A2-05 / CEFR A2 / EPISODE 05

I'm Stuffed!

Talking about eating too much

SceneOutside a restaurant after an all-you-can-eat meal.

Tina holds her stomach as Frank points outside a restaurant at sunset. — Select the illustration to view it at full size in a new tab.

Narrator

Tina and Frank have just left an all-you-can-eat buffet. Tina ate too much.

ティナとフランクは食べ放題のビュッフェを出たばかりだ。ティナは食べすぎた。

Tina01

Ugh, I'm so full. I think I ate too much.

ううう、お腹いっぱい。食べすぎたと思う。

Frank02

You went back for dessert four times. I counted.

デザートを4回も取りに戻ってたよ。数えてた。

Tina03

But everything was so beautiful! The little cakes had tiny flowers on top—

でも全部きれいだったんだもの！小さなケーキにちっちゃいお花が乗ってて——

Frank04

You didn't eat the flowers, did you?

まさか、花は食べてないよね？

Tina05

...They were sugar. Earth sugar. I checked first this time.

…砂糖だったわ。地球の砂糖。今回はちゃんと先に確かめたの。

Frank06

Progress.

進歩だね。

Tina07

I can't move. Carry me home.

もう動けない。家まで運んで。

Frank08

No. You're gonna walk it off. Slowly.

だめ。歩いて消化するんだ。ゆっくりね。

Tina09

Next time I'll eat less. Much less.

次は食べる量を減らす。うんと減らすわ。

Frank10

Come on. One slow step at a time. You said that last time, too.

ほら。一歩ずつ、ゆっくりね。…それ、前回も言ってたよ。

WORDS & CONTEXT

Words & context

“I'm Stuffed!”

Stuffed literally means filled tightly. After eating, I'm stuffed. means completely full and unable to eat more. The title describes Tina after overeating at the buffet.

“You went back for dessert four times.”

Go back for something means to return to get it. At a buffet, it means going back for another helping. Frank has counted Tina returning for dessert four times. It appears again in A2-32.

“Progress.”

A one-word reply with a touch of irony. In A1-11, Tina wanted to eat the flowers meant as a gift for their teacher, though she is never shown actually eating them. This time she checked first that the decorations were sugar, so Frank grants, half exasperated, that this is progress.

“You're gonna walk it off.”

Walk something off means to relieve it by walking, such as fullness, mild pain, or anger. Here it refers to the discomfort of overeating.

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