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What? My coat is on fire!A Shot in the Dark · 1964 — 第 3 / 12 章 · 2'14" · B2
Dreyfus Takes Over the Case, Explained：take charge
Clouseau has just set his own coat alight when a man goes out the window, and Commissioner Dreyfus arrives to take control. "You are relieved," he tells Clouseau, then "I am personally taking charge of this investigation," smoothing things over with Ballon while quietly ending Clouseau's involvement.
あらすじ
At the Ballon house, Clouseau's coat catches fire, a man falls out of a window, and Commissioner Dreyfus shows up to seize the case. He tells Clouseau he is relieved and that he is taking charge personally. Clouseau, on his way out, accidentally karate-chops a colleague, then Dreyfus reassures Ballon that the family name will be spared any press scandal.
注目の表現
relievedtake chargein that casecheck my reflexes
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このシーンの表現
take charge
to take control
Dreyfus announces he is taking charge and dismisses Clouseau for the night.
When the manager quit, I had to take charge of the whole team.
このシーンの他の表現
- relieved
removed from duty
- in that case
if that is so
- check my reflexes
to test one's reflexes
- off the case
no longer on the case
- sensationalism
exaggerated shocking coverage
このシーンのメモ一覧
31 行のセリフに 27 件のメモ
Link coat is on so the is almost disappears.
What? My coat is on fire!good heavens — A mild exclamation of shock, softer than oh my god.
My goodness, I'm burning!to drop out of something
He fell out of the window!In fast speech out of the blurs into outa the.
He fell out of the window!safe and well
Are you all right?completely fine
Yes, I am perfectly all right. Thank you.if that is so
Once Clouseau says he is fine, Dreyfus sends him home with a polite phrase.
In that case, you may go home.Stress case and run in that lightly.
In that case, you may go home.removed from duty Here relieved means dismissed from duty, not calmed down.
- You are relieved. - Relieved?to take control
Dreyfus announces he is taking charge and dismisses Clouseau for the night.
I am taking charge. Good night, Clouseau.you idiot — A blunt insult; fine in banter, never in formal settings.
You idiot! You fool!you fool — An angry insult for someone foolish; avoid with elders.
You idiot! You fool!to test one's reflexes
Clouseau hurts his servant and calls it a successful reflex test.
It's good I was able to check my reflexes.ability phrase: Was able to marks a single past achievement rather than general ability.
It's good I was able to check my reflexes.could have done it
I might have killed you with a karate chop.a hand-chop strike
I might have killed you with a karate chop.modal perfect: Might have plus a past participle states what could have happened but did not.
I might have killed you with a karate chop.for that alone
Just for that, you're off the case.no longer on the case
After being hit, Dreyfus throws Clouseau off the case on the spot.
Just for that, you're off the case.early the next morning
- When can I have the report? - First thing in the morning.to take control of something
I am personally taking charge of this investigation.to the smallest degree
I promise that you and Madame Ballon will be inconvenienced as little as possible, and the Ballon name will not suffer the sensationalism of the press.the news media
I promise that you and Madame Ballon will be inconvenienced as little as possible, and the Ballon name will not suffer the sensationalism of the press.future passive: The future passive keeps the subject as the one being troubled, not the one acting.
I promise that you and Madame Ballon will be inconvenienced as little as possible, and the Ballon name will not suffer the sensationalism of the press.an odd man
He was a strange fellow, but I rather liked him.to quite like someone
He was a strange fellow, but I rather liked him.「Dreyfus Takes Over the Case」を読み解く
What's really going on
Everyone here is performing competence, and nobody has any. Clouseau's coat is on fire and a man has just gone out the window, yet he reports himself "perfectly all right," which is the whole joke in miniature: he never registers the disaster around him. Dreyfus marches in to restore order — "I am personally taking charge of this investigation" — and his first act is to humiliate his own inspector, as if taking over the room were the same as solving the case. The scene also quietly sets up the film's power map. Dreyfus soothes Ballon about the press, and Ballon answers with faint praise for the man just dismissed: "He was a strange fellow, but I rather liked him." Clouseau is a punchline to everyone except the person whose opinion might matter.
Theme
Dark humorA burning coat and a body out the window are met with polite small talk about reports and reputation, death played as farce.
PowerDreyfus asserts authority by taking the case and humiliating Clouseau, more concerned with control and public image than with the crime.
このチャプターで学べること
- Take charge means take control
- Be relieved can mean dismissed from duty
- Off the case means removed from the investigation
- First thing means early the next morning
発音のポイント
- coat is on — Link coat is on so the is almost disappears.
- out of the — In fast speech out of the blurs into outa the.
- In that case — Stress case and run in that lightly.
It's good I was able to check my reflexes.Clouseau's excuse after nearly hurting someone with a karate chop: he frames a clumsy accident as disciplined self-control.
He was a strange fellow, but I rather liked him.Ballon's verdict on the just-dismissed Clouseau — faint, amused praise that says more about Ballon's cool detachment than about Clouseau.
Just for that, you're off the case.Dreyfus removes Clouseau in one petty line: a single mishap is enough to end his part in the investigation.
I am personally taking charge of this investigation.Dreyfus announces he is running the case himself, a bid for control and good press as much as a genuine plan.
このシーンについての質問
Who takes over the investigation?
Commissioner Dreyfus does. He arrives at the Ballon house, tells Clouseau he is relieved, and says he is personally taking charge of the case.
Why is Clouseau taken off the case?
Partly because his coat catches fire and chaos follows, and partly because he accidentally karate-chops a colleague on the way out. Dreyfus calls him a fool and dismisses him on the spot.
What happens to the man who goes out the window?
The line 'He fell out of the window!' marks the moment, but the scene keeps moving past it; the film treats the fall as one more piece of the evening's absurdity around Clouseau.
What does 'off the case' mean?
It means being removed from a specific investigation — not fired from the force, just barred from that case. Dreyfus uses it to cut Clouseau out of the murder inquiry.
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