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This Is the End · 2013 — 第 19 / 27 章 · 2'17" · B1

Drawing Straws for Another Food Run, Explained：Tell you what

Low on food and water, the group draws matches again to pick someone to raid a neighbor's house — and this time everyone refuses. "I'm bowing out. I'm declining to go," one says, until the room turns on him for acting superior.

あらすじ

The group has no food or water left, so they draw matches again to choose who will raid a neighbor's house. One refuses — 'I'm bowing out. I'm declining to go' — and the others turn on him for always calling them assholes. Jay finally volunteers, and someone goes with him, joking that Jay's arms are too skinny to carry much.

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注目の表現

go firstVery mature of youscrewedfeeling lucky

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このシーンの表現

Tell you what

here's what we'll do

As the argument stalls, Tell you what opens a fake proposal.

Tell you what, let's split the bill.

このシーンの他の表現

  • go first

    start first

  • Very mature of you

    so mature of you, sarcastically

  • screwed

    in deep trouble

  • feeling lucky

    sensing good luck

  • history repeat itself

    the same thing happens again

このシーンのメモ一覧

42 行のセリフに 31 件のメモ

文法 · B2Whoever gets the burnt match

subject clause: Whoever works as the subject and means anyone who draws it.

Whoever gets the burnt match has to go to one of Franco's
文法 · A2has to go

obligation with have to: Has to marks an obligation set by the game, not a choice.

Whoever gets the burnt match has to go to one of Franco's
表現 · A2get someone something

fetch us some

neighbors houses, get us some food and some water.
表現 · A2watch out

be careful

Watch out, watch out.
表現 · A2go first

start first

As the draw begins, someone offers to go first.

I'll go first. SETH: Thank you.
表現 · B2be mature of someone

so mature of you, sarcastically

Someone sarcastically praises another for acting grown-up.

Very mature of you. Thank you.
スラング · B1screwed

in trouble — Blunt for screwed up; use trouble in formal talk.

What's that?
表現 · A2have a bad sleep

slept badly

Yeah. Just bad sleep. Crazy dream.
文法 · A2Just bad sleep

elliptical sentence: The subject and verb are dropped, leaving only the point.

Yeah. Just bad sleep. Crazy dream.
表現 · B1feel lucky

sensing good luck

Before the draw, someone asks another if he is feeling lucky.

Craigers, you feeling lucky?
表現 · B2history repeats itself

the same thing happens again

Right before the second draw, someone asks whether history repeats itself.

Will history repeat itself?
文法 · B2Will history repeat itself

reflexive object: The reflexive itself points back to history and is fixed in the phrase.

Will history repeat itself?
発音repeat itself

Itself reduces and the stress sits on the second syllable of repeat.

Will history repeat itself?
表現 · B2bow out

withdrawing gracefully

When his name comes up, Jay declares he is bowing out.

I'm bowing out. I'm declining to go.
表現 · B1decline to do something

refuse to go

I'm bowing out. I'm declining to go.
発音bowing out

Let the ng in bowing slide straight into out.

I'm bowing out. I'm declining to go.
表現 · B1break something down

explain step by step

Fed up with the back-and-forth, someone offers to break it down.

Let me break it down for you.
発音break it down

Soften the k in break and link it down.

Let me break it down for you.
スラング · B2fucking going

damn well going — Swearing for emphasis in a refusal.

I'm not fucking going.
表現 · B1tell you what

here's what we'll do

As the argument stalls, Tell you what opens a fake proposal.

Tell you what, why don't you fucking go, Mr. Self Righteous.
表現 · A2why don't you do something

how about you do it

Tell you what, why don't you fucking go, Mr. Self Righteous.
発音why don't you

The t in don't often drops, so why don't runs together.

Tell you what, why don't you fucking go, Mr. Self Righteous.
スラング · B2Self Righteous

sanctimonious — Sarcastic label for a moralizer.

