safe and well
Don't worry, you didn't. He's all right, my darling.A Shot in the Dark · 1964 — 第 10 / 12 章 · 4'16" · B2
Clouseau and Dreyfus Sync Watches, Explained：nobody's perfect
Dreyfus is furious about the body count, and Clouseau promises to deliver the killer by tonight with a plan that "cannot possibly fail." The plan hinges on Dreyfus cutting the lights at 8:00 sharp, so they try to synchronize their watches—and immediately lose track of the time.
あらすじ
At the police station, Commissioner Dreyfus blames Clouseau for a growing trail of deaths. Clouseau insists Maria Gambrelli is innocent and says he will hand over the real murderer by tonight. He tells Dreyfus to cut the master switch at 8:00 sharp, then the two try to synchronize their watches before the trap.
注目の表現
happen toqualifies you asall the timenobody's perfect
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このシーンの表現
nobody's perfect
everyone makes mistakes
The maid shrugs off the absurd mix-up with a single dry remark.
He forgot the tickets, but nobody's perfect.
このシーンの他の表現
- happen to
to befall someone
- qualifies you as
to earn a title or status
- all the time
continuously, constantly
- about to
on the point of doing
- find a way
to work out a solution
このシーンのメモ一覧
67 行のセリフに 27 件のメモ
to befall someone
Clouseau calms the frightened maid by promising nothing will happen to them.
Nothing can happen to us now. Nothing can disturb us.to push the count up to
Including the Ballon murders, this brings the total to eight!to help prove a point
That just goes to prove what I have said all along.the whole time
That just goes to prove what I have said all along.to earn a title or status
The commissioner mocks Clouseau by crowning him the greatest prophet.
What you have said all along qualifies you as the greatest prophet since General Custer said he was going to surround all those Indians!subject clause: The what-clause is the grammatical subject of the whole sentence.
What you have said all along qualifies you as the greatest prophet since General Custer said he was going to surround all those Indians!continuously, constantly
Clouseau insists he was with Maria the whole time, clearing her of the murders.
Someone else killed those people. I was with her all the time.relative clause: The who-clause identifies exactly which man he means.
Whoever he is, he is the same man who killed the first four people.to be chasing someone
The murderer was after me. Fortunately he missed.loyalty placed in the wrong place
Because of some misguided loyalty, Maria will not divulge the name of her former love.in preference to
That man is so jealous, he will kill rather than lose her.to create a false impression
So jealous, he made it look like Maria was the murderer?a dangerously unstable person — A harsh spoken label; insulting and clinical at once.
He's a madman, a psychotic.an insane or reckless man — Spoken insult or dramatic label, not for formal writing.
He's a madman, a psychotic.the person meant to be harmed
It's possible his intended victim was a man and he made a mistake.a foolish person — An old-fashioned insult, playful or angry; never formal.
Idiot! Nincompoop! Lunatic!what kind of
What sort of plan?could never go wrong
A plan that cannot possibly fail.on the point of doing
Clouseau times the blackout to the instant he is about to name the killer.
Now remember, at 8:00 sharp you pull the master switch just as I am about to name the murderer.Blend about and to; the to reduces to a light tuh.
Now remember, at 8:00 sharp you pull the master switch just as I am about to name the murderer.to set watches to the same time
Now we synchronize watches.must have stopped
Your watch must've stopped. I've 7:46.to set a watch back
- I've got ten seconds after 7:47. - You'll have to put your watch back.to continue talking
Don't worry. I'll keep talking till the lights go out.to work out a solution
With the watches hopelessly out of sync, Clouseau still promises to make it work.
I'll find a way. Don't worry.The t in Don't is often dropped before worry.
I'll find a way. Don't worry.「Clouseau and Dreyfus Sync Watches」を読み解く
What's really going on
Dreyfus and Clouseau are locked in the same argument they have had all film: Clouseau's confidence against Dreyfus's contempt. Dreyfus mocks him as "the greatest prophet since General Custer said he was going to surround all those Indians," while Clouseau treats his own hunches as proof. The watch-synchronizing is the joke that exposes the gap. A simple shared task—agreeing on the time—collapses into corrections, second-guessing, and finally a stopped watch, and Clouseau's fix is to hand over his own watch and keep talking. His line "I'll find a way" is the whole character in miniature: no plan survives contact with reality, but he never admits defeat.
Theme
AbsurdityA plan to catch a killer collapses into two grown men failing to agree on the time, then losing a watch entirely.
Dark humorDreyfus tallies the growing death toll and jokes that Clouseau is history's greatest prophet for predicting none of it.
このチャプターで学べること
- Synchronize watches means set them to one time
- Be about to marks the very next beat
- Nobody's perfect waves away a mistake
- Find a way promises a fix without a plan
発音のポイント
- about to — Blend about and to; the to reduces to a light tuh.
- Don't worry — The t in Don't is often dropped before worry.
Nothing can happen to us now. Nothing can disturb us.A reassuring line: the speaker believes the danger is over and nothing can touch them anymore.
What you have said all along qualifies you as the greatest prophet since General Custer said he was going to surround all those Indians!Dreyfus's sarcasm: Clouseau's confident predictions are as famously wrong as Custer's boast before his defeat.
I'll find a way. Don't worry.Clouseau's response when the watches fail: he admits no plan is broken and promises to improvise.
I will have your murderer for you by tonight.Clouseau stakes his reputation on delivering the real killer before the night is over.
このシーンについての質問
Why is Dreyfus so angry with Clouseau?
The trail of deaths keeps growing, and the latest count—doorman, two customers, a Cossack, plus the Ballon murders—reaches eight. Dreyfus blames Clouseau's investigations for the chaos and mocks his confident predictions.
What is Clouseau's plan to catch the murderer?
He arranges a trap: at 8:00 sharp, Dreyfus will pull the master switch just as Clouseau is about to name the killer, leaving the lights off for five seconds so the real murderer gives himself away by fleeing.
Why can't they synchronize their watches?
They keep disagreeing about the exact time—one says 7:46, the other nearly 7:47—then a second hand seems stuck and finally a watch stops altogether, so the simple task falls apart.
Does Clouseau believe Maria Gambrelli is innocent?
Yes. He insists Maria did not kill anyone, says he was with her the whole time, and argues the real killer is a jealous former lover who is framing her. He promises to prove it by tonight.
What does "nobody's perfect" mean here?
It is a dry joke. When someone questions how the killer could mistake a victim in a nudist camp, the answer is simply that anyone can make a mistake—even a murderer.
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