disperse a gathering
The police break up our meeting, Herr Rick. We escaped at the last moment.Casablanca · 1943 — 第 18 / 20 章 · 3'01" · B2
Laszlo Begs Rick to Save Ilsa, Explained：stick my neck out
Laszlo has learned that he and Rick love the same woman, and he asks Rick to use the transit letters to get Ilsa out of Casablanca. Rick keeps his guard up, answering "You love her that much?" When the police arrest Laszlo, Rick tells Renault he won't "stick my neck out" for anyone.
あらすじ
Victor Laszlo returns to Rick's Café after the police break up a resistance meeting. He and Rick argue about whether the fight is worth it, then Laszlo reveals he knows Rick also loves Ilsa, and asks him to use the transit letters to get her out of Casablanca. Police arrest Laszlo moments later; Rick refuses to stick his neck out to help.
注目の表現
come in handystick my neck outmight as wellI wonder if you do
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このシーンの表現
stick my neck out
take a personal risk
Renault warns Rick off, and Rick snaps back that he would never risk his neck for Laszlo.
Do not ask me to stick my neck out for a stranger.
このシーンの他の表現
- come in handy
prove useful
- might as well
there is no better option
- I wonder if you do
I doubt you really do
このシーンのメモ一覧
49 行のセリフに 21 件のメモ
switch off
Turn out the light in the rear entrance. It might attract the police.prove useful
Rick hands something to a guest who was cut, saying it may prove useful.
This might come in handy.Link come and in when you say it aloud.
This might come in handy.a narrow escape
- Had a close one, eh? - Yes, rather.ask oneself whether
Don't you sometimes wonder if it's worth all this?If reduces to a light schwa sound, so wonder if runs together.
Don't you sometimes wonder if it's worth all this?battle on behalf of
I mean, what you're fighting for.there is no better option
Rick treats the question of fighting as pointless, as silly as asking why we breathe.
We might as well question why we breathe.end its suffering Its refers to the world; he suggests ending its suffering.
What of it? Then it'll be out of its misery.relative clause: The relative clause labels the man, and a second clause says what he cannot believe.
Like a man who's trying to convince himself of something he doesn't believe in his heart.considerably more
I know a good deal more about you than you suspect.deeply attached to
I know that you're in love with a woman.subject clause: The that-clause is the real subject; the opening it is only a placeholder.
...that we both should be in love with the same woman.be at fault
Since no one is to blame...exit permits
I ask only one thing. You won't give me the letters of transit.as a kind act
I ask you as a favor...a person with feelings
Well, I am also a human being.intervene
It seems that destiny has taken a hand.take a personal risk
Renault warns Rick off, and Rick snaps back that he would never risk his neck for Laszlo.
If you were to help him escape-- What makes you think I'd stick my neck out for Laszlo?be to + verb: Were to marks a possible but unreal situation, left hanging before the interruption.
If you were to help him escape-- What makes you think I'd stick my neck out for Laszlo?「Laszlo Begs Rick to Save Ilsa」を読み解く
What's really going on
Laszlo's speech is not a plea for himself. He has already lost the woman he loves to Rick's memory of her, and he says so plainly: "I know that you're in love with a woman... that we both should be in love with the same woman." What he asks for is not the letters but Ilsa's safety, and he offers no blame, no explanation, no jealousy — only the request. Rick, meanwhile, deflects every sincere thing with a shrug: "What of it? Then it'll be out of its misery." The arrest that follows proves Laszlo right about destiny, and Rick's line to Renault — "What makes you think I'd stick my neck out for Laszlo?" — is less a refusal than a man rehearsing the excuse he will later abandon.
Theme
DutyLaszlo gives up everything for the cause but asks only for his wife's safety, while Rick insists the fight is not his problem.
RomanceTwo men who love the same woman meet without a fight: one begs for her safety, the other hides behind indifference.
このチャプターで学べること
- Might as well makes one option look like the only sane one.
- Laszlo fights with comparisons, not commands.
- The polite 'I wonder if you do' is a challenge, not a question.
- Letters of transit are the whole stake of the scene.
発音のポイント
- come in handy — Link come and in when you say it aloud.
- wonder if — If reduces to a light schwa sound, so wonder if runs together.
We might as well question why we breathe.Rick's answer to whether the fight is worth it: questioning the cause is as pointless as questioning breathing, because it is simply what keeps you alive.
If we stop fighting our enemies, the world will die.Laszlo's reply turns the argument outward: the fight is not a personal choice but a condition for the world's survival.
Each of us has a destiny. For good, or for evil.Laszlo's summary of the whole scene: people do not drift, they choose a side, and Rick's neutrality is itself a choice.
Don't you sometimes wonder if it's worth all this?The question that starts the debate: Laszlo asks whether the sacrifice is worth it, and Rick uses it as an opening to admit he doubts everything.
このシーンについての質問
Why does Laszlo tell Rick he knows about him and Ilsa?
He wants Rick to understand that he is asking as a husband, not as a political leader. By naming the shared love first, he removes jealousy from the request and makes the favor about Ilsa's safety alone.
Why does Rick refuse to stick his neck out for Laszlo?
He insists the world's problems are not his, and that helping Laszlo would only put him at risk. But his refusal sounds rehearsed, and he later changes his mind.
Was Laszlo right that destiny had taken a hand?
In the moment, yes. The police arrive right after he says it, with a warrant, which makes his speech about destiny land as prophecy rather than philosophy.
Who does Rick love in Casablanca?
Ilsa, who was his lover in Paris. Laszlo already knows this, which is why he asks Rick to use the letters to take her away rather than to save himself.
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次のチャプター · 第 19 章a feather in your capRick Makes a Deal with Louis
第 1 章gave you any thoughtUgarte Hands Rick the Letters
第 2 章on the reboundFerrari Tries to Buy Rick's Café
第 3 章stick my neck outRenault Warns Rick About Laszlo
第 4 章stick my neck outStrasser Interrogates Rick
第 5 章a game we playStrasser Confronts Laszlo at Rick's
第 6 章water under the bridgeIlsa Asks Sam to Play Their Song
第 7 章It would never doIlsa and Rick Reunite at the Café
第 8 章a price on your headRick and Ilsa Fall in Love
第 9 章mince wordsLaszlo Refuses to Name the Resistance
第 10 章take someone into your confidenceFerrari Offers to Handle the Letters
第 11 章take a miracleIlsa Asks Rick Why He Left
第 12 章blow with the windStrasser Debates What to Do With Laszlo
第 13 章by the throatAnnina Asks Rick About Renault
第 14 章not in my departmentRick Refuses Victor's Plea
第 15 章display heroicsIlsa and Victor Talk Before the Meeting
第 16 章poor salesmanshipIlsa Begs Rick for the Letters
第 17 章Here's looking at you, kidIlsa Explains Why She Left Rick
再生中 · 第 18 章stick my neck outLaszlo Begs Rick to Save Ilsa
第 19 章a feather in your capRick Makes a Deal with Louis
第 20 章under the circumstancesRick Holds Renault at Gunpoint第 18 / 20 章 · 残り約 6 分