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There's Something About Mary · 1998 — 第 21 / 24 章 · 3'05" · B1

Ted and Mary Talk at a Bar, Explained：dumb luck

Over corn dogs and drinks, Ted tells how he met Mary, and the two slip into the easy rhythm of old friends, even riffing on the lack of 'meats on sticks' at the fair. Mary says she has thought about moving back to Rhode Island but has too much going on in Miami, and she teases Ted about marrying her.

あらすじ

Ted and Mary share corn dogs and drinks and trade stories. Ted explains how a pie delivery and a nightgown made him fall for her, and Mary says she has considered moving back to Rhode Island but has a good practice, nice coworkers and her brother Warren in Miami. She jokes that Ted should move down and marry her.

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注目の表現

dumb luckcoming upnitrate-sicleswaiting to pop

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このシーンの表現

dumb luck

sheer luck

Norm tells how he met Mary and calls the whole thing dumb luck, half joking.

It was dumb luck that we sat next to each other on the flight.

このシーンの他の表現

  • coming up

    about to be ready

  • nitrate-sicles

    a joke name for hot dogs

  • waiting to pop

    ready to take off

  • have a lot in common

    share a lot

  • stay single

    remain unmarried

このシーンのメモ一覧

48 行のセリフに 29 件のメモ

表現 · B1how the hell did someone do something

how on earth

So how the hell did you meet Mary?
発音meet Mary

Link meet and Mary so they sound like one word.

So how the hell did you meet Mary?
スラング · B1how the hell

on earth — Adds force in casual talk; too rough for formal settings.

So how the hell did you meet Mary?
表現 · B1pure dumb luck

sheer luck

Norm tells how he met Mary and calls the whole thing dumb luck, half joking.

It was just dumb luck, really.
表現 · A2answer the door

open the door

I delivered a pie to her and she answered the door in her nightgown...
表現 · B1that was it for someone

I was hooked

...and, wow. That was it for me.
スラング · B2Touché

fair point — A witty concession when someone scores a point against you.

Touché.
表現 · A1another one

one more

You want another one?
表現 · A2plenty of something

a large amount of

No, seriously. If you think about it. they have plenty of sweets.
文法 · A2If you think about it

condition clause: If you think about it invites the listener to agree, then leads into the conclusion.

No, seriously. If you think about it. they have plenty of sweets.
表現 · B2be waiting to pop

ready to take off

Talking about meat in a cone, Ted says the idea is waiting to pop, meaning it is about to take off.

You don't hardly ever see that. You know. that's an idea I think is waiting to pop.
表現 · B2be stuffed full of something

packed with

...stuffed full of chopped liver. - Chopped liver.
表現 · B1have a lot in common

share a lot

Ted says they have a lot in common, using shared interests to warm the talk up.

Yeah. We have a lot in common.
表現 · B2move back up to somewhere

move back north

Have you ever thought about maybe moving back up to Rhode Island?
文法 · B1Have you ever thought about

present perfect question: The perfect asks whether the idea has ever crossed your mind up to now.

Have you ever thought about maybe moving back up to Rhode Island?
表現 · B2have a good thing going

have something good going

I thought about it, but I got too much of a good thing going on here.
発音got too much of a

The t in got flaps toward d, and too much of a runs together.

I thought about it, but I got too much of a good thing going on here.
表現 · A2the people someone works with

colleagues

I got a great practice. I like the people I work with. And Warren.
表現 · B1the good thing about something is ...

the upside of

Well, the good thing about writing is you can do it anywhere.
文法 · B1is you can do it anywhere

predicative clause: The clause after is spells out exactly what the good thing is.

Well, the good thing about writing is you can do it anywhere.
表現 · A2stay single

remain unmarried

Ted asks Norm how he managed to stay single all these years, teasing a little.

How about you? How did you manage to stay single all these years?
表現 · A2all these years

for so many years

How about you? How did you manage to stay single all these years?
発音gonna smoke

Gonna blurs going to before smoke.

- Well... - You gonna smoke that?
スラング · A2gonna

going to — Everyday spoken shorthand; keep it out of writing.

- Well... - You gonna smoke that?
表現 · B1read somewhere that ...

saw it written

You know, I read somewhere that most women...
表現 · B2have tendencies towards something

lean toward

...if you really ask them honestly, have tendencies towards...
スラング · C1motherfucker

a heavy insult — A severe insult; never use it in polite company.

Stalking motherfucker.
表現 · B1it sickens someone

makes me sick

I know. It sickens me.
表現 · A2a really great guy

a genuinely nice man

Well, he was a really great guy.

「Ted and Mary Talk at a Bar」を読み解く

What's really going on

The scene is two people discovering how easily they get along. Ted tells his story as a joke — a pie, a nightgown, and a shaved beard leading to a broken back — and Mary meets it with the same lightness, so their talk drifts onto shared nonsense about 'meats on sticks' and a business idea that is 'waiting to pop.' Under the banter is a real question. Ted asks whether Mary has ever thought of moving back to Rhode Island, and her answer is honest: 'I got too much of a good thing going on here,' meaning her practice, her coworkers and Warren. Then she flips the invitation around and jokes that Ted should move down and marry her, which is both a tease and, in this movie, close to the truth. Even her later joke about being bisexual is a way of seeing whether he can keep up.

Theme

RomanceTwo old friends talk as if they had never been apart, and Mary's teasing proposal shows how close the old feeling still is to the surface.
MemoryThe conversation keeps circling back to how they met and where they come from, as the past keeps offering itself as a possible future.

このチャプターで学べること

  • Two strangers trading stories can become friends fast.
  • Dumb luck makes a wild meeting sound charming.
  • Finding shared ground keeps a bar chat going.
  • The profanity here is playful, not hostile.

発音のポイント

  • meet Mary — Link meet and Mary so they sound like one word.
  • got too much of a — The t in got flaps toward d, and too much of a runs together.
  • gonna smoke — Gonna blurs going to before smoke.
It was just dumb luck, really.

Ted's modest way of describing how he met Mary, crediting chance rather than anything he did, which is both true and a little self-deprecating.

Yeah. We have a lot in common.

The line that turns casual talk into a hint: after listing their shared tastes, the speaker is really saying they fit together.

I thought about it, but I got too much of a good thing going on here.

Mary's honest reason for staying in Miami — her practice, her coworkers, her brother Warren — delivered without apology.

You know what I'd like to see? I'd like to see more meats in a cone.

The absurd idea at the heart of the banter, a joke so specific that it turns into a fake business plan between them.

このシーンについての質問

How did Ted meet Mary?

He delivered a pie to her house, and she answered the door in her nightgown. He says he fell for her on the spot, went home and shaved his beard.

Why does Mary stay in Miami?

Because she has too much to leave behind: a good medical practice, coworkers she likes, and her brother Warren. She admits she has thought about moving back but cannot give those up.

Why does Mary joke about marrying Ted?

Because she likes him and wants to see how he reacts. She suggests he move to Miami and marry her, which is playful but also shows how easily they talk about a future.

What does 'dumb luck' mean?

It means pure chance or accident, with no skill involved. Ted uses it to say that meeting Mary happened by luck rather than because of anything clever he did.

What idea do Ted and Mary come up with about fair food?

They notice there are plenty of sweets but not enough meats on sticks, and joke that someone should sell a big waffle cone stuffed with chopped liver.

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