many, a great number
A lot of people are watching me. They know I know a lot.All the President's Men · 1976 — 第 11 / 18 章 · 3'34" · B2
The Bookkeeper Talks About the Money, Explained：fall guy
A bookkeeper at the Committee to Reelect talks to the reporters about a political fund. She describes huge cash payments, a 15-name list, and a record that no longer exists: "I had all the evidence. It was destroyed." Underneath the details is fear — she keeps saying she has a bad memory, and she is still protecting Hugh Sloan.
あらすじ
Late at night, the reporters sit down with a bookkeeper from the Committee to Reelect the President. She talks about a political fund she once thought was routine — dinners for donors, cash moving in and out — and says that in one two-day stretch six million dollars came in. She mentions a list of fifteen names and payments, then says the list was destroyed and was the only record.
注目の表現
fat catsall-purposein factset up
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このシーンの表現
fall guy
the one who takes the blame
The bookkeeper uses a street term to describe Sloan as the one set up to take the blame.
The manager made the intern the fall guy for the lost files.
このシーンの他の表現
- fat cats
wealthy political donors
- all-purpose
usable for many purposes
- in fact
actually; in reality
- set up
frame someone
- a very bad memory
a poor memory, said ironically
このシーンのメモ一覧
52 行のセリフに 23 件のメモ
Practice linking 'a lot of' so the t flaps into a soft d.
A lot of people are watching me. They know I know a lot.and so on; that sort of thing
...you know, for taking fat cats to dinner, things like that.distribute money
How was it paid out?right beside something
...and the amount of money given to each person next to the name.past participle modifier: It shortens 'money that was given to each person' into one modifier.
...and the amount of money given to each person next to the name.take notice of
This... Don't pay any attention to this. This is just for my memory.actually; in reality
The reporter reassures the bookkeeper that the paper verifies facts before printing.
In fact, we get confirmations before we print anything.Keep 'in' weak and stress 'fact' when you say the phrase.
In fact, we get confirmations before we print anything.object clause: The first that opens a clause; the second points to the money.
I can't be positive that that money was used for the break-in, you understand?as regards; regarding
The reporter narrows the question to the number of people involved using this phrase.
...in terms of the number of people that were involved?want to (casual) — Very casual; keep it out of formal speech.
- Would he have any...? - I don't wanna say anymore, okay?a small amount
I wonder if you could just help me a little bit about the money.be received literally enter; here money received
In one two-day period, 6 million dollars came in.Link 'came in' so it sounds like one unit, not two words.
In one two-day period, 6 million dollars came in.The t in 'put it all' flaps and links into the next words.
- We didn't know where to put it all. - Heh.rotten; corrupt — Informal and harsh; use it about a situation, not a person.
- This is Mr. Liddy? - It's all so rotten.the sole person I mind
And the only one I care about is Hugh Sloan.frame someone
The bookkeeper suspects Sloan is being framed to take the fall for Mitchell.
...if Hugh Sloan was being set up now as a fall guy for John Mitchell.past continuous passive: The passive continuous stresses the framing was already under way.
...if Hugh Sloan was being set up now as a fall guy for John Mitchell.you all (casual) — Casual American address; not for formal settings.
If you guys could get John Mitchell, that would be beautiful.is there any proof that
Is there any evidence...the whole lot
I had all the evidence. It was destroyed. I don't know who destroyed it.「The Bookkeeper Talks About the Money」を読み解く
What's really going on
The scene works because the bookkeeper never says the word "crime." She says she thought the fund was all-purpose, she says she has a very bad memory, and she says the list of names and payments was destroyed. Each detail is a fact a reporter can use, and each one is wrapped in a hedge she can retreat behind later. The reporters press anyway, asking how the money was paid out and who was involved, because the amount is the story: "In one two-day period, 6 million dollars came in." What she will not say is the real question the whole film keeps asking — whether Hugh Sloan is being set up as a fall guy for John Mitchell. Her answer is not a fact but a wish: "If you guys could get John Mitchell, that would be beautiful."
Theme
CorruptionA routine-sounding political fund turns out to be cash moving in secret amounts, a destroyed list, and a plan to pin the blame on someone lower down.
SecretsThe bookkeeper knows the details that connect the money to the break-in, but fear and a conveniently bad memory keep the truth just out of reach.
このチャプターで学べること
- A 'fall guy' takes the blame for someone else.
- 'Set up' can mean framed, not just arranged.
- 'In terms of' narrows a question to one angle.
- 'Come in' can describe money arriving.
- 'In fact' quietly strengthens the sentence before it.
発音のポイント
- A lot of — Practice linking 'a lot of' so the t flaps into a soft d.
- In fact — Keep 'in' weak and stress 'fact' when you say the phrase.
- came in — Link 'came in' so it sounds like one unit, not two words.
- put it all — The t in 'put it all' flaps and links into the next words.
A lot of people are watching me. They know I know a lot.The bookkeeper's opening worry: she believes she is being watched because of what she knows, which is why she talks carefully and keeps asking for protection.
If you guys could get John Mitchell, that would be beautiful.Her one open wish. She can't prove who ordered what, but she wants the reporters to reach the man at the top rather than the people who handled the cash.
In one two-day period, 6 million dollars came in.The number that turns a vague story into a real one: cash arriving that fast, in that volume, is not a normal political operation.
It was the only record.The list of names and payments was the single document that could prove where the money went, and it no longer exists — someone destroyed the evidence.
このシーンについての質問
Why does the bookkeeper keep saying she has a bad memory?
It is a shield. By claiming she can't remember, she can share details without formally testifying, and she can deny everything later if she is questioned. It is a way of talking without being pinned down.
What was on the destroyed list?
A list of fifteen names with the amount of money each person received. She calls it the only record, which means that with the list gone, the payments can no longer be traced from paper alone.
Why do the reporters care about the six million dollars?
It shows the scale of the fund. Money that large, moving through a political committee in cash, suggests a slush fund and points toward an organized effort rather than a few people acting alone.
Is Hugh Sloan being set up as a fall guy?
That is what the reporters suspect and ask her directly. Sloan quit the committee, and the fear is that he will be blamed for money and decisions that really belong to people above him, including John Mitchell.
Who is the bookkeeper in this scene?
She is the committee's bookkeeper, the person who actually handled the records of the secret fund. She is not named in the dialogue, but she is the source who connects the money to the break-in.
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