a guy, a fellow — British casual; fine with friends, not in formal talk.
Oh, and another chap flaps his wings.12 Angry Men · 1957 — 第 7 / 17 章 · 5'02" · B2
Juror 9 Switches His Vote, Explained：run it up the flagpole
The secret ballot comes back eleven to one, and the room wants a name. "There are no secrets in a jury room," one man insists. The old juror who wrote 'not guilty' doesn't believe the boy is innocent — he refused to let the lone dissenter stand alone: "So he gambled for support, and I gave it to him."
あらすじ
After the first secret ballot, the foreman reads the slips: eleven guilty, one not guilty. The room erupts and demands to know who switched. Juror 11 objects that the vote was meant to stay secret, but Juror 9 admits it, explaining he changed not because the boy is innocent but because he respected the one man standing alone. The foreman calls a break.
注目の表現
flap his wingsgolden-voiced preacheryou betrun it up the flagpole
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このシーンの表現
run it up the flagpole
float an idea to test reaction
The ad man mimics his colleagues: before any idea, they trot out this office cliche.
Let's run it up the flagpole before we commit to the plan.
このシーンの他の表現
- flap his wings
switch sides like a nervous bird
- golden-voiced preacher
a smooth-talking persuader
- you bet
absolutely; for sure
- the soft sell
a gentle, indirect pitch
- hit 'em where they live
strike at someone's weak spot
このシーンのメモ一覧
90 行のセリフに 31 件のメモ
an anonymous vote
Excuse me. This was a secret ballot.settle on something together
We all agreed on that, no?the others in the group
You sit here, vote guilty like the rest of us...a poor, disadvantaged child
about some underprivileged kid just couldn't help becomin' a murderer...put a coin into it
Why don't you drop a quarter in his collection box?a charity collection box
Why don't you drop a quarter in his collection box?Stress both words to mean absolutely.
- It doesn't matter. He's very excitable. Sit down. - Excitable? You bet I'm excitable!for sure — Punchy agreement; too casual for formal talk.
- It doesn't matter. He's very excitable. Sit down. - Excitable? You bet I'm excitable!send someone to the electric chair the chair here means the electric chair
We're trying to put a guilty man in the chair where he belongs!comforting lies here it means tall tales, not bedtime stories
Someone starts telling us fairy tales, and we're listenin'!causative make: Make someone do something means cause them to do it.
What made you change your vote?Link made and you so it sounds like may-joo.
What made you change your vote?state it plainly
I'd like to make it clear anyway, if you don't mind.face something by oneself
This gentleman has been standing alone against us.take a risk to win something
So he gambled for support, and I gave it to him.value his reasons
I respect his motives.pause for a rest
Well, I - I think we ought to take a break.stuck and unable to move on not on the phone; stalled
Looks like we're really hung up here, huh?subject omission: Spoken English drops the dummy it at the start.
Looks like we're really hung up here, huh?We're reduces to a light /wər/.
Looks like we're really hung up here, huh?work out a way
I wish I could figure out some way we could break it up.end a deadlock
I wish I could figure out some way we could break it up.wish + could: I wish I could marks an unreal hope, not a fact.
I wish I could figure out some way we could break it up.an odd habit of doing it
It's just that they have peculiar ways of expressing themselves.it's just that clause: It softens an explanation: the point is simply that...
It's just that they have peculiar ways of expressing themselves.drives me crazy — Exaggerated complaint; keep it casual.
And it kills me.a gentle, indirect pitch
Small talk turns to sales tricks, and the question You know what the soft sell is? opens the topic.
You know what the soft sell is?gain something from it
Hey, what are you gettin' outta this - kicks?The final g and f drop: gettin' outta.
Hey, what are you gettin' outta this - kicks?out of — Spoken contraction; not for formal writing.
Hey, what are you gettin' outta this - kicks?「Juror 9 Switches His Vote」を読み解く
What's really going on
The vote is the first crack in a wall of certainty. What looks like a procedural spat — who broke the secret ballot — is really about pressure: the majority wants a name so it can lean on the odd man out. Juror 9's reason isn't doubt about the evidence at all; it's about fairness. "This gentleman has been standing alone against us," he says, meaning he admires the courage it takes to dissent. "It's not easy to stand alone against the ridicule of others." By switching out of respect rather than conviction, he opens a door the others didn't want opened: if one man can be unsure, the whole verdict is no longer automatic. The scene also shows the room's mood shifting — from a vote that felt settled to a jury that will now have to argue every fact.
Theme
JusticeOne juror changes his vote purely on principle — no new evidence, just a refusal to rush a man to the chair.
CourageThe scene is about the cost of standing alone, and Juror 9's quiet decision to back the lone dissenter.
このチャプターで学べること
- One honest vote can break a room's certainty.
- The loudest voice is usually the least sure.
- Standing alone costs something, and he pays it.
- Doubt is not weakness; here it starts the whole turn.
発音のポイント
- You bet — Stress both words to mean absolutely.
- made you — Link made and you so it sounds like may-joo.
- we're really — We're reduces to a light /wər/.
- gettin' outta — The final g and f drop: gettin' outta.
This gentleman has been standing alone against us.Juror 9 points to the one man who has held out against eleven others. He's not defending the boy's innocence, he's naming the courage it took to be the only holdout in the room.
Well, it's not easy to stand alone against the ridicule of others.He explains why he switched: not because he believes the boy, but because being the lone dissenter while others mock you is genuinely hard.
So he gambled for support, and I gave it to him."Gambled" means the lone juror took a chance by voting not guilty, hoping someone would join him; Juror 9 gave him that one vote. A vote cast for fairness, not for the facts.
There are no secrets in a jury room. I know who it was.A demand for transparency, or a bully wanting a name to pressure. In a room built on a secret ballot, this line says the majority will not let the dissent hide.
このシーンについての質問
Why did Juror 9 change his vote to not guilty?
Not because he thought the boy was innocent. He says he was moved by the lone dissenter's courage: "It's not easy to stand alone against the ridicule of others." He wanted to give the one holdout some support so the discussion could continue.
Who voted not guilty in the secret ballot?
Juror 9, the old man. He admits it after the foreman reads the count, and explains he "gambled" on the one man who kept standing alone — the vote was a gesture of respect, not a verdict on the evidence.
Why is everyone so angry that the vote wasn't unanimous?
Because the case looked obvious to them, and a secret ballot was supposed to settle it. When one juror holds out, it means hours more argument — and the men who want to get home see it as a waste of time.
What does "run it up the flagpole" mean?
It's ad-agency slang for testing an idea: float it, see who salutes, then decide. Juror 12 uses it while killing time during the break, mocking the way colleagues dress up a new idea before pitching it.
Does the vote actually change the verdict?
Not yet. The switch forces a full discussion instead of a quick guilty verdict. It's the first crack in the eleven-to-one majority, and the beginning of the long argument that follows.
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