilty, and the man paid to find the truth promises to sell him out if things go wrong.

Theme

RomanceTed's refusal to forget a brief school romance drives the whole scheme to find Mary, turning a crush into a mission.
TrustHealy trusts none of Ted's story, reading an old flame as blackmail or worse, and promises to betray him if anything goes wrong.

このチャプターで学べること

  • A joke about a good day hides a bad week.
  • A tiny setback is no reason to quit.
  • Sarcasm lets Healy insult without saying it.
  • Slang makes a threat sound almost friendly.

発音のポイント

  • don't you — Don't you can collapse toward doncha.
  • want you to — Want you to often blurs into wanna in fast speech.
  • rolling over — Rolling over links across the vowel, r bridging the gap.
Each day is better than the next.

Ted's opening lament, a joke that says things are getting worse, setting the tone of a man stuck in the past.

So that's it? You get one bump in the road and give up?

Dom's challenge, the push that shames Ted into acting: one setback is not a reason to abandon the search.

But if this chick turns up with a toe tag, I'm rolling over on you, big guy.

Healy's condition for taking the case: if the woman turns up dead, he will give Ted up to the police, a warning dressed as a joke.

Look. I know it was brief. but it was definitely love, Dom.

Ted's defence of his own feelings: short or not, the relationship mattered, and he refuses to let Dom dismiss it.

このシーンについての質問

Why does Dom suggest hiring a private investigator?

Because Ted keeps talking about Mary but never finds her. Dom wants him to act instead of complaining, and he knows a claims investigator at his office who travels to Miami.

Why does Healy suspect Ted?

Because Ted's story sounds like an excuse. Healy deals with insurance claims and assumes the worst, guessing that Ted got a woman pregnant or is being blackmailed and wants her gone.

Does Ted convince Healy that he is not a stalker?

Not really. Ted insists he is only looking for a friend, but Healy answers with sarcasm and takes the case anyway, warning Ted that he will be turned in if anything happens.

What does 'a bump in the road' mean?

It means a small setback or obstacle. Dom uses it to say that one failure should not make Ted give up on finding Mary.

Why does Healy warn Ted about the toe tag?

To make clear that he will not take the blame if the search goes wrong. He means that if the woman turns up dead, he will tell the police that Ted was responsible.

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