a serious, ongoing manner defect
He has got such a major attitude problem.Tooth Fairy · 2010 — 第 1 / 4 章 · 2'15" · C1
Thompson Sentenced to Two Weeks, Explained：go out the window
Someone is charged with spreading disbelief and killing dreams, then a one-week tooth-fairy sentence becomes two because he called himself a tooth fairy. "You, sir, are guilty of disseminating disbelief" is the formal charge. The extra week follows the mockery. Under the speech about wings and manners is a fight over who may finish speaking.
あらすじ
A man greeted as Mr. Thompson is told his outfit was a foul-up. He is called guilty of spreading disbelief and killing dreams. When he cuts in, the speaker starts again, then says that a pair of wings makes manners go out the window. A normal one-week tooth-fairy sentence becomes two weeks because he called himself one. He is sent to flying school.
注目の表現
attitude problemfoul-updisseminating disbeliefDid I look as though I had finished speaking?
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このシーンの表現
go out the window
suddenly stop counting at all
The speaker sets policemen and firemen beside a pair of wings and says manners go out the window. The line does not label this as mere anger, and it does not say the thing has not already happened.
One angry email and the whole truce can go out the window.
このシーンの他の表現
- attitude problem
a standing defect in someone's manner
- foul-up
a botched job; a mess someone made
- disseminating disbelief
spreading disbelief all around
- Did I look as though I had finished speaking?
asking whether I already looked as if I had finished speaking
- in awe of
deep respect and admiration toward someone
このシーンのメモ一覧
41 行のセリフに 28 件のメモ
Keep such and a tight, and put the weight on major.
He has got such a major attitude problem.already fully conscious of it
Oh, I'm well aware of his attitude, believe me.a specific job that got botched
Sorry about the foul-up with your outfit.be the person who handles it
Budget problems. Tracy will take care of it.dismissive fake agreement — Use it when you already disagree; skip it in a formal reply.
Who, him? Yeah, sure. Great.spreading disbelief all around
The first charge is delivered like a statute, solemn about something absurd.
You, sir, are guilty of disseminating disbelief.had not completed it yet
I hadn't finished speaking. Did I look as though I had finished speaking?complement clause: As though frames a look, not proof the speech was over.
I hadn't finished speaking. Did I look as though I had finished speaking?Lean on finished and let speaking fall away.
I hadn't finished speaking. Did I look as though I had finished speaking?scolding someone for a fault
You just interrupted me again while I was admonishing you for interrupting me.while clause: While pins the new interruption inside the scolding about interrupting.
You just interrupted me again while I was admonishing you for interrupting me.suddenly stop counting at all
The speaker sets policemen and firemen beside a pair of wings and says manners go out the window. The line does not label this as mere anger, and it does not say the thing has not already happened.
...but you add a pair of wings and suddenly all manners go out the window.Keep “the” very light and put the push on window.
...but you add a pair of wings and suddenly all manners go out the window.deep respect and admiration toward someone
Right after the manners complaint, the question asks for more awe toward somebody with wings than toward somebody without.
Shouldn't you be more in awe of somebody with wings than without?it was not intentional
I'm sorry for interrupting you. I didn't mean it.for the purpose of doing something
In order to pay your debt to humanity...formally commanded by this order
...you are hereby ordered to serve time as a tooth fairy.serve a sentence in a named role not jail; forced service as a tooth fairy
...you are hereby ordered to serve time as a tooth fairy.the usual length of punishment sentence means the term, not a grammatical sentence
The normal sentence is one week...dare to do something cheeky nerve means audacity here, not anatomy
...but because you have the nerve, the unmitigated gall...pure cheek, with nothing softened
After a one-week baseline, two words for cheek are stacked to justify a harsher term.
...but because you have the nerve, the unmitigated gall...noun apposition: Gall renames nerve; it is the same charge said harder.
...but because you have the nerve, the unmitigated gall...make something look ridiculous
...thus make a mockery of everything we stand for...the principles a group represents
...thus make a mockery of everything we stand for...get the chance to do something
Oh, but first, you get to meet Jerry.whether this outfit makes my butt look big
Someone says there is one last question. The next line asks whether this tutu makes the asker's butt look big. The two lines after that are Yes, then Huge.
Does this tutu make my butt look big?buttocks, informal — Fine in a joke with friends; not in class or with clients.
Does this tutu make my butt look big?「Thompson Sentenced to Two Weeks」を読み解く
What's really going on
On the surface this is a sentencing. A man is told he is guilty of disseminating disbelief, of killing dreams, of "first-degree murder of fantasy." Someone tries to ask whether this is about Tess and is cut off. The speaker then stays on the interruption. "You just interrupted me again while I was admonishing you for interrupting me." The wings lines set policemen and firemen beside a pair of wings, then "all manners go out the window." The boasts that follow turn silly. "You have no idea what I'm capable of." "Maybe I breathe fire." "You don't know." Then the punishment lands. The normal sentence is one week. Two weeks is the surcharge for "the unmitigated gall" of calling himself a tooth fairy and making "a mockery of everything we stand for." He is taken toward flying school, told he gets to meet Jerry, and the tutu question is followed by "Yes" and "Huge."
Theme
JusticeA one-week sentence becomes two weeks for calling himself a tooth fairy and mocking what they stand for.
AbsurdityWings, a fire-breathing threat, and a tutu question sit inside a solemn sentencing speech.
発音のポイント
- such a major — Keep such and a tight, and put the weight on major.
- finished speaking — Lean on finished and let speaking fall away.
- out the window — Keep “the” very light and put the push on window.
You, sir, are guilty of disseminating disbelief.The charge in this room: he has been spreading disbelief, and the speaker treats that as an offense.
I hadn't finished speaking. Did I look as though I had finished speaking?The speaker asks whether they already looked finished. The same line has just said they had not finished speaking, so the question throws that claim back at the interruption.
You just interrupted me again while I was admonishing you for interrupting me.The same scolding, now about the scolding. He interrupted a warning that was already about interrupting.
You have no idea what I'm capable of.A boast right after the wings line. The next lines add flying up and maybe breathing fire, things the listener is told they cannot predict.
Shouldn't you be more in awe of somebody with wings than without?The speaker asks for more awe toward somebody with wings than toward somebody without. The comparison is respect and admiration, not a new charge.
Does this tutu make my butt look big?A last question about the tutu and whether it makes the asker's butt look big. The next lines are Yes, then Huge.
このシーンについての質問
Is first-degree murder of fantasy a real murder?
The speaker says "Committing first-degree murder of fantasy," then "which by fairy law." The lines list it with disseminating disbelief and killing dreams. They never describe a body or a physical killing, only this charge and the tooth-fairy sentence.
Why does the speaker make such a fuss about being interrupted?
The speaker stops to ask, "Did I look as though I had finished speaking?" and then notes that the interruption came during a scolding about interrupting. The argument is about who gets to finish.
What is the actual charge in this scene?
Disseminating disbelief, killing dreams, and first-degree murder of fantasy, which the speaker ties to fairy law. The lines state the charge and the sentence, not the earlier act that led here.
Why bring up policemen, firemen, and wings?
The speaker asks why those uniforms are not interrupted, while a pair of wings makes manners go out the window, and whether someone with wings should inspire more awe. It is an argument about respect, not a new charge.
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