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All the President's Men · 1976 — 第 12 / 18 章 · 3'29" · B2

Reporters Decode the Matchbook Initials, Explained：fake someone out

Woodward and Bernstein turn three letters on a matchbook into a name that reaches the top of the committee. The surface is detective work over initials; underneath, it is the only way to keep the story alive after the indictments stop at the burglars. "So P is definitely Porter," then they plan to trick the bookkeeper into confirming M.

あらすじ

In a newsroom office, Woodward and Bernstein work out the letters L, P and M from a matchbook left by a source, naming Liddy, Porter and finally Magruder. With the indictments stopping at the burglars, they return to the bookkeeper's house to get her to confirm the names. Woodward talks his way inside, and they press her with careful questions about who got the money.

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want a cookiefake someone outsecond in commandtemporary head

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このシーンの表現

fake someone out

bluff someone into reacting

Carl checks the plan to bluff the bookkeeper with a wrong answer and read her reaction.

You can't fake me out with that fake phone call.

このシーンの他の表現

  • want a cookie

    expecting praise for doing your job

  • second in command

    the deputy, right under the boss

  • temporary head

    the acting person in charge

  • that leaves

    that leaves us with the rest

  • before the grand jury

    summoned to testify to a grand jury

このシーンのメモ一覧

63 行のセリフに 27 件のメモ

表現 · A2make a note of something

write it down

- Okay, make a note of it. - All right.
表現 · B1what have we got

what do we have

So, what have we got? Where's that matchbook? Here.
表現 · B1that leaves someone/something

that leaves us with the rest

Having ruled out L, the reporters use this phrase to narrow the field to two letters.

- Right. - Okay, that leaves P and M.
文法 · B1who was a member of the committee

relative clause: The who-clause identifies Porter by his role on the committee.

Didn't he say there was a Bart Porter who was a member of the committee?
表現 · B2call someone before the grand jury

summoned to testify to a grand jury

The reporter says Porter was summoned by a grand jury, which locks P as Porter.

- Porter was called before the grand jury. - So P is definitely Porter.
スラング · B2grand jury

grand jury (legal term) — Legal jargon; rare in everyday chat.

- Porter was called before the grand jury. - So P is definitely Porter.
表現 · B2second in command

the deputy, right under the boss

Woodward notes that Magruder was the deputy under Mitchell, offering it as hard proof.

He was second in command under Mitchell. Why do you?
表現 · B2at one time

at some point in the past

Because at one time, he was the temporary head of the committee, before Mitchell.
スラング · A2gotta

have got to (casual) — A spoken contraction; keep it out of formal writing.

I don't want a cookie. We've gotta get that bookkeeper to say it was Magruder.
表現 · B2anything but something

everything except that

- Never get her to say anything but "M." - We gotta go back and get her to say it.
文法 · B1get her to say

causative get: Get someone to do something means to get them to act, softer than force.

- Never get her to say anything but "M." - We gotta go back and get her to say it.
表現 · A2at least

at the very least

We'll at least know who got the money.
表現 · B2come down from someone

were issued by literally come down; here issued by the jury

The indictments that came down from the grand jury today...
表現 · B2stop with someone/something

end at, go no further than

...stop with the five burglars, Hunt and Liddy.
発音give it to you

Link 'give it to you' so it flows as one block.

She ain't gonna give it to you.
スラング · A2ain't

is not (dialect) — Dialect and casual; avoid it in formal speech.

She ain't gonna give it to you.
スラング · A2gonna

going to (casual) — Very casual; do not write it in formal text.

She ain't gonna give it to you.
表現 · B1trick someone

deceive someone

Then you have to trick her, threaten her.
表現 · B2fake someone out

bluff someone into reacting

Carl checks the plan to bluff the bookkeeper with a wrong answer and read her reaction.

- You try to fake her out? - Right.
スラング · B2screwed

in deep trouble — Rough slang; not for elders or clients.

- We're screwed. - So?
表現 · A2around the corner

just around the bend

We parked around the corner.
発音around the corner

The d glides into 'the' and 'the' stays weak.

We parked around the corner.
表現 · B2have answers for everything

a ready reply to any question

The bookkeeper half teases the reporter for always having a ready reply.

You have answers for everything, don't you?
発音don't you

'Don't you' often fuses into /doʊntʃu/ in fast speech.

You have answers for everything, don't you?
表現 · C1if someone is to be convinced

if the public is to believe it

If people are to be convinced that Stans and Sloan are innocent...
文法 · C1are to be convinced

be to construction: The be-to form states a condition: the public only believes it if the reporting is exact.

If people are to be convinced that Stans and Sloan are innocent...
表現 · B2the only one to do something

the sole person who did it

Was Magruder the only M to receive money?

「Reporters Decode the Matchbook Initials」を読み解く

What's really going on

The whole scene is deduction under pressure. The initials are not proof, just a set of possibilities, and the two reporters narrow them down out loud: "P is Porter, L is Liddy. That leaves... All that leaves is M." Their reasoning is partly guesswork and partly records, and they admit as much by planning to fake the bookkeeper out. "Then you have to trick her, threaten her." The woman is not fooled easily; her line "You have answers for everything, don't you?" and Woodward's reply, "If we did, we wouldn't be here," make the power balance clear. What the scene really shows is method: build a theory, then go find the one person who can confirm it. The proud answer, "You have answers for everything," is exactly what they are not, and that is why the story keeps moving.

Theme

CorruptionThe initials lead from the burglars up the committee's chain of command, tracing paid money toward people in power.
SecretsThe key facts live in code, a matchbook and a silent bookkeeper, so the reporters must decode and pressure them out.

このチャプターで学べること

  • 'Second in command' means the deputy, right under the boss.
  • 'Fake someone out' is to bluff them into talking.
  • 'At one time' points to a past phase, not now.
  • 'Before the grand jury' is legal jargon for being summoned.
  • 'Get someone to do' is the everyday causative.

発音のポイント

  • give it to you — Link 'give it to you' so it flows as one block.
  • around the corner — The d glides into 'the' and 'the' stays weak.
  • don't you — 'Don't you' often fuses into /doʊntʃu/ in fast speech.
You have answers for everything, don't you?

The bookkeeper's dry compliment to Woodward, who has an excuse for every objection she raises to keep them talking.

She ain't gonna give it to you.

A warning that the bookkeeper has already held out for hours and will not simply hand over the name.

Then you have to trick her, threaten her.

The blunt suggestion that polite questioning has run out, leaving deception or pressure as the next options.

If we did, we wouldn't be here.

Woodward's answer to her jab: if they truly had all the answers, they would not need to stand at her door.

このシーンについての質問

How do the reporters decide M is Magruder?

They rule out McCord and Mardian, note that Magruder was second in command under Mitchell and once temporary head of the committee, and decide he is the likeliest M to have received money.

Why can't the reporters just publish the initials?

Initials are not proof. They need the bookkeeper to confirm a full name, since the indictments already stop at the burglars and the paper cannot print a guess as fact.

What is the reporters' plan to get the name?

One of them will deliberately name Porter as P, and the other will correct him, faking her out. If she lets the correction stand, they know P is Porter and can push for M.

Who is the woman they visit?

She is the bookkeeper for the committee's finance office, the person who handled the money and can confirm who received it.

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