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Casablanca · 1943 — 第 19 / 20 章 · 2'44" · B2

Rick Makes a Deal with Louis, Explained：a feather in your cap

Rick tells Louis the letters of transit are his and makes him a cold offer: let Laszlo walk into an arrest, and Louis gets "quite a feather in your cap." The real trade, though, is personal — "I'm leaving Casablanca on tonight's plane," and he's taking Ilsa.

あらすじ

In Rick's office above the café, Rick and Captain Louis Renault strike a bargain. Rick admits he holds the letters of transit but means to use them himself, leaving Casablanca that night with Ilsa. In exchange for letting Laszlo be arrested on a bigger charge, Rick offers Louis a career-making arrest.

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a feather in your capkeep your end of the bargainput your mind to restcall off

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このシーンの表現

a feather in your cap

a mark of credit

Rick dangles the arrest as a career trophy, naming exactly what Renault wants.

Finishing the marathon is a feather in your cap.

このシーンの他の表現

  • keep your end of the bargain

    honor your part of the deal

  • put your mind to rest

    settle your worry

  • call off

    order to stop

このシーンのメモ一覧

49 行のセリフに 27 件のメモ

表現 · B2not bother to do something

not take the trouble to

Two, you've got the letters of transit. Don't bother to deny it.
表現 · B1simply because ...

purely because

And you might do it simply because you don't like Strasser's looks.
表現 · B1as a matter of fact

in fact

As a matter of fact, I don't either.
表現 · B1count on someone

rely on

Don't count too much on my friendship.
表現 · B1get the point

understand the point

You're not very subtle, but you are effective. I get the point.
表現 · B2put someone's mind to rest

settle your worry

Rick argues that leaving with Ilsa proves he will never help Laszlo escape.

That ought to put your mind to rest about my helping Laszlo escape.
表現 · A2fill in a form

complete a blank

You can fill in your name and hers and leave anytime you please.
表現 · B1as/whenever you please

whenever you like

You can fill in your name and hers and leave anytime you please.
表現 · B1make a deal with someone

strike a bargain

Louis, I'll make a deal with you.
文法 · B2Instead of this petty charge

prepositional phrase: Instead of names what is traded away before the real offer arrives.

Instead of this petty charge against him, you could get something big...
スラング · B2chuck

throw in — British informal, too loose for formal writing.

...something that would chuck him in a concentration camp for years...
表現 · B2a feather in one's cap

a mark of credit

Rick dangles the arrest as a career trophy, naming exactly what Renault wants.

- Be quite a feather in your cap, wouldn't it? - Certainly.
文法 · B1wouldn't it

tag question: The tag invites agreement, so the bribe sounds like a shared conclusion.

- Be quite a feather in your cap, wouldn't it? - Certainly.
発音wouldn't it

Let wouldn't and it run together as one smooth unit.

- Be quite a feather in your cap, wouldn't it? - Certainly.
表現 · A2pick up something

collect

I'll have Laszlo come there to pick up the letters...
表現 · B2keep one's end of the bargain

honor your part of the deal

Renault agrees in words but asks how he can trust Rick to hold up his side.

How do I know you'll keep your end of the bargain?
表現 · B1make arrangements

organize the details

I'll make the arrangements now with Laszlo in the visitor's pen.
表現 · C1have less scruples

be less principled

I'm gonna miss you. You're the only one in Casablanca who has less scruples than I.
文法 · B2who has less scruples than I

relative clause: The relative clause defines the only one, and than I shortens than I have.

I'm gonna miss you. You're the only one in Casablanca who has less scruples than I.
発音gonna miss

In casual speech going to becomes gonna; try it when you read aloud.

I'm gonna miss you. You're the only one in Casablanca who has less scruples than I.
スラング · B1gonna

going to — Fine among friends, too casual for formal use.

I'm gonna miss you. You're the only one in Casablanca who has less scruples than I.
表現 · B1call off someone

order to stop

Rick makes pulling back the surveillance part of the deal, so he can move freely.

Call off your watchdogs when you let him go. I don't want them around this afternoon.
スラング · B2watchdogs

surveillance men — Disparaging; not something to say to the police.

Call off your watchdogs when you let him go. I don't want them around this afternoon.
表現 · B2take no chances

risk nothing

I'm taking no chances, Louis, not even with you.
表現 · B2draw up a document

prepare in writing

Should we draw up papers, or is a handshake good enough?
表現 · A2get out of something

escape from

To get out of Casablanca and go to America... You're a lucky man.
スラング · A2so long

see you — A breezy, slightly old-fashioned goodbye.

Well, so long.

「Rick Makes a Deal with Louis」を読み解く

What's really going on

It looks like Rick is selling Victor Laszlo out, but his real goal is to get Ilsa out of Casablanca safely. He dresses the arrest up as a promotion for Louis — "Be quite a feather in your cap, wouldn't it?" — because he knows the police captain cares about impressing Berlin. Louis isn't fooled for a second: "You're not very subtle, but you are effective." He still wants proof the deal will hold, asking, "How do I know you'll keep your end of the bargain?" Then comes the line that gives him away: "She isn't just any woman." The two men talk like old card players, but under the cynicism is a plan to save a woman — and to let a resistance leader be captured.

Theme

TrustLouis keeps asking how he can trust the deal, and Rick's answer is his word.
DeceptionRick dresses up a rescue as a betrayal, letting Louis think he is selling Laszlo out.

このチャプターで学べること

  • Politeness can carry a threat without raising the voice.
  • A feather in your cap sells betrayal as a career win.
  • Keeping your end of the bargain is about trust, not paperwork.
  • The handshake line asks for proof while pretending to be casual.

発音のポイント

  • wouldn't it — Let wouldn't and it run together as one smooth unit.
  • gonna miss — In casual speech going to becomes gonna; try it when you read aloud.
You're not very subtle, but you are effective. I get the point.

Louis admits Rick's clumsy pitch still works — a yes wrapped in an insult. He agrees without ever sounding eager.

I'm gonna miss you. You're the only one in Casablanca who has less scruples than I.

A backhanded goodbye: Louis will miss Rick precisely because Rick is even more ruthless than he is. Affection, spoken between two cynics.

Should we draw up papers, or is a handshake good enough?

Rick jokes about whether a crooked deal needs a written contract. A handshake settles it, showing how much either man really trusts the other.

I'm leaving Casablanca on tonight's plane. The last plane.

Rick announces he is finally getting out on the final flight. It sounds like a boast, but it is the bait that pulls Louis into the deal.

このシーンについての質問

Why does Rick want Louis to arrest Laszlo instead of simply letting him go?

The arrest has to benefit Louis, or Louis has no reason to cooperate. A bigger charge means a bigger win for the police captain, so he looks the other way while Rick and Ilsa leave.

Does Louis believe Rick is really leaving with Ilsa?

He is suspicious. He points out that Rick never cared about any woman, so doing this now makes no sense to him. Rick's reply, "She isn't just any woman," tells him enough.

Is Rick betraying Victor Laszlo here?

On the surface the plan hands Laszlo to the police. But the deal is cover: at the airport Rick sends Ilsa away with Laszlo instead of taking her, so the betrayal never happens.

What does "a feather in your cap" mean?

An achievement worth showing off, like a feather tucked into your hat. Rick uses it to flatter Louis about the credit he would get for catching Laszlo.

Where do the letters of transit end up?

They go to Ilsa and Laszlo at the airport so the couple can fly to Lisbon and then America, while Rick stays behind with Louis.

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