a spoken cue to begin
Now then, the night...A Shot in the Dark · 1964 — 第 12 / 12 章 · 3'30" · B2
The Closet Fingerprints, Explained：with the greatest respect
On the surface it's a methodical reconstruction of the night the chauffeur was killed: a man hid in the closet, opened the door, knocked Maria out. Then the deduction lands — "Because we found his fingerprints... And they were your fingerprints." The polite sparring between boss and assistant never stops.
あらすじ
In a room in the Ballon house, a detective walks a colleague through the night of the murder. The chauffeur Miguel was furious with Maria Gambrelli; she was knocked unconscious when a hidden figure opened the closet door. The fingerprints left inside the closet come back to the man standing in the room.
注目の表現
my footwith the greatest respectcome to the pointtangle with
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このシーンの表現
with the greatest respect
a polite preface to disagreement
Clouseau wraps a challenge in exaggerated politeness to turn the tables.
With the greatest respect, your report ignores the last quarter.
このシーンの他の表現
- my foot
an exclamation of disbelief
- come to the point
get to the main point
- tangle with
to get into a fight with
- lethal
able to kill
- no need to tell me
I already know that
このシーンのメモ一覧
60 行のセリフに 26 件のメモ
to be murdered
The night the chauffeur was killed... What was the chauffeur's name?very angry at someone
This Spaniard, "Manguel," he was furious with Maria Gambrelli.to rip something away
He tore her dress off. He protested violently.nonsense — Blunt and informal; keep it away from polite company.
My foot!at that exact instant
And at that precise moment, the door opened...to get hit on the head
The reason was that she had received a bump upon the head.a single possible way
There is only one way she could have received a bump like that.Could have reduces to one light syllable, kud-uv.
There is only one way she could have received a bump like that.to stay hidden inside
Somebody was hiding in that closet.get to the main point
Impatient with the long build-up, the listener tells Clouseau to get to it.
For heaven's sake, come to the point.a careless fool — An insult for a heated moment; rude to strangers.
- You clumsy idiot! - I'm terribly sorry.a skilled professional
Do not tangle with me. I am a trained expert in karate.The d in trained links into expert.
Do not tangle with me. I am a trained expert in karate.deadly weapons
My hands are lethal weapons.I already know that
Maria snaps that she already knows she fell, refusing Clouseau's reminder.
I know I fell off the sofa. There's no need to tell me.planned in advance
Everything I do is carefully planned, Madame.a scatterbrained person
Listen, you daydreaming fool, what are you doing?a polite preface to disagreement
Clouseau wraps a challenge in exaggerated politeness to turn the tables.
With the greatest respect, I heard every word you said.relative clause: The reduced relative you said modifies every word.
With the greatest respect, I heard every word you said.Link the d in heard to every so they run together.
With the greatest respect, I heard every word you said.to conclude from evidence
From that you inferred someone had been hiding in the closet.noun clause: The noun clause after inferred carries a past perfect continuous.
From that you inferred someone had been hiding in the closet.to have grounds to be there
Whoever the man was that was in that closet had a reason to be in that closet.subject clause: The whoever-clause acts as the subject of the whole sentence.
Whoever the man was that was in that closet had a reason to be in that closet.to recover someone's prints
- How do you know it was a man? - Because we found his fingerprints.「The Closet Fingerprints」を読み解く
What's really going on
The real contest is about who gets to be the smart one. The younger man has clearly been drifting off, but when he is called out he fights back with the politest possible defiance: "With the greatest respect, I heard every word you said." He recites the lecture back word for word, proving the point. The senior man's authority shows in lines like "Listen, next time I may test you without warning" — he treats attention as something to be examined. The murder reconstruction works the same way: each calm deduction tightens the trap until the fingerprints are declared to belong to the man in the room. His excuse, that he had been in the closet to deal with moths, is meant to sound reasonable but only makes him look more suspicious.
Theme
Dark humorA murder is reconstructed as a comedy routine, complete with karate boasts and a man tripping over the word for moths.
SecretsThe whole case turns on a hidden person in a closet and the fingerprints he left behind.
このチャプターで学べること
- Only one way narrows the field to one explanation
- Come to the point nudges someone to skip the build-up
- With the greatest respect softens a direct challenge
- Lethal is much stronger than merely dangerous
発音のポイント
- could have — Could have reduces to one light syllable, kud-uv.
- trained expert — The d in trained links into expert.
- heard every — Link the d in heard to every so they run together.
With the greatest respect, I heard every word you said.A perfectly polite way to push back: he insists he was listening, even though he clearly wasn't.
Everything I do is carefully planned, Madame.A comic boast delivered right after a blunder — he claims total control while sprawled on the floor.
There is only one way she could have received a bump like that.A detective's setup: it narrows a whole night down to a single explanation, right before the reveal.
My hands are lethal weapons.Pompous karate bravado, meant to intimidate but played entirely for laughs.
このシーンについての質問
Whose fingerprints were found in the closet?
The man being questioned — they match the owner of the house. That is why the inspector turns to him and says, "And they were your fingerprints."
Does the scene prove the man in the closet shot the chauffeur?
No. It only proves someone hid in the closet and knocked Maria out when the door opened. The fingerprints tie the closet to the man, not the gunshot to him.
Why couldn't Maria Gambrelli identify the killer?
She was unconscious. When the closet door opened she took the knob to the head, so she never saw who fired.
Why was the man in the house that night?
He says he has often been in that closet, most recently to deal with moths — a mundane excuse that still sounds suspicious given the fingerprints.
暗闇でドッキリ · 全 12 章
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第 1 章meet the eyeClouseau Investigates the Pistol Pen
第 2 章life's rich pageantClouseau Interrogates Maria
第 3 章take chargeDreyfus Takes Over the Case
第 4 章a guessing gameClouseau Lectures Hercule on Facts
第 5 章red tapeClouseau Demands New Prison Furniture
第 6 章you don't sayMaria Gambrelli's Testimony
第 7 章cat-and-mouseClouseau Finds Blood on the Shears
第 8 章put it to youClouseau Questions Ballon at Billiards
第 9 章up to his earsDreyfus Banishes Clouseau to Martinique
第 10 章nobody's perfectClouseau and Dreyfus Sync Watches
第 11 章now thenClouseau Compares Everyone's Clocks
再生中 · 第 12 章with the greatest respectThe Closet Fingerprintsこの作品の 12 章はここまでです