Tell you what, why don't you fucking go, Mr. Self Righteous.
スラング · B1assholes

jerks — Crude insult; informal only.

You're constantly saying what assholes we are, how good you are.
表現 · A2go with someone

come along with you

I'll go with you, Jay.
表現 · B2a pact

our agreement

Is it because of our pact upstairs?
文法 · B1Is it because of our pact upstairs

because of plus noun: Because of takes a noun; for a clause you would need because.

Is it because of our pact upstairs?
スラング · B2skinny ass

scrawny — Joking intensifier; keep it casual.

Nah, cause you got them skinny ass arms.
発音feed a hamster

Stress feed and hamster; glide through the article.

You couldn't carry enough to feed a hamster.
表現 · B1get that money

go get the cash

After the roles are set, someone cheers them on to get that money.

Let's get that money.
スラング · B1get that money

grab the cash — Street-style cheer; not for formal use.

Let's get that money.

「Drawing Straws for Another Food Run」を読み解く

What's really going on

The chapter is about a group that has run out of goodwill along with water. Nobody wants to leave the house, so the fair-looking ritual — drawing matches — is invoked again, and this time it produces a fight instead of a result. The man who refuses doesn't just say no; he wraps it in stiff, formal language: 'I'm bowing out. I'm declining to go.' The room answers with everything it has been holding: 'Tell you what, why don't you fucking go, Mr. Self Righteous. You're constantly saying what assholes we are, how good you are.' He keeps insisting he has the right to refuse — 'Because I have' — until Jay offers to go instead. Even the help is a joke: the volunteer going with him says he's only doing it because Jay's arms are 'skinny ass' and 'you couldn't carry enough to feed a hamster.' The chapter shows a group where survival is inseparable from who insulted whom.

Theme

SurvivalWith no supplies left, someone must risk the outside, and the group's attempt to choose fairly collapses into a fight.
PrideEveryone refuses to be the one who goes, and the man singled out answers the insult to his character rather than the danger.

このチャプターで学べること

  • Bow out means leaving on your own terms.
  • Tell you what introduces a proposal.
  • History repeats itself warns of a familiar pattern.
  • Feeling lucky tests whether luck is on your side.

発音のポイント

  • repeat itself — Itself reduces and the stress sits on the second syllable of repeat.
  • bowing out — Let the ng in bowing slide straight into out.
  • break it down — Soften the k in break and link it down.
  • why don't you — The t in don't often drops, so why don't runs together.
I'm bowing out. I'm declining to go.

His refusal in the most formal wording available: he's not just saying no, he's withdrawing from the whole obligation.

Tell you what, why don't you fucking go, Mr. Self Righteous.

The turning point of the fight: the man who keeps calling them bad people should be the one to take the risk, and the sarcastic 'Mr. Self Righteous' makes it personal.

You couldn't carry enough to feed a hamster.

The reason given for going along: Jay is so slight that whatever he brings back would barely count as food.

Nah, cause you got them skinny ass arms.

The blunt explanation for tagging along: it's not loyalty or a pact, it's that Jay's thin arms will need the help.

このシーンについての質問

Why does everyone refuse to go?

Leaving the house means facing whatever is outside, and after the quake nobody wants to risk it. So instead of volunteering, they argue about whose turn it is.

Why do the others attack one man in particular?

Because he keeps telling them they're assholes while acting superior himself. They throw it back: if he's so good, he should be the one going for water — 'Mr. Self Righteous.'

Who ends up going out?

Jay volunteers, and one of the others joins him. The explanation is a joke about Jay's 'skinny ass arms' — he couldn't carry enough food to matter on his own.

What does 'bowing out' mean here?

It means withdrawing from something, refusing to take part. The man doesn't just say no; he announces 'I'm bowing out,' which sounds formal and deliberate, and 'I'm declining to go.'

What happens after they leave?

They head out with a plan — 'Yo. Out and to the left' — and the last line is someone reacting with 'Oh my God,' suggesting the trip out is anything but safe.

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