Talk:Tsukumodo:Volume 2 Self
some questions...
It does sound like you’d be acting like a pretty nasty slave-driver, but that’s not really the case. After all, the two of you share everything - fun and not-so-fun - at the end of the day.
(meaning memory sync at the end of the day? )
- "at the end of the day" is purely idiomatic here. EusthEnoptEron (talk) 16:57, 22 July 2014 (CDT)
"Man, how childish can you get? That guy's in the soccer club and still gives it 110%..."
(why childish? is this directed at kurusu?)
- It's probably Tokiya saying it. "Childish" because Kishitani shows no restraint even though he's in the soccer club and his opponents aren't. EusthEnoptEron (talk) 16:57, 22 July 2014 (CDT)
"Here goes!"
(is this the senior's line?)
- Yup EusthEnoptEron (talk) 16:57, 22 July 2014 (CDT)
Or did his success make him a different person? Meh, just meh."
(what does meh mean here?)
- "What a nasty guy..." EusthEnoptEron (talk) 16:57, 22 July 2014 (CDT)
Every student has been confronted with the same problems when he cleared the entrance exam.
(meaning the math or whatever problems on the exam?)
- Yup. Referring to the fact that all students started off at the same start line.
- Mmm, not sure I phrased the question correctly. I want to know if the problems mentioned in the line refer to ones DURING the exam or AFTER it...
"Me? I'm just on day duty today."<--EEE: out of curiousity, what's day duty?-grrarr-->
(yes, what is it?)
- No idea how others translate this, but it's that thing when certain students have to come earlier / go home later to clean the class room and the blackboard etc. EusthEnoptEron (talk) 16:57, 22 July 2014 (CDT)
Don't worry, I'm not going to split hairs!"
(can't understand how this fits in with the rest of the paragraph. split hairs about what?)
- He's not going to search loop holes in his orders. EusthEnoptEron (talk) 16:57, 22 July 2014 (CDT)
He wasn't the only one who profited, though. I was also happy. I don't have to adjust myself to others anymore, after all. It's the first time in my life that I enjoyed going to school! I get good grades, I play in the first string, and I am at the center of attention. I have been reborn
(is the switching between past and present tense intentional?)
- Rephrased it a little. Should read more naturally now. EusthEnoptEron (talk) 16:57, 22 July 2014 (CDT)
You'll be for the high jump if you thought that, Sagara!"
(what's the meaning of "in for the high jump"? couldn't find it)
- http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/be+for+the+high+jump Seems to be a british idiom, but admittedly poorly chosen. Gotta consider a better phrase. EusthEnoptEron (talk) 16:57, 22 July 2014 (CDT)
Apparently, she had taken to visiting my school.
(you mean "got used to" or "started to like" (visiting school)?)
- Nuance-wise "acquired the (bad) habit of...", but yes. EusthEnoptEron (talk) 16:57, 22 July 2014 (CDT)
And there's one question in the disscusion of vol. 1 chapter 1 too...--idiffer 12:17, 21 July 2014 (CDT)
Huh? If my real self is at school, who am I? The guy who's playing games all day at home?
(is the last question like "Am I the guy who's playing blah?" or "who's the guy playing blah?")--idiffer 11:38, 30 July 2014 (CDT)